Yale (2022-2023)

[stable current]

yeah my interview was a crisp 35 mins bc she was super strict on time

usually from what i’ve heard virtual interviews tend to be on the shorter side

at least from my friends’ experiences

[regal relic]

yeah, idk

2/3 of my interviews ran over an hour

my third was 30 min on the dot

he wanted to end it 15 min in and i was like no sir 💀

asked questions

and he asked me more questions in response

[stable current]

i was only able to ask only a few questions until she was like i gotta go back to work

but i’m still feeling pretty positive about it

im just glad i got the opportunity to talk to her at all

[eager hollow]

nice job im proud of you! @stable current

are you RD or did you apply early?

sorry if I’m interrogating, im just curious

[vivid viper]

RD

[eager hollow]

nice

[edgy marsh]

Jealous of yalll ):

My interview was 30 min

[eager hollow]

are you guys set on yale as your top choice or do you guys find yourself fluctuating between schools lmao

[eager hollow]

a good interview is just as good as a long one in my opinion

I think my best interviews were the ones that were the shortest and on a time crunch LOL

[stable current]

yale is definitely my top

[eager hollow]

i think my top is brown

i applied early but was deferred

kind of glad bc I’ve been hearing ppl with an efc of 0 are having to pay 8k-10k??

[stable current]

whaaaa

[regal relic]

me without an interview

💀

[inland ether]

Sameeee

[regal relic]

AYO that role icon is so cool

[inland ether]

I got a likely tho Fr Fr

[regal relic]

😀

me 2 obviously

[inland ether]

Wanna see

Delivered right to my door frfr

[wanton tartan]

Hell yeaaaa

[primal gorge]

ddint get a mf interview

[gaunt quarry]

Imagine getting a lively then rejected

Likely

[tame tree]

What do you think could prompt that

only if there was some significant behavioural issue right?

[stable current]

or a crazy drop in your grades

[tame tree]

Crazy as in?

Probably like

50%?

[lost spire]

like you fail classes

[stable current]

yeah like if you just stop caring

[tame tree]

Yea true

[twin oar]

please

pleasepleaseplease

(no one from my school has ever gone to yale) (my school was established in 1920) (i dont think it’s possible)

[stable current]

same and we’ve literally been here since 1890 💀

[twin oar]

at least ik my school isnt blacklisted bc we had a yale football recruit

but

he dropped out after 1 year and went to a&m

[tame rapids]

schools need to have unlikely letters

like lmk when you toss me into the bin, i dont wanna check your portal 2838383 times till april

[earnest pewter]

Hello guys i just joined. I had my Yale interview just right now as an international.

Do we know if it's at all selective?

[gaunt quarry]

if what is selective

[vague umbra]

@earnest pewter what country

[edgy marsh]

Interviews

[night plank]

it’s availability

although they may be more selective for internationals because of the low availability of interviewers

but generally yale tries to get as many people as possible

[earnest pewter]

India

[earnest pewter]

Oh okay thanks!

[tame tree]

it's usually selective for intl

but it doesn't seem to be the case this year

everyone in the 3 of the top schools in my city who's applied got an interview

so doubt it's selective this yr

[regal relic]

i think it's a lot more availability based given the senior interview "limited availability" messages

[earnest pewter]

Makes sense

Coz there's no way I'm getting into Yale anyways

I didnt even get deferred in my early

[earnest pewter]

What's this about?

[regal relic]

some people got a senior interview and their message said "due to limited availability in your area..."

[glad dagger]

Yale Ik I live in the middle of nowhere but give me interview pls 😓

[earnest pewter]

whats a senior interview?

[regal relic]

interview with a yale senior

[earnest pewter]

Oh I see

[edgy marsh]

Due to limited alumni availability in your particular area, you are invited to interview virtually with a current Yale senior.

[regal relic]

yup

except

i didnt get one anyway

[slim narwhal]

how long does it take for the checklist to update? my counselor just sent midyear grades

[blissful pivot]

king 👑

[tiny hull]

within a day

[prime lotus]

ssometimes the alumni are just kinda slow to reach out

[tight hull]

But that’s the thing

Top schools may translate to top applicants

[tame tree]

not all tho cmon

there's like at least 6-7 per school who applied

doubt they think every one of those is a top applicant

[tight hull]

Perhaps

May also be school relations?

[tame tree]

unlikely ngl

[floral surge]

did anyone from MD get an interview?

[wind cipher]

no.

not a single person from the densely populated state of Maryland has ever gotten an interview

it’s policy

[steady edge]

💀

[pseudo plinth]

💀

[floral surge]

it surely seems that way rn 😭

[supple bone]

hello

[wanton tartan]

hi

[night plank]

my yale interview made me fall in love with school all over again…curse you handsome dan the bulldog

https://tenor.com/view/real-life-phineas-and-ferb-doofenshmirtz-perry-the-platypus-agentp-gif-9295640

[regal relic]

😏 so they made you fall in love…

[radiant oyster]

yh yale interviews/interviewers have a history of that

[night plank]

they seduced me ☹️

[wind cipher]

if you want a taste of the yale grind ill be in vc for a while

grinding

[charred cedar]

@wind cipher what college

[wind cipher]

this one

[charred cedar]

res

[wind cipher]

je

[charred cedar]

ah

only 2 new ones have ac right

[wind cipher]

ye

[ancient cedar]

are students who received likelies allowed to join the admitted students discord server?

i don't wanna jump the gun if i'm not supposed to

[rigid jay]

subtle flex congrats!!!!

and yeah u can

[regal relic]

likelies are p much never revoked

[rigid jay]

@jagged mesa

@jagged mesa

@jagged mesa

[jagged mesa]

hi

[wanton tartan]

u dont needa ping ppl excessively

[rigid jay]

aw man

but i ❤️ zango 😦

[ancient cedar]

thanks!

[ancient cedar]

cool cool

[vernal vessel]

hi

i applied to yale

[rigid jay]

didnt ask g

JK

[vernal vessel]

😭

[rigid jay]

WHY U CRI

I WAS KIDDIN

NUBBY

[tiny hull]

hey!

[ancient cedar]

Hi!

[tiny hull]

planning on coming to bdd?

