Help and advice for
incoming freshmen:
freshman.affairs@yale.edu

Yale College
Dean's Office
P.O. Box 208241
New Haven, CT
06520-8241   USA

Sunday, August 31

 

 

Sunday Morning

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9–10.30

 

French placement examination for students with last names beginning A–M. Rooms 101 and 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus. Examination results will be posted on Tuesday, September 2, by 2 p.m. at www.yale.edu/french and in 82–90 Wall Street, third floor.

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10-2

 

Brunch in Commons. For freshmen only.

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10

 

Roman Catholic Mass. St. Thomas More Chapel and Catholic Center, 268 Park Street.

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10.30

 

Christian worship at the University Church. Students of all denominations and traditions are welcome at this ecumenical service. Communion will be celebrated. Lunch following worship. Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm Streets. For more information, contact the Chaplain’s Office at (203) 432-1128.

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11-1

 

Spanish placement examination. Rooms 101 and 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

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Sunday Afternoon and Evening

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12-3

 

Bazaar of registered undergraduate organizations to introduce freshmen to student-run activities. Hewitt Quadrangle,Wall Street.

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1.30–2.45

 

Walking tours of the central Yale campus. Tours leave from the Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm Street.

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1.30–3

 

French placement examination for students with last names beginning N–Z. Rooms 101 and 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus. Examination results will be posted on Tuesday, September 2, by 2 p.m. at www.yale.edu/french and in 82–90 Wall Street, third floor.

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2–3.15

 

German placement examination. Room 119,William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street.

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2-4

 

Czech, Polish, and Russian placement examinations. Rooms 217B (Czech), 218 (Polish), 221 (Russian), Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street.

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2-4

 

Portuguese placement examination. Room 103, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

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3–4

 

Computing and the Arts information meeting.Watson Hall, 51 Prospect Street.

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3.30–5.30

 

Spanish placement examination. Rooms 101 and 102, Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

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4–5

 

Computer Science information meeting.Watson Hall, 51 Prospect Street.

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4–7

 

Dinner in Commons. For freshmen only.

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5.30–7

 

Dinner meeting with ethnic counselors. Over dinner, learn more about the role of the ethnic counselors and the activities and resources of the ethnic counselor program. All students are welcome. Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Old Campus.

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6–8.30

 

Transfer students meet with director of transfer affairs. Location to be announced.

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7.15–9.30

 

“Kaleidoscope.” A theater project written, directed, and acted by undergraduates based on admissions essays from the Class of 2012 and the experiences of upperclassmen. Following the performance, freshmen will meet with their freshman counselors at places to be announced. All freshmen are required to attend.Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove Streets.

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10

 

Singing group jamboree. Hosted by the Singing Group Council. Woolsey Hall, corner of College and Grove Streets.

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10

 

“Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960). Hosted by the Cinema at the Whitney.Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street.

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