# Student Voices

**Source**: https://admissions.yale.edu/embrace-and/student-voices
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## Student Voices

Yale’s most valuable resource is its students. Hear from them directly.

Over the years Yale students have shared their insights on campus life, classes, applying, and transitioning to college. Browse some of our most popular posts and check back for new content.

- ### [Filming My Senior Thesis at Yale](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2025-04-01-filming-my-senior-thesis-at-yale)

  April 1, 2025

  Senior year at Yale means many things. But perhaps most defining for many seniors’ final year at Yale, is completion of a thesis.
- ### [My Transformation from US Veteran to College Student:](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2024-10-25-my-transformation-from-us-veteran-to-college-student)

  October 25, 2024

  Transitioning from military service to college life was a profound journey for me. I had to embrace a new identity and overcome unique challenges.
- ### [My Yale Journey](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2024-08-14-my-yale-journey)

  August 14, 2024

  Hello, I am James (Jimmy) Hatch I graduated as an undergrad in 2024 at the age of fifty-six. In my previous life I served in the US Navy.
- ### [How to Tackle the Yale Transfer Application](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2024-01-01-how-to-tackle-the-yale-transfer-application)

  January 1, 2024

  Whether you’re applying from a community college like I did, a 4-year university, or another beginning route, this is the start of your new journey.
- ### [I Transferred to Yale and Here’s My Biggest Takeaway](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2023-12-01-i-transferred-to-yale-and-heres-my-biggest-takeaway)

  December 1, 2023

  Two and a half years ago, in August 2021, I embarked on a life-changing journey as a community college transfer student to Yale.
- ### [My Favorite First Year Traditions](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2021-04-12-my-favorite-first-year-traditions)

  April 12, 2021

  There really is nothing like experiencing Yale for the first time. Check out a photo compilation of my favorite first year experiences at Yale.
- ### [Inside a Yale Dorm Room](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2021-04-07-anatomy-of-a-yale-dorm-room)

  April 7, 2021

  Yale dorms have many of the essential characteristics that other dorms have, but they also come with some pretty unique features.
- ### [Pre-Med Life at Yale](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2020-12-27-pre-med-life-at-yale)

  December 27, 2020

  What’s it like to be pre-med at Yale? The short answer is, anything you want it to be! But allow me to give you the long answer as well.
- ### [A New Haven Eating Guide (Certified by an Aspiring Foodie)](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2020-10-20-a-new-haven-eating-guide-certified-by-an-aspiring-foodie)

  October 20, 2020

  Tag along as I highlight some of my favorite restaurants from diners to sit-downs, desserts to more desserts (I love dessert), in New Haven.
- ### [Why I Chose Yale: A Coin-Toss](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2019-04-16-why-i-chose-yale-a-coin-toss)

  April 16, 2019

  I remember it all so clearly, I was going to open my college acceptance letters. A nervous pit grew in my stomach. With shaking hands I logged in.
- ### [When Your Professor Wins the Nobel Prize](https://admissions.yale.edu/posts/2018-10-16-when-your-professor-wins-the-nobel-prize)

  October 16, 2018

  There he was, my economics professor, William Nordhaus, on my Facebook timeline. The New York Times announced he won the 2018 Economics Nobel Prize.