Quotas for academics?

gibby
Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:23:57 +0000

@IxnayBob: If Yale doesn’t recruit enough students who play the tuba (or violin, piano etc) every two to four years, then I guarantee the orchestras will start complaining to Admissions. So, yes: there are “soft quotas” for extracurriculars as well as some academics – that’s true at Yale, and other colleges. In terms of STEM, Yale Admissions has been very vocal about recruiting students interested in science in the last six years. That said: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/01/18/science-recruitment-goal-attained/



After reaching its goal of recruiting students interested in science in the class of 2016, Yale’s Admissions Office aims to maintain the same percentage of science-oriented students in future years.



I haven’t read about Yale recruiting lit, econ, math, etc in quite the same way as they have STEM.