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Di-ver-si-ty, n.*

*Dene yourself at Yale.

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Weve designed this piece to make you think. Ouraim is not simply to provide our take on diversity,but also to motivate you to consider the idea foryourself. You may believe that you already know what were going to say about diversity at Yale, andyou may bring thoughts of your own about diversityto measure ours against. With this in mind, heresa preliminary exercise that may be productive. Takeout a pen and, in the empty box below, write downa few thoughts in response to these questions:

Not feeling 100% satised with what youve written? Neither were we when we sent this pieceo to the printing press. Among other things,a liberal education is a liberating education. Your denitions are always going to be workingdenitions, subject to continual dissatisfaction andrevision. Read on to see how far we got this time.

How is Yale going to dene diversity?

How would I dene it?

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At Yale, we think broadly about the word diversity,and we see it manifest in countless ways here inNew Haven.

Diversity of thought powers our classroomsand labs, where Yale students bring variedacademic interests and intellectual strengths tobear on collaborative, world-class scholarship.

Socio-economic diversity means that wedraw these brilliant minds from every conceivablebackground all over the world, providing ampleresources to ensure that a) Yale is a nancially viable option for any admitted student andb) no Yale student will be burdened by loansupon graduation.

Diversity of culture and identity saturatesthe Yale fabric, creating dialogue, art, music, dance,delicious meals, and celebratory gatherings inevery nook and cranny of campus. Cultural houses,

Diversity. We hear that word a loton campus, and we bet its

turning up everywhere inyour college search. But what do people actuallymean when they talk aboutdiversity? Is diversity aconcept? A quality? A value? And why is it so important

to so many communities?

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religious ministries, and campus resource centersserve as spaces in which Yalies share and explore astunning array of faiths, traditions, and identities.

Diversity of perspective means that you willlearn as much outside of the classroom as you doinside. It means that, on a campus replete withresources and opportunities of a truly global scope,you may wind up gaining your most signicantknowledge about the world from the peers whosurround you on a daily basisin your dining hall,on the intramural sports elds, or right at homein your residential college suite.

Diversity of experience will eventually lead yououtside of that residential college to explore beyondNew Haven through travel fellowships, research andinternship opportunities abroad, or internationalservice and social justice projects. These experiences will prepare you to become a leader in any eld,anywhere in the world.

Finally, Yalies experience wildly diverse futures ,pursuing multiple careers and undertaking numerousmeaningful roles across society throughout theirlives after Yale. Our alumni span the globe, forginga network that recent graduates can easily plug into whether they are seeking jobs in business, medicine,law, social justice, engineering, academia, education,or any number of other sectors.

We hope youll continue reading to learn how these various forms of diversity unfold on Yales campus. Weve included some useful statistics along the way togive you a concrete sense of our student body and theopportunities available to them. We also approachedsome members of the Yale faculty for their denitionsof diversity, and their thoughtful responses are woventhrough this piece. We hope these faculty reections will broaden your outlook and introduce you to someof the voices here on campus. (As you might imagine,even across this world-renowned group of professionalscholars, no two impressions of diversity are alike!)

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Academic excellence and diversityare mutually constitutive. One cannotfully realize one without the other. Inan age of increasing globalization andcultural heterogeneity, leadership andscholarly insight require awareness,insight, and experience that areoften best gained in interactive anddiverse environments. Yales student,faculty, and sta communities havebeen particularly welcoming andstimulating, and I believe thatmany unexpected and productiveavenues start from within such ofteninterpersonal collaborations.

Ned Blackhawk Professor of History and American Studies

The diversity of minds at Yaleis rivaled by the diversity of

academic opportunities availableto undergraduates. For starters,there are 78 majors from whichto choose, and 15% of studentspursue a double major.

India, while another may be researching the eectsof the Occupy Wall Street movement on real estatein Lower Manhattan. The possibilities are endless,

as are the opportunities to gain new insights fromyour classmates.