[ancient cedar]

Yeah!

[floral surge]

omg congrats

when did u get yours

and was it through email

[ancient cedar]

Thanks!

[ancient cedar]

Mine came in the middle of last week, email and call

[nimble lance]

what major?

[ancient cedar]

Neuro

[nimble lance]

alr

do y'all know if they sent likelies out to anyone doing econ

[ancient cedar]

I personally don’t know

[nimble lance]

oh also

one more thing

when did you apply?

[ancient cedar]

Regular decision?

[nimble lance]

no like did u apply on the day of the deadline

[ancient cedar]

Not the day of

A bit before

I don’t think that would change anything though

[nimble lance]

i see

alr

[remote flame]

yale pls just accept me alr my heart longs for you

[onyx kelp]

[wind cipher]

Hardest goddamn cap of the day (so far)

[night plank]

gouging out my eyes so i don’t get attached rn

coping by imagining how sticky those chairs are

https://tenor.com/view/doofenshmirtz-doofenshmirtz-sigma-theruxemburg-doof-doof-light-up-gif-23620588

[wind cipher]

pictured is the college that had a slave mural for its entire existence until a dining hall worker smashed it with a brick

[cunning portal]

That worker 😍

[slim wing]

Ayo what’s up w international interviews 😭

[wind cipher]

good luck

[night plank]

good for them

[spring ravine]

do most of the interior buildings look like this

w/ like the wooden tiled walls and ceiling

[wind cipher]

kinda uh

kinda cringy crongemas

feels very

admissions

[regal relic]

this person clearly is in hopper

[wind cipher]

sadly

it’s not like intellectual discussion doesn’t happen

it’s just that that’s what I have to do for an hour and fifteen minutes at 100% power while being scrutinized by my professor and my peers

and that I need a break

I think others feel the same

but damn if the 2 am philosophy talks don’t go hard then I don’t know what does

Nevermind hopper is cool they have a dog

[regal relic]

so at yale they’re colleges not houses?

[wind cipher]

contrary to popular belief we are not hogwarts

that’s Harvard

but yeah— at Yale we have residential colleges that students are associated with

you’re usually randomly assigned one, but if you’re a funny legacy, you can opt into to either your sibling’s or parent’s college

you can also transfer residential colleges if you want

[lost spire]

oh this is cool

what about grandparent/uncles?

[tight hull]

Kekw

Might as well be

[spring ravine]

Y’all’s campus looks much more like it than Harvard though

lol

[wind cipher]

I mean if you’re going back that far you might as well just bribe the deans

if you’re third or fourth generation legacy then Yale is your safety and Dartmouth is a party school

(but yeah I think you can still opt in)

[lost spire]

third gen but tbh i’m not that confident that i’ll get in

[wind cipher]

why do you want to go to Yale

I’m just trying to figure out what the institution can offer you that you don’t already have in abundance

if you’re a third gen legacy then your family’s donations act as the sap to the tree of Yale

admissions can’t do anything but admit y’all

[lost spire]

besides the obvious stuff I heard a bunch of stories and feel a connection to it, also my grandpa works there and has a house in new haven so having a house to myself while in college (I’d probably do this for junior and senior year, not freshman and sophomore so that it’s easier to make friends) sounds fun

[wind cipher]

but like what do you want to study

do you like studying?

[lost spire]

cs, and maybe linguistics/finance as well

[lost spire]

yeah

[wind cipher]

ok

[lost spire]

I’m more so interested in cs and finance career wise and linguistics is just something that i’m rly interested in (language acquisition specifically)

[wind cipher]

that does sound very cool.

[cosmic cedar]

Any canadian here get an interview with yale?

[worthy sky]

Is this a problem?

[radiant oyster]

did you indicate you were gonna send supplement

[tiny hull]

alkie you follow the account

what’s your opinion

[wind cipher]

the only thing I really disagree with that the account has said is that hopper is the best college

im not confident enough to say that it’s JE but I know for sure that it ain’t hopper

I am a bit incredulous about some things the account posts that, I feel, have had zero impact on my life thus far

like the admitted student network (y’all have discord anyways)

once you’re here for even a few days you can begin to see where the picture admissions painted differs from reality

but I also know that 2021 me would have never been able to ask the right questions because I just didn’t know

—

admissions might not say this directly but a lot of other schools have differing systems of residential college life

what makes yale stand out from the pack is that each residential college is a genuine institution with $$$ money $$$

[tiny hull]

lol damn

[tiny hull]

i’m not using that whatsoever 🧍🏾‍♂️

[tiny hull]

in what way

[tiny hull]

i see gotcha

[silent aspen]

according to my interviewer reports are due tomorrow

[placid wren]

wtf lmao my interview is this weekend

[silent aspen]

i dont know there may be a grace period lol

here ill send

[regal relic]

i hope so

[placid wren]

that’s interesting

[silent aspen]

https://asc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/ASC Orientation 22-23 11_17_22.pdf

https://asc.yale.edu/asc_orientation

[regal relic]

they def lied

or they’re in a different zone

but that’s the interview report due date per the file you sent

[silent aspen]

lol i think theres two different dates on the thing

look it up

i think march 1 then

just a typo that she probably took from

[night plank]

My interviewer said Feb 15th as well, but I she said that’s the deadline for it getting considered in your application during committee. I assume they can still submit the interview papers and get them looked at after that, just not as helpful.

I can show you my email conversation with her, although I know some current Yale students might know better than me on this issue ^.^

you shouldn’t worry about the interview too much, they are far from the most important aspect of your application from what the CDS for yale says

[regal relic]

no interview

but submitted update

so hopefully

if i make it to committee that’s weighted more

[night plank]

also it’s valentine’s day so really we should be more focused on other things like errrmmm ummm touching “grass”

[night plank]

hope so! good luck!

