Again, Yale plays catchup to Crimson
Monday was not a fun day to be a senior administrator at Yale.
In recent weeks, University officials quietly indicated that Yale was likely to unveil significant financial-aid reforms at some point this winter, although it was unclear when, exactly, the reforms would be announced and how momentous they would be. For the first time in recent memory, Yale appeared ready to seize the spotlight with a financial-aid announcement — timed “for competitive reasons,” Director of Student Financial Services Caesar Storlazzi told the News last month — that did not merely come in response to...
Does anybody know what fraction of those getting into both Harvard and Yale has tended to pick Yale recently?
Does the more attractive financial aid package usually make the difference?
Something tells me that Yale will soon be eliminating tuition altogether, and only have to pay for room and board!
It looks like President Levin is taking game planning lessons from Jack Siedlecki. It remains to be seen whether he can make adequate second half adjustments after being out-hustled and out-foxed initially.