(NAPSI)—If you know smart, high-achieving high school students who are looking for a unique, fun and challenging way to spend part of their summer, they may want to consider Yale Young Global Scholars, a program administered by Yale University. The Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) program offers an academic enrichment and leadership development experience that enables high school students to explore an interdisciplinary curriculum, meet peers from around the world and get a taste of college life. The highly selective, two-week program is held on Yale’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Need-based scholarships are available, and high school sophomores and juniors (or international equivalent) from all financial backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is January 31, 2017.
“YYGS brings together outstanding high school students from around the world to foster intellectual curiosity and empower the next generation of global leaders, all while also forging new friendships,” said director Erin Schutte Wadzinski. “It offers a good balance for students interested in learning, career exploration and summer fun.”
The College Experience
While attending the program, YYGS participants get to live on Yale’s campus and explore its libraries, classrooms, dining halls and dorms as they engage with distinguished scholars, tackle new ideas and concepts, and hone their leadership skills.
Carene Umubyeyi, a 2016 YYGS participant from Kigali, Rwanda, found the diversity and intelligence of her peers to be a particularly exciting aspect of the program. “Although we were all from different corners of the world and had different stories and perspectives, we all shared an eagerness and passion for learning,” she said.
What They Can Learn
The program, taught primarily by Yale faculty and affiliates, offers six intensive, interdisciplinary, summer, pre-collegiate experiences for 2017: Politics, Law and Economics; International Affairs and Security; Sustainable Development & Social Entrepreneurship; Applied Science & Engineering; Biological & Biomedical Science; and Frontiers of Math & Science.
The rigorous schedule includes daily lectures from Yale faculty, discussion seminars and small-group meetings. Students are required in each session to complete a writing, research and presentation project that includes a teamwork component. With no grades or course credit, YYGS encourages students to approach these projects creatively and with the understanding that they set their own limits.
Who They Are
Students accepted to the program will have:
- Excellent academic records
- Demonstrated leadership potential
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Desire and ability to work cooperatively with peers
- Good work ethic
- Ability to read, analyze and reflect on large quantities of difficult material in English
- High standards of personal and professional conduct. Students must be mature and able to engage respectfully and civilly in discussions over controversial intellectual, moral and political issues.
For further information about YYGS, including how to apply, please visit http://globalscholars.yale.edu.