[regal relic]

touching grass = starting this monstrous math paper

i’ll probably be up until 2-3am

[night plank]

oh…sure…that’s what i meant

have fun tho fr ^.^

[regal relic]

it has been fun

[silent aspen]

oh interesting

i wonder who is looking at it after it is submitted

if past feb 15

[regal relic]

committee

they just begin committee feb 15

[night plank]

yeah ^.^ it’s like fin aid it really works best for everyone if they have it when they need it but sometimes you can wiggle in

[silent aspen]

nice

[cedar yoke]

Have yet to get an interview as a new englander

Nice

Everyone else has

😔

[eager hollow]

my interviewer asked me to schedule on a day on or after the 15th lol

I wonder if there’s a correlation

[silent aspen]

probably not

[charred cedar]

p value is .000000000000000000000001

[echo haven]

There is convincing evidence that we will reject the null hypothesis

Just like how I’m getting rejected everywhere 🤣

[night plank]

okay you guys can doom post i convereted to scientology and the dinosaurs in the sky say i’m getting in sooo

level five laser lotus right here

[iron badger]

look out for type 1 error - you may be rejecting a null hypothesis that is actually instead true

[echo haven]

True but the hypothesis test is pretty powerful rn 💪🏽

Idk if that’s right I literally learnt hypothesis test power today 💀

[iron badger]

not as powerful as your alpha value

[echo haven]

True I’ll set it to 0.05

[iron badger]

haven't gotten there yet

[echo haven]

Oh lol

[iron badger]

just did hypothesis tests

[echo haven]

Idt it’s on the AP test

It was in our textbook

[iron badger]

idk i think we're going to do it next

[night plank]

i think ap stats should be banned it gives nerds too much power over life and death

[iron badger]

we should run a hypothesis test on that

[echo haven]

Fr we need to test this claim

[remote flame]

Because the p-value of 0.06 is greater than the alpha level of 0.05, we fail to reject H0.

[charred cedar]

if p val is realy low its likely due to chanc

[hot sparrow]

Is getting selected for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program worthy enough to submit a update in my portal?

[wind cipher]

YES
YES
YES
YES
@hot sparrow

[spring ravine]

them starting committee doesn't mean they've read every app though right

[wind cipher]

jesus fucking christ submit the goddamn update

yes they havent read every single app

decisions are made up to the day before

[night plank]

congrats <33 that’s really impressive and will definitely raise your chances! wow!

so crazy how close decisions are getting 😞 im going to miss this chat i actually quite like it here! we’ve got good vibes

[regal relic]

🫡

will see you on the other side

[night plank]

ahaha it’ll be an adventure

not ready for this whole process to be over really ☹️

schrödinger’s yale acceptance is my current vibe (the radioactive fluid is leaking)

[regal relic]

curiosity killed the cat but the cat is schrödinger’s cat

and the box isn’t open yet

[night plank]

for real..

❤️

[rancid sage]

whats it about kissing the yale interviewer? do they really kiss?

[regal relic]

yes

it’s a sign of good luck and prosperity

[rancid sage]

lmao

i wish i had one too

[edgy marsh]

A kiss or an interviewer

[rancid sage]

both

[slim wing]

Bro, but, like, barely anyone from India got Yale interviews for RD!?

[wind cipher]

Yale is kinda wacky with internationals

[tame rapids]

idk anyone who got one

although some dude from tn got a princeton likely, even he didnt get an interview

[slim wing]

Exactly

How's the report due Feb 15, then 😭

[tame rapids]

i dont worry about stuff like that

[slim wing]

Princeton sucks; they rejected me lmao

[tame rapids]

nothing can make me more of a reject

[tame rapids]

for me its corneLL

[slim wing]

Hahahah

[tame rapids]

rocket module in pfp, you applying for aero ?

[slim wing]

Hahah

[tame rapids]

...it wasnt a joke, i was asking what your intended major is?

[slim wing]

Nah an ir major

I’m publishing a book this year on international relations, and it has a chapter on space treaties and the new space race from a classical realist perspective, so yea

[tame rapids]

oh thats great, congrats on your publication!

[queen glade]

isnt that one of the textbook topics uied to discuss realism

whats the chapter about

[slim wing]

No not really not classical realism

[slim wing]

Lmao dm me I’ll explain

[vivid viper]

Hello ya'll i hope ya doing fine. I have applied to yale university but on my essay i wrote (truthfully) about how i was born with a 3rd testacle. Do you think this maybe decreased my chances of acceptance? Or perhaps increased them? Or maybe it didn't affect my chances at all? I'm curious on what people more knowledgeable than me think.

[echo haven]

Increased chances since they will accept you for research purposes

[radiant oyster]

that is a hell of a hook

[grim agate]

reject because I hate how you say y’all

[hasty canopy]

Slay

[tiny hull]

it’s type 2 you mean

[tame tree]

hooked onto his body bruh

[radiant oyster]

💀

[floral surge]

did u apply for that

[iron badger]

that’s type 1 isn’t it

[grim agate]

no you get selected

[edgy marsh]

type 2 is failing to reject a false H0

type 1 is rejecting a true H0

[unkempt sandal]

hi

[jovial tinsel]

Did Yale send all likely letters at once or they send on a rolling basis

[iron badger]

Ok good that’s what I said

[night plank]

you aren’t getting one.

[tame blaze]

why are u being so rude 😭

[jovial tinsel]

? So all of it have been sent already

[edgy marsh]

no one knows

but probably

[jovial tinsel]

It’s mostly for domestics so I wasn’t expecting one lol

[edgy marsh]

all sent out

[jovial tinsel]

Just curious

[jovial tinsel]

Ok thanks 😌

[tiny hull]

stop speculating

doesn’t mean anything

all coincidences

[vivid viper]

please stop stressing over this 😭

idk why but i find it interesting how one goes from "i'm not getting in" to expecting a likely

[glad dagger]

The duality of A2Cers lmao

[hollow kite]

WHAT

[hollow kite]

What update?

Wait guys wtaf is an update can you just send in more things that you’ve done in the past two months

[glad dagger]

That's what the portal says

So yeah if something significant happened you can

[hollow kite]

Omg I should really be checking these portals I didn’t know this was a thing!

[glad dagger]

Yeah it's kinda hidden you gotta click that update button haha

[hollow kite]

What would be a substantial amount of money raised for charity for me to add it as an update?

