So DS is back from YES-W, and he absolutely adored it. Yale really knows what they are doing in this outreach effort!
Here are some highlights:
- Lots of small break-out sessions and meals with faculty. Some by kids' choice and some assigned seemingly by listed potential major. I thought some of them sounded really interesting ("If you come to the fork in the road, take it: Quantum Mechanics the Yogi Berra way") but he went to others, of course. ;)
- Excellent accommodation for the kids with special eating needs. And excellent and plentiful eating in general.
- Wonderful opportunities for bonding and conversations among the pre-frosh. A particular example - someone had a birthday the first day and that was announced/celebrated. There was apparently widespread nerdly discussion about how many birthdays were "expected" statistically over the weekend. But wait! One of the days was leap day and most of the kids are well between 16 and 20.
- Fabulous entertainment including a revue with a capella and comedy and spoken word and dance.
- A chance to see, but not too much emphasis on, a sporting match (basketball vs. Dartmouth).
- The highlight events, which were the Rube-Goldberg "junk wars" and a slide show with photos from same.
- Several opportunities to attend classes.
- There was also an alumni/ae panel and a student research panel, but he reported that they came at the end of a lot of sitting and may have gotten short shrift.
- Fun times at the "butteries"!
Any other CC’ers have experiences to share? And are your kids now considering Yale more seriously?