In addition to Yales long list of majors, studentsengage a host of disciplinary concentrations andunique programs committed to fostering diversityon campus. Several interdisciplinary majorsencourage students to approach their academic work through a multicultural lens, including

Ethnicity, Race and Migration; African AmericanStudies; East Asian Studies; Latin AmericanStudies; and Global Aairs. Students in the Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majorframe their research with questions pertainingto social identity and human relationships.

Diversity of Thought.

Students may also design their own course of

study through the Special Divisional Major.But the breadth of scholarship goes beyondour list of majors since no two students withthe same major have exactly the same focus.For example, one economics major may studythe nancial culture of open-air markets in

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African American StudiesAfrican StudiesAmerican StudiesAnthropologyApplied MathematicsApplied PhysicsArchaeological StudiesArchitectureArtAstronomyAstronomy & PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringChemical Engineering

ChemistryChineseClassical CivilizationClassics: Greek, Latin, or

Greek & LatinCognitive ScienceComputer ScienceComputer Science &

MathematicsComputer Science &

PsychologyComputing and the ArtsEast Asian Studies: China

or JapanEcology & EvolutionaryBiologyEconomicsEconomics & MathematicsElectrical EngineeringElectrical Engineering &

Computer ScienceEnglishEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesEthics, Politics, &

EconomicsEthnicity, Race, & MigrationFilm StudiesFrenchGeology & GeophysicsGermanic Languages &

LiteraturesGerman StudiesGlobal AffairsGreek, Ancient and Modern

HistoryHistory of ArtHistory of Science,

History of MedicineHistory of Science,

Medicine & Public HealthHumanitiesItalianJapaneseJudaic StudiesLatin American StudiesLinguisticsLiterature

MathematicsMathematics & PhilosophyMathematics & PhysicsMechanical Engineering &

Materials ScienceModern Middle East StudiesMolecular Biophysics &

BiochemistryMolecular, Cellular, &

Developmental Biology

MusicNear Eastern Languages &

CivilizationsPhilosophyPhysicsPhysics & PhilosophyPolitical SciencePortuguesePsychologyReligious StudiesRussianRussian & East EuropeanStudiesSociologySouth Asian Studies*SpanishSpecial Divisional MajorStatisticsTheater StudiesWomens, Gender, &

Sexuality Studies

*May be taken only as asecond major.

The Science, Technology, and ResearchScholars (STARS) program supports women as well as minority, economically underprivileged,

and other historically underrepresented studentsin the sciences, engineering, and mathematics, while the Mellon-Bouchet fellowship programsaim to increase the number of minoritystudents, as well as students committed toeliminating racial disparities, who pursuecareers in academia.

Finally, Yales renowned faculty inspires

diversity of thought. Our professors comefrom around the world, bringing richly variedexperiences and expertise to our scholarlycommunity, and demonstrating uncommoncommitment to teaching and mentoringundergraduates.

Yale Academic Departments and Programs

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Budgeting 120 million dollars per year fornancial aid, Yale is one of the most aord-

able colleges in the countrysignicantlyless costly than attending a top publicuniversity for many students, includingin-state residents. Because Yale meets 100%of every admitted students demonstratednancial need (with an aid package thatdoes not require them to take out loans),

our undergraduate community assemblesthe worlds most talented young mindsfrom every socio-economic background.

Socio-economic Diversity.Our admissions committeeis need-blind and makes alldecisions without regard for

a students ability to pay. Infact, in its eorts to maintainsuch a high standard ofsocio-economic diversity, theUniversity considers especiallycarefully the applications ofstudents from low-incomebackgrounds.

You can read about Yalesoutstanding nancial aidprogram in detail and use ourNet Price Calculator to estimateyour cost of attendance atadmissions.yale.edu/nancial-aid.For now, here are some keypoints:

Yale is committed to aneed-blind admissions policyand meets 100% of demonstratedneed for all admitted students,regardless of citizenship.

Yale Financial Aid Awardsdo not include loans. Instead,100% of a students nancialneed is met with a Yale grantand opportunities for studentemployment.