Becuase I did a 75km hike and raised around £1000 but I’m aiming to end up around 1500 but I’m not sure if that’s counts as substantial becuase ive Heard of people raising in the tens of thousands which is insane

[glad dagger]

hm idk I doubt the amount matters, it's probably more about how much you think that extra information would add to your application

[wind cipher]

this

[hollow kite]

It mainly shows continued action towards what I sorta hate to define as my “passion project”

It’s something I’m very passionate about but never started for university apps so I tend to stay away from that term lol

[glad dagger]

That's definitely a valid reasoning but idk enough about this to give you an opinion I'm sorry 😭

like idk if they get "annoyed" when you add extra stuff and must do it only if absolutely necessary or how it works

annoyed is not the right word but yk what I mean

[hollow kite]

No worries! I’ve just learned abt it and am wondering haha

[hollow kite]

Yeah i get u - i think I’ll speak to my school councillor about it on Monday since I’m on break right now, thanks so much tho! I didn’t know this was a thing at all

[uncut hazel]

any uk-ers got a yale interview yet?

so far i haven't seen anyone 🥲

[floral surge]

Worth updating ab 1st place FBLA regionals + hired as a paid social media lead for a restaurant chain?

[regal relic]

yes

[rough python]

Hi

[tame rapids]

hi

[remote flame]

my yale loci was sm fluff it's so funny

just me begging them to accept me

[tight hull]

I think they differ for diff waves of interviews?

[hollow kite]

No one RD from my school yet 🥲

[uncut hazel]

;-; i have no clue what's taking them so long

i can't imagine everyone in the uk has applications which yale doesn't need to find out more about

[cunning portal]

Domestic but just got an interview request

[lost gorge]

SAME

let’s go

wait is this a good thing

lmao

[cunning portal]

Means we weren’t auto-reject 💪

[lost gorge]

😄😄

[lost gorge]

did u get an email from the admissions office or just the interviewer?

[cunning portal]

Just from the interviewer

[lost gorge]

ok same lol

[edgy marsh]

I got mine from admissions office to schedule an interview

@lost gorge @cunning portal good luck u two 🫡

[lost gorge]

thanks u too

[edgy marsh]

i had mine 2 weeks ago lol

[lost gorge]

oh lmaoo

well i hope it went well then 🤣

[cunning portal]

Thanks bestie

I’ll make sure not to kiss them

[uncut hazel]

@hollow kite my friend got a yale interview so they might be starting to come out in the uk :o he goes to my same school/class but he lives in basingstoke i think?

[hollow kite]

Omg!!! Stop that’s gonna make some so nervous now 🥲 good luck! 🫶

[fervent grail]

hello yalians

[vivid viper]

And just like that I now know every college you applied to☠☠

[fervent grail]

yay

[hearty cipher]

i still haven’t got one wth

[olive topaz]

same lol

ig we dont get interviews

[uncut hazel]

think positive we're auto-admits 🙏

[tiny hull]

dw

just because you don’t receive one doesn’t mean your application is not competitive

i myself didn’t receive one

[olive topaz]

well...

didnt even get deferred from GT so

seems like not the case

[fervent grail]

Interviews are for nerds

[warm patrol]

I didn't get an interview either don't sweat bro

[fervent grail]

Best it can do is slightly boost your app and worst case botch your app

[olive topaz]

personally, im in the auto-reject pile

gl tho

[warm patrol]

positive mindset only bro

[olive topaz]

nah bro

my ECs kinda mid

really held me back

but getting into a t25 for instate tuition is a W

[warm patrol]

same here my man

I didn't realize just how much crazy stuff people do these days

until it was too late

[olive topaz]

nah bro

u did fine

i would rather be touching grass

and do something enjoyable instead of for college

ivy league connections can be good, but in reality you can go basically anywhere with a good mindset

[warm patrol]

to a degree yes

but when you look at like the top ivies

a substantial number of people do a bunch outside of pure interests

[olive topaz]

well then good for them

it doesnt matter lol

if they want to waste their lives just doing some random shit then good

they can

[warm patrol]

fair

[olive topaz]

it doesnt mean you have to though

as long as you have good academics you can get into a decent college

[olive topaz]

whats ur current top choice?

if you dont mind me asking

[warm patrol]

prob MIT

[olive topaz]

yeah same

whats ur current acceptances looking like

[warm patrol]

let's take this to dms

[olive topaz]

alr

[uncut hazel]

also plenty of people get into yale without interviews

[tranquil comet]

nah my 3.88uw gpa could never make me an auto admit

good luck though guys

[olive topaz]

nah it definitely can

you realize many ivy league admits arent full of god tier ECs

it helps but it isnt the end

character is probably the most important factor for the holistic admissions process

for the top schools

[tame tree]

no

legacy and money is

[olive topaz]

as a white man my chances are 0% because of all the legacies

gg

[dense nimbus]

my ECs are literally pitiful

[olive topaz]

as a nova applicant my odds of acceptance are already lowered

[edgy marsh]

What’s nova

[tame tree]

as an international indian male

i am already

fucked

😄

[tiny hull]

lmao don’t call your activities “pitiful”

my AO said she was impressed by my in-school activities a lot

[dense nimbus]

i hardly have any in school activities bro

I go to a title 1 HS with a 50% grad rate and we cant even form clubs Lmao

trust me bro my activities are like 💀 💀 💀 💀

[tiny hull]

you literally don’t need to have “national” awards to be accepted or whatever - even though, i’ll be honest it helped me out i think

[rare jacinth]

they’ll consider that don’t put yourself down

[dense nimbus]

if I get in I was carried by 4.0 + 1590 + essays

ECs and awards were 0%

[tiny hull]

bestie that is major context

totally understand

within your context, they wanna see how you performed

they can’t compare you to some kid from Andover

[dense nimbus]

idk my family has decent money though, im at the school for medical reasons (kinda complicated lol just dw about it) so im worried theyll be like "this kid isnt even applying for financial aid and we're supposed to treat him like he has no opportunities"

and yes I kinda detailed the medical reasons in the app but IDK im still nervous asf

I got 0 for ECs bro

fucking 0

Like I do kind of have a decent explanation for the lack of ECs but I feel like if they dont give me a break for whatever reason im done Lmao

[lost spire]

tbh if i get in and go i know for a fact that i’ll have imposter syndrome

[wind cipher]

northern Virginia

[tiny hull]

they will read your application in total and within your unique context which i hope you made clear

make a decision

[primal gorge]

lol if it makes yall feel better i didnt get a yale interview nor a likely so im auto reject

[edgy marsh]

idt thats how it works

[edgy marsh]

whats special about that

[dense nimbus]

the mindset 💀

[wind cipher]

It’s one of the most competitive regions in the country in regards to college admissions

[edgy marsh]

Ohh

[floral surge]

that literally means nothing 💀💀

interviews are based on availability and less than 5% of admitted applicants get a likely letter

most people admitted into yale never got a likely

• many people get in without an interview

[idle meadow]

Hi

[primal gorge]

my classmates got interviews

i’m just bad

[tranquil comet]

are interviews still happening?

