<P> After graduating Chilton as valedictorian and with a 4.2 GPA , Rory goes on to attend Yale University , her grandfather 's alma mater , in season four , although her entire life she had wanted to go to Harvard , having decided that the benefits of Yale outweighed her dream of studying at Harvard . During her freshman year , Rory resides at Durfee Hall and shares a dorm room with Tana , Janet , and fellow Chilton alumna Paris Geller . She moves to Branford College , the same residential college that her grandfather , Richard Gilmore , lived in , at the beginning of her sophomore year . There she shares a dorm room with Paris . At Yale , Rory majors in English and pursues her interest in journalism ; she wants to be a foreign correspondent and her role - model is Christiane Amanpour . She writes for the Yale Daily News and is its editor towards the end of her studies . </P>
where do rory and paris go to college
Yale University