OhDenny wrote:
EmeraldHerald wrote:
Has anyone here been to Yale for the on-campus visit yet? I'm curious to know what your experience was like. I understand that the agenda includes sitting in on a class in the morning, and I assume that you are given the option to choose which class you'd like to sit in on?
Hi There! The day does indeed include a class visit, and you get to pick the class from, I think, 3 or 4, though they've likely changed the visit since I was an admissions guide two long years ago. It also includes a tour of Evans hall, a tour of the rest of Yale, lunch w/ current students, and a meet & greet with a student leader and an AdCom member at the end of the day. All-in-all, a really robust visit, and you should absolutely do it this fall if you're considering applying Round 2.
That itinerary hasn't changed too much from what you have described -it's almost the same in fact! The difference seems to be that we had more of a Q&A session with a student leader and AdCom instead of a meet & greet. I actually just finished my visit today and would definitely recommend it to anyone else who is interested in Yale.
We did start off the day with the option to pick from a classes to sit-in on (in my case we were able to choose between 3 classes). I elected to join the Competitive Strategy class which provided a great demonstration of Yale's raw case approach. From my interactions with the first and second year students throughout the visit, I could easily tell that they were really enjoying their time at Yale. Visitors had lunch with current students -and if someone from Yale Admissions is reading this... the food was spot on, please continue to order from the same catering company!
Echoing CentralBanker's comments... Evans Hall was a great sight to see and so was the rest of the Yale campus. Lots and lots of great history and architecture. The current students that I interacted with were super friendly, sharp, and well-spoken. Overall, this visit only further reinforced my perspective that the SOM community is one that I'd like to be a part of!!!