耶鲁前校长Kingman Brewster说:我们必须做出预见性的判断,即申请者是否能在耶鲁的帮助下,成为他所从事领域的领导者(We have to make the hunchy judgment as to whether or not with Yale’s help the candidate is likely to be a leader in whatever he [or she] ends up doing.)。
耶鲁招生办指出他们审查材料的两条标准:“谁能最好地利用耶鲁资源?”以及“谁能最大限度地为耶鲁社区做出贡献?(Who will contribute most significantly to the Yale community?)”