“If there is no me actively participating in YYGS, I would not have the chance to talk to so many people from different countries having various pursuits. If there is no YYGS alumni encouraging me to pursue the idealistic educational model, I would not be confident to apply for UWC and got accepted. My life path has been diverged by YYGS to a brand new branch, where I have never dreamt before.”
“Personally, my most favorite part of YYGS was seminars that had a variety of academic fields and were all offered by undergraduate and graduate students. All the seminars were well-organized and intriguing: for example, Music In Medicine, which I was looking forward to the most, gave me a new perspective and potential of music.”
“The highlight of my YYGS experience would be getting the chance to speak in the Speaker Series. It laid the platform for me to uphold my nationality and culture formally in front of the entire BBS Block. I shared with everyone what it meant to be a Bangladeshi in the 21st century and also shed light on the ongoing Rohingya crisis: an international crisis being borne solely by Bangladesh with minimal coverage in the West.”
“YYGS helped me realize how people from different backgrounds and stories are still able to empathize with others in some way, because they are people, and therefore, have troubles, thoughts, challenges which are, dare I say, universal.”
The Jovens Adultos (Young Adults) project started because a few friends and I are really passionate about literature and thought it would be incredible if there was a website where we could share the pages we had been writing.
“Yale’s Professor Emily Coates researches dark matter through choreography. I was not familiar with the concept of art as inward research, and it was life-changing to discover this information. One of my favorite parts of YYGS was that I was expected to challenge, disagree and question everything that surrounded me. So, when I walked out of that breakout session after discussing Professor Coates’s lecture, I had not only learned about art as a way to research, but also as a way to answer the worlds’ biggest questions and as a way to change the world.”
“My favorite seminar was playing Monopoly based on racial and global inequality. Ultimately, the most memorable part of this summer course was being part of this loving and embracing YYGS family.”
“YYGS taught me that we are life long learners and we are fueled by curiosity and discovery, and I believe that I will be able to use my experience to positively impact the world.”
“At first, your time at Yale feels quick, it’s only two weeks, but in hindsight, the sheer amount of knowledge, friendships, and experiences that you gain at your time at YYGS will add up to a lifetime.”
“During my favorite seminar, ‘Our Growing Immunity to Violence,’ we discussed how events in the world today and how our expanding access to media is normalizing violence. It was interesting to learn about how people’s perception of the United States differed from my own.”
“My Capstone group specialized in studying and comparing the methods of education. We studied and compared the main ideologies of education both in theory and in practice. The final product of the Capstone Project should be an imaginative piece of work, so we conducted a live debate to put all the differences in front of the audience and did not give closure during the debate by not providing any opinions.”
I intend to take a double major in education and computer science. I plan on pursuing a career in game development, especially in educational games.
