How to Apply

All required forms are available for download from the right-hand column. Application Deadline: March 1

To open your admissions file, please submit:

• Application Form 1
• Application fee or fee waiver request.

The application fee of $75, which is non refundable, must accompany your application. Please send a check or money order payable to Yale University and drawn on a U.S. bank. Please note that Yale does not accept the Common Application for transfer admission.

Fee Waiver Request

If you wish to apply for a fee waiver, you must attach to your application (on a separate sheet) the following information: your name, the combined annual income of your family in U.S. dollars, the number of dependents listed for tax purposes by your parents, and any additional circumstances that should be considered in a review of your fee waiver request.

Form 1 (Personal Information)

Without Form 1 and the application fee or fee waiver request, we cannot open your admissions file.

Form 2 (Required Essays)

The personal essays are important. We ask you to use them to explain your reasons for wanting to attend Yale and to discuss the activities and interests that are important to you. The purpose of the essays is to help the Admissions Committee understand you and the ways in which Yale College might help you achieve your academic and personal goals.

Important Documents

Transfer Application (PDF format)

Individual Forms (PDF format)

College Records

You should arrange with the Registrar of your present college and with any previous college(s) to send us an official transcript of your college record to date. The transcript(s) should be mailed after fall term grades or fall and winter quarter grades are recorded. Should your college report grades on a yearly basis, please have all current instructors report on your progress. Spring term transcripts must be submitted by those applicants who are admitted or placed on the Waiting List.

Forms 3a & 3b (Faculty Reports) and Form 4 (College Report)

You should ask two of your college-level teachers and a college dean (or appropriate administrative official) to complete the enclosed forms and return them to Yale. Recommendations from secondary school teachers may not be used in lieu of college faculty reports. A college dean should complete Form 4.

Employer Recommendations

If you are not attending college at this time and are employed, or if you have interrupted your education in order to work, please have your employer submit a letter of recommendation. Your employer should give the dates of your employment, describe your position, and comment on the quality of your work.

Form 5 (Secondary School Report)

You should forward the Secondary School Report (Form 5) to your former principal or guidance counselor, with the request that it be completed and returned directly to Yale. It should be accompanied by an official transcript of your academic record for grades 10 through 12. Even if you have previously completed an application for freshman admission to Yale College, it is necessary to submit the Secondary School Report, since we seldom have a complete senior year record for freshman applicants.

Sports Information Sheet

If you are planning on participating in intercollegiate athletics, please fill out the Sports Information Sheet and submit it to the Varsity Sports Office. The mailing address for this office is:

Varsity Sports Office
Yale University
P.O. Box 208216
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8216

Interviews

Yale does not offer evaluative interviews for transfer applicants.