Yale is one of the best universities in the U.S. — if not the world.
Each year, it attracts top high school applicants, this year had a record-low acceptance rate of 6.7%.
As a result, Yale has some pretty remarkable students. We found 26 particularly impressive undergraduates at Yale.
They're entrepreneurs, composers, athletes, scientists and writers who are making a difference in the world.
Jenny Bright is a Rhodes Scholar who was editor-in-chief of the Yale undergraduate Law Review.
Class of 2013
Bright is finishing her senior thesis on public-health initiatives under the Bloomberg administration, specifically critiquing the process of policy making behind the 2002 smoking restrictions, the 2008 trans-fat restriction, and the recent attempt to limit the portion size of soda.
She was editor-in-chief of the Yale undergraduate Law Review, and was President of the Urban Collective, a group of undergraduates who are interested in urban studies who come together to discuss topics relevant to cities.
In November, she was named a Rhodes Scholar and will pursue a Master of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford next year.
She hopes that her studies in the U.K. will allow her to ground her interest in urban health in a public-policy foundation.
Eventually, she wants to attend law school.
Victoria Buhler ran Yale's Model United Nations team and is interested in international relations.
Class of 2013
Buhler works with Professors Robert Shiller and Mobel laureate George Akerlof as a research assistant for their upcoming behavioral economics book.
She ran Yale's Model United Nations team. They had an undefeated season including winning at the largest national competition.
She edited the Yale Economic Review, and used to teach international relations to local New Haven high school students.
Recently, one of her papers was used as the basis for David Brook's Op-Ed column in the New York Times.
Next year she will be studying international relations at Cambridge before returning to the Boston Consulting Group.
Kevin Daly recovered from a severe boating accident to become captain of the rugby team.
Class of 2014
During Daly's junior year of high school, he had a severe boating injury when his leg was run over by a propeller.
He was completely out of athletic activities for a while, but used rugby as a recovery method and a way to return to competitive sports. Eventually, he became captain of the Yale University Rugby Club.
Daly is also on the Model United Nations team, and won Best Delegate in the largest delegation at Nationals last year.
He is very involved with his fraternity, serving as social and rush chair.
Daly plans to write his senior essay on Irish ideas of sovereignty during the Euro Zone crisis.
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