Yale University (2023-2024)

[cosmic geyser]

uf!!!!!!!

[dense holly]

TRUE

[wary star]

yes

[bleak prism]

you mean the school of nursing or undergrad nursing? they have no undergrad nursing afaik

[red prawn]

Tbh yeah fit just clicks, like, if your values and beliefs naturally align with the college's then that fit is gonna be obvious whether you consciously think about it or not

Then again if you do know what they're looking for before writing, and you already naturally fit with them, then you can consciously highlight that fit when writing

[autumn lichen]

wait really?

[wary star]

https://nursing.yale.edu/

[wary star]

I should have specified graduate

[uneven widget]

I wonder if the school found it the same when I felt “fit”

[dusty lotus]

ok and

[dusty lotus]

bro is about to have a crazy getback

[delicate jolt]

[willow fiber]

For Yale's "Reflect on your membership in a community to which you feel connected. Why is this community meaningful to you? You may define community however you like" prompt, do you guys think it's okay if I talk about an overarching umbrella "community" classified based off of different aspects of identity and how i've contributed in different ways to better this one overarching idea? Or should i just focus on one singular aspect/ec bc that's what i see in a majority of these essays

[delicate jolt]

woah

What do you mean by overarching umbrella "community"?

[willow fiber]

lol i just copy and pasted from the essay channel hopefully this makes sense

[willow fiber]

like the community isn't a specific organization i'm apart of, but more based off of different parts of who i am. Like it's more abstract there's not really a clear word for what community i'm apart of. It's really hard to explain but i'm trying to demonstrate in my essay various extracurriculars that make up this "community" instead of being limited to just one activity/group...if that makes sense

So ok i think it'd make more sense if i give an example.. I'm a female first gen college student so I wanted to describe how i've taken action to address both the lack of support and the lack of resources I experienced as a woman in stem

but this i accomplished this through 2 different "organizations" or "community", even though these "communities" together make up the one large overall community of female first gen college student

[bleak prism]

yeah i like that

i thought of doing something similar too but i decided to go with the other prompt ab how experiences u had will shape ur college

[willow fiber]

okok cool cool ty

[bleak prism]

Hi, so I’m submitting my application here in a few days. I am waiting on one of my teachers to complete their letter and i told them to get it done by nov 1 and it hasn’t been submitted yet. If I submit my app without one teacher rec, and they submit the rec late will that be a problem

[wary star]

worst case scenario you’re deferred to RD

Yale doesn’t have an ED round* so you don’t have any specific benefits applying early or not (assuming you have the exact same app, essays, and your grades are consistent)

*(except QB match which you probably don’t qualify for and whose deadline already passed)

[bleak prism]

They don’t give extensions on recommendations?

[wary star]

they do

I’m saying that even if they don’t it won’t be a problem this early

[bleak prism]

oh ok, i was worried bc of the deadline

[wary star]

also if you can’t get it in in time just apply rd

it’s the same

[cosmic geyser]

nancy go slay those ea apps :))

[wary star]

you get no boost

[opaque delta]

hi alkie long time no see

[bleak prism]

yeah, i just wanted to finish my app and get it over with lol

whatever happens, happens atp

[wary star]

hi Michael

[twin compass]

alr besties
rea time

im scared

[bleak prism]

yup

[dapper drum]

How did you guys answer the inspiration prompt

[bleak prism]

I honestly just said what inspires me, it had nothing to do with academics or anything I focused my answer on a very arbitrary thing

[dapper drum]

Yeah what do you mean arbitrary thing just kinda anything and then just explain why I suppose

[dense holly]

mine isn’t extremely specific tbh

[final rapids]

can u perfect ur personal statement in a week? 😭😭

[uneven widget]

The realistic answer is NO. The real answer is YOU HAVE NO WAY TO BE PERFECT. The relief is YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

[final rapids]

i already love my ps as it is but at the same time i have no critical eye nor the experience. but my mentor? teacher? said that i need to list specific examples instead of generalizations and im stuck

also do you think the ao’s read the research papers? did any of you submit it? how does it look like?

