Eli Whitney Students Program

The Eli Whitney Students Program is an admissions program designed to attract students from non-traditional backgrounds to Yale College. Students admitted through the program study either part or full-time and receive either a B.A. or a B.S. from Yale College.[1] The program is different from Yale College's Non-Degree Students Program, which enrolls students into Yale College for credit but does not allow them to receive a Yale University degree; students in the Non-Degree Program may only take a maximum of 18 credits at Yale.[2][3]

Started in 1982 for students who do not attend college at the traditional age, the Eli Whitney Students Program typically admits anywhere from 2 to 9 students each academic year. In 2007 it admitted 2 and in 2009 it admitted 8.[3] For the 2010-11 year, it admitted 4 students out of a pool of 120 applicants. In general, the program receives over 100 applications a year and accepts less than 10% of applicants.

Eli Whitney students take all of their classes, and receive most of their advising, within Yale College.[4] The Eli Whitney Students Program serves strictly as an admissions program; with the exception of being required to live off campus,[5] once admitted, Eli Whitney Students receive exactly the same residential college and university services provided to traditional Yale College students, have complete access to Yale facilities, student organizations and libraries, and receive the same degree awarded from Yale College. Eli Whitney students are fully eligible for Yale's need-based financial aid up to the cost of tuition.[6]

Admissions standards used to evaluate Eli Whitney students mirror those applied to traditional Yale college applicants.[3][7] However, while Eli Whitney candidates are subject to the same academic standards as regular Yale College candidates, in assessing more mature candidates, greater weight is given to achievement than to potential.[8] In contrast to the traditional student application, an interview is required and granted to only a small number of applicants.

The program gets its name from the inventor Eli Whitney, who in 1789 at the age of 23, matriculated into Yale College.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yale College: Eli Whitney Students Program".
  2. ↑ "Yale College: Non-Degree Students Program".
  3. 1 2 3 Finder, Alan (July 6, 2006). "A Taliban Past, and a Cloudy Yale Futuredate=July 6, 2006". New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Sharif, Amir; Kate Lund; Amy Lee; Matthew Claudel (November 13, 2009). "Not your typical gap year". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Yale Housing".
  6. ↑ Balakrishna, Kanya and Kimberly Chow (March 27, 2007). "Whitney Review is Complete". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "You've Got Mail (It's From Yale)". Wall Street Journal. March 13, 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  8. ↑ Chow, Kimberly (March 2, 2007). "Eli Whitney review nears completion". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 1 December 2009.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.