Yale University

Yale University Admissions Status Portal Activation: QuestBridge will send Finalists’ applications to Yale on October 18, and Yale may need a couple days to import them into their system. Once processed, Yale will then email you instructions to log in and activate your admissions status portal, where you can track the status of the materials you submit to Yale.

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Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire

After your QuestBridge Application has been forwarded to Yale, you will receive instructions on activating your Yale Admissions Status Portal. Once you have activated your status portal, complete the short Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire, available via the status portal. The Questionnaire will ask you to identify up to three Yale majors that interest you, and to reflect on your academic interests and your interest in Yale. The specific questions can be found on the Yale website. 

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Yale QuestBridge Testing Choice Form

Whether or not you include ACT or SAT scores on your QuestBridge Application, Yale provides the option to have an application reviewed with or without scores. Complete this simple Yes/No form to indicate your testing option as soon as you activate your Yale Admissions Status Portal. If you select yes to including scores, you may not change your response. If you select no, you may change your response by using the Application Update Form on the Yale Admissions Status Portal to self-report ACT or SAT results at any time. Selecting no will not negatively affect your chances of being admitted.

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Official Transcript(s)

Additional transcripts are not required for consideration in the Match. All applicants, including those who match with Yale, must submit the QuestBridge Midyear Report when first semester or trimester senior grades become available. This is typically in January or February. See Contact Information for how to submit.

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(Optional) Test Scores 
Self-Reported or Official Reports

SAT code: 3987
ACT code: 0618

Yale offers students the option to apply without consideration of their SAT or ACT scores. Learn more about Yale’s test-optional policy. Students who rank Yale can indicate which, if any, scores they would like considered in Yale’s review of their application. For students who would like to submit test scores, Yale accepts self-reported test scores, scores reported on official transcripts, or scores verified through counselors. 

Applicants who include scores, are admitted, and choose to enroll at Yale will be required to submit official score reports in May 2024. Discrepancies between self-reported and official scores will result in the withdrawal of an offer of admission.

An English proficiency exam such as the TOEFL or IELTS is required for non-native English speakers who have not spent at least two years in an English-language secondary school.

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2024-2025 CSS Profile
CSS code: 3987
Available Oct. 1

Please select "Regular Decision" as your admission application type. 

If your parents are divorced or separated:

• Your non-custodial parent must submit the online Non-Custodial Profile using the login ID and password that will be emailed to you when you complete the CSS Profile.
• If you do not have any contact with your non-custodial parent, then you may submit a request to waive the requirement of their financial information. Download the Non-Custodial Parent Waiver Petition.

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2022 Federal Tax Returns and Forms for Custodial and Non-Custodial Parent (if applicable) 

• Signed, with all schedules, attachments, W-2 forms and other earning statements. If your parents own a business or farm, include partnership and/or corporate tax returns.
• Your non-custodial parent must also submit copies of their 2022 federal tax returns with all schedules, attachments, W-2 Forms, and other earnings statements using College Board's IDOC Service. If your parent is not required according to IRS guidelines, complete the Yale Parent Tax Nonfiling Statement.
• If one or more parents are not required according to IRS guidelines, complete the Yale Parent Tax Nonfiling Statement.
• Send using College Board's IDOC Service, which you may access after submitting the CSS Profile.

SUBMIT AS SOON AS AVAILABLE (likely by late December)

2024-2025 FAFSA
FAFSA code: 001426

The FAFSA will not be available until at least December 2023. Please complete the FAFSA as soon as it is available and submit it directly to Yale.

U.S. Citizens and Eligible Noncitizens are required to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

The FAFSA is not required for Undocumented/DACA or international students because these students are not eligible to apply for federal aid.

Single-Choice Early Action

Finalists who do not match cannot be considered for admission through Single-Choice Early Action to Yale, but instead will be automatically considered in the Regular Decision process.

Finalists who did not rank any colleges may apply to Yale in the Single-Choice Early Action program. To have your QuestBridge application considered for Early Action at Yale, please send an email to apply.questions@yale.edu from the email address listed on your QuestBridge application by November 1. Please include your QuestBridge ID number and the following text: “I would like to share my QuestBridge National College Match Application with Yale for consideration in Yale’s Single-Choice Early Action program. I have reviewed the policies outlined at admissions.yale.edu/single-choice-early-action. I will neither rank any colleges for the Match, nor submit any Early Action or Early Decision applications to other colleges or universities that would violate Yale’s Single-Choice Early Action policy."

Regular Decision

All Finalists who rank Yale for the Match, but did not match to a binding college will automatically have their applications moved into the Regular Decision process. Please submit updated transcripts and any relevant updates. Finalists who rank Yale for the Match should not submit a separate Common Application or Coalition Application; additional applications will be deleted. 

If you no longer wish to be considered, you must request that your application be withdrawn by completing the "Application Withdrawal Request Form," available on the Yale Admissions Status Portal. 

Finalists who ranked Yale and submitted all materials (but did not match to a binding college)

Finalists who did not rank Yale

Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire

Yale QuestBridge Testing Choice Form

QuestBridge Midyear Report

When first semester or trimester grades are available (typically January or February)

When first semester or trimester grades are available (typically January or February)

(Optional) Test Scores 
Self-Reported or Official Reports

SAT code: 3987
ACT code: 0618

Optional, and only if new scores to report

(Optional) QuestBridge applicants who choose to include scores with their application may submit official or self-reported scores. Applicants who include scores, are admitted, and choose to enroll at Yale will be required to submit official score reports by May 2024. Discrepancies between self-reported and official scores will result in the withdrawal of an offer of admission.

Finalists who ranked Yale and submitted all materials (but did not match to a binding college)

Finalists who did not rank Yale

2024-2025 FAFSA
FAFSA code: 001426

US Citizens and Eligible Noncitizens

2024-2025 CSS Profile
CSS code: 3987
Available Oct. 1

2022 Federal Tax Returns and Forms