Welcome Class of 2012!

On Harvest, groups of incoming freshmen spend five days in August on family-owned, organic farms in Connecticut, before the start of on-campus orientation. There, freshmen experience all aspects of farm life, from picking vegetables to baking bread to feeding chickens. Afternoons and evenings usually find students cooling off in local rivers, playing games of zucchini baseball, and hanging out around a campfire. Harvest trips provide a unique opportunity for freshmen to enjoy the outdoors, learn about sustainable agriculture in Connecticut, and make friends, before the start of on-campus orientation and classes at Yale. This year, Harvest trips will run from August 24-29, 2008.

Join us!

Incoming freshmen can apply for Harvest on the preorientation website, at www.yale.edu/preorientation. Applications are due June 23.