Yale (2022-2023)

[regal relic]

fr but it’ll be alright

only… 2 months to next decisions

[regal relic]

I <3 yale!

[vivid viper]

💓💓💓💓💓 we love our auto admits

Yale said you were VIP🤭

[regal relic]

I am VIP!

[charred cedar]

Gateway Community College > University of New Haven

[primal gorge]

SO TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[tame rapids]

lol, my dad (an intl parent who isn't familiar with american college system at all) was genuinely concerned when I asked for our tax returns to upload on portals
i then had to convince him for 37 minutes that no 325 year old school was established with the sole purpose of tricking him and obtaining his tax returns

[regal relic]

very true yell college scam school???

[spring ravine]

Anyone else stressed af that they're not getting any signs of a likely even though the enormously vast majority of admitted students don't get a likely letter and worrying about not getting one is completely nonsensical

😭

[chilly sundial]

Nah you trippin

[vivid viper]

imagine expecting a likely

like that's not even practical 💀

unless you're some cracked recruited athlete ig?

[iron badger]

what would the signs even be 💀

[sinful hazel]

senior interview

[fluid frost]

i dont think a senior interview is necessarily a likely sign?

all the qb appllicants got senior interviews iirc

and that didn't seem to improve chances generally speaking

[sinful hazel]

i was p sure i read somewhere that rd senior interviews are usually a sign that you're getting in/getting a likely

could be wrong tho

[tame tree]

yea same

it's probably a sign

[wind cipher]

I did not get a senior interview

[wind cipher]

I’ve heard this

but I know of zero credible sources on the matter

[spring ravine]

exactly

[muted grotto]

hii are y’all submitting the verification statement of household information through the yale finaid document upload portal or idoc?

my idoc doesn’t show it as a requirement so i was gonna use the yale portal but i was wondering what other people are gonna do

[onyx kelp]

are interviews sent out randomly

or do they send it to ppl who are weak & they need more info on them?

[wind cipher]

hahahah hell no

very few people get likely letters

and few people get senior interviews as well

y’all need to not be stressed with getting likelies or not

like EVEN IF YOURE GETTING IN you’re still probably not gonna get a likely letter

and if any of you are stressed about likely letters might I suggest redirecting your anxieties into doing literally anything else (unless you have GAD, then I’m sorry)

[onyx kelp]

what’s a senior interview

[hollow kite]

The yale admissions podcast does a great one on likely letters if anyone stressed abt it x

[wind cipher]

a requested interview with a Yale college senior

[onyx kelp]

oh damn

[wind cipher]

The admissions office sends you an email

[onyx kelp]

gotcha

[uncut hazel]

what's GAD?

[regal relic]

general anxiety disorder ✨

[uncut hazel]

ahhh okie

[onyx kelp]

I have the same question

I didn’t even see the form until now when I logged into the portal

There’s also this Parent and Student IRS Data Retrieval Tool thing that says missing?

It doesn’t say yale has requested any documents on Idoc @muted grotto

[muted grotto]

yeah mines the same

i’m just uploading it through the portal i guess

[onyx kelp]

okay, im prob gonna do the same then

[muted grotto]

my printer is shit it printed the form out all janky but. it’ll have to do!

[lost gorge]

did this appear on ur checklist

i didn’t get one 😦

[muted grotto]

yes

[lost gorge]

huh ok

[muted grotto]

i think some intl students haven’t received it, it might be mostly for US citizens idk if you are

either way i wouldn’t stress about it at all

[lost gorge]

okok thanks

[muted grotto]

wait make sure you’re checking the finaid checklist tho

not the app one

[lost gorge]

oh i dont qualify for finaid is that why

[muted grotto]

yeah that might be it then

[regal relic]

I think I’m doing idoc

Will this mean another $16 fee though

[muted grotto]

no idoc doesn’t have fees

i just uploaded mine through the portal take it or leave it fr stupid ass form anyways

[lost gorge]

What’s ur 0.5 dub lol

[regal relic]

deferral

[lost gorge]

ahh ok lol

[tall bolt]

Finished my alumni interview, it went well!

[eager vessel]

Did anyone else get the IRS Data Form missing on their financial checklist? I think it might be a sign?

[muted grotto]

@iron elk someone else with an alumni interview for you since you ask so often lmao

[muted grotto]

@onyx kelp i think

[onyx kelp]

Yes

IRS Parental Retrieval form or something like that

[eager vessel]

When I looked up the form, it says at the bottom: student type. The categories listed are new students, current students, transfer students, etc. But when I looked up the other tax form, the Verification Statement of Household Information, it says it's for prospective and undergraduate students. So what does that mean?

I only got the Verification of Household, not the IRS

[muted grotto]

i wouldn’t read into it too much

finaid astrology

oh mb 😭😭😭

i always get those mixed up

sorry mayo congrats on the good interview tho!

[eager vessel]

Lmao. Ong, I am tripping. I just wonder if there's any signs though. Like for REA for Princeton, the ones that got in got requested for Mid Year Reports.

Congrats on the interview 🙂

[charred cedar]

What

Princeton didn’t request a mid year from me

[eager vessel]

When I applied to Princeton REA, the applicants that received an acceptance were the ones who got contacted to submit their mid-year grades through their counselor.

[charred cedar]

That doesn’t really make sense

[regal relic]

how would you have a mid year by the end of REA

most mid years don’t come out til jan/feb

[charred cedar]

That’s not the weird part

Why would they want a mid year if you got accepted

🤣

[regal relic]

true

they usually only do final report no?