Families whose total grossincome is less than $65,000annually are not expected tomake any nancial contributiontoward their childs Yaleeducation. One hundred percentof the students total cost ofattendance will be nanced witha Yale Financial Aid Award.

For me, the most intriguing part of

diversity at Yale isnt our dierencesitsthe similarities. Yale students come fromsuch dierent parts of the world. I lookout into my lecture hall, and I realizeIm speaking to students with dierenthistories, with diverse values and experi-ences. Yet all of the students I talk to aredeeply similar in one critical respect

Yalies share an incredible curiosity. Andthat love of learning acts as a remarkableequalizer. In my experience, Yale studentsshared passions almost always allowthem to transcend even the most strikingof dierences. And that to me is the bestpart of being in a diverse community hereat Yaleits the realization that what we

share very often overwhelms what makesus dierent.

Laurie Santos Associate Professor, Departmentof Psychology

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Annual Percentage Average Grant Average Number of

Income Who Qualied (From All Parental Families at Yale

Range For Aid sources*) Contribution (20112012)

$65,000 or less 100% $50,000 $0 790**

$65,000 100% $46,000 $3,100 567$100,000

$100,000 99% $38,000 $11,300 745$150,000

$150,000 99% $26,500 $22,500 505$200,000

Who Goes to Yale?

Class of 2016

(Includes U.S. citizens andpermanent residents only,expressed as a percentageof the total incoming class.)

Total enrolled freshmen: 1,356

African American: 9.5%Asian American: 21.1%Hispanic: 10.5%Native American: 2.8%White: 57.1%No response: 9.1%

Note: Categories do not add up to

100% because 14.1% of freshmenindicated two or more ethnicitiesand are therefore counted in morethan one category. A total of 41.7%of freshmen are students of color.

The average need-based YaleScholarship grant for members ofthe Class of 2016 is over $41,000

for the 20122013 school year.

Roughly 55% of Yale studentsreceive need-based nancial aid.

The total cost of attendance at Yale in 20122013 is $58,600, which includes tuition ($42,300),room ($7,150), board ($5,850),

and books and personal expenses($3,300). Total cost of attendance(not just tuition) is used tocalculate a students need-basednancial aid award.

Families earning between$65,000 and $200,000 annually(with typical assets) contribute

a percentage of their yearlyincome toward their childs Yaleeducation on a sliding scale thatbegins at 1% for incomes justabove $65,000 and moves toward20% at the $200,000 level. Inmany cases a travel allowance isalso provided.

There is no strict income cutofor nancial aid awards. Manyfamilies with over $200,000 inannual income receive need-basedaid from Yale.

Who Qualifies for Financial Aid?

The majority of Yale students qualify for a need-based nancial aid award. The table

below shows average parental contributions for families with various levels of income.Students also make a modest contribution from summer and term-time job earnings.Read more about the Yale Financial Aid package at admissions.yale.edu /financial-aid.

*All Sources include Yales need-based scholarship and other need-based aid sources

such as Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and state grants.

** Due to either extraordinary assets or university policies related to the calculation ofincomes earned in currencies other than U.S. dollars, an additional 108 families who hadestimated incomes below $65,000 did not qualify for a $0 parental contribution. Thesefamilies unique circumstances resulted in signicantly varied parental contributions.

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Yale students represent a vibrant and dense fabric ofpersonal identities and cultural

backgrounds, and there is a vast network of opportunitiesthrough which to express andexplore oneself on campus.

Identity, Culture,and Community.

Four Cultural Housesthe Afro-American CulturalCenter, Native American Cultural Center, La CasaCultural, and Asian American Cultural Centerrootthe many branches of cultural life at Yale. Each Housesponsors student organizations and performancegroups, academic support and advising, peer liaisons,leadership training, social outreach and serviceopportunities, political forums, lectures, and alumnigatherings. These are spaces in which students

explore who they are and where theyve come from,make lasting friendships, and gain a tremendousamount of support to help them thrive at Yale.See the sidebar on the facing page for a selectionof student organizations aliated with YalesCultural Housesyoull quickly see that four Housesgenerate dozens of homes for students on campus,and that multiculturalism is a hallmark of the Yaleundergraduate experience.