[wary star]

The AOs have an infinite amount of time on their hands per application. They interview every single member of your family, every teacher that ever had you as a student, every boss you’ve worked for, and more

They are gods in the eyes of mortal men

||/s||

[bleak prism]

not anything, but something that seems small to most people I expanded on and talked about how it inspired me. Like an original take

[bleak prism]

i almost believed this until i read the second sentence

[uneven widget]

ShitPostPro

[uneven widget]

Honestly I just included the title and abstract in additional info section

[dusty lotus]

This is true my family is currrnyly hostage

[dapper drum]

I said some stuff about like how waking up early in the morning was inspirational idk if that’s like generic idk

[haughty plank]

same lmfao I literally said trees

[bleak prism]

haha thats funny.

[haughty plank]

its giving lorax

[bleak prism]

lorax and that part in up where the old man releases all of the balloons 😭

[bleak prism]

for this short take, If you could teach any college course, write a book, or create an original piece of art of any kind, what would it be?

do i need to include a course code? ex. soc 1234

or can i just include the course name

and does the course have to be very serious and related to academics or is a lighthearted approach ok

[wary star]

no because the idea is you create the course yourself

it’s something new

this question used to be “if you could create and teach any course at Yale, what would it be?”

[bleak prism]

No I mean a made up course code

I made a made up course name but included a made up course code but idk if the code is necessary

[river osprey]

no i didnt do that

[dapper drum]

Unreal that is literally my entire commonapp essay

[dense holly]

I did a made up course code because I think it adds a fun layer to it & I didn’t need the extra 6 characters

I think most ppl don’t add a course code but it’s not uncommon to add it

[river osprey]

i didnt bc i filled up all my responses to 150 exactly LOL

[dense holly]

they were 150 characters when you applied?????

https://tenor.com/view/old-man-grandpa-gif-15302685

[river osprey]

sorry mb 200

[dense holly]

I was gonna say 😭

[final chasm]

Using Yale REA to test if I have a chance at Harvard💅

[dense holly]

i uh

i don’t think that makes very much sense

[bleak prism]

i wouldn't waste applying early to a school that has so many restrictions if it wasn't your top or one of your top choices.

[wary star]

please do Harvard REA

[cloud forum]

maybe they want to spend the extra two months perfecting their app for their dream school

[dense holly]

qotd: why Yale?

[bright current]

(125w max)

[dense holly]

I lied. Qotd: why sociology with a minor in race, inequality, and society?

(pls don’t actually send your full essays here)

[river osprey]

off topic but i wish we had more minors

majors are so constraining

[bright current]

What the sus bro

[dense holly]

i rlly like how sociology has diff concentrations

I think I’m gonna do a student-developed one and focus on how socioeconomic factors affect education and career development

bc the other ones don’t fully fit what interests me

although Yale is a pipe dream and I’d rather go to uf anyway

[delicate jolt]

Like a minor in ecomonics, minor in data science

Some places call them concentrations

[cosmic geyser]

sociology is so cool gracie

i thought u liked buisness tho

[dense holly]

I’m applying marketing for all the schools that offer it but I’d rather do sociology than econ

[bleak prism]

thats fun! I am torn between adding sociology or ethnicity, race, and migration as my third choice personally. i like sociology a lot as a field

[dense holly]

If you did sociology you could concentrate in race, inequality, and society

both are really interesting options

[bleak prism]

yeah, i am looking into both, they seem interesting ngl

[final chasm]

The reactions😭

[final chasm]

Restrictions?

[final chasm]

It’s an essay problem

[bleak prism]

Yeah like not being able to apply to private schools ea or schools for scholarship consideration

Tbh my list in general had a lot of EA schools I wouldn’t have applied here early 🤣

[wary star]

yeah like IMO if you’re FGLI applying EA to anywhere that isn’t a school like USC when you’re shooting for the stars you gotta really love the school

[bleak prism]

No seriously I’m fgli and am only applying here because I like the school and it worked out with the rest of my list. REA here seems like a crapshoot ngl, scared to get my decision

[final chasm]

Idk Yale is perfect for me but I don’t like New Haven and how Yale is SOO interdisciplinary

Idk how the startup culture is too

[bleak prism]

Maybe ask some students this question!

