Aaryan Kumar
The most memorable moment of my YYGS experience was my seminar “Gerrymandering, Apportionment, and How to Measure (Un)Fairness.” This seminar was not only intriguing content-wise but also in the way it was taught.
Ayush Kumar
There’s absolutely no better place to spend your summers than YYGS itself. I attended lectures from renowned Yale professors and had the best time whilst connecting to an extraordinary peer group expanding 100+ countries.
Andrew Ko
The lectures and seminars were also eye-opening. My favorite seminar was, “How Do We mMake Music?” During the workshop, I met friends who were equally as passionate about music. We got to mix and mash our mixtapes and learn about the technology behind it. Dr. Duffy’s lecture about using music in the field of medicine opened my eyes to utilizing my education for the global initiative.
Andrea Kim
It was after Professor Duffy’s lecture that I found myself, at times, subconsciously looking for connections between seemingly unrelated entities. This lecture, and the YYGS experience as a whole, broadened my horizons, redirecting my way of thinking into one that is more receptive of diverse perspectives.
Shinmu Jiang
When someone asks “What makes YYGS different from other programs?” or “What is special about YYGS?”, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t the lecture on China’s Belt and Road Initiative or the seminar covering Rousseau’s opinions on our state of nature. Instead, I think about the discussions with my family time group or the late-night discord calls on the YYGS server. I think about my newfound relationships with friends all across the globe, spanning from Boston to Indonesia to Australia and back to San Jose.
Inayah Jamalie
Personally, it left me with a better understanding of myself as I had time for personal growth and development. It was so eye-opening to meet friends and mentors from across the world, all bringing in their own experiences and knowledge to share. It also helped me explore a lot of my interests- from genetics and biology to science and technology and astronomy…all of which I still find really fascinating today.
Audrey Huang
Coming in expecting literature analysis similar to the practices we do every day in English classes, YYGS revealed itself to be a uniquely beautiful experience that left me breathless and my mind racing thousands of miles after every session. This program branded into my mind questions that I’d never thought to ask myself. More importantly, it taught me to ask unanswerable questions that I’ve never asked others before.
Conrad Hsu
Although getting placed into LPC wasn’t my first choice, I decided to give it a shot and eventually found out most of the things we learned played into some of my more STEM oriented passions. One of my favorite parts of this program were the seminar topics . I remember a fascinating topic of human and machine collaborators in theater and performance art, which specifically resonated in me as I was both a musician and an aspiring data scientist.
Craig Hohmann
YYGS changed me in innumerable ways, the most pronounced being that I am now a critical consumer of what I read and hear. While people develop nuanced views as they mature, YYGS accelerated that process for me. Through two weeks of seminars, lectures, and discussions with people from around the world, I came to understand that the prevailing view isn’t always correct and that we must try to gather all the facts before making an argument.
Irma Gvilia
I left YYGS with so much knowledge and critical thinking skills. In one seminar, I learned how to analyze myths and what they tell us about the people and society of that time. I learned about cinematography and the important role its elements play. I changed my outlook on poetry: I no longer think it is a jumble of meaningless words, but a deeply inspiring art form. This short but enlightening program has contributed greatly to my development.