In addition to Yales Cultural Houses, several resourcecenters anchor a constellation of student groups andevents pertaining to identity and faith on campus.The Oce of International Students and Scholarsoers numerous services and programs, as well as

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advisers, local host families, and peer mentors, to Yales international student population. The Oceof LGBTQ Resources and the LGBT Co-op sponsoroutreach and education on issues of sexual orienta-tion and gender identity for the whole Universitycommunity, working with member organizations oncampus projects, discussions, and programming.The Womens Center, which is open to students of allgenders, is a space committed to improving the lives of

all women, especially those at Yale and in New Haven.Finally, the Chaplains Oce supports well over30 diverse religious and spiritual traditions at Yale,coordinating multiple daily services, faith centers,aliated social and service clubs, publications, faith-conscious kitchens, and a wide variety of events andparties sponsored by various campus faith groups.

While Yale is proud of these home bases, we are

even more proud of the eagerness with which Yaliesmake connections across many dierent communitieson campus. Recognizing that human beings aremulti-dimensional, Yales resource centers encourageall students to engage, explore, and expand their rangeof identities and cultural experiences while in college.

Alianza (pan-Latino groupcelebrating and learningabout Latino culture)

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

American Indian Science andEngineering Society (AISES)

Asian American StudentsAlliance

Association of NativeAmericans at Yale

Ballet Folklrico Mexicano

Black Solidarity Conference

Black Student Alliance at Yale

Bridges: English LanguageLessons

De Colores: An LGBTQOrganization for QueerPeople of Color

Despierta Boricua(Puerto Rican undergraduateorganization)

International Silat Federation

(martial arts and dance ofWest Sumatra)

Journal for IndigenousLifeways

KONJO! (African Dance Troupe)

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

La Fuerza La Casa Magazine

Las Amigas (Yale Latinasmentor Latina high schoolers)

Latin American StudentsOrganization

Latino Business Coalition

MAS Familias (supportsLatinos interested in mathand science)

Meor at Yale: JewishStudents Organization

Minority Association ofPre-Medical Students

Movimiento EstudiantilChicano de Aztln (MEChA)

Muslim Students Association

NAACP Yale Chapter

Yale Student Organizations

Oye! (Spoken Word)

Phoenix Dance Troupe

Por Colombia

Pre-Medical StudentsRaga Society: IndianClassical Music

Rhythmic Blue (Hip HopDance Troupe)

Shades (A Cappella Group)

Steppin Out (Step Team)

Students of Mixed Heritageand Culture

THINK (Korean Americangroup)

Taiwanese American Society

Tamil Sangam (practiceof spoken Tamil & raiseawareness of the cultureand literature)

Teatro!

The Black Church at Yale

The Cuban-AmericanUndergraduate StudentAssociation

The Dominican StudentAssociation

Unity Korean CulturalMusic Troupe

Vietnamese StudentsAssociation

WORD! Spoken PerformanceTroupe

WRICE (literary journal)

Wushu Club (martial arts)

Yale Christian Fellowship

Yale Gospel Choir

Yale Jashan Bhangra(South Asian Dance Troupe)

Yale Medical ProfessionsOutreach

Yale Mexican StudentOrganization

Yales Hispanic ScholarsFoundation Chapter

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Students come to Yale fromnearly 90 dierent countries

and all 50 states. Close to 40%of undergraduates identify asstudents of color, more than10% are international, and about13% will be the rst in theirfamily to graduate from a four-year college. With such varied

backgrounds, Yale students bringto New Haven wide-rangingacademic interestsfromchemical engineering to historyof art to African politicsandan equal breadth of extracurriculartalents and passions.

