About FSY

First-Year Scholars at Yale (FSY) is a summer program offered to a cohort of incoming first-year undergraduate students who are identified as first-generation, low-income (FGLI) with the purpose of easing their transition from high school to college. At no cost to students, FSY participants take courses, attend workshops, participate in a range of social activities, all designed to facilitate and enhance their transition to Yale. Students will begin their first semester having already been immersed in many of Yale's resources, including the close-knit residential college system and Yale's vibrant intellectual culture.