Yale Model Congress Yale Model Congress Yale Model Congress (YMC) is the oldest entirely student-run Model Congress association in the Ivy League. Every year, it brings hundreds of delegates to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut to simulate the United States Congress. Founded in 1993 by members of the Yale Political Union, Yale Model Congress is an annual, four-day-long event, now held in early December. During the conference, high school delegates participate in one of approximately thirty committees, chaired by Yale undergraduates. The delegates prepare bills prior to the conference, and each student is given the chance to debate his or her bill
Ivy League proportion of students. In the most recent academic year, seven of the eight Ivy League schools reported record-high application numbers; seven also reported record-low acceptance rates. Members of the League have been highly ranked by various university rankings. In addition to the broad rankings listed in the accompanying chart, several Ivy League schools are highly ranked in the current "2018 US News & World Report" assessment of Best Undergraduate Teaching: 1. Princeton; 2. Dartmouth; 3. Brown; 10. Yale. The "Wall Street Journal" rankings place all eight of the universities within the top 20 in the country. Further, Ivy League members