I would also be cautious and keep in as the deadline is in a few days

[final chasm]

Submitting on Monday

[autumn kiln]

People have answered this question in this channel before

[autumn kiln]

New Haven was interesting fs

[final chasm]

Haven’t seen this haha

[final chasm]

Compared to…let’s say Boston

[dusky tusk]

boston solos

bostonians>>>>>

[autumn kiln]

You can scroll up

[final chasm]

Thanks?

[final chasm]

Real

[river osprey]

new haven is quite nice

it's 2 hours from 2 major metros

and pretty good restaurants imo

however if you don't like interdisciplinary probably not your school

if you want startup so much why not early stanford/mit

[final chasm]

I’m so confused cuz idk where I’m gonna end up

I’m premed but also interested in my own startup

I hear premed advising for Stanford sucks

[final chasm]

How’s the study culture? Too nerdy, relaxed too laidback

[river osprey]

it's what you make of it

frats throw every weekend

hella party culture

but you can also just hole up in sterling

which is what i tend to do

(and i am in sterling rn LMAO)

[final chasm]

Also ik Yale is investing a lot in engineering but how’s the biomedical engineering program if you know anything about that

[river osprey]

sorry pretty unfamiliar with bme but probably it's pretty decent

[bleak prism]

anything at YALE UNIVERSITY must be decent bfr

its like asking if a small school near you is decent, yes it's decent, but is it amazingly strong, maybe not

[wary star]

^^^^^^

[river osprey]

lmaoooo i mean i guess?

i dont feel it much anymore tbh

ur probably right tho

[red prawn]

Application Deadlines:

• Single-Choice Early Action ( <t:1698897599:f> or <t:1698897599:R> )
• Regular Decision ( <t:1704257999:f> or <t:1704257999:R> )

Decision Release Dates:

• Single-Choice Early Action ( <t:1702591200:f> or <t:1702591200:R>
• Regular Decison ( <t:1711666800:f> or <t:1711666800:R>

[red prawn]

God I love timestamps

Just to scare y'all 😳

[rugged chasm]

how r u guardian of rankings

[red prawn]

Because yes

[rugged chasm]

elaborate

[red prawn]

Seriously though the mods just DMed me and the others and asked if we'd like to help a bit with the megathreads, and we said yeah sure

[dusty lotus]

Be active and helpful enough, and that happens

[delicate jolt]

I wonder who showed you those

[bleak prism]

haha wdym?

I mean it’s a top school after all

[willow fiber]

LETS GO I FINISHED ALL MY SUPPS

im gonna edit them this weekend and thatll be it🥲

[bleak prism]

saaamme I’m trying to finish my supps this weekend and edit during the week 🙂

[bleak prism]

I’m so excited for when decisions release!! I just wanna know and I haven’t even submitted my app yet 😭😭

[dusty lotus]

im not!

[bleak prism]

why not?

[dusty lotus]

cause i suck

[wary star]

💀

[bleak prism]

we all suck but try not to show it

I just want my decision regardless of if it’s good or not so that I can move on and do my other apps

cause who gets in here anyways 😭

[wary star]

some do

you might

[teal tusk]

if any of y’all get accepted this year slide into my dms please thx

[dusty lotus]

I won’t but good to know u want me to

I’ll get in just to spite u

[bleak prism]

my essays and everything are making me think otherwise haha not to mention this school hasn’t accepted anyone from my school in so long

And the only kids who go to selective schools from my hs are the rich ones and I’m far from that 😊

[bleak prism]

I definitely want to help others when I go to college cause it’s easy to feel lost in the process

[teal tusk]

by this school u mean yale?

