Here's the naked truth. Like most social experiences, attending a Yale naked party can be a vastly different experience depending on a variety of factors. The way you experience such a party depends heavily on (among other things) your gender, your level of attractiveness, your level of security in your attractiveness, your expectations, who you go with, and who you talk to.

Yale students preparing to party...

Here's what happens

You find out (through a friend, or an email list, or an extracurricular group) when and where the party is going to have meet ups. Usually, it will be something like "meet at High Street Gate at 10, 10:30, or 11". Someone who is organizing the party will then meet you there to take you to the actual party location. You will be brought to one room to undress and store your stuff, and then when you're ready, you can head to the party room.The party room is pretty similar to any other party. There are drinks, music, dim lights, and a bunch of people.

In theory, there is a cultural expectation that you do not act upon the fact that you are all naked. You make it more clear than normal that you are making eye contact. If you are a male and you happen to get an erection, you leave the room until you do not have it. Being naked frees you to not always be thinking about nakedness, so you have higher minded discussions than you otherwise might.

In practice, this works out to some degree, and for some time. But, you have a bunch of college-aged kids together all getting drunk and naked. There is some inevitable glancing, and later in the night, things tend to turn more sexual. This is where the variety comes into play. Honestly, it will feel similar to many other parties. People who like to hook up and are usually successful will probably do so. People who don't probably won't.

My Experience

Some Yalies are frequent attendees, some never go, but I think the majority case is seniors at the end of the year wanting to go because its always been something they were curious about. That was me. It was a lot of fun. I went with a group of friends (about half male, half female). I mostly just hung out with them (it was kinda fun to sneak some peaks, and I'm sure they did the same for me). I did talk to some other people, but wasn't looking for a wild night, so I mostly stuck with my friends.

About an hour after getting there, the Yale police broke it up (because it was being held in a classroom building). They were super chill, and were laughing and making jokes about it with us. They were fully supportive of the idea, they just couldn't let us use Yale property for it, so we moved to an off-campus house.

If you have the opportunity to go, I highly recommend it. It's a cool experience; just expect that it will be similar to many other parties and not some wild crazy orgy.