# What it means to be a Yalie

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# What it means to be a Yalie

Being a Yale student means much more than simply going to class.

## Student *and*…

Yalies are simultaneously students at one of the world’s great research universities and part of a collaborative community filled with accomplished artists, world-class athletes, innovative entrepreneurs, passionate changemakers, and lifelong friends. Students engage their extracurricular pursuits with as much energy as their academic endeavors.

Yalies come from all 50 states and over 100 countries, bringing with them a diverse array of faiths, cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, interests, talents, and experiences. Students celebrate their identities in five cultural centers designed to create a home for students of a shared background and inform the larger community.

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residential colleges

## 500+

student organizations

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cultural and resource centers

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## Residential College Dining Hall

## Intramural Spikeball

## Mariachi Lux Et Veritas de Yale

## Move-in Day

## Yale College Class Day

## The Silliman College Salamanders

## Yale Collegium Musicum

## A College Tea

## Explore Yale from home

View residential colleges, classrooms, laboratories, dining halls, student suites and more in 360 panoramas through 5 virtual tours.

[Virtual Tour](https://www.youvisit.com/tour/yale/80314?tourid=3&pl=v&m_prompt=1)

- ### [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.

- ## [Residential Colleges](https://admissions.yale.edu/residential-colleges)

  Every undergraduate is randomly assigned to one of fourteen residential colleges, smaller living communities that form the heart of student life.
- ## [Identity, Culture, Faith](https://admissions.yale.edu/identity-culture-faith)

  Yale’s cultural, religious, and resource centers invite everyone to engage, explore, and expand their understanding of themselves and others.
- ## [Student Groups](https://admissions.yale.edu/student-groups)

  Students engage their extracurricular projects and organizations with as much energy as their academic endeavors.
- ## [Traditions](https://admissions.yale.edu/traditions)

  Yale is a place full of tradition and innovation just waiting for each class of students to continue to shape it with their unique voices and experiences.