[bleak prism]

Yessir

[teal tusk]

yalls schools regularly send kids off to ivies??

afaik no one from my school went to an ivy

at least the ib kids

[wary star]

my large public hs consistently sent ~5-10 to ivies

[teal tusk]

this year i have lots of opponents

[wary star]

but we had a graduating class between 700-800

[teal tusk]

bruuuhhhh im doomed

[wary star]

you can't think of them as opponents

[teal tusk]

wdym i cant

[wary star]

opponents implies you can beat them

you can't win or lose a game you don't know the rules to

because nobody knows the rules

[teal tusk]

if my class has 5 other students who all want to go to yale i have "opponents" at least to be better at them for corny college app stuff like comps and academics

[wary star]

well, universities don't have hard caps for each hs

(whether they have soft caps is up for debte; I am of the belief that some schools 100% do)

[warped merlin]

yeah no they definitely don't my school has over 2 dozen yale acceptances a year and it varies heavily

[wary star]

TWO DOZEN?!?!?!?

[warped merlin]

yeah

[teal tusk]

bruh what 24 is insane

[warped merlin]

last year 16 committed to yale out of like 26 acceptances

[wary star]

feeder?

[teal tusk]

what kinda school is that

[warped merlin]

yeah

[wary star]

feeder

[wary star]

rich kids accumulate in specific schools which have characteristics schools like (think extremely rigorous curriculums, good athletic departments, solid clubs, etc.)

[warped merlin]

cross out athletics and yeah

I'm not rich tho I wouldn't be able to afford my school if it weren't for finaid

[wary star]

and ON TOP OF THAT a lot of those students are athletes, legacies, donors, or children of faculty and staff and so they get a boost in admissions

[bright current]

Ha my school hasnt sent a kid to an ivy in a decade

Beat that

[teal tusk]

broooo

thats acc insane

[warped merlin]

cross out athletes and yes

[wary star]

blair if you want to psych yourself out you can do that in a million ways

i cannot stop you from convincing yourself that all of your actions in aiming for the stars are just a waste of time and that none of your efforts will ever be fruitful

the only thing i can say is that those aren't true

it's up to you to believe it

[warped merlin]

bruh college students here are always so sage 😭

guys we're all going to Death U anyway you'll get your acceptance eventually

it's ok

[wary star]

i appreciate the compliment

[teal tusk]

i mean i still havent reached a stage where im like "no matter what i do yale will reject me" but still

every day i see more ppl who are qualified and want to commit to yale

[warped merlin]

selection bias

only people who are tryhards will want to show off

because they work the hardest to get in

[wary star]

also, you're always subconsciously looking for the people who you think will get in

[warped merlin]

others are just like "oh huh I got into yale nice"

[bleak prism]

Mine only 1-2 students go to top 20s

What kind of schools do you guys go to

[wary star]

large public HS in suburbs of NYC

[teal tusk]

i mean its probably cus my skls an eastern european school

and ppl are so humbled here in every stage in their life

[wary star]

also international students are somewhat dealing with an entirely different system

[teal tusk]

theyre always told "ugh you going to harvard?? hahaha" if they ever mention it even if theyre a top student

also what i realized

[warped merlin]

at my school you're labeled as a dum-dum if you don't go to a T20/ivy

[teal tusk]

yale has an average of 40 ib score and stanford has 39 lol

[warped merlin]

like one guy goes to CMU now and everyone was surprised that he is "only" going there

[teal tusk]

but brown also has 43 so

[teal tusk]

lmao

[warped merlin]

and he got in for CS too

[final chasm]

Check your DMs bro💀

[final chasm]

Yale is very academically oriented

[teal tusk]

yeah

[cloud forum]

you get labeled for 3 months before never seeing them again?

[slow mauve]

Lmao fr

[bleak prism]

who cared ab their opinion anyways what most people need to realize, is that in HS no one's opinion is relevant besides your own

if people had this mindset then they'd be less insecure

btw @red prawn u adding the timestamp for rea decisions made everything feel real 😭

[red prawn]

<t:1698897599:R>

[bleak prism]

4 days!!! gotta get to work rn ✈️

[dusky tusk]

WOOOOO

Rea?

[dense holly]

Yepppp

[dusky tusk]

You got this

[bleak prism]

gl gracie!!

[dense holly]

THANK U 🫶

[north current]

gracie is gonna slay those apps

[dense holly]

😇

I feel like all my essays were 7-8/10 except my why Yale

my why yale was like a 5/10

but im so tired and I don’t have the time to revise

[bleak prism]

i hope we all get in!!

i liked my long response the best, and think my why yale essay could use a bit of editing as well

but oh well time to enjoy life after the ea deadline is over!!!