[charred cedar]

I thought

[eager vessel]

This is from Princeton REA Group. The admissions asked for a progress on grades or something. The ones that got requested usually got in. I never got requested tho

Idk what schools y'all go to, but my semester ended at the beginning of December. January/February is late

[digital zodiac]

trimester system

[celest gyro]

For all those wondering, Yale if def a safety

http://Safetyschool.org

[charred cedar]

average boston school slander

[eternal needle]

https://tenor.com/view/gif-gif-19491949

[queen glade]

future yalie here

good luck guys

[wind cipher]

did you get in @queen glade

[queen glade]

no

t yet

i will tho (trust) (real(

[regal relic]

@queen glade i am a fellow brain dead ib student

[olive topaz]

is it normal for yale to revoke a financial aid document request

probably got rejected

[regal relic]

💀

[olive topaz]

i had a verification for household information in the financial aid checklist

now its gone

did they figure it out or did say "fuck you" and left me alone

[muted grotto]

mine is gone too

i submitted it monday too

[olive topaz]

were both autorejects 🤩

[muted grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/keep-my-name-out-of-your-mouth-gif-3570219

probably

but i wouldn’t think too hard on it

[olive topaz]

monday?

wdym

oh the verification

wtf

thats weird

[muted grotto]

yeah

[olive topaz]

whats ur stats if you dont mind me asking

i mean i had dogshit ECs so

🙂

[muted grotto]

doubt they autorejected us both at the same time and took that requirement away for both

96/100 uw, mid ec’s, 1470

[vivid viper]

they probably just removed it lmao

[muted grotto]

i don’t think it has anything to do with admissions

[olive topaz]

okay that isnt autoreject

lol

96/100 good

[muted grotto]

@onyx kelp did the verification of household blah blah requirement disappear from your checklist

[olive topaz]

yeah probably

[onyx kelp]

oh whoops I didn’t even submit that

😟

[muted grotto]

LMAO

[onyx kelp]

thanks for reminder lmaoo

[muted grotto]

did the requirement disappear tho

[onyx kelp]

I’ll let you know if it dissapears

Lemme see

@muted grotto huh, it disappeared

I didn’t even submit it

[muted grotto]

@olive topaz see

[olive topaz]

fuck we all got rejected

rip

[muted grotto]

clearly a harvard admit is not a yale autoreject

[onyx kelp]

🗿

[muted grotto]

finaid fucked up or smthn

[onyx kelp]

How am I rejected already if my interview is next week

[olive topaz]

maybe its a sign of acceptance 🤩

[muted grotto]

made no sense for them to ask for that anyways bruh it was a repeat of info they already have

[olive topaz]

LETSSS GO

[olive topaz]

wow

[onyx kelp]

what

[muted grotto]

senior or alumni?

[onyx kelp]

I think it’s an alumni one

[olive topaz]

i havent gotten an interview yet

[muted grotto]

interesante

[olive topaz]

probably wont get one

[onyx kelp]

it’s random

[olive topaz]

ik

[onyx kelp]

there’s still time

[muted grotto]

i haven’t gotten one either it’s fine

[spring ravine]

Luck why’d u even apply to Yale

If u got into H

[onyx kelp]

because i hate boola boola and want to lower their yield rate if i get in

wait, do you guys have this parent irs data retrieval tool on the portal that says missing? @muted grotto @olive topaz

[olive topaz]

i do

[muted grotto]

i dont

[olive topaz]

wait mines not missing

no

[onyx kelp]

whenever I click it, it just says site cannot be reached

[olive topaz]

Oh

irs data retrieval tool is for fafsa

[muted grotto]

probably another finaid fucky wucky

[onyx kelp]

ye

[olive topaz]

i think its a sign

of acceptance

[onyx kelp]

nah

prob just weird

bc whenever I press it it says site cannot be reached

[muted grotto]

bro you were just saying another thing was a sign of rejection a second ago 😭

[onyx kelp]

so idk if I need to submit it or not or what

[muted grotto]

you should call yale picks up super quick

[spring ravine]

The portal astrology is crazy rn

[onyx kelp]

eh, I think I know why it’s there

[muted grotto]

luck weren’t you selected for fafsa verification

[onyx kelp]

idk what that is

wdym verification

[muted grotto]

ik you’ve said before you’ve been asked for like signed returns or smthn idk

i’m like 90% sure you’ve said you got asked for some extra fafsa related thing that i’m pretty sure was for people who got selected for verification

[onyx kelp]

uh

I don’t recall any of this lmao

[muted grotto]

found it 😭 so i wouldn’t sound like a crazy person #1053130487079653456 message

[olive topaz]

wdym

harvard credibility

if harvard student got it means we got in

[onyx kelp]

oh that thing, yes

[muted grotto]

anyways since that says you were selected for verification perhaps the IRS thingy is just part of that

[onyx kelp]

only Cornell requested it on IDOC

[muted grotto]

that’s my guess anyways

id call

[olive topaz]

yeah we got accepted

[onyx kelp]

😐

I’m an MIT student

[charred cedar]

what is the portal astrology

[muted grotto]

none this lyrics mf is just saying random stuff 😭

[charred cedar]

yo

my mid year report says RECEIVED

i think i got in

[regal relic]

let me see

my myr is most definitely not received 💀

grades are finalized FEB 7TH

and then it takes them like 3 days to process good lord 😭

huh mines still there?

is this a sign 🙀🙀🙀🙀

[olive topaz]

WHAT

rejected 😢

do you have a disappearing verification financial aid form?

no?

HAHAH

ez

[regal relic]

i win

i win

i need to find my yale login

[olive topaz]

ITS A SIGN

we all got in

[regal relic]

ok no it disappeared

💀

LMAO

i swear i had it tho

me drafting a silly update letter to all of my colleges begging them to consider the smidge of research im doing rn to cushion my midyear

yes! i know i’m on downward trend (in art) please! i’m doing meaningful stuff!

[tame rapids]

wait im confused

what household thing are yall talking about?

(dw about the parent's tax returns, I already uploaded that and received confirmation mail, just waiting for portal to update)

[onyx kelp]

it disappeared from the financial aid checklist so you can’t see it

it seems to be gone for everyone so dw about it

[tame rapids]

uh alright then

🤷‍♂️

[onyx kelp]

🤷‍♂️

[zenith olive]

y'all getting me stressed out fr

[eager vessel]

Wait, do only people in the US have the IRS form?

