<p>I am doing the summer program and I have been told that in past years there is a lot of free time. I don’t see how since I’ll have classes 5 days a week plus reading, essays, and tests. How much free time do you really have at the summer program?
Also, I have read about trips, could you describe the trips?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter how many classes you have a week. I took 2 courses for a total of 16.5 hours per week. One was an art class, the other art history. College art classes are ridiculously hard and there’s so much work, plus I had daily reading to do and studying for the mid-term for my history class. Despite the amount of work you get, you still have a lot of free time, time that you can spend doing whatever you please.</p>
<p>So I spent 16.5 hours in class per week, had roughly 2-3 hours of honest work every day (honest meaning minus the time spent taking napping breaks or on constant trips to the buttery to get dino nuggets), spent about 5 hours sleeping every night… that’s about 95.5 hours per week unaccounted for. And if it’s not exactly 95.5 for you, the amount of left over time is going to be waaay up there.</p>
<p>Most times you actually find yourself sitting around bored as hell because there’s nothing else to do. That’s actually the time you spend doing your work or studying for exams. Most of the kids you meet won’t be in the same classes as you, so you’ll spend a lot of time alone while they’re in class. If you get your work finished when you’re alone, you won’t have to blow off your friends to go finish a paper.</p>
<p>So the trips. Some trips last summer included: the beach, Six Flags, NYC for Broadway show (The Producers), uhhh some movie trips, maybe one to the mall… they’re not that exciting. I believe the Six Flags/NYC trips were like $20 and movies were $5. A lot of kids signed up for Six Flags and The Producers. Movies were good if you’re bored and want to get off campus (far off campus… I think around 10-15 min. driving if I remember correctly).</p>
<p>You don’t always have to leave campus to have a fun time though. There were a few dances last summer (free food!), study breaks (more free food!), movies in the buttery every night, some people rent movies from Blockbuster and watch them in the awesome movie theater, IMs like volleyball/soccer/basketball, you can go to the gym (free Yale gym membership)… the list goes on.</p>
<p>So basically, tons of free time, tons to do if you can get off your ass and find it or choke up $20.</p>
<p>was the summer program worth it? or was it another one of those college programs, ridiculously overpriced, luring in hapless students with promises of college app status points?</p>
<p>Yes… and yes. It was worth it because I made some really great friends (3 of whom are attending Yale next year with me :)) and I guess I learned a lot too… lol, how could you not? It’s Yale. It was probably one of the best experiences of my life. My friend and I talk about how we want to go back so badly because it was just that fun for us. There were other kids who didn’t have such a great time–one such person actually withdrew from the program and went home after about a week. (EDIT: He withdrew specifically because he was having a hard time in the classes and, presumably, socially as well.) But other than those select few, I can’t remember seeing one happy face on the last day of YSP. There were more tears on that day than there probably were during the entire five weeks we were there.</p>
<p>Of course, a lot of the kids who were there were “hapless students” looking for “promises of college app status points,” but honestly, I can’t say that I met one, or at least one that liked to talk about that sort of thing. No one boasted their Yale dreams or the promise and academic achievement that they have. Everyone was really down to earth and just… for lack of a better phrase, pretty damn normal. I wasn’t surrounded by a bunch of overachieving crazies who can only think about ways to add points to their resumes.</p>
<p>thanks sprezzatura, one more thing, did you do session A or B? I’m doing session A because summer starts in May and ends the first week in August.
Do you think many high school kids will be there session A, since most of the US is still in school.
And I can’t wait :)</p>
<p>I went to session B. There were a ton of kids in session B because most US high schools don’t start summer until early- to mid-june. I heard from the RAs that there were very few HS kids in session A. I think session A is mostly geared towards college students wishing to study over the summer to get ahead of (or catch up with) their requirements, and session B is geared towards high school students who just want to do a summer program.</p>
<p>also, ive had some trouble finding the deadlines for application. could someone tell me where they are?</p>
<p>May 9th for session A; June 13th for session B; etc. etc.</p>
<p><a href=“Yale Summer Session”>Yale Summer Session;
<p>This is soo specific, but if anyone can offer me an answer I’d be thrilled!
If there’s a Yale student (an actual student, not just a summer one) with whom I want to hang out - for example, dinner with him often, going off campus with him to NYC and whatnot - is that okay or against some sort of rule that they have?</p>
<p>It’s definitely ok. There are like no rules. I went home for a weekend–a bunch of people did throughout the program–and didn’t even need permission. My brother also came from home to stay with me for a weekend. He stayed in my suite and I didn’t need permission for that either. They’re really lenient about a lot of things, I guess because they want to make it seem as close to actual college life as possible. The only important rules concern curfew, alcohol/drug related stuff, and academic policies.</p>
<p>Basically, they say do whatever you want off campus, but be back on time and don’t bring alcohol lol.</p>
<p>One more thing, the papers said that the registration lines are long, how long are they?</p>
<p>ivyguy, you have papers? I don’t! Have you received a letter of admission or anything like that, or do you just have papers for some cool reason I don’t know about?</p>
<p>Acceptance packets for the Summer program have been received by some applicants.
In the packet is info about registration line etc.</p>
<p>Hey, I’ve been accepted to the summer program too guys! (to study espionage) Would anyone like to hang out with me during the course of this summer, I don’t know anyone there at all… feels kind of lonely.</p>
<p>bonesman, I was going to take that course but then decided not to, i’ll be there session A also. what other class are you taking?</p>
<p>That is the only course I’m enrolled it, I just need to “get in” so I could do field research on the Skull and Bones Secret Society. What course are you all taking? What is your name? Mine’s Alex, why did you decide not to take Espionage? Anything I should know about it?</p>
<p>I had narrowed it down to 3 courses and I could only pick 2 and I ended up picking sociology and study of the city. Are you living off campus because to live on campus you have to take two courses.</p>
<p>I want to take study of the city too, good choice:)</p>
<p>No, that’s not true, that’s not true at all! I’m only taking one and the letter says I can live on Campus. Yeah, that’s right, is this wrong? Please tell me let me know. I’m going to write them too to find out…</p>
<p>Hi Bonesman,
Are you sure? See below from
<a href=“Yale Summer Session”>Yale Summer Session;
<p>Pre-college students living on campus are required to take two course credits (eight semester hours, or full-time enrollment) per session. Pre-college students are not permitted to register for more than two course credits per session. See Academic Policies for details on the definition of full-time enrollment.</p>