Embarking on your first year at Yale is an exciting and transformative time. To support you in this new chapter, we’ve compiled a collection of pre-recorded videos and live workshops designed with your needs in mind. Learn about essential topics to help ease your transition to this new academic environment.
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Select Your Courses
On the Yale College website, you will find valuable resources on various aspects of your first-year course selection. These include guidance on selecting appropriate courses, exploring potential majors, choosing courses at the proper level, general principles of course selection, thinking ahead about your major, and interpreting course numbers.
Each resource is designed to help you make informed decisions and plan your academics effectively
Videos
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Own Your Education
Create mindsets that will lead you to be satisfied with your Yale experience.
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Set Your Priorities
Curate your academic, professional, and personal interests.
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Get Organized
Learn how to prepare your workload and schedule for the semester.
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Build Your Team
Create a network of support to help you achieve your goals.
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Find Your Communities
Find friends and mentors to boost social and emotional well-being.
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Using the Syllabus
Learn how to make the most out of the course syllabus.
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Office Hours
Learn all the ways attending office hours can be beneficial.
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STEM Problem Sets
Learn how college ‘p-sets’ differ from high school homework.
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Essays & Academic Writing
Discover key approaches to writing successful college-level essays.
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Study for Midterms & Finals
Learn best practices and strategies for succeeding on exams.
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Learning Differences & Disabilities
Learn about the resources to help students adjust to college-level work.
Workshops
The workshop format provides a hands-on, interactive experience where participants can actively reflect, apply concepts, collaborate with peers, and receive immediate feedback. Sessions are designed to give you practical knowledge and develop skills in a supportive environment.
Examples:
- Pathways for First-Years
- Time Management
- Getting the Most out of Your Seminars & Lectures
- Cultivating Faculty Mentors
- Getting the Most Out of Your Readings
- Strategies for Reading Literature
- Reading Analytically for Social Science
- Reading Effectively for STEM
- Strategies for Intro Math
- Exam Study Strategies
Newsletter
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Mentorship
Get connected with a peer mentor who can help you reach your academic goals.