[night plank]

well given the IRS is a agency operating under the united states federal government, typically

you’re home free on that one

[eager vessel]

Lmao, you're right, dumb question. Did you receive it?

[night plank]

yeah it was so annoying 😭 i thought i was done

like it’s late jan….

[charred cedar]

What does I stand for 🤔

[night plank]

internal

i never remember that bit

[eager vessel]

I felt; I just wanna be done. But here we are, waiting and worrying about financial aid nonsense. I'm just tryna see if it tells anything or not but I guess it doesn't.

[night plank]

i’m with you 100% the waiting is the worst part

drives me crazy

march seems so far away

[eager vessel]

2 more months 🤯

Like what am I supposed to do?

[regal relic]

wait

[tight hull]

no cap

[thorn pulsar]

you have more of a chance of being accepted than getting a likely tf

[night plank]

we need to just pretend likelies don’t exist because unless anyone here is a kennedy or a clinton with a stellar academic record and a passion for football, we’re well fucked in that regard

[eternal needle]

The financial aid office and admissions office work in conjunction but also separately since Yale is need-blind. Right now, I assume they are preparing and gathering information they need to put together financial aid packages for everyone who applied.

I doubt there's any correlation between the two offices in early Feb

https://tenor.com/view/take-it-easy-chill-relax-its-ok-dude-gif-14761237

[azure veldt]

how many internationals have gotten interviews (especially UK)

[stable current]

i just got my alumni interview does anyone know like what they ask

[wind cipher]

the usual

"why are you interested in what you're interested in"

"why yale"

"is there anything you'd like to ask me"

generally (imo and in my experience) the best interviews feel and flow more like conversations

[stable current]

okay thank you!!

[vivid viper]

is anyone else interviewing with a senior? they just sent me an invitation to the interview and idk if it’s good or bad

[regal relic]

it is very good lol

y’all out here getting likelies while i’m getting

no interview

[spring ravine]

Same lol

[glad dagger]

I would sell my firstborn child for a senior interview fr

[spring ravine]

Not even for an acceptance 😭

[glad dagger]

I'd fetus deletus for a simple Handsome Dan plushie 😭

[spring ravine]

Dw bestie all of us space-related majors are just so hot n sexy that we’re auto admits that don’t even need an interview

💅

[regal relic]

FOR REAL

🥴

[vivid viper]

how was it

[night plank]

i got an alum! i think less people get seniors tho so ur really lucky ❤️ hope it goes well!

[wind cipher]

waiting for the likely now

[regal relic]

i’m glad i’m starting to not be ghosted by colleges but yale is still ghosting me 🙃

[night plank]

from what i’ve seen about your app and your stats you’re really stacked it’s most likely there’s just no one in your area which totally sucks :((

[regal relic]

yeah I pretty much know that tbh, my two prior interviews were from alumni outside of my state and my dartmouth interviewer is known as the probably one dartmouth interviewer from my state considering everyone i know who applied got the same guy

[charred cedar]

Yale interviews are weird asf this year

[regal relic]

• every year

and I don’t think they’re generally that weird, i think there’s a fair bit of exaggeration

[charred cedar]

i feel like i should have gotten an interview 100%

good chance they just want to admit me RD but idk

[eager vessel]

Is there a reason why senior interviews hold more weight than alumni, or is that even the case?

[charred cedar]

bruh senior interview is just a likely

[eager vessel]

Wdym

Like why would it be?

[charred cedar]

it means ur likely going to admitted

[eager vessel]

Are senior interviews just rare? A replacement for an alumni interview? Like if you got a senior interview but not an alumni, what would that even mean?

[charred cedar]

dude i just said

[wind cipher]

ok

like\

on o-ne hand

you're cracked if you get a senior interview

on the other

if you can't understand what we've all been saying for the past three months then i don't know if you're gonna get in

[charred cedar]

not necessarily...

[wind cipher]

yes necessarily

[charred cedar]

ok

[wind cipher]

ok

im sorry

but this is extremely condescending

[nimble lance]

are you a freshman at yale?

[wind cipher]

yes

as we speak i am in my dorm room on old campus

[charred cedar]

@wind cipher u know what i mean and i can pick up on patterns (like every human)

im just saying

[wind cipher]

@charred cedar no

you cannot determine whether you are likely going to get in in the absence of either a likely letter or an interview

[nimble lance]

you should tell the admissions office to give me an interview

[wind cipher]

unless you were recruited (but since you're applying RD, you weren't)

i sadly do not have that power.

[charred cedar]

well i have been speculating

[wind cipher]

ok

whats your reasoning

tell me

[charred cedar]

i dont have just reasoning so no point telling u

[wind cipher]

just reasoning

then what is it

vibes>?

an ordained belief that you're the chosen one?

i ask that you never assume that anything is guaranteed unless you have a legitimate and justified reason for doing so

and especially if it pertains to your own status in life or your own raw ability

[charred cedar]

i have reasons. i just dont feel comfortable sharing them on here.

and, well, i simply shouldn't share them on a public discord server

[wind cipher]

i think you might find your people more at harvard than at yale

[charred cedar]

hmmm

[eager vessel]

Well, congrats on getting into Yale last yea. I guess no one seems to have a for sure certain answer, but I guess no one will until decision day. Thanks for the help anyways

[wind cipher]

no problem

[charred cedar]

probably true actually

[wind cipher]

no

it is true

are you applying to yale just for the prestige?

then if so just go to harvard

[charred cedar]

i wouldnt go to college if i wasn't applying for prestige

[wind cipher]

if you aren't legacy

or donors list

then i can guarantee that, with near certainty, you will not be attending this institution

i recommend that you find your way into the harvard or caltech threads

[charred cedar]

mmmm

i feel like caltech and harvard are really different tho

[wind cipher]

for you they are the same

[vivid viper]

wait why would caltech be similar lol

[charred cedar]

cuz both prestigious

[wind cipher]

@charred cedar did you get into uchicago early?

