Yale College
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
P.O. Box 208234
New Haven, CT
06520-8234   USA

Physical address:
38 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT
06511

Phone: 203-432-9300
FAX: 203-432-9370
*FAX: 203-777-6120

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Equal Opportunity
Statement

Eli Whitney Students Program

Yale welcomes applications from non-traditional students who would bring exceptional backgrounds and aspirations to Yale. Eli Whitney students are generally older than other undergraduates because their college plans have been delayed or interrupted. Eli Whitney students cannot be easily typed; they come to Yale with an extraordinary diversity of life experiences and intellectual interests. They take classes with other undergraduates and may earn either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. Eli Whitney students may choose to attend Yale on either a full or part-time basis.  Need-based financial aid is available and the amount of scholarship is capped at the total amount of tuition. On-campus housing is not provided to students in the Eli Whitney Students Program.

This program is named after the distinguished inventor and the son of a New England farmer, Eli Whitney, who came to Yale College in 1789 at the age of 23. The Eli Whitney Students Program, though a distinct program in Yale College, was conceived with the same mission as that for Yale College as a whole: the education of leaders who will make contributions to society and to the world.