Acceleration and Acceleration Credits
General Rules about Acceleration
Students who are considering acceleration should talk to their residential college dean.
Students may petition to accelerate by one term during the third, four, fifth, or sixth term of enrollment, and by two terms in the third, fourth, or fifth term of enrollment. Note that to accelerate by one term, a student must have been awarded at least four acceleration credits; to accelerate by two terms, a student must have been awarded at least nine acceleration credits.
Students may also accelerate by completing 36 Yale course credits in six or seven terms instead of eight, as explained in chapter II of the YCPS.
Petitions to accelerate are available in hard copy only in the offices of the residential college deans.
