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“Would You Have Gotten Into Yale 100 Years Ago?”: Test Yourself With 30 Entrance Exam Questions
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Have you ever felt like getting into a university must’ve been so much easier a hundred years back? After all, we’ve discovered so much more now, and the bar has been raised tenfold, right? In that case, passing a Yale entrance exam from 1913 should be a piece of cake for you! Let’s see how you’ll perform.
This quiz, consisting of 30 questions, is based on this 1913 Yale University Entrance Exam. It will test your knowledge on everything from maths and sciences to history and foreign languages. Good luck!
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Ace 2 weeks ago
Now that was difficult. I impressed myself with the Latin and even Greek questions, but was let down by my ignorance of US and mediaeval English history , so got a couple of them wrong.
Robert T 2 weeks ago
I was chuffed that I got the Greek translation one right - hint: the last word gives a big clue
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zovjraar me 2 weeks ago
don't even know any language other than English, some Spanish, and even less Portuguese. but i got all the language ones right. failed everything else.
2WheelTravlr 2 weeks ago
Me too, although I did okay on the history questions but I failed nearly all of the math. I wonder if the language questions pointed more towards logical deduction?
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Bruce Mardle 2 weeks ago
Good grief! How many languages did you have to know to enter Yale?! And why?!
Ace 2 weeks ago (edited)
Latin remained a basic requirement for top Universities until relatively recently. I remember that when I was at grammar school (1970s) they had only just dropped it as a compulsory part of the syllabus. Ancient Greek was considered important for studying "the classics" which again would be a normal part of University education at that time (1913, not the 1970s). French and German were considered the international languages of diplomacy and science respectively. So yeah, all of the above.
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Apatheist Account2 2 weeks ago
Firstly, I'd never have "gotten" anywhere, because the past tense of "get" is "got".
Ace 2 weeks ago (edited)
It's perhaps worth pointing out that it was normal use in the UK as well, if you go back a hundred years or more. And lingers on with forgotten, misbegotten, etc. to this day. I'd pick another hill to die on, IIWY, there are enough to choose from. Edit: by the way, 'gotten' is not the past tense anyway, but the past participle which forms a part of the past perfect tense.
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Ace 2 weeks ago
Now that was difficult. I impressed myself with the Latin and even Greek questions, but was let down by my ignorance of US and mediaeval English history , so got a couple of them wrong.
Robert T 2 weeks ago
I was chuffed that I got the Greek translation one right - hint: the last word gives a big clue
Load More Replies... zovjraar me 2 weeks ago
don't even know any language other than English, some Spanish, and even less Portuguese. but i got all the language ones right. failed everything else.
2WheelTravlr 2 weeks ago
Me too, although I did okay on the history questions but I failed nearly all of the math. I wonder if the language questions pointed more towards logical deduction?
Load More Replies... Bruce Mardle 2 weeks ago
Good grief! How many languages did you have to know to enter Yale?! And why?!
Ace 2 weeks ago (edited)
Latin remained a basic requirement for top Universities until relatively recently. I remember that when I was at grammar school (1970s) they had only just dropped it as a compulsory part of the syllabus. Ancient Greek was considered important for studying "the classics" which again would be a normal part of University education at that time (1913, not the 1970s). French and German were considered the international languages of diplomacy and science respectively. So yeah, all of the above.
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 weeks ago
Firstly, I'd never have "gotten" anywhere, because the past tense of "get" is "got".
Ace 2 weeks ago (edited)
It's perhaps worth pointing out that it was normal use in the UK as well, if you go back a hundred years or more. And lingers on with forgotten, misbegotten, etc. to this day. I'd pick another hill to die on, IIWY, there are enough to choose from. Edit: by the way, 'gotten' is not the past tense anyway, but the past participle which forms a part of the past perfect tense.
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