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<div align="center"><font size=4 color="#800080"><b>This Week's Meetings
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<font size=3 color="#800080">Study Abroad in South Asia!<br>
<i>Information Meeting for Undergraduates<br>
</b>When: <b>TODAY! </b> </i>Monday, January 22 @ 4pm<br>
<i>Where: </i>WLH 116<br>
</font><font size=3>Co-hosted by South Asian Studies and IEFP, this
meeting will introduce students to study abroad and fellowship
opportunities in South Asia. <br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#800080"><b>Study Abroad Info Meeting for
Freshmen & Sophomores<br>
</b><i>When:</i> Wednesday, January 24 @ 6pm<br>
<i>Where: </i>LC 101<br>
</font><font size=3>Come learn the facts about the exciting study abroad
opportunities open to Yale College students. Get your questions answered:
When can I study abroad? What's it like to study abroad? How do I
identify appropriate and interesting programs? What can I do now to plan
for a term, year, and/or summer abroad? Don't forget, you can spend a
semester studying abroad as a 2nd semester sophomore, or during your
junior year -- now is a perfect time to begin planning for this
adventure! <br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#800080"><b>Summer Study & Fellowship Info
Meeting<br>
</b><i>When:</i> Thursday, January 25 @ 4pm<br>
<i>Where:</i> LC 101<br>
</font><font size=3>It's not too late to begin planning for the summer!
Come to this meeting to learn about your options for international study
and fellowships, as well as the International Summer Award Program
(ISA). Info about the ISA program can also be found online at
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/isa" eudora="autourl">www.yale.edu/isa</a>
.<br><br>
To find out what other meetings are scheduled for the next few weeks,
check out the study abroad and fellowship calendars at <br>
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/iefp/studyabroad/spring07.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/iefp/studyabroad/spring07.html</a> and
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/iefp/calendar/jan_fell07.html. " eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/iefp/calendar/jan_fell07.html. </a> We'll be adding
additional study abroad meetings and events throughout the weeks leading
up to spring break -- check the calendar often (and read the Study Abroad
E-News!).<br><br>
</font><div align="center"><font size=4 color="#800080"><b>Question of
the Day ...<br>
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<font size=3 color="#800080"><u>Will studying abroad hurt my chances of
being elected Phi Beta Kappa?<br>
</u></b><i>Answer:</i><b> No! </b></font><font size=3>It is the
percentage of straight As of all courses taken at Yale or in a Yale
affiliated program (such as Yale in London and Yale Summer Session) that
count, not GPA, therefore, a Year or Term Abroad will not hurt your
chances of being elected to Phil Beta Kappa. If you study abroad through
Year or Term Abroad, where grades do not count for PBK because the
program is not Yale affiliated, you are not at a statistical disadvantage
for election to PBK. Why not? Because what ultimately will count will be
the percentage of A grades of those courses you have taken at Yale. Of
course, if you stay here you do have the chance to earn more As, but then
you also have to earn more of them because you will be taking more
courses! It is the percentage of A grades at Yale, not GPA, that counts.
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For the rest of the answer to this question, see
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/iefp/studyabroad/faq.html?mm=1#phibetakappa" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/iefp/studyabroad/faq.html?mm=1#phibetakappa</a>. You
can access the Yale Phi Beta Kappa web site at
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/pbk/electioninfo.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/pbk/electioninfo.html</a>.<br><br>
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</font><div align="center"><font size=4 color="#800080"><b>King's College
London </b></font><font size=3 color="#800080">-- <i>Change in GPA
requirement for admission<br>
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<font size=3>The cumulative GPA required for admission to the visiting
student program at KCL is now
</font><font size=3 color="#800080"><b>3.3</b></font><font size=3> across
all the departments (in the past, War Studies and English required higher
GPAs -- they will now require the same 3.3 GPA as other departments at
the university). <br><br>
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</font><div align="center"><font size=3 color="#008000">For more
up-to-date information on study abroad and fellowships, <br>
be sure to visit our news pages at
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<a href="http://www.yale.edu/iefp/news/index.html" eudora="autourl">
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http://www.yale.edu/iefp/news/index.html<br>
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