Yale-NUS College

This review is strictly on Yale-​NUS as a venue, as I don’t attend classes here. But a little background– after speaking to a Yale alumnus, I learned that this campus is fairly new. It really is a joint venture between Yale University and NUS, as there are Yale professors here who were tapped to start the program. Right now, the student body is pretty small at about 300 people, but they plan to have thousands more students in the future. Apparently, all students who attend this liberal arts college get to go New Haven and do some sort of orientation at Yale’s campus.
I visited campus recently to listen to US Ambassador Kirk Wagar give a talk about Lessons from the African American Experience, in part to celebrate Black History Month. The facilities, at least the few that I saw, were pretty modern and state of the art. Bathrooms were clean and the auditorium was comfortable with all the amenities.
Taking a cab there wasn’t too bad, and you don’t need any special permits to drive through. However, it’s best to make sure you have a working GPS on your phone as the taxi might not know exactly where to go. Driving around campus was pretty easy, though there are a lot of roundabouts.
Getting a cab to leave campus was another story. My friend and I tried all the apps and no one wanted to pick us up. We ended up walking through Singapore Polytechnic to get to the Dover MRT, which is at least a 10 minute walk.
TL;DR — beautiful campus, but can feel a bit inaccessible transportation-​wise!