[hearty copper]

dw i got in without doing an interview

[hearty copper]

not exactly sure but probably and likely happening still

[inland ether]

My classmates got interviews too but I know Yale wants me

[floral surge]

i wouldn’t really worry still they can’t interview everybody and can’t count it against you. I’m sure if you’re applying to Yale then you already have pretty good stats and a good applicant profile, surely you did not get auto rejected unless you had awful stats

[inland ether]

My likely letter

[tranquil comet]

lol I have awful stats

wish me luck

[primal gorge]

eh, i don’t have amazing stats tho

[spring ravine]

They’re selective for everyone

Consensus here is that if you get an interview for Yale you’re either non auto-reject or non auto-accept

[vivid viper]

How many times have you said this specific wall of text this week

[cunning portal]

“I’m auto reject” literally published research and has a ton of awards

You’re fine

[spring ravine]

Last year I saw people on A2C getting Yale interviews in March so it could be possible

[floral surge]

No they’re not

Stop spreading false info

They’re based on availability

Yale doesn’t have time to be selective with interviews on top of reviewing 50k apps

[spring ravine]

They’re QUITE LITERALLY selective- Yale says on their website that they give students interviews who they want more info from, which is selecting applicants. No need to be so aggressive

[cunning portal]

You can be an almost auto admit without a likely

If you don’t get an interview it’s either there wasn’t availability or they didn’t need more info

[vivid viper]

Well I have a hard time believing they're always selective given I got an interview like 13 days after submission

[cunning portal]

Me and my friend from the same school got different interviewers literally two weeks apart too

Don’t think much of it

[floral surge]

I’m not being aggressive but I’m just saying that interviews are usually not indicative of a decision

either reject or accept

[spring ravine]

I never said it was

I’m assuming it means that not all apps could have been read by the time they send likely letters

[floral surge]

No

[tiny hull]

lmao you are ok relax

i never got an interview

please reduce your anxiety over if

it

[floral surge]

yeah this bc a lot of selective colleges defer applicants who they didn’t even get to so likelies are given out to the ppl who stand out amongst the apps yale has alrdy gotten to its kinda a lottery in a sense

I’m sorry to be blunt but posting ur ECs and making up theories will not help ur chances. Pls just relax and wait it out

[vivid viper]

^

You will know in approximately 1 month

[prime lotus]

i submitted mine 5 minutes before the deadline and i received a likely so no

[floral surge]

@prime lotus YOOO congrats

that’s amazing

likely letters for yale have already been sent out

idt they’re sending anymore

but idk

[prime lotus]

they finished releasing 1st week of feb but don't worry, seriously lol

j worry about what you can control now and enjoy the rest of hs

[glad dagger]

Finally got an interview request yay

Interviewing w a senior

[cosmic cedar]

thats huge!

congrats

[edgy marsh]

I interviewed w a senior too, it’s only 30 min ):

[glad dagger]

Oof bummer

[edgy marsh]

and they didn’t ask why yale for some reason lol

[glad dagger]

They said it’s cuz of limited alumni availability in my area which I def understand lol

[edgy marsh]

I’m a bit skeptical of that bc

I live in Bay Area 💀

[glad dagger]

Lmaoo no way there’s no alumni there

[edgy marsh]

😭

[glad dagger]

But I live in uruguay so it’s reasonable here

Like, there’s more cows than ppl 😭

[edgy marsh]

The capital of Uruguay is Montevideo!!!!

that’s all I know

[glad dagger]

Hahaha yes!!

Hopefully the fact that there’s few ppl means less competition 😭

[muted grotto]

ooo intl senior interview

i wonder if i’ll ever get an interview

[edgy marsh]

I just want a Stanford interview ):

[vivid viper]

mid ECs

just kidding

gl w Yale

[floral surge]

LMAOOO

[vivid viper]

LOL

[floral surge]

Yeah better luck at community college 😘

[vivid viper]

😍

[edgy marsh]

😒

[vivid viper]

LOL

[glad dagger]

My ECs are def worse than that so no way it’s cuz of that 😭

[vivid viper]

but yeah as a mod

please dont post that

[edgy marsh]

Be so fr

[vivid viper]

its chanceme territory

[glad dagger]

But it’s also not availability cuz I live in the middle of nowhere

Who knows what it’s abt at this point

[floral surge]

I have good ECs I’m not self deprecating shit

Stats is a diff story.

[edgy marsh]

Look at this pasta I made though

[floral surge]

No comment

[glad dagger]

That’s a lot of cheese

I approve

[edgy marsh]

thank you

[muted grotto]

lawd if i do end up getting a yale interview i hope it’s senior and not alumni

[edgy marsh]

Why

actually

Valid

[muted grotto]

the senior ones sound very chill

[edgy marsh]

Senior seems more chil

Yeah

[floral surge]

Cuz they tend to be nicer and more chill

[glad dagger]

Id lowkey prefer alumni

I feel like I’m better at finessing older ppl

[floral surge]

And they’re probably just as nervous as u are since it would be their first time interviewing

[glad dagger]

Lol

[muted grotto]

seniors also wayyy closer in age

much easier to talk to

[muted grotto]

fr??? i find it so much harder

bautimar do you mind me asking if you have US citizenship

[glad dagger]

I do not

[muted grotto]

ooo okay

[glad dagger]

Intl asking for aid here 😭

[muted grotto]

just asking cause i’m a u.s. citizen living in mexico lmao

and idk how interviews would work for me

[floral surge]

yeah my darty interviewer was old af

but he was my best interview

he was so interested in everything I had to say love him

[glad dagger]