[charred cedar]

no

i didnt apply

[muted grotto]

be nice

[charred cedar]

its funny how people can be so certain based on a few lines of text

[uncut hazel]

idk if any uk peeps have gotten a yale interview yet

i haven’t but there’s still time! ugh i’d love a senior one tho

[regal relic]

i am a likely admit because of how based i am

i’m trying to decide the order i want to send my update letter in bc i want to submit my meeting minutes for the research meeting but that’s end of feb so it’s slightly pushing it

[charred cedar]

lol

[regal relic]

wait i said likely letter

💀

i meant update

😭

[cunning portal]

What too much a2c does to a mf

[regal relic]

i’m sending myself my likely letter rn

[wind cipher]

you

[regal relic]

checkmate

[wind cipher]

based

[regal relic]

alkie what are you majoring in at yale?

i am trying to find out more about the yale astro department

because all ik rn is that they have a bootleg astro summer program

and a good mentoring system (i thought the thing where they pair you with a grad student is cute)

what did they ask you in the senior interview?

[wind cipher]

i wanna do applied physics

tentatively

[muted grotto]

huh interesting

[regal relic]

very nice

idk i feel like i tried to articulate all of that in my essays

i may not have hit on the most recent recent stuff (as in like this month and the one prior) but a lot of the foundations were there

[regal relic]

very cool!

i applied for astrophysics

[nova frost]

does yale send out interview requests if mid year grades have still not been sent

bc my school hasn’t sent them yet

[vivid viper]

Well

They gave me one before I submitted mine so

[spring ravine]

which ones did u get so far?

[regal relic]

harvard, mit, and dartmouth

[spring ravine]

Oh nice

Yeah from what I've seen we're basically halfway through the interview process

[regal relic]

p much. likelies go out in a week or two

[spring ravine]

I went on gap yr as u know but I still kept up on A2C and stuff last year and interviews were v active until the end of feb/early march

so there's still plenty of time

[regal relic]

that’s why i probably don’t think an update letter is necessary

unless you get an interview really really early on

i expect my dartmouth interview to be pretty chill because i know this guy is immediately going to mention my friend 💀

[spring ravine]

really early on is just automated

[regal relic]

yeah and even if you get an interview from out of your state, it tends to be automated as well

it’s overflow

that’s what happened with mit and harvard for me

[spring ravine]

ye my mit meme app last year got an interview pretty quick too lol

actually let me check when

[regal relic]

i fr thought i was high priority w/ harvard since it took a few weeks to get my interview and this guy was completely out of my region 😭

but turns out it’s just a lot of overflow

[spring ravine]

jan 18

[nimble lance]

wym automated

[regal relic]

roughly around when I got mine

[regal relic]

interviews are automatically assigned

and they’re pretty randomized by region

[spring ravine]

dunno all of my interviewers have been in my city so far

[regal relic]

i don’t live in a city

[spring ravine]

both MIT/Princeton

[regal relic]

they try to get you an interviewer from your area if possible though that is true

there’s just like 0 in my state

[spring ravine]

did u get rejected or deferred

[regal relic]

deferred

[spring ravine]

well at least it means u were considered

[regal relic]

yeah harvard defers a lot

[spring ravine]

I think H/Y interviews both mean that they want more info on u

aka not auto reject

[regal relic]

yeah

i’ve still got a shot at harvard rd

they mention it in the deferral letter

there’s no disadvantage to being deferred

they admit 2-3x ea in rd

[vivid viper]

Tbh idk, I like the idea of at least getting 2 looks at my app from deferrald

[regal relic]

^ same

esp with my update letter

[vivid viper]

Idk why people say they'd rather be rejected sometimes

[regal relic]

my loci was fire

[vivid viper]

Yeah, my updates were great for uchicago and mit

[regal relic]

only if you have absolutely no updates and your midyear would seriously harm you

also some schools (like mit) defer a lot AND it means that your acceptance rate is really bleak

[spring ravine]

RD or ED2?

[vivid viper]

RD

Yes ik

My odds are slim

[spring ravine]

nah I was gonna say same

we in the lottery together

lmao

[regal relic]

RD is not much higher tho

i’m being fr like 1 versus 3% is nothing

[spring ravine]

u mean ed2 is not much higher?

[vivid viper]

😭😭😭😭 I swear that's all I hear when I say I'm still RD after deferral

Idk ed2 rate tbh

[spring ravine]

it's much higher

like closer to 10

[regal relic]

ed2 for uchi will probably approximate 5%

i didn’t apply rd to uchi

just because i didn’t want to get wiped off the face of the earth rd

[spring ravine]

idk I've seen some weird RD acceptance stories so

I just applied

[regal relic]

main reason is i didn’t want to write those unreusable essays

[spring ravine]

mmmm

true

[vivid viper]

Ngl, the only reason I stayed with uchicago is because my counselor told me about someone who got in after deferral in RD

At our school

[spring ravine]

I rlly like uchic but I didn't wanna give up on YPSM so I didn't ED

[vivid viper]

Just a year ago

[spring ravine]

maybe stupid choice but idk

[regal relic]

my safety is higher ranked than uchi for space science

so i didn’t find any benefit in applying

• i didn’t like the campus and it’s in chicago

[vivid viper]

I didn't really feel secure in EDing

[spring ravine]

U don't like uchic campus? I think it's pretty

[regal relic]

i feel like I’d ED then have to pay $80k 💀

[vivid viper]

If I was stupid poor or rich I would've

[regal relic]

my npc rlly fluctuates

it should be around $14-18k

but Im worried I’d ED and they’d take advantage of the fact that i have a house i live in and try to add the value of that to my efc

[spring ravine]

where would u even ed to

[regal relic]

i was going to ed2 jhu

[spring ravine]

ah

[regal relic]

and i would’ve if i didn’t check the npc

no way i am paying $30k 💀

whole scam fr /j

[spring ravine]

I was debating switching uchic to ED2 but my top 2 choices are S/P and I feel like if I got into uchic I'd always wonder

[regal relic]

yeah

[spring ravine]

but honestly the chances of getting into those 2 are so slim that idk if I just gave up ED2 for a pipe dream

lol

[regal relic]

if it doesn’t work out

you can always take another gap year!