Perhaps even more remarkable than the sheermagnitude of people and perspectives representedat Yale is the fact that undergraduates are continually

exposed to this diverse group of peers through Yales residential college system. As an incomingfreshman, each Yale student is randomly assigned toone of 12 residential college communities. Studentsremain aliated with these communities for allfour years of study, and alumni maintain strongcollege pride well beyond graduation. With justover 5,000 undergraduates at Yale, each collegehouses roughly 400500 students. The colleges are

specically designed to be microcosms of the largeruniversity so that undergraduates experience theglobal scope of the entire university in a small,supportive setting.

While all Yale College students take classes andpursue extracurricular activities with one another,they nd a home away from home in theirresidential college. Each college has a dining hall,

Diversity of Perspective.

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a tness gym, art and music studios, gamerooms, a kitchen, a library, and all kinds of otheramenities built into its architecture. Further,

two dedicated members of the faculty or senioradministration head each college as Master andDean, working together on many aspects ofstudent life. The Master is responsible for thecolleges intellectual, social, athletic, and artisticlife, while the Dean is the adviser to studentsin the college. Living with their families in thecollege, the Master and Dean organize eventsand host inuential speakers as well as gatherings

of students and faculty around meals andconversation. Finally, each residential collegeprovides a network of advisers and mentors, sogood advice and support are always close at hand.

Most important, the residential college systemensures that students do not miss out on Yalesdiversity. Lengthy conversations with suitemates,political debates with friends in the college

Two things strike me about diversity

in Yale College. First, the studentsobviously and explicitly treasure thestunning variety of backgroundsand viewpoints represented here.Second, they wrestle with how tomake the most of it. We are a workin progress, which is what a diverseplace should be.

Jeff Brenzel Dean of Undergraduate Admissionsand Master of Timothy Dwight College

courtyard, dinners shared with your collegesfaculty Fellowsall of these experiences willbe as enriching a part of your Yale education asyour coursework.

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As much as one can learn from facultyin the classroom and peers in Yalesresidential colleges, it is crucial forundergraduates to expand their world-viewbeyond New Haven to gain the globalperspective necessary to be a leader in thetwenty-rst century. For this reason, theUniversity places an enormous emphasison international experience.

Diversity of Experience.

If Yale purports to shape the world leadersof tomorrow, it is obliged to teach the fullcomplexity of that world to its students.Having a steadfast commitment to a diversestudent body is but one way that Yale worksto satisfy that obligation. It is worth notingthat this is a commitment the Universityboth accepts and pursues.

Jonathan Holloway Master of Calhoun College andProfessor of History and African-American History

Seventy six percent of Yale students pursue study or projectsabroad before graduating, and over 6 million dollars in fundingis oered to undergraduates each year to support their workin other countries. Many Yalies take a full semester to pursuetraditional study abroad, while hundreds of others choose todo internships, eldwork, research, or community service overthe summer months. The number of Yale networking eventsfor current students and alumni held in cities around the world

is astonishingand even if you dont connect with Yalies atplanned gatherings, its likely that youll bump into anotherBulldog on the Great Wall of China, in Londons theaterdistrict, or touring a pyramid in Cairo.

Check out these student proles to see where Yalies have beenand what theyve been doing in the most recent academic year:

Josh Ackerman

Class year 2014

Major Latin American Studies;Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

Hometown New Rochelle, NY

I spent this past summer in Goyena,Nicaragua, a rural community outside

of the city of Leon, working alongsidelocal sugarcane workers and schoolteachers to gain a better understandingof their daily lives. My experience wasalmost entirely funded by a Yale RichterSummer Fellowship for IndependentStudy and Research. While workingin the sugarcane elds, I learned aboutthe Nicaraguan Chronic Renal Failure

epidemic and met with local leaders who fought for public health justice indeveloping communities like Goyena.My project also aorded the opportunityto live with a Nicaraguan family andteach a series of nutrition workshopsin the local elementary school.