Hm yeah no idea tbh

[stable current]

my interviewer and i had wifi issues for a good 20 mins 😭😭

[glad dagger]

I have a friend that’s a US citizen and didn’t get a Stanford interview

Cuz on our portal it says no alumni nearby

But also online interviews r a thing so

[muted grotto]

interviews for yale are so mysterious no point guessing i suppose

[glad dagger]

Yeah I had already lost all hope lmao

As of now I only had an interview w Princeton

But have Harvard Wednesday and now yale

So that’s a W

[muted grotto]

aggressive email refreshing from now till mid march 😇

[muted grotto]

oh very nice

[glad dagger]

I check my email more than I check my socials 😭

[muted grotto]

i haven’t gotten a harvard interview either i’ve kinda lost hope for harvard tho it’s fine

[cosmic cedar]

bruh same, i look at my email like 20 times i day - a habit i never had before lol

[muted grotto]

yeah same lmao

especially since my gmail app doesn’t send notifications for some reason

[glad dagger]

Seems like they have dates all the way til end of Feb

So there’s still time guys

[twin oar]

ive only had a princeton interview but i also live rurally

[muted grotto]

i’ve had no ivy interviews probably cause i only applied to harvard yale cornell and brown

brown obviously no interviews

[twin oar]

i had one for penn ED but bro was a bot

[glad dagger]

How’d ur brown video portfolio turn out

Mine’s so cringe 😭

[muted grotto]

and cornell ones are low priority

[muted grotto]

SO BAD I THREW IT TOGETHER IN AN HOUR AND IT SHOWS

cause i wasn’t gonna submit one originally but day of deadline i said whatever

[glad dagger]

DUDE I LITERALLY DID IT THE DAY IT WAS DUE

stayed up til 6am editing

[muted grotto]

YEAH 😭

[muted grotto]

was it just a literal q&a format 😭

[glad dagger]

I hate interviews but I’m so grateful only brown asked for a video

Cuz I couldn’t do that more than once 😭

[muted grotto]

no fr

i 100% would’ve taken an interview over a vid tho

[twin oar]

basically, like i could tell he was trying to make conversation and all but he was very slow and formulaic with how he spoke

[glad dagger]

I’m getting all kinds of interviews

First with an alumni that literally sailed through Antartica two days before our meeting

[twin oar]

my interview was like 50 minutes but if i had someone who talked at a normal speed it wouldve been like 25

[glad dagger]

My Harvard one is w a dude that worked in the admissions office til august of last year and is now Dean of undergrad research or smth like that

And now a senior interview

They testing tf out of me 😭

[glad dagger]

My Princeton one literally cut off cuz the zoom limit ran out

[twin oar]

thats so upsetting

[glad dagger]

I thought Princeton with its massive endowment could afford the premium version LMAO

[twin oar]

graduated from princeton but cant get premium

ya

we did mine on google meet

it was both of us’ first time using it

[glad dagger]

Oof

They give the option to do the meeting via FaceTime

Imagine

[twin oar]

bruh

[rare jacinth]

BRO SAME he literally finished what he was saying in the email convo we had right after

[glad dagger]

I was already wrapping up but we had to rush through the goodbye it was so awk lol

[languid magnet]

😂

@vivid viper you gotta stop asking this every day bro 😂 you can’t do anything about it, and no amount of validation from us is going to help either.

you have bigger problems than not receiving a likely letter if you spend this much time worrying about college and seeking others’ approval about it

[night plank]

based

[vivid viper]

That's what I'm saying

Like ok you got cool ecs

But how many times are you gonna ask "is this good enough"

When we can't give you an answer

[glad dagger]

From what I could see on the scheduling website there’s still a bunch of interview spots so you got time

And even if you don’t get one it’s a small part of the app dw

[languid magnet]

i feel like college apps really show that some people have serious issues with craving attention and being control freaks

idk i just see some narcissists on a2c every once in a while and it’s like geez… do you hear yourself?

(not this guy, just saying)

[glad dagger]

Yeah it’s def a stressful process and pretty mysterious so I get the freaking out part but there’s not much we can do 😭

Just gotta go with the flow and wait til decision date

[languid magnet]

yeah facts

[floral surge]

Yeah all this astrology is pointless

Just wait until decisions 🙏🏼

[vivid viper]

Agreed

I hope there's changes in college for those types of people

[languid magnet]

but i’m a cancer sun, taurus rising, sage moon, unicorn mountain, la-dee-da ocean

[rough python]

Guys is my 1600 and 4.9 gpa good enough 😔

[languid magnet]

not if you didn’t get a likely

[languid magnet]

yeah

[glad dagger]

I went to New Haven once where’s my likely!?

[rough python]

Guys if I got a likely is that good enough😓

[languid magnet]

it’s sad to realize that the world doesn’t revolve around you, but the world doesn’t revolve around you

[languid magnet]

no, it’s not an acceptance. they might reject you for only winning two nobel prizes this year. that’s a drop from last year.

[floral surge]

I’m Leo sun gemini moon virgo rising 🥰

[glad dagger]

Going from being a big fish in a small pond to small fish in a big pond is really gonna affect some ppl lol

[languid magnet]

don’t talk to me.

[floral surge]

Guys I cured 3 types of cancer and haven’t gotten a likely…. Am I getting rejected? ☹️

[languid magnet]

the fact that people will adamantly proclaim that god doesn’t exist but believe in astrology is baffling…

[floral surge]

F sky people W stars

[glad dagger]

Probably an auto reject unfortunately

[languid magnet]

yeah this is true

[steady edge]

Auto-reject

[floral surge]

😭😭😭😭

[glad dagger]

Gonna have to cure at least 4 types to make first read

[steady edge]

fax

[floral surge]

I’m working on curing leukemia rn.

[steady edge]

Not good enough

[languid magnet]

i’m not coming after you but astrology beliebers rub me wrong 😂

“i’m smart enough to not believe in astrology, where’s my likely?”

