Jump to content

Eli Whitney Students Program

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Milkbaba (talk | contribs) at 10:15, 3 December 2009. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Eli Whitney Students Program is an admissions program designed to attract students from non-traditional backgrounds to Yale College. Students admitted through the program study either part or full-time and receive either a B.A. or a B.S. from Yale.[1] The program is different from Yale College's Non-Degree Students Program, the latter which enrolls students into Yale College for credit but does not allow them to receive a Yale degree; students in the Non-Degree Program may only take a maximum of 18 credits at Yale.[2][3]

Started in 1982 for students who do not attend college at the traditional age, the Eli Whitney Students Program usually admits eight to twelve people annually. In 2009 it admitted eight, but in 2007 it admitted only two.[3]

Unlike other non-traditional student programs such as the Harvard Extension School or the Columbia University School of General Studies, Eli Whitney students take all of their classes, and receive most of their advising, within Yale College.[4]Eli Whitney students do not live in the residential colleges, though they are members of one. They receive all of the residential college and university services provided to traditional Yale College students, and have complete access to Yale facilities, student organizations and libraries. Eli Whitney students are fully eligible for Yale's need-based financial aid up to the cost of tuition.

Admission is highly selective. Admissions standards used to evaluate Eli Whitney students mirror those applied to traditional Yale college applicants.[3][5] However, while Eli Whitney candidates are subject to the same academic standards as regular Yale College candidates, in assessing more mature candidates, greater weight is given to achievement than to potential.[6] In contrast to the traditional student application, an interview is required and is granted to only a small number of applicants.

The program gets its name from the inventor Eli Whitney, Jr., who in 1789 at the age of 23, matriculated into Yale College.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Yale College: Eli Whitney Students Program
  2. ^ [[1]]
  3. ^ a b c Finder, Alan (July 6, 2006). "A Taliban Past, and a Cloudy Yale Future". New York Times. Retrieved 01 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Sharif, Amir (November 13, 2009). "Not your typical gap year". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 01 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "You've Got Mail (It's From Yale)". Wall Street Journal. March 13, 2006. Retrieved 02 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Chow, Kimberly (March 2, 2007). "Eli Whitney review nears completion". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 01 December 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Eli_Whitney_Students_Program&oldid=329430456"