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Yale Admissions is coming to MN

If you are interested in applying to an Ivy League school (even if it's not Yale) it would be worth it for you to go to this info session so you could start to think about how to market yourself to an Ivy and to think about whether it would be a good fit for you.  - Meredith
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Debra Johns, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions, will discuss academic programs, residential colleges and campus life, admissions, and financial aid.
Monday, September 24, 2018 at 6:30 PM
Saint Paul Academy and Summit School
Huss Center for the Performing Arts

1712 Randolph Ave.
St. Paul, MN
Event Registration

All students are welcome to attend.
Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions
38 Hillhouse Avenue
PO Box 208234 New Haven CT 06520
admissions.yale.edu/questions

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