Best Clubs at Yale?
Admitted freshman in class of 2026 and very excited to be going to Yale next year. However, I wanted to get a head start on which clubs are most worthwhile to join. So far I've found:
- Yale Student Investment Group
- Yale Undergraduate Diversified Investments
- Yale Alternative Investments
- Yale Student Quantitative Research Group
Would appreciate any insight and advice!
Congrats
I've heard Skull & Bones is killer for your resume.
And it just sounds cool
Wow what a non-target statement. If you went to a target you would realize that you cannot put Skull and Bones on your resume; indeed you wouldn't need one.
Asperger's detected.
;Yes, but it’s something you don’t get tapped for until your third year, and have to be invited, meaning you can’t apply for it or simply join, unlike other clubs.
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YSIG, frats/sororities, YAI are the three worth your time, all selective to an extent. YUDI is a joke mostly. YSQRG is newer and I don't know much, but if you want to be a quant trader, extracurriculars don't matter, just have a 3.8+ GPA in Math/Physics/Astro/CS. Current senior, pm if questions.
& re: the frats, SigNu/LEO/SigChi have the best wall street outcomes by far, followed by Zeta & ADphi, but those are the football/lacrosse frats so not really open to Narps. DKE is trying to revive but probably won't be real again till the end of your time at Yale, and if you're posting this as a senior in high school, zero percent chance you would like the vibe, but they're the other one with a good alumni network.
Thank you for the help! I will keep those three in mind then. I also found two more clubs called Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Investment Fund and Urban Philanthropic Fund. Do you have any opinions on these?
Dwight has a really good track record of putting kids into historically less traditional ESG-focused finance-related fields (endowments, congress, corporate sustainability, major institution sustainability initiatives like Blackrock's) but isn't really for the type of finance that this website skews towards. I have some buddies in UP Fund but don't really know much about it, other than that they're successful/intelligent/driven people. Very anecdotal, but I know a few kids who did that and went MBB. If you're interested in MBB/consulting, the Yale Undergraduate Consulting Group is solid. Also, if you're of a certain affinity, find that group's finance club -- Sube for the Latin folks, Smart Women's Securities for women, and there's a lot more I can't remember. Pretty much all of those are really really good.
Why is YUDI a joke? Or how about Undergraduate Economics Association, of if you’re a woman, Smart Women Securities?
That Yale thing...
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>haha this is so funny and such a cool niche reference it's even cooler every time!
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Graduated a few years ago. Granted, I didn’t join any of these clubs and ended up at a BB, so you definitely don’t need to be part of any but it certainly wouldn’t hurt. Agree with Island on just about everything, but I would definitely emphasize trying to get into YSIG. You can quickly tell the strength of a club by looking at e-board placements + history of the club; i.e. YSIG has been around for decades and the entire board is going to PE/VC/BB/EB so multiply that by multiples of 10 for your alumni network. And that’s just the board. The other finance clubs IIRC are relatively new and some even have freshmen on the board. Though this by no means strictly speaks to the quality of opportunities they offer, it reflects the depth of network you get when you join. Kids at exclusive target schools love the high of exclusive social circles and being on the “in” can pay dividends for your career down the line. DM me if you want some specific advice, know some folks who are still involved.
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