<P> When she meets Jess Mariano, Rory feels an immediate attraction . They become friends first, but start to date after Dean breaks up with Rory because he sees that Rory likes Jess . However, various problems make their relationship difficult . After Jess skips school to go to work at Walmart, causing him to be unable to graduate or to take Rory to Prom, Jess decides to leave to go to California to see his estranged father, effectively breaking up with Rory . Jess does not tell Rory he is leaving, but later calls and does not say anything on the phone, until Rory caught on that it was him and revealed that she might have loved him but would just have to get over it . Later that year, still upset, Jess returns and tells Rory that he loves her and then leaves again . </P> <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> <P> While at Yale, Rory reconnects with Dean, who married Lindsay (a fellow school mate), straight after high school, but it is soon clear that he impulsively did it as a rebound from Rory . During the same period, Jess shows up at Yale to see Rory unexpectedly, and asks her to run away with him, but she refuses . Dean gets jealous but he and Rory grow closer and have an affair, during which Rory loses her virginity . Lorelai is angry and disappointed in Rory, who decides to leave for Europe with her grandmother for the summer to avoid conflicts . Shortly after, Dean separates from Lindsay and the two continue seeing each other . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Rory makes the acquaintance of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger . She soon becomes interested in him and after Dean breaks up with her (she was detained at a party arranged by her grandparents to introduce her to the wealthy and eligible sons of their Yale alumni friends, including Logan), she makes the first move at her grandparents' vow - renewal . Their relationship begins casually as a "no strings attached" affair, because Logan makes it clear that he does not want to commit to a relationship . However, as time passes, Rory grows dissatisfied with their open relationship, and after a day of drunken introspection, she suggests they should end their sexual relationship and be friends because she is "a girlfriend kind of girl ." Logan interprets this as an ultimatum and unexpectedly agrees to date her exclusively . At her first time to dinner at Logan's family home, the Huntzbergers reject Rory as a fit girlfriend for their son because of her aspirations to work and her background . However, Logan affirms his commitment to their relationship, although the pressure exerted by the Huntzbergers continues to dog the couple . </P>

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