[floral surge]

Eh I don’t really care for it but I find that a lot of the stuff within astrology is pretty true like all of my descriptions for my signs are so accurate it’s crazy

But i don’t rly keep up w it

[languid magnet]

they’re all general statements that are relatable for everyone 🗿

[floral surge]

Not really

[glad dagger]

All I know abt astrology I didn’t learn voluntarily lmao

[languid magnet]

sigh not tonight… i won’t lose my shit and curse the stars tonight.

that’s such a cancer ♋️ thing for me to do tehe

[glad dagger]

“You’re gonna breathe air today” omg how did they know!?

[floral surge]

lol we can all have our own beliefs ur arguing won’t change my mind 😭

u could say the same ab religion if one good thing happens doesn’t mean god was responsible

[glad dagger]

I’m a Leo am I cool @floral surge

[floral surge]

Yes cuz I’m a Leo

[glad dagger]

W

[floral surge]

When’s ur bday

[languid magnet]

this is true. but i don’t know of any intellectual arguments for astrology.

[floral surge]

what intellectual arguments do u know about religion

[glad dagger]

July 30

[languid magnet]

“you cried when you were a baby and now you’re realizing that taylor swift concert tickets are easier to get than an acceptance letter.”

[floral surge]

religion and astrology are all the same concept it’s made up shit that may be true and may not be

who cares who believes in what

i don’t believe in god but idc if u do

that’s the way of life

[floral surge]

No way mines july 31

[glad dagger]

I love this thread

This one and duke’s r my fave

[floral surge]

Lemme join dukes

[glad dagger]

Omg

[floral surge]

I applied there too

[glad dagger]

It’s so chaotic 😭

[languid magnet]

i mean theological discourse goes back thousands of years

[languid magnet]

not Shanye 😭

[glad dagger]

reLigion

Nah jk idc

[floral surge]

One can argue that it ruins morality

[floral surge]

No frrrrr

[languid magnet]

oh yeah that’s interesting… i’ve thought about that a fair amount

[floral surge]

I like stars I no like god

End of discussion

Thank you 🙏🏼

[languid magnet]

i think orientation on some goal that’s bigger than you maintains morality

and historical that’s been religion

[glad dagger]

I don’t like either but enjoy entertaining the idea of both

[floral surge]

I don’t spend my days reading ab any of them

Waste of time tbh

[glad dagger]

Yeah but if I like

[tame tree]

damn we got a whole ass religious discussion here

[glad dagger]

Get a tiktok abt my sign I’m watching it 💀

[floral surge]

FR

[glad dagger]

Even tho idc abt it

[floral surge]

nah cuz I’ve never been a religious person idk it’s never been my thing

But if that’s what u like go u

[glad dagger]

As with most personal freedoms I tolerate it until it breaches someone else’s

[languid magnet]

@floral surge i didn’t mean to insult you by the way, i just think astrology is funny. i have no problem with it i just have to chuckle at, for example, the girls who won’t date a guy who’s sign is the same as their ex’s. but i don’t know a lot particularly, it’s just a personal gripe.

[edgy marsh]

i am a virgo

virgos > libras

that is my only take

[languid magnet]

yeah that’s fair. any religion-free society seems to spawn a state-sanctioned worship of the government.

[steady edge]

This is very true

[glad dagger]

Idk what that means but after that pasta plate I saw imma say all virgos are cool

[edgy marsh]

thank you

[edgy marsh]

@cursive acorn

[floral surge]

yeah I get what u mean! i also feel like it’s weird to relate astrology to judging someone before u meet them or basing decisions around it. i think it’s an interesting concept and when I read up on my personal charts I find them accurate but beyond that I’m not invested 😋

[languid magnet]

yeah definitely—i see what you’re saying. i’m a bit too pessimistic so i apologize.

[floral surge]

no worries thanks for being understanding :) I totally get what u mean

[languid magnet]

OH this reminds me of the American Atheists who hold meetings that are exactly like church services 😂

[silver rapids]

congratulations!!!

[glad dagger]

They went full circle 💀

[languid magnet]

😂 what a great idea that they had

if it works well they might be able to market it to others

[glad dagger]

Maybe even put it in a syringe for easier application

[languid magnet]

yeah and administer it to the masses

[muted grotto]

no anti vax talk pls! controversial topic or whatever

[languid magnet]

they can make their own medical company!

[cursive acorn]

false

[radiant oyster]

sorry shall delete

[cursive acorn]

libras >>>

[edgy marsh]

@glad dagger agrees with me

[glad dagger]

As long as Leos are on top the rest of the order doesn’t matter

[edgy marsh]

leos > libras

virgos and leos are about the same

[cursive acorn]

libra men are degenerate whores

libra women, however, are perfect creatures

[edgy marsh]

creature

not even human

[cursive acorn]

beings

[edgy marsh]

rats

[glad dagger]

Omg you’re telling me there’s a difference in sign traits according to gender 😭

[edgy marsh]

veda just weird like taht

[tame blaze]

@wind cipher When are we playing roblox

[silent aspen]

lol

this is insane

[idle meadow]

guys

it sucks to wait

[silent aspen]

you know what i love the most is when people wit dat HS Senior tag be talkin definitively about shit in general

crazy 💯 💯

Yes. availability probably a factor but all it takes is one look at their website to verify that thats not for sure why you would or wouldnt get one

[summer pier]

bro exactly

learn to read

[silent aspen]

"They're based on availability"

theyre not lol

[rugged crow]

They are based on availability selective

[tame rapids]

unless intl, in which case you can go screw youself😇

[idle meadow]

what's intl?

[tame rapids]

international

[idle meadow]

Oh thanks

[idle meadow]

Are you EA or RD?

[tame rapids]

rd

[idle meadow]

Applied for EA in any college?

[tame rapids]

EDed corneLL

[tame rapids]

are you from india?

[idle meadow]

Deferred?

[idle meadow]

Yup hdyk?

[tame rapids]

lol guessed

[idle meadow]

You are from India too isn't it?

[tame rapids]

rejected, corneLL

[tame rapids]

yup

[idle meadow]

Gosh I got deferred from Harvard

[tame rapids]

nicee

[idle meadow]

the wait time is killing me

man only if my dad were a billionaire

[tame rapids]

r/me_irl

[idle meadow]

Do you study in a private school or a government one?