💀

[spring ravine]

💀

naaaaaw

[regal relic]

i’m kidding i’m kidding

are you gonna do grad school?

[spring ravine]

I honestly don't know

what about you

[regal relic]

yeah 💀

i kinda have to, to get a job

[rugged crow]

[regal relic]

I’m KIDDING 😣

[rugged crow]

Even I'm kidding 🙃

[regal relic]

you fr can’t do anything in astrophysics without a phd 😭

[vivid viper]

Do people actually do gap years for college acceptances😭

[regal relic]

ask iw

[vivid viper]

Like I hear about it but never seen it

[spring ravine]

maybe like 1/3 of my reason for taking it was for college

bc I well... didn't really apply senior year

lol

[rugged crow]

You should see the medical aspirants in India. They even take 3 gap years to get into top colleges in India.

[vivid viper]

Mmm

[regal relic]

me after applying to harvard every year for a decade

[spring ravine]

I saw on A2C that someone knew someone taking a 5th gap year trying to get into harvard

like legit

[regal relic]

that is s i l l y

me personally,

i would never do that

i would take 10 gap years

to get in

💅

persistence is key

[spring ravine]

see we're thinking not ambitiously enough

[regal relic]

nah most likely just going to commit to UofA in spring unless i get a better offer 💀

[spring ravine]

real ones go to the military just to get into ivies as a veteran transfer

💀

[regal relic]

😭

[spring ravine]

I can imagine someone actually did that

[regal relic]

probably, but it’s pretty hard to do

especially since you ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE TO DO SO

[spring ravine]

lol

I mean some don't get deployed

I think

[regal relic]

yeah fair

[rugged crow]

What!?!!??!

☠️

[spring ravine]

😎

[regal relic]

idk about you guys but it feels like my days have been getting less distinct by the day

like they just feel like they blend into each other at this point

[spring ravine]

ye same

[vivid viper]

Same

[spring ravine]

first like, 10 days of january felt like an eternity though

[vivid viper]

January took 3 years

[regal relic]

i have some days that feel like an eternity but it’s like

days are getting way too short and routinely

i hate it

[rugged crow]

For me December end and Jan start was the longest time of life. Why does one need to write 80+ essays!!?!?

But now with the final exams coming up the days move on pretty fast.

[regal relic]

i feel that

my ib teachers are like the next 2 weeks are essential to your success as a student and getting your diploma

not 2, i guess since they said it’d be over march 1st

march is purgatory since we don’t have exams until may

except for our language exams

[rugged crow]

Well ATB. My exams end on 16th March and then I need to prepare for JEE Advance💀☠️

[regal relic]

oh man that sucks

i just have IB exams + college finals + an AP exam + piano exams in may

i’ve heard JEE is a lot of work

[rugged crow]

My dad says if you don't get a rank under 200 out of like 1.3M people he won't send me to US/UK

[rugged crow]

You're competing with approx 1.3M students

[rugged crow]

Just!??! (Sarcasm intended)

[regal relic]

yeah fr

rn i’m supposed to be doing discrete but im helping with ssp apps 😭

intl deadline is today so i’m being of assistance

[spring ravine]

good luck, I heard JEE Advanced is scary tough

[rugged crow]

I remember applying there last year and getting rejected 💀

[regal relic]

ah rip, it’s really tuff for intls

im lucky i was domestic

im rlly just helping with clarity checks and last minute questions in admissions this year

otherwise i’m just a mod for the admissions server

[rugged crow]

Ahh. Cool!

[spring ravine]

@wind cipher Did you get an interview? If so, when?

[wind cipher]

alumni

february

[spring ravine]

Oh, so you got a likely?

[wind cipher]

no

i did not get a likely letter

i am a current student

i got my alumni interview in february of 2022

[night plank]

this chat makes me want to withdraw my application sometimes

[thorn pulsar]

me too tbh

im so gonna leave these server on ivy day

mentally i won’t be able to handle it 💀

[regal relic]

me, absolutely girlbossing as i get rejected from every ivy

✨💅

[thorn pulsar]

i’ll frame my rejection letters

🤞

[regal relic]

me printing em out

✨💅

[spring ravine]

Me rejecting their rejection letter

💅

[thorn pulsar]

withdraw a minute before

reject them first

[tight hull]

you don’t need to send an update letter if nothing’s changed right?

[regal relic]

yeah ofc not

[edgy marsh]

does anyone have any tips / experience with yale interview? like the types of questions they ask? i got a interview with a current senior at yale (not an alumni?) if that helps

[muted grotto]

likely letter incoming

perhaps…

[edgy marsh]

ok so uh ive seen those rumors and tbh i dont believe them lol

[vivid viper]

I honestly can't wait to see how well this is all confirmed lol

[muted grotto]

yeah they seem to common this year

anyways i haven’t had a yale interview but the yale pdfs in #793991543379066920 may help just scroll up

[edgy marsh]

1. a lot of current yale students say its just based on alumni availability (like they ran out so they just give me senior person?)
2. im not being self deprecating or anything...im very well aware and proud of my own accomplishments, but i am not strong enough to be given a LIKELY for YALE
3. they prolly wont give that many ppl likely letters right ? ive seen a decent amt get them

i got my interview 2 days ago and scheduledit for staurday... if i had known senior interviews meant a lot more than i thought i woulda piushed it back 😭

[muted grotto]

yeah i’m starting to agree with that

perhaps they’re just a sign of acceptance but not likely letter

[edgy marsh]

why would it be a differnce tho

like alumni vs senior ?

like can i expect same questions

[vivid viper]

I've seen people with those interviews in the past, but they rarely ever follow up

With their decisions

[muted grotto]

people have said the senior interview is to make the interviewee feel more of a personal connection to yale and more likely to choose it over their competitors

idk

all very strange

[edgy marsh]

