Deadline:
January 10, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Yale’s campus, New Haven
Overview
Yale Young Global Scholars is an unparalleled academic and leadership program at Yale University, founded on the tenets of liberal arts, renowned for its diverse and inclusive community, and committed to increasing education access. Yale Young Global Scholars empowers the next generation of leaders by building a global community and designing interdisciplinary programs that foster intellectual curiosity, deepen understanding and inspire creative action across all borders.
Details
Yale Young Global Scholars emphasizes an open, exploratory, and collaborative approach to learning. Our program is designed to allow students to experience learning in a variety of different university contexts, from large lectures to small seminars, and even the spontaneous learning that happens in dining halls and around campus.
- With no grades or course credit, YYGS encourages students to approach all aspects of the program creatively with the understanding that they set their own limits. Students receive an electronic certificate of completion at the end of the session.
- The diverse and inclusive community at YYGS enhances learning by inviting students to analyze issues from multiple perspectives. Living and learning alongside peers from around the world allows students to broaden their own world views by learning about countries and cultures they have never encountered before.
- Exploring Yale: participants live on campus, explore surrounding areas and take advantage of opportunities that the Yale community offers.
Curriculum
The curriculum ties together all YYGS sessions and is the foundation of the academic program. Students work with a different group of peers and learning contexts, which allows for a wide range of peer-to-peer interaction. These learning contexts include:
- Lectures Hear from accomplished Yale faculty and leading practitioners about the most important and relevant topics in their fields.
- Breakout Sessions Dig deeper into lecture content by sharing knowledge, posing questions, and brainstorming real-world implications with a small group of peers.
- Seminars Pursue your passion or find a new one through the 1000+ unique and exciting seminars offered each summer.
- Capstone Project Gain exposure to a particular area of interest through a session-long collaborative research project under the mentorship of YYGS instructional staff.
- Family Time Develop strong bonds with peers from around the world through identity reflection, courageous conversations, active listening, and fun social activities.
- Simulation Address real-world issues by participating in an open-ended, collaborative, problem-solving activity with likeminded peers.
- Impact Panel Learn from inspiring changemakers about innovative approaches to meaningful social impact work throughout the world.
How to Apply:
The application for financial aid is included within the online YYGS application. If you have any questions related to the financial aid application, please contact us. Students applying for need-based financial aid MUST complete this portion of the 2025 YYGS application, as there are no later opportunities after admissions decisions are released to request financial aid.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
In order to apply to YYGS, applicants MUST fulfill all of the following requirements:
- Age: Be between the ages of 16-18 years old by July 20, 2025 (first day of Session III).*
- English Fluency: Be able to participate in a rigorous academic curriculum conducted in English.
- Grade Level: Be a current high school sophomore or junior (or international equivalent).
- Graduation Date: Be graduating in May/June 2026 or 2027 from the Northern Hemisphere, or in Nov./Dec. 2025 or 2026 from the Southern Hemisphere.
- YYGS Participation: Be a first-time participant in YYGS. If you have participated in a YYGS session during a previous summer (2024 and prior), then you are not eligible to participate during YYGS 2025. Please note: If you previously applied to YYGS but were not offered admission or were unable attend AND you meet the eligibility criteria noted above, then you are encouraged to re-apply for YYGS 2025.
*Please Note: This rule is so that YYGS is in compliance with legal restrictions for running a summer program for minors, and no exceptions can be made.
YYGS accepts applications from ALL countries, and offers the opportunity for students to apply for need-based financial aid to students from ALL countries.
Dates
Deadline: January 10, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
Need-based financial aid
For students with demonstrated financial need, we strive to ensure that cost of attendance will not prevent anyone from anywhere in the world from participating in YYGS.
We help students get ready for the college application process by understanding tuition “sticker price,” expected family contribution (EFC), and how to apply for financial aid.
YYGS is proud to be one of the only pre-college programs in the world that provides need-based financial aid equally to both domestic and international students, which is offered as a tuition discount (up to 100% of tuition). Students with demonstrated financial need are encouraged to apply for YYGS need-based financial aid.
We consider demonstrated financial need separately from applicant eligibility. Therefore students are encouraged to provide us with as much information as possible when applying for aid. Please know that the information you provide will be kept confidential.
Though we cannot meet all requests for financial aid, we strive to meet as many requests as we can. In 2024, of all admitted students who applied for financial aid, we met 99% of their requests in full, and YYGS distributed over $3 Million USD in need-based financial aid equally to domestic and international students.
Scholarships
Thanks to generous donors, YYGS is able to offer a limited number of Scholarships, which are Need-Based Financial Aid packages that cover full tuition and travel.
Please note that the majority of students who apply for need-based financial aid receive significant tuition discounts and then fundraise to cover any additional costs (including all travel costs), as only a limited number of scholarships are available each year.
In order to be considered for one of these scholarships (below), you MUST have completed the entire online YYGS Application, including the Need-Based Financial Aid portion, by January 10, 2025.
As part of reviewing your financial aid request, YYGS staff will automatically review whether or not you meet any of our scholarships’ eligibility requirements, and contact you when decisions are released by mid-March (learn more about Early Action deadlines).
2025 YYGS Scholarships include:
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Scholarship (travel not included): New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Scholarships will be awarded to selected students who self-identify as currently attending one of the New Haven Public Schools(link is external), as part of Yale University’s commitment to supporting these students on their path to and through college. The scholarship covers full tuition (but not travel costs) for students to attend any of the YYGS sessions offered in 2025.
STARS Scholarship: STARS Scholarships will be awarded to selected students who self-identify as living in and/or attending school in rural and small-town areas in the United States, as part of Yale University’s commitment to supporting these students on their path to and through college. The scholarship covers full tuition and travel costs for students to attend any of the YYGS sessions offered in 2025.
Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Alumni Scholarship (travel not included): Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Alumni Scholarships will be awarded to selected students who completed the YYAS program in any summer prior to 2025. The scholarship covers full tuition (but not travel costs) for students to attend any of the YYGS sessions offered in 2025.
Young Leaders (YL) Scholarship: YL Scholarships will be awarded to selected students in the U.S. and internationally who self-identify as at least ONE of the following:
- Black or African American (including Africa and the Caribbean)
- Hispanic and/or Latino/Latina/Latinx
- Members of Indigenous peoples, nations, and/or communities
- Refugees*
The scholarship covers full tuition and travel costs for students to attend any of the YYGS sessions offered in 2025.
*A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
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