[final rapids]

yes hope we get in!!!

im an intl so i dont even care if im a diversity admit

[teal tusk]

slide into my dms if u get acceoted or deferred or waitlisted bbg

[teal tusk]

im an intl studenbt but im white 💀

[warped merlin]

Yeah

[slow mauve]

💀

[teal tusk]

shh

[final chasm]

See you on campus bestie

[bleak prism]

hi so im rewriting my long answer and may keep my old response (still thinking ab it) but for the community prompt if I mention more about how I view my community and mention less about yale's community is that ok?

the prompt just asks why a community is important to you..pinging @wary star @river osprey

[dry latch]

yayyy

[wary star]

What’s the actual prompt again?

[bleak prism]

Reflect on your membership in a community to which you feel connected. Why is this community meaningful to you? You may define community however you like.

[wary star]

yeah talk less about Yale

[bleak prism]

so in my major essay i didn't talk about how yale would allow me to pursue my passion for my major but then for the long answer i am also talking about yale, the only time i really talk about why I want to go to yale is in the why yale essay, is that a bad thing?

[uneven widget]

Just think of it another chance to express ourselves should be good🤔 AO knows Yale very well but they don’t know us as much.

[cloud forum]

how long does the portal take to come?

[red prawn]

About two days

[final rapids]

did any of you submit a supplementary mateial? specifically a scientific research. im debating whether or not to submit. is it possible to see whats inside the portal?

[final chasm]

YEA IM GONNA SUBMIT ONE

Atp, I’m scared I’m being too nerdy in my application whereas Yale is the exact opposite of that😭

[final rapids]

ikr, except i only have the abstract 😭

should i submit the abstract of a more serious research or my full independent research? (not related to my major or anything i just did it to participate in a contest)

[final chasm]

I think submitting that one that’s related to your major makes you come off as a well rounded person!

[final rapids]

are you applying on nov 1st?

[final chasm]

You can submit an abstract!

[final chasm]

Yes you?

[dense holly]

btw REA decisions come out on Dec. 14th at 5pm EST

and Ivy day is March 28th at 7pm EST

[bleak prism]

kinda scared ngl

[final chasm]

WHY IS IT EARLY WTF😭

[bleak prism]

yeah i thought it would be later too! but it's good thats like 4pm for me

oh and that's a thursday too! this will ruin my weekend if im rejected fr

i just wanna be deferred honestly

[final chasm]

10PM for me
Insane night

[final chasm]

Why is this so real LMAO

[final chasm]

Idk when UNC decisions come out tho

[dense holly]

IK

[red prawn]

~~For heart-stopping reminders of the decision dates and app deadlines y'all can check the pins ~~

[warped merlin]

bro that's not even the worst part

I'm applying next year and if it comes out on december 12th

it will be right before my birthday

so my birthday will be ruined if I get rejected lol

[bleak prism]

like jan 31 i think

[bleak prism]

Should be they typically release on the same day

[final chasm]

Yh

Different times for REA/ED tho

[dusky tusk]

Source?

[red prawn]

Yale's portal

[dusky tusk]

Wurd

[teal tusk]

9am 😍

stop does that mean if the time is the same next year i’ll wake up to yale admissions decision

bffr

[north current]

lmaoo

[dense holly]

Probably 🥴

[cloud forum]

if i submit my app with one teacher still working on their rec letter they can submit it on their own accord right?

[dense holly]

Yep!

[bleak prism]

when is the rec due? nov 1?

idk if there's a separate deadline

[dense holly]

I’m unsure but it should tell you on your application checklist on your Yale portal after you submit your app

[uneven widget]

Submitted! Wish us all the best~

[bleak prism]

GL!! we got this guys 🤩

[uneven widget]

5 am for me, a day to start 😇

[bleak prism]

5 am omg that must not be fun

[uneven widget]

That must be striking enough to get rid of the morning drowsiness... Still deferred is a success

[bleak prism]

deferred is a w i agree

[final chasm]

Okay so Yale deferred 21% last cycle

[dapper drum]

How much they accept

Prob like 10%

[final chasm]

Yeah 10 last year

About submitting my application, is it me or does the common app review feel so bland 😭

[bleak prism]

like preview? yeah i don't like the format

[cloud forum]

if i were an ao reading my 4920th app of the cycle i don’t think id want extravagance

but yeah lol i agree

[haughty plank]

i should be able to put background music over the app

some poor admissions officer gonna be trying to read my supps while the pokemon battle theme plays in the background

[dusty lotus]

...

