Yale Young African Scholars Program 2017 for Outstanding African Student Leaders (Funded)

Application Deadline: March 16, 2017, at 11:59pm EST.

The 2017 Yale Young African Scholars Program application is now available!

Summer 2017 sessions will be held in three locations:

Rwanda: 27 July – 2 August
Ghana: 7 – 13 August
Mauritius: 18 – 24 August

The 2017 application for the Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is now available! YYAS is a high-intensity program that brings together African secondary school students for a cost-free seven-day residential program designed to introduce students to the demanding U.S. university and financial aid application process and requirements. In 2016, YYAS hosted programs in Ghana, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe and welcomed 300 African high school students into its growing alumni network.

The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is a high-intensity academic and leadership program designed for African secondary school students who have the talent, drive, energy, and ideas to make meaningful impacts as young leaders, even before they begin their university studies.

YYAS brings together students from across Africa in this seven-day, residential program and introduces them to the demanding U.S. university application process and requirements. YYAS is an official program of Yale University.

Administered by the Yale Young Global Scholars Program and building off that model of interdisciplinary academic curriculum, YYAS participants will attend lectures led by prominent Yale faculty, seminars developed by Yale student instructors, and experiential exercises designed to augment their leadership skills. Participants will engage in robust intellectual exchanges that are crucial to understanding Africa’s most pressing challenges and opportunities. In addition to the introduction to university application processes, Yale student-led courses and leadership training, YYAS also offers students standardized test preparation sessions at no cost to the students.

Requirements:

• Prospective applicants must be citizens of an African country and currently attend school on the African continent.
• Applicants will have two years left before completing high school and be between the ages of 14-18.

Benefits:

• Travel stipends available for students from low-income backgrounds.
• YYAS is free of cost to all accepted students.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Yale Young African Scholars Program 2017