Class: 2029 Major: Global Affairs College: Davenport Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina (The better Carolina) Activities: Modern Dance Collective (affectionately known as ModCo), The Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union, Yale Dems, First-Year Representative Davenport College Council, talking about Mock Trial to anyone who will listen, complaining about the lack of proper sweet tea in Connecticut. About: Aida enjoys annotating novels for her first-year English seminar (though the jury is still out on whether she actually enjoys reading them) and perusing the Internet for ideas to make her LDub common room even more cozy. She thinks that Starbucks' fall drinks are by far their worst seasonal flavors, but fall is by far the best season so it evens out. She is passionate about the rose vanilla matcha from Atticus, the Atlanta Braves, the merits of Chick-fil-A buffalo sauce, and the movie "Good Will Hunting". She is not passionate about the stairs in WLH.

Class of 2028 Major: Global Affairs College: Morse Hometown: Shanghai, China Activities: Da Doox A Capella, fingerstyle guitar, vinyl record collecting, competitive Pokémon About: You can't prove that Bowen actually exists, corporeally or metaphysically. I mean, how do you know he's not just a figment of your imagination, or a projection of your desire to become the ubermensch? The only person who can prove that Bowen exists is Bowen. And even Bowen isn't sure if Bowen exists. Perchance.

Class of 2028 Major: Undecided College: Morse Hometown: New York City Activities: Only time will tell… About: Kai-Shan is a fan of jerk chicken, long runs in the park, the color green, all dogs except chihuahuas, all cats except hairless ones, cool clothes, Shanghainese food, laughing really really hard, hot showers, Afrobeats, Australian accents, and making new friends.

Class of 2028 Major: Philosophy and Religious Studies College: Saybrook Hometown: Needham, MA Activities: YMTA, Army ROTC, Club Spikeball About: Jokingly said "I'm not here to make friends" at one YMTA event and has not been forgiven. Taking a gender studies class to help with the transition from boxing to muay thai.

Class of 2028 Major: Political Science College: Pierson Hometown: Pasadena, California Activities: YMTA, Fifth Humour About: Hannah derives all her life’s joy from doing stupid bits that no one else finds funny. She has concepts of a plan to one day run away to Ireland and open up a bakery in the countryside, but she isn’t a baker right now. She also calls grown men “baby girl” as often as she can to see their reactions.

Class of 2028 Major: Computer Science and Psychology College: Davenport Hometown: Detroit, Michigan Activities: Code Haven, YUAG Gallery Guides, TEDxYale, a little bit of this, a little bit of that About: Samarah likes to learn new things. Right now, she is learning to become a better writer. To practice, she figured she'd write an acrostic poem to tell you more about her: (S)uper huge fan of knock-knock jokes, puns, and knock-knock jokes that involve puns (A)mateur photographer and Rubik's cube solver and daydreamer and everything else (M)ajorly afraid of spiders and large statues (A)spiring to one day complete a 500+ piece puzzle (R)ecites up to 10 digits of pi from MEMORY (woah!) (A)wesome writer in training (stay tuned for her next release <3) (H)as no idea what to write for this one

Class of 2028 Major: Sociology or Political Science College: Pierson Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Activities: Black Moot Court, Yale Black Pre-Law Association First-Year Liaison, First-Year Musical, listening to Joshua Bassett About: Cayla loves singing (pretty well) and dancing (badly) with friends, preferably to Joshua Bassett. She is a huge fan of Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, Zendaya, and Jenna Ortega. If you can't see the common thread, Cayla was a huge Disney Channel kid and still listens to the soundtracks of many a DCOM to this day.