🥴 😵‍💫

[vivid viper]

Idk, I've been hesitant ever since people said yale was "selective" with interviews but I got one less than 2 weeks after the deadline

[edgy marsh]

confusioning

[edgy marsh]

how was it

[vivid viper]

Bomb ofc, we talked for like 2 hours about a lot and she likes my cafe selection😭

[muted grotto]

i wouldn’t use selective as the word choice but yale themselves says they prescreen before interviews

[edgy marsh]

also this is what it says

but also i live in like the bay area...i thought that would be a popular place

[muted grotto]

oh that’s interesting

all so mysterious

[edgy marsh]

full email if it helps

[vivid viper]

That's interesting, where did they say that

[edgy marsh]

they said they "ecause of limited interviewing capacity, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions prioritizes interviews for students for whom the Admissions Committee needs more information." which scares me a bit

[vivid viper]

Oh

[muted grotto]

yeah that

https://admissions.yale.edu/interviews there

[vivid viper]

Idk, it feels weird that they would evaluate me in less than 2 weeks after the deadline

But at least there's a source ig

[edgy marsh]

maybe i should just forget about this and return to my conan gray emo phase ?

[muted grotto]

well. AOs read whole apps in like 10 minutes tops so

[edgy marsh]

really??

ig that makes sdnse

[muted grotto]

yeah lmaoo

[edgy marsh]

"The Yale Alumni Schools Committee (ASC) conducts interviews wherever there is a local association of alumni volunteers. Also, a small group of Yale seniors serve as Senior Interviewers and conduct virtual interviews with selected applicants, regardless of location. "

[muted grotto]

interesting

[edgy marsh]

this speculation is just a way for me to distract myself from my lit hw ❤️

[muted grotto]

valid

[vivid viper]

I'm supposed to be doing stats homework and studying calc rn😭😭

[edgy marsh]

im supposed to be doing lit but i dont even know what to do

[zenith olive]

i keep going back to my application reading my personal and supplementals thinking if i gave enough information about who i am since i haven't received an interview request yet

[edgy marsh]

I HATE DOING THIS BC

i just go back to read some essays and im like "I shoulda changed this word."

ahhhhhhh

[edgy marsh]

if it makes u feel better

i havent gotten a single other interview :/

was rly hoping for a stanford one

[zenith olive]

waiting till the 30th of march is killing me rn

[edgy marsh]

aaaaaaa

😦

[zenith olive]

i feel you but don't think much about it because in the end it's always your decision

[vivid viper]

That's how I feel about stanford😭😭

My time for an interviews running out atp so

[muted grotto]

there’s still like all of february

and probably a week of march for last minute interviews

[regal relic]

yale is selective with interviews

source: still haven’t gotten mine

better send me my senior interviewer

[edgy marsh]

yall playing w my feelings atp

[night plank]

they try to interview as many applicants as possible according to what past alumni interviewers have said when asked

if you didn’t get one i don’t think it really means anything more r than one just wasn’t available

[regal relic]

probably, although they still do kinda use it for info on you

hence they’re offering senior interviews and stating that it’s because there’s limited alumni near you

i believe likelies might be over with

[vivid viper]

lmaooo this was a read

😭 y’all are some sassy nerds

[tame tree]

[primal gorge]

idk cuz two of my classmates got one but i did not

[stable current]

i think it’s definitely based on availability bc my interview is virtual even though I live in NYC

they connected me with someone from Missouri

[night plank]

they definitely try their best !

[edgy marsh]

im reading the sun is also a star right now and one of the main characters daniel had an alumni interview for yale so ill let u guys know whether he gets in or not 👍

just double checking:

alumni interview = normal
senior interview = normal, u just had low alumni availability in ur area
alumni + senior = likely

?
but also i literally live in bay area so i would be kinda surprised if no yale alumni were in my area 🤷‍♂️ idek

[uncut hazel]

https://www.yaleclubdc.org/alumni-schools-committee ayo RD interviews are meant to be conducted with reports already filed by feb 15? 😭

man i'm screwed then, i haven't gotten one yet

[regal relic]

yeah

[uncut hazel]

https://asc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/ASCOrientation_2_0.pdf this also mentions feb 15 ;-;

[regal relic]

fucckk

[edgy marsh]

but doesnt getting interview doesnt mean anuything right

[edgy marsh]

so whys everyone so obsessed w senior itnervies

or is that under the assumption they alr got an alumni

[regal relic]

under the assumption they already got an alumni

[uncut hazel]

not fully, but it's always a nice shout to get one - more opportunities to show them what you're made of after all

[edgy marsh]

okok that makes a lot more sense ty

[regal relic]

not getting an interview usually means they had enough info about you to make a decision—for better or worse

[uncut hazel]

;-;;;;;;;;

i have the worst feeling in my stomach that the decision's for worse 😭

i'm a pretty mid applicant from the uk as far as things go

[regal relic]

nah we’re autoadmits

[uncut hazel]

frick it we ball 💪

imagine tho

i've got a friend at yale it'd be so calmmmm

and i wouldn't feel as lonely/homesick bc we're close

at my other unis it'd be a bit more isolated

i'm sure the AOs will look at my mid ECs and essays and be like easy admit no need for an interview 💀 i'm quite close to london (one hour-ish by train) so there's definitelyyyy enough alumni gah

[regal relic]

nah they def will look at you and go

mmm essays

[uncut hazel]

let's hope my 10th grade english skills impress them fr

[regal relic]

they took one look at my course

and admitted me

Intergalactic Sock Knitting and the Art of Galactic Fashion: Learn to knit stylish socks accessorized with all the latest celestial trends, from shimmering star sequins to interplanetary embroidery.

[uncut hazel]

L curriculum honestly, imagine just studying three/four subjects from 11th grade onwards

damn

[regal relic]

tell me that isn’t fantastic

[uncut hazel]

that's actually

lit

wow

from astro to haberdashery: the calypso story

[regal relic]

can you guess i’m an astro major with an art background

[uncut hazel]

you know

it never occurred to me

😭

that's so cool though wowzers

i thinkkkk my course was something that tied together my scientific interests with more broad society/leadership stuff

something about emotions?