[dapper drum]

That’s actually what I plan on doing

[cloud forum]

is the financial aid checklist blank for you guys too on the portal?

it’s like not there

[wary star]

i wrote my yale supp on nov 1

and most of my qb app in like a day

so it is possible (but a horrible idea)

[final chasm]

Oh I’m safe😭

ah-

[final chasm]

You’re alkie….

[slow mauve]

Your hogwartian

[dense holly]

your?

grammatical error?

by a yalie?

[slow mauve]

I make errors on purpose

Just to mess w ppls heads

[dense holly]

ill take this into consideration

[final rapids]

I JUST SUBMITTED 😭😭

also i have questions about IDOC. is it okay if its still processing?

[bleak prism]

are u QB? do all pplicants have to use idoc?

[red prawn]

It takes like, a week,for IDOC to get processed
don't worry that's normal

[final chasm]

SAME THOUGHTSSS

[bleak prism]

finally finished my yale essays!!!

never want to edit another supp again

[wary star]

same.

[bleak prism]

no really if i could stop the college app process rn i would

these supps are making me think too much

[dusty lotus]

I have 20 supps for u to edit RN (none of them have ANY words)

[wary star]

chatgpt my suggestions

[dusty lotus]

W

[red prawn]

As a last-day jumpscare: <t:1698897599:R>

[copper elk]

Too scared to hit submit rn

[final chasm]

Us

[teal tusk]

i’m TOO stressed bro 💔💔 can’t believe i only have a year left and i’ve done absolutely nothing

[bleak prism]

don’t stress at all!! Do things that are meaningful to you even if it isn’t a ton of activities.

[teal tusk]

i already have tons of activities but it’s just not as high impact as i want them to be

and my academics are not good at all

i don’t have any aps

[bleak prism]

Aren’t u intl? If so, shouldn’t you have a different curriculum? Maybe focus on getting good grades there

And maybe pick a few of ur ec’s and look for ways to be high impact

[teal tusk]

i’m doing the international baccalaureate and my national curriculum rn my ib predicteds are around 38/42 and my national curriculum gpa is around 98/100

[bleak prism]

And maybe pick a few of ur ec’s and look for ways to be high impact

[bleak prism]

Oh wow that’s really good! You have IB u shouldn’t worry at all. Just continue to do well

[copper elk]

holy shit i submitted

doesnt feel real

now to convince myself im not getting in and getting obsessed with another college just in case

[uneven widget]

FR we all know yale and its peer schools are simply wildcards. Better get in love with (or get at least a decent reason) every target college

[final chasm]

Finally

[copper elk]

do ya know any targets that have a similar vibe to yale

a little tough for me as an international requiring full aid too

perhaps not the right thread for this

[final chasm]

International…slay

[copper elk]

idk what that means in this context but yeah its rough

[wary star]

none exist

[copper elk]

Figured as much

My actual safeties are in my country, I'm just hoping I can hit critical mass by applying to enough reaches to win the lottery somewhere

[wary star]

very real statement

[twin compass]

just submitted 🥶

[bleak prism]

submitted!! good luck everyone!!

[bleak prism]

and did anyone get a yale interview?

[slow mauve]

I don’t think they come out that fast. I got mine last year ab mid Nov ish

[bleak prism]

oh ok ty, i saw people were getting their harvard interviews around now so just wondering

[final chasm]

youre gap year?

[dapper drum]

just a general question, does a interview mean you have some chance of getting in, or does severyone get a interview

[wary star]

in past years, interviews have been general signs that the admissions comittee is interested in you in some capacity

which i take to be a good sign

[dense holly]

when does Yale start interviewing ppl?

