ELLIS – Lane Fischer, a senior at Ellis High School, has been accepted to Yale University, one of the most competitive American universities, which accepted only 5.91 percent of first-round of applicants for the Class of 2023.

Yale, located in New Haven, Connecticut, is one of eight Ivy League colleges in the United States and is the third oldest college in the nation, established in 1701.

To current knowledge, Fischer will also be the first student from Ellis High School to attend Yale College.

Fischer took a chance on applying to this top college that seemed to fit his style and submitted his application under restricted early-action on October 2018 and received word on December 14th that he was just one of 794 students who were offered admissions into Yale during the first-round. In all, between the restricted early-action and regular decision rounds, a total of 36,843 students from the U.S. and around the world applied for admission to Yale’s class of 2023. Out of this record-breaking pool, the college has offered admissions to just 2,178 students.

Lane is the son of Brian and Melanie Fischer of rural Ellis. Fischer’s roots run deep in Ellis as both of his parents grew up there, whose own families go back more than five generations of settling and raising families in and around town.

At this time, Fischer’s educational interests include history, English, and political science. He will begin his collegiate studies this fall and will be in the graduating Yale Class of 2023.

Yale College is home to many notable and influential alumni, including both George H.W. and George W. Bush, Ben Carson, John Kerry, and more. Through the years, Yale has educated five presidents and eleven Supreme Court Justices, including four of the nine sitting Justices today – Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh.

Walking on campus, students and visitors alike get the opportunity to experience Yale’s rich history. The campus’s Gothic architecture houses undergraduate students, distinguished arts programs and research facilities, and some of the largest and most comprehensive libraries in the world.

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