[regal relic]

nice nice

i tried to be quirky, just for yale

[uncut hazel]

nah compared to interplanetary embroidery tho like damnit i'd actually sign up right now if i could

it sounds so fun hahaha

i think columbia was my quirky one i wrote about burritos in one of my essays

[regal relic]

who did you say you’d invite to speak

for yale

I would invite Huygens to discuss his theory that "light is a wave motion of the medium which fills all space,” a fascinating principle used to analyze diffraction patterns and oscillations of stars.

Huygens 🥴

[uncut hazel]

i attended a summer camp and there was this one speaker who talked about his non-profit work

[edgy marsh]

I would invite your mom.

[uncut hazel]

i think i picked him

[regal relic]

very nice

[uncut hazel]

autoadmit + likely + full merit + flown out + instant phd

[edgy marsh]

i talked about chatgpt creater

[regal relic]

i almost did the same w a nobel laureate i had dinner with

[uncut hazel]

mainly bc of his outlook on life like bro embodied altruism to the highestttt extent

[edgy marsh]

(not elon muskrat)

[uncut hazel]

no way that's so cool

physics laureate?

[regal relic]

yep

[uncut hazel]

homie did you or did you not sit down with malala

ah sweet

[edgy marsh]

what did u guys say inspires you

[uncut hazel]

how did that go? genuinely curious that sounds amazing

[uncut hazel]

ur mom

[edgy marsh]

i said cats 🤩

[uncut hazel]

she raised a legend 💪

[edgy marsh]

ong

[regal relic]

it was amazing, he actually wanted to get to know me it was so sweet

i was so awestruck

[uncut hazel]

awww that's wholesome as heck

the really really smart peeps are so nice and chill

[regal relic]

fr then he got up and guest lectured and was swarmed with questions for an hour straight 😭😭

there was a mosh pit

[uncut hazel]

that's why i like mit why am i saying this in yale chat bc everyone's a literal genius but because everyone's a literal genius they just vibe and get more in touch with themselves beyond academia it's so cool

[uncut hazel]

nahhhhh no way 😭 that's hilarious

[regal relic]

it was all of us in suits and dresses and this man being swarmed

[uncut hazel]

petition to get all the living laureates in a room and just watch them chat

[regal relic]

😭

I want to be one

one day

[uncut hazel]

i believe in youuuu

everyone in this server legit has the capacity it's mad

which majors did you pick for yale?

• what did you put in the idea that excites you

[regal relic]

astrophysics + public policy

[edgy marsh]

cs

[charred cedar]

wait why did u mention yale?

[regal relic]

this is yale

💀

[charred cedar]

yeah

[edgy marsh]

i thiink hes asking bc its not a why yale

its a why major

[charred cedar]

not even really imo

[edgy marsh]

typically u dont mention the college in those answers

[regal relic]

it’s a why major, i just included a why yale at the end

[edgy marsh]

but theres also a why yale

[charred cedar]

i dont think its a why major

[regal relic]

this was an earlier draft of my why major before i completely refined it

the why yale is like one hundred words

[edgy marsh]

idt its inherintly bad

i think it fits nicely

[charred cedar]

its a IV essay

[regal relic]

i talked about chaos theory

[edgy marsh]

iv?? this isnt pokemon

[regal relic]

and orbital dynamics

[charred cedar]

intellectual vitality

[edgy marsh]

oh

iviviviviviv

vivi

livin la vida loca

[charred cedar]

i know someone who wrote about chaos theory for their personal essay and got in

[edgy marsh]

livin la vida chaotica teoretica

[regal relic]

that is wild

i mean u can reread and tell me what you think

[charred cedar]

dont really know honestly

[edgy marsh]

i need to research yale more

[regal relic]

this is generally my why major 🤷‍♀️

[edgy marsh]

i think bc my interviewr is a senior they would know abt actaul yale culture adn stuff

so i should find out abt clubs and stuff

but thats so tedious 😦

[regal relic]

“oh no”

me when i have to research the school i’m applying to

[edgy marsh]

real

[uncut hazel]

awesome! i picked in this order: maths, maths/cs, bio (molecular biophysics and biochem)

my idea that excites me is one i was researching for a while about proteins in pharma

[regal relic]

i think i put planetary science too

[uncut hazel]

ayyyy sick

my personal essay was about the big bang theory

... but the tv show

😭

[regal relic]

lmao

y’all my ps was on soup

😈

intellectual vitality right there!!

[uncut hazel]

let's gooooo

[edgy marsh]

my personal statement was on soup too

cats and soupo

[regal relic]

you better not have copied me

[edgy marsh]

i wrote about how soup represents my brain/knowlege

[regal relic]

don’t say you mentioned experimentalism in a metaphorical sense with things unrelated to soup

[edgy marsh]

and then how

[regal relic]

FUCK lmao

[edgy marsh]

you experiment with different tastes

textures

ingredients

[regal relic]

BRO COPIED ME

[edgy marsh]

etc

[uncut hazel]

no way

[edgy marsh]

...

[uncut hazel]

i can't tell if this is a joke

but

omg

[vivid viper]

what is the last possible day for interviews? I still haven't gotten mine:/

[regal relic]

i fr hope it’s a joke

[edgy marsh]

it is LOL

[regal relic]

if it isn’t your ps is like the exact same as mine

AH

FUCKING HELL THANK GOD

[edgy marsh]

💀

[regal relic]

😭

[edgy marsh]

lmfaooooo

[uncut hazel]

nah why did my heart rate spike too

i got so concerned

[regal relic]

BRO DEACRIBED MY PERSONAL ESSAY

😭

[edgy marsh]

😭

but uh tbh

[regal relic]

lemme cite you a sentence from my personal essay

[edgy marsh]

i know a few people who described themselves as food

one of my friends talked about being an onion

because many layers

and u can use onion in so many typrs of dishes

adaptability

and other stuff i forgot

that is so soupy

i put pianos in my soup too!