[tame rapids]

maybe talk all this in dm?

[idle meadow]

sure! I was bored anyways

[tame rapids]

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM YALE THAT SAYS

Dear Kushagra,
We're pleased to inform you

that

we have

OMG I CANT EVEN SAY IT DAMN!

[radiant oyster]

then send screenshot lol

[tame rapids]

received your mid year report

[radiant oyster]

ayyyyy congrats bro

[tame rapids]

great honor yeah

[rugged crow]

🎉

[idle meadow]

Dude

[tight hull]

fuq

bro

💀

https://tenor.com/view/hurt-mock-the-mask-gif-18117731

[tame tree]

OMGGGGG SLAYED

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

i didn't even receive an email like that 😔

had to go check my portal like ten times to make sure

[tame rapids]

dude relax, i was literally just trolling

[tame tree]

i know lmfaooo

i'm also kidding

[tame rapids]

fair

[unkempt geyser]

does anyone still have "Student IRS Data Retrieval Tool" labeled missing and with a red X on their financial aid tab

[dawn bobcat]

Yes also the link doesn't even work for me

[uncut hazel]

is it a bad sign if i haven't gotten an interview yet, my classmate did

but his was an AO one

where they interrogated him mercilessly about his ECs and essays, it wasn't a normal interview

like he thinks they thought he was lying about what he's done or something

[spring ravine]

that sounds terrifying

[silent aspen]

wow bad experience lol?

how did they fare

[edgy marsh]

i heard that means u get accepted though

idek

[silent aspen]

lol. nothing is for sure unless you are an admissions officer/someone directly involved in the process

[uncut hazel]

yeah he joined the zoom meeting and apparently the ao was just staring blankly and immediately asked him a series of questions about why he chose that essay topic, when he wrote it, where he did his ECs (primarily internships), what he did in them in detail, and so on but with a really aggressive/cold-ish tone

[silent aspen]

we can only guess

[uncut hazel]

but like, he's done everything he said he's done

so i think it'll work out well

[silent aspen]

probably

[spring ravine]

bro if an AO did that to me I'd get so nervous

[uncut hazel]

i swear everyone has a weird yale story lmao

[spring ravine]

holy

[uncut hazel]

yeah he was like wtf is this meant to be

[silent aspen]

i mentioned being immortal in valorant in my interview lmfao

[edgy marsh]

my interview went fine 😭

[uncut hazel]

mad

[silent aspen]

"what do you do for fun"

oh just spent like a cool 1000 hours on a video game

i didnt say that of course lol

[uncut hazel]

tbh he has a really strong set of ECs for his intended major (econ - many many competitive internships) so i'd imagine he gets into yale

hope i can join him 🙏

[edgy marsh]

i talked abt how my friends and i did the blind-deaf-mute baking challenge

[silent aspen]

what is that

oh ok

i can just guess

[edgy marsh]

yeah

[silent aspen]

lol

no

[edgy marsh]

lol

[silent aspen]

im dumb my bad

[edgy marsh]

one is blindfolded, one has tape over their mouth, one has headphones blasting in their ears

and they try to bake smt

[silent aspen]

thats fuckin wild

[uncut hazel]

pls let me have an ao interview 🙏 nah those are so rare so i have no hope probs

but

a boy can dream

[edgy marsh]

i also showed my interviewer the birthday card i was making

[spring ravine]

the thing is ik I'm not an auto-accept type of applicant and I haven't gotten an interview yet so 😬

[muted grotto]

same here

[uncut hazel]

although technically my friend said the person didn't introduce themselves as an ao either? like they just say can we meet and started interrogating them over zoom 😭 so who even knows maybe it was just a very weird alumni

[muted grotto]

but. whatever

[uncut hazel]

SAME omds

[edgy marsh]

me for stanford

[silent aspen]

lol who knows bruh

[dawn bobcat]

Stanford is availability

So dw

[uncut hazel]

maybe we're not being interviewed bc we're auto-accepts B)

i'm manifesting that

[silent aspen]

this might be true but the problem is is that i think the interview will almost always help you in some way

[edgy marsh]

i live in bay area tho and all my other friends got one 😭 dsghdojhgjsdkf

[spring ravine]

so they had ur app?

[uncut hazel]

icl if i get a yale interview now i'd be terrified given the stories

[silent aspen]

if im admitted to yale im going to immediately find a way to get to my interviewer report

shit is so cryptic for what

[uncut hazel]

YEAH

[silent aspen]

what do you mean "you need additional information"

[uncut hazel]

ferpa that

[dawn bobcat]

Nah but it was a very similar vibe like I was asked very specific details about things

not an AO tho

[spring ravine]

bruh I thought these interviews were supposed to just be casual convos lmao

[uncut hazel]

delusional rizz, i'm telling myself i'm a yale auto-admit and that's why i haven't been given an interview 😎

[dawn bobcat]

I mean most of mine were

Idk what was up with that

[spring ravine]

I have pton interview on 22nd and they seem v chill

so I'm looking forward to that

[dawn bobcat]

Good luck yeah I think their people are nice

[edgy marsh]

are yale interviews not based on availability?

[dawn bobcat]

Generally

They used to be

But I believe their policy has changed

[edgy marsh]

i thought they itnerview most ppl

[uncut hazel]

yale is just weird icl

whether i get an interview or not i guess i can't really influence it anymore

[spring ravine]

thank you

they just said the interview is an opportunity to "augment your app"

as in like they wanted to chat with me about princeton and view them more as an extension of the admissions office in terms of wanting to say stuff rather than someone to impress

if that makes sense

[silent aspen]

i want to fast forward to ivy day already lol

just let me get rejected

[dawn bobcat]

Yeah that's pretty accurate

The interview is moreso used to hype up x school and keep alumni connected (and donating).

They do take notes though (albeit minimal, and their reports are almost always positive unless you fuck up royally)

Which basically consitutes saying racial slurs on Zoom

[spring ravine]

My MIT interviewer was so bad last year

he just asked for my ECs

[silent aspen]

oh god man

[spring ravine]

and I had to like list them off

[silent aspen]

my MIT interviewer this year was hella mid

what do i mean this year

[dawn bobcat]

Mine was pretty cool actually