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[quote=Anonymous]A little more about Yale's residential colleges:

The "brand new" ones were built in the 1960s. They are about to build two more.

Each student is assigned a residential college for the four years. That does not mean you live in that college for all four years, but it is where you take your meals, your campus mail, and have a lot of social activities and support (such as math and writing tutors). Even if you choose to live off campus, you are still associated with that college.

With two exceptions (TD and Silliman), all the frosh live on the Old Campus, but with other frosh from the same college.

Except for Stiles and Morse (the "new" colleges), the residences are centered around entryways rather than hallways. Depending on the building, there are 2-4 suites per floor.

I am closest to my team mates and to my residential college friends. Both groups span graduating classes, making regular class reunions a little less of a draw for me.

Not sure what the current percentage of legacy families is. Back in the 80s and 90s, it was a bit of a sticking point with alumni that legacy status really didn't confer an advantage on applicants.

More than half of the student body receives need-based financial aid. Keep that in mind when people mention "a lot of legacy/wealthy families".  
http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid[/quote]

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