[regal relic]

me too!!

[edgy marsh]

omgg!!!

[regal relic]

no the actual soup connection

was

abt componential harmony and seasoning through emotional additions

one of three connections i made

[edgy marsh]

ooh i like this

i cant really write like that

i write very bluntly

[regal relic]

i used to

i jazzed up for college

✨

my why essay for my summer program was a borderline jfk essay

i’m trying to recover

because that might not work in college

[cunning portal]

No literally

[regal relic]

yes literally

i’m really hoping me talking bad about yale’s bootleg astro summer camp and me not getting an interview are unrelated

i would love to go to yale and help them fix their bootleg summer camp

[edgy marsh]

My common app was academic 😭seems to be working for some schools tho so we’ll see hdjdgdjs

[regal relic]

mine isnt working at all 😭

i didn’t slip in a red flag anywhere

maybe i am the red flag

[edgy marsh]

Umich took it so !!

[edgy marsh]

Wdym

maybe ur ao has soup trauma ?

[regal relic]

nah

im romanian

🥲

[edgy marsh]

Is that bad…?

[regal relic]

😭

[edgy marsh]

am i being stupid

[regal relic]

we are currently being referred to as

the andrew tate pizza box country

[edgy marsh]

oh...

💀

[regal relic]

and have been in ruins since the end of the cold war

🥴

that’s why my mom immigrated

[edgy marsh]

:((

[wind cipher]

honestly yeah

i probably shouldn't have reached like that

im just kinda tired of people chasing the bag just for the sake of chasing the bag

y'know?

i meet so many of them

[vivid viper]

no don’t worry he’s like totally a soulless robot

and arrogant

[wind cipher]

yeah but i don't know if that gives me the right or the privilege to call him out about it in public

[vivid viper]

it’s a discord

i wouldn’t put that much thought into it

[wind cipher]

ok

thanks

[wind cipher]

dont let people convince you to withdraw

[night plank]

i’ll try and be strong 💪

[wind cipher]

you got this

[night plank]

awww thx ❤️ i hope the semester is treating you well!

[regal relic]

wait was supernova fr convincing you to withdraw 🗿

there’s no reason to withdraw rd unless you got in somewhere ed

[wind cipher]

supernova is actually seventeen different insects in a large trenchcoat

[edgy marsh]

he’s also very uh “women have it easy”

[regal relic]

“it’s wrong for a 90 student to be “considered” the same as an 100 student”

[edgy marsh]

my grade rn r so funny

apes 🔥

[regal relic]

good lord

that ur midyear?

😭

[edgy marsh]

NOOO LMAO

theyre my sem 2 starting grades

[cunning portal]

Apes is a fucking mood oh my god

[regal relic]

69% 🔥🔥🔥

🐱

[thorn pulsar]

these course names

[regal relic]

lel

[edgy marsh]

(got rounded in lit)

[regal relic]

nice

all As 🔥🔥🔥

[edgy marsh]

W

[regal relic]

couldn’t be me

[edgy marsh]

😭

i was so happy for lit bc i somehow set the curve on the final exam mcq so she let me be rounded

[regal relic]

A+ TOK
A+ Geo Hazards (DE)
A Calculus 3 (DE)
A AP Physics
A IB Chemistry SL
A IB Analysis and Approaches SL
A IB French B SL
A IB English A HL
A IB History HL
B+ IB Art HL
(in progress) Discrete Math (DE)
(in progress) Physics with Calculus (DE)

🔥🔥🔥

[edgy marsh]

how ru taking so many??

[regal relic]

that’s just last semester

😭

[edgy marsh]

oh i also reported A for lin alg

[thorn pulsar]

💀

is an A 90-100

[regal relic]

i take my dual enrollments out of school, i go to the college once a week

[edgy marsh]

for community college courses yes

[edgy marsh]

me too

but twice a week 🥲

[regal relic]

the other is async

[edgy marsh]

tbf for lin alg i just didnt go to class half the time bc i could not be bothered

[regal relic]

my discrete math course is proctored async

[edgy marsh]

but diffyq i like the prof so im going everyday

[edgy marsh]

MINE WAS TOO

[regal relic]

since i’m taking it out of a different campus

😭

bruhh

[edgy marsh]

discrete was 🥴

[regal relic]

it’s upstate from me

[edgy marsh]

calc 3 was fun

[regal relic]

calc 3 was fun

[edgy marsh]

i took last year tho so i dont remmber tooooo much

[regal relic]

i miss my calc 3 prof

[edgy marsh]

like vector calc i barely remeber

but i rmb all of like polar/cylindrical/spherical jacobian change of variable shit

[edgy marsh]

exception: divergence theorem 🫶

[regal relic]

same except i’m taking 2 physics classes simultaneously rn so i am kinda being forced to remember

[edgy marsh]

gdsjhgjd

[regal relic]

my coursework this yr is light

[edgy marsh]

mine is really easy but im just so perpetually tire

[regal relic]

this was last yr

i’m on a downward trend fr

😭

[regal relic]

same

last year i was on my grindset

this yr if i go to bed too late i just sleep in

[edgy marsh]

you got all A+'s and A's....

i have 6 A-'s 🤩

[regal relic]

yeah dude 4.0 uw gigachad gamer bro girlboss women in stem moment

[edgy marsh]

Girlboss

[night plank]

no i’m being sarcastic

[warm patrol]

How does IB scaling work bro

[zenith olive]

damn

that's impressive asf

[regal relic]

ib scaling is weird and very deflated at my school. i was predicted a 7 in history and english

[zenith olive]

my research making me look bad fr

[regal relic]

nah that looks so cool

[prisma fern]

wtf you have a filipino class?😭lucky

[muted grotto]

a 91.5 making you look “bad”… a2c moment

[prisma fern]

i presume it’s tagalog?

[zenith olive]

yesss

[prisma fern]

that’s dope