EXPLORATION SUMMER PROGRAM AT YALE: EVER BEEN?

alright, i went to Explo for all nine years possible, three of those years i was at yale with the senior program. Pretty much, explo is as fun as you make it. As long as you take cles that interest you, they can be a lot of fun, however, if you go to a cl and decide that it isn't right for you, make sure to do add drop and switch cles because it's tough to be in a cl that you don't enjoy. As for outside of cl, the main thing that will determine whether you have fun or not is the friends you choose to make. Try to meet a ton of people from a bunch of different places rather than just find one group of friends. I mean, halls, cles, activities, trips, and main events are all great places to meet new people. Also, one of the main benefits of explo are the international students and students from all over the country. I'm from New England but got to room with people from venezuela, brazil, italy, spain, and korea. In terms of guys, there are generally less guys than girls at the older ages, but there are a good amount of guys going into sophmore year, and if your goal is to meet guys, you will definately be able to. The guys at explo, and the girls, pretty much are normal high school students, there is a whole range of both with extremely different people. Pretty much, whatever you're looking for, you can find. As far as hooking up goes, the staff is pretty adament about stopping it, but it's a high school program, and obviously, if people try hard enough, they'll find a way to do it. However, if caught, this leads to expulsion from the program. Most people decide that it's better to just avoid that altogether because it's kind of silly to have a relationship at a three week program. It's really not cliquey at all and there are by far enough people there to just avoid people you don't like and still have plenty of friends.