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4029 Swersey Cup: 2014 and 2015 Duel on the Hardwood

By: Anne-Claire Roesch February 23, 2014
Spirited competition is a big part of life at SOM.  Not only do we have a running year-long competition between the four cohorts known as “Cohort Cup”, but we also have the 4029 cup, a series of athletic contests in which first years compete against second years (note: 2014 +2015 = 4029; next year we’ll have the 4031 cup, 2015 + 2016 = 4031). Unlike Cohort Cup, in which each cohort has the ability to accumulate points with individual competitions over the course of the year, 4029 events are all about pride. Continue reading “4029 Swersey Cup: 2014 and 2015 Duel on the Hardwood”

Cohort Life: The FUNdamental SOM Experience

By: Anne-Claire Roesch November 13, 2013
The cohort experience is fundamental to one’s first year at SOM.  After the class is admitted, each of us is carefully placed into one of four “statistically indistinguishable” cohorts – Blue, Silver, Green, or Gold – of about 70 people each.  The cohort is primarily an academic construct – we attend every class of the core together in the first year and spend a great deal of time with one another preparing assignments after class hours.  But the cohort experience at SOM reaches far beyond the classroom in its ability to shape the larger Yale SOM experience. Continue reading “Cohort Life: The FUNdamental SOM Experience”