I’m very interested in East Asian studies at Yale University. Is it very competitive to get into the program there? How does that work?
Thank you.
anything is competetive in yale even doing mannequin challenge.
it will for sure be easier than other majors but. not easy at all ,its IVY!
but just work harder and you can do it
Thank you derpthulu! I appreciate the help. Here’s to hard work!
There’s no limit on the number of EAS majors. You get your course of study approved by the DUS, find a faculty adviser, and write your thesis. There exists no competitive step in the process.
Yale is not a particularly competitive environment. EAS is not an “easier” major.
Yale doesn’t admit by major, so there’s neither an admissions advantage nor disadvantage to identifying any potential major.
While it is true that Yale doesn’t admit by major they do try to listen to faculty. If there are few East Asian studies majors then the faculty could make a case for admitting more qualified students who show an interest.
Are there any public records that Yale releases on the number of students who graduate with this major each year? Look to see if the numbers are stable.
However you need to make a convincing case that you’re really interested in this major. The adcom can sense students trying to use a backdoor.
OP: reply #1 is an outsider’s guess – @derpthulu has zero knowledge of Yale EAS. Discount that completely.
It’s a rigorous major but like allyphoe said, there’s no cut off on people who sign up for the major. One of my roomie’s took it up, learned Mandarin and ended up being a WS analyst.
You DO NOT have to “make a convincing case that you’re really interested in this major”, that’s FALSE.
Also, East Asian Studies isn’t “one of the easier majors” as another commenter noted.
Yale and peer colleges require taking some East Asian language courses which have a heavy workload…especially for students not familiar with character based languages.
The “easier majors” remark is doubly ironic considering I knew some folks who dropped East Asian studies as an undergrad major precisely because of the language learning issues along with the heavy reading loads involved.
Thanks so much for the reply, all of you. I am now burning my oils to finish the application. Any advice and help from anyone is much appreciated
Also, about an outsider’s recommendation letter( not from school), from someone who witnessed my work and study in Aisa. Would that help?