Young-Eun Hyun

Class year 2015Major Biomedical Engineering

Hometown Macon, GA

Last spring I found a Yale-sponsoredmedical research opportunity in

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Emily Hong

Class year 2014

Major Environmental

EngineeringHometown Nashville, TN

I spent the summer after myfreshman year in Ghana, teachingat the SOS Childrens Village inKumasi, and I just returned froma spring semester abroad in Paris,France. While in France, I tutored

in English, worked in a bakery,and enrolled at the Sorbonne andUniversit Paris 8 Saint-Denis where I studied nineteenth-century French painting andthe geography of food.

Julius Mitchell

Class year 2013

Major Political Science

Hometown Chicago, IL

Last summer I interned with aregional political organizationcalled the Council of Asian

Liberals and Democrats (CALD) in Manila, Philippines. I workedclosely with a 2004 Yale WorldFellow who is currently the Presi-dential Adviser on EnvironmentalProtection in the Philippines. Ialso met one of the presidentialcandidates in the most recentTaiwan elections, and I visitedthe ocial residence of FilipinoPresident Benigno Aquino III.My twelve-week summer experi-ence was fully funded by a Yalefellowship called the InternationalSummer Award, available to any Yalie receiving nancial aid.

Rushika Pattni

Class year 2015Major History of Science,Medicine, and Public HealthHometown Dar es Salaam,Tanzania.

During the summer of 2012,I spent two months in Beijingfor the Princeton in Beijing

Language Program. I wasoered the Light Fellowshipto complete an Intensivesummer program for L3and L4 Chinese. After thesummer program, I went toa rural village in China calledZaoyang where I spent two weeks teaching English to

students in Grade 9, and worked with local familiesthrough a local health programalong with Building Bridges,a Yale student group.

Michael Protacio

Class year 2014Major English

Hometown Virginia Beach, VA

Ive had multiple opportunitiesto see the world as an a cappella

Belgium at Erasmus Hospital,and with funding from YalesInternational Bulldogs Program,Bulldogs in Brussels, I wasable to spend June and Julydoing research in a pathologylab at a French-speakinghospital in the capital of the European Union. I also traveledto Amsterdam, London, andParis over the weekends withsome of my Yale friends who were also spending theirsummers abroad.

singing group member. Sing-ing with the Yale Alley Cats,and later with the famed Yale Whienpoofs, I had unwittinglytransformed my Yale experienceinto four years of global travel.In my freshman year, I travelled with the Alley Cats to spendover two weeks in Japan.Best of all, these a cappella tours are unocial culturalambassadorships, and by my junior year, I had travelled to wellover a dozen countries, rubbingelbows with ambassadors, headsof state, and even the Queen ofSweden. Incredibly, even onthe other side of the planet, we frequently run into Yaleclassmates who happen to betravelling or studying abroad.

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Yale alumni span the globe and changethe world. A Yale education aords our

graduates the critical thinking, problemsolving, and communication skillsnecessary to thrive in any number ofcareers throughout their lifetimes, andthis fundamental skillset also equipsstudents with the exibility to shiftcareers in an increasingly changing

international landscape.

Diverse at Yale means you will denitelygo out dierent than you come inand ingood ways. You will have had your mindchanged several times over and engaged

with new ideas and novel ways of thinkingthat will be with you in some form forever.That is the best education anyone can ask.

Elizabeth Bradley Master of Branford College andProfessor, School of Public Health and School of Nursing

Diverse Futures. Weve provided numbers belowthat will answer some of your broadquestions about what Yalies do

when they graduate. How many Yale graduates are accepted toprofessional degree programs likemedical school or law school? What kinds of jobs are available tothem? How many eventually go onto pursue graduate degrees? Butthese numbers wont necessarilycapture the true diversity of what

Yale alumni do after leaving NewHaven. To this end, weve alsoincluded a representative list ofalumni whose careers have madesignicant and varied contributionsto society.

