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“Would You Have Gotten Into Yale 100 Years Ago?”: Test Yourself With 30 Entrance Exam Questions
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"Are You Ivy League Material?": Take This Quiz And See If You Would've Gotten Into Yale In 1910s

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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
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was chuffed that I got the Greek translation one right - hint: the last word gives a big clue

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    AnnaB
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Yale for me, I guess.

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    Ace
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was chuffed that I got the Greek translation one right - hint: the last word gives a big clue

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    AnnaB
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    2 weeks ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Yale for me, I guess.

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