Bush41. enrolled at Yale University in September 1945. He was an ambitious, highly competitive student, Bush had been accepted to Yale University prior to his enlistment in the military, and took up the offer after his discharge and marriage. While at Yale, he was enrolled in an accelerated program that allowed him to graduate a B.A. in Economics in two and a half years, rather than four. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was elected its president.