Student Support Services
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From deans and masters to peer tutors to established service offices, Yale has built a robust system of support and advice for undergraduates. Each residential college has its own team of tutors, including a Tutor-in-Writing who is available to work with students at various levels of writing ability and at different stages in the writing process and a math/science tutor who assists students with problems they may encounter in mathematics, natural science, or engineering courses. Students may also receive help in other academic subjects through a tutoring program administered by the Yale College Dean's Office. Any student who encounters difficulty in a course at any point in his or her undergraduate career may apply for a tutor in that subject through the residential college dean. To assist undergraduates with their decision making, Yale has established an effective and responsive network of individuals dedicated to providing guidance and support. After freshman year, students choose their own faculty advisers according to personal preference or area of interest. The director of undergraduate studies in each department is available to advise prospective majors on course selection. And the dean of each residential college keeps abreast of students' academic progress throughout their undergraduate careers. The deans assist students who are considering acceleration, study abroad, or leaves of absence, and offer advice on a wide range of academic and personal matters. |
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Undergraduate Career Services (UCS) offers programs and resources that help students make informed choices concerning employment and educational opportunities. The staff is available to answer questions regarding career concerns, employment, internships, and application to graduate and professional schools. In addition, UCS hosts employment recruiters, sponsors information meetings and workshops, coordinates and administers applications and nominations for numerous internships, and maintains general career resource and employment and internship libraries.
The Health Professions Advisory Board is available to students considering careers in medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science. Students receive guidance as soon as they consider preparing for medical school and are assisted by faculty, physicians, and health professions advisers at UCS throughout the application process. Interested students can also get a sense of the health professions by assisting in labs at the Yale School of Medicine or by volunteering at Yale–New Haven Hospital.
The Office of International Education and Fellowship Programs (IEFP) offers students advice and information about fellowships, scholarships, and grants that support individual research projects, volunteer work, public service, and study abroad opportunities during the summer and academic year. In addition, IEFP administers the Year or Term Abroad program that allows students to study and earn credit through approved independent programs and universities around the world. Students may apply their financial aid award towards a term or year abroad. With programs such as the Richard U. Light Fellowship, which covers all expenses for over 100 Yalies each year to go to Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan for language study, and the Peking University-Yale University Joint Undergraduate Program that offers Yale classes in China, the opportunities are rich and diverse. IEFP also administers national fellowships such as the Fulbright, Rhodes, Marshall and Truman and is proud of Yale's record of having many winners in these very selective competitions. Students are encouraged to visit IEFP advisers and the IEFP library which maintains study abroad and fellowship information.