Yale Post-graduation Statistics

90% medical school admit rate for Yalestudents and alumni (vs. 43% nationalmedical school admit rate)

89% law school admit rate for Yalestudents and alumni (vs. 68% nationallaw school admit rate)

Top ve medical schools that Yalies attend:Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale, University ofPennsylvania, Stanford

Top ve law schools that Yalies attend:Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, theUniversity of Chicago

More than 100 employers conduct over2,600 interviews per year at Yales Ofceof Undergraduate Career Services

Frequent employers for Yale students aftergraduation: Google, Boston Consulting Group,Green Corps, McKinsey & Company, CIA and

FBI, PepsiCo, Morgan Stanley, The NielsenCompany, Council on Foreign Relations,Goldman Sachs, Teach for America

Nearly 50% of Yale graduates intend topursue a graduate degree in the two or threeyears immediately following graduation

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Benjamin Ben Carson 73

World renowned Directorof Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Tom Saenz 87, JD 91

Mexican American Legal Defenseand Education Fund (MALDEF)President and General Counsel.

Satya Bhabha, 06 Hollywood actor; major lmcredits include Scott Pilgrimvs. the World and MidnightsChildren.

Henry Louis Skip Gates, Jr.73 Alphonse Fletcher UniversityProfessor at Harvard University,as well as director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

Anderson Cooper 89

Journalist, author, and primaryanchor of the CNN news show, Anderson Cooper 360.

Ben Silbermann 03 Co-founder and CEO of Pinterest.

The Honorable Amalia Meza

75 Judge for the Superior Courtof San Diego County.

Anna Maria Chvez 90 Chief Executive Ocer ofGirl Scouts of the USA.

Tracy Campbell 96 Law Partner for Schi HardinLLP; one of Chicago Lawyermagazines and Chicago Daily Law Bulletins 2011 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.

The Honorable Carlos Moreno

70 Former Associate Justice ofthe California Supreme Court.

Akhil Amar 80, JD 84

American legal scholar, expert on

constitutional law and criminalprocedure, and Sterling Professorof Law at Yale Law School.

Quiara Hudes 99 Pulitzer Prize-winning authorof Water by the Spoonful(2012Pulitzer Prize for Drama) and thebook for the Tony Award-winningmusical In the Heights.

Brian Goldman, 05 Law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Maya Lin 81, M. Arch 86

Designer of the Vietnam VeteransMemorial.

Francisco G. Cigarroa 79 Chancellor of the Universityof Texas system and nationallyrenowned pediatric andtransplant surgeon.

Kirsten Lodal, 01 Co-Founder and CEO ofLIFT, a national organizationcommitted to ghting poverty.

Amira Valliani 10 Special Assistant at U.S.Department of State.

Philip Sam Deloria

(Standing Rock Sioux) 64Director of the AmericanIndian Graduate Center andfounder and rst Secretary-General of the World Councilof Indigenous Peoples.

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Changing your mind is essential to a liberaleducation. Its surprisingly hard for most of us tolet go of one idea in order to embrace another thatrequires a very dierent perspective. However, ina place as diverse as Yale, it is virtually impossiblenot to change your mind about the world and yourrole in it. This is why Yale is such a thrilling placeto get an education.

So, were you right or wrong about what youimagined wed say about diversity? And did

anything change in your own perspective as youpaged through the reections and informationhere? We invite you to record these thoughtsbelow and revisit your working denition ofdiversity going forward. Theres much moreto explore, of course, and we hope youll considerfurthering your explorations here at Yale.

Diversity is...

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In addition to the broad

characteristics of raceand ethnicity, diversityis the substance of allthe various ways wepresent ourselves, ourthoughts, and our

beliefs. In practice, itsthe manner in which weseek to understand our

world and learn fromothers not like us.W. Marichal Gentry Senior Associate Dean of

Yale College and Dean of Student Aairs

T h i s b r o c h u r e w a s p r i n t e d o n M o h a w k O p t i o n s , a 1 0 0 % p o s t c o n s u m e r r e c y c l e d p a p e r .

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A tribute to diversity on campus, thismural covers the external wall of La CasaCultural, Yales Latino cultural center.The mural was painted by two Yaleseniors in honor of the Universitys rstannual Chicano cultural awareness week.

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