[slow mauve]

yep I’m taking a gap year 👍

[final chasm]

mid november

[final rapids]

do people get in without interviews?

like whats the ratio of admitted students that get interviews vs dont

[dry latch]

not published

but you shouldn't worry about it

i've heard of people getting rejected w/ interviews and accepted without

[wary star]

i wish i knew but admissions keeps that info under tight wraps

maybe lock and key is a better expression here

[copper elk]

would it be a good idea to keep sending yale new extracurriculars that Im doing through their portal?

on the one hand it shows that im not slacking off, but on the other it may get annoying and try-hardy

[teal tusk]

twins dec 13

thats why im trying to move mine to rd now 😭

[final rapids]

just do what you want to do. bcs no matter what people say u still have your own opinion and you might regret it later for not pursuing ur choice

[bleak prism]

Sheeesh y’all never know they could be reading ur apps rn 👀

[river osprey]

i’m gonna rope

do i know you

oh lmao wait

i forgot that was my status

i’ll just see my profs

reverse effect

that’s crazy

dw

roping would be the last thing i’d do

[copper elk]

oh no

[bleak prism]

i got my portal 🥳

sidenote their emails are so cute! they're nicely formatted

[dry latch]

does anyone else see this despite submitting the forms?

[final chasm]

Same

I haven’t done idoc tho

[dry latch]

ohh that probably explains it

i did idoc which is why i'm wondering :/

[final chasm]

When?

[dry latch]

nov 1

[final chasm]

That’s why
You’ll have to wait a bit

[final chasm]

who submitted a STEM supplement?

[wary star]

They have so many apps to get through and not very much time

[final chasm]

Last year 7k people applied early 😭

[final chasm]

Btw are you CO26 or CO27?

[wary star]

got in as CO26 but am technically a CO27

in practice I’m a 26.5 (graduating fall 2026 instead of spring)

[final rapids]

hope it decreases this year 😭 maybe like to 6k at least

[final chasm]

How does that work tho😭

[final chasm]

But then the number of accepted applications will also decrease😭

[final rapids]

is the early pool really more competitive how people imply? should i be scared

i mean it sounds more crazy to me that you compete with 40k applicants in the regular pool for only 1000 spots whereas in rea its like 7k for 700

it seems more doable to me but idk

[river osprey]

have you ever thought about what type of people apply early

legacies, athletes, donors, VIPs…

there’s really not that many spots in REA

and also there’s actually about 1500 spots RD, not 1000

[warped merlin]

yeah fr the only reason why I'll do yale REA is because I'm a legacy lmao

I wanted to do williams ED but ain't no way they'll accept me without affiliation or recruiting

[autumn kiln]

That’s not true

If you want to Ed there then I would Ed there

[warped merlin]

nah yale = wililams for me

I'd rather apply early somewhere where I actually have reason to other than "I wanna go"

besides, yale being non-binding is less stressful

[tulip raptor]

WWWWW

[warped merlin]

it's just that yale is also like 5 mins away from my house so I could visit my parents more ❤️

and since my parents went to grad school there of course they'd want me to go lol

[autumn kiln]

Did they go to undergrad at Yale?

[warped merlin]

no they went to undergrad in poland but apparently yale considers grad school legacy just do a lesser degree

formal message from yale on this topic:
#🚀-general-chat message

[autumn kiln]

That might not give you the weight you want

But if you prefer Yale more definitely rea there

[warped merlin]

I know; it's something tho and something's better than nothing

besides I think yale would overall provide more opportunities as a bigger school with more stuff

[autumn kiln]

Williams Ed has a higher acceptance rate using that same idea

[warped merlin]

true but they only accept like 250 people and a large majority of that is recruiting

[autumn kiln]

Fs I just wouldn’t base your decision solely on whether or not you’ll get in though

[warped merlin]

yeah like I said yale = williams for me

my parents like yale a little bit more but I like them equally

[warped merlin]

27% for class of 2027

and it's likely to go down since they removed all their supplemental essays

[autumn kiln]

Yeah probably

[warped merlin]

so idk if the extra acceptance rate will have any benefit for my year

especially since yale's is steady around 10%

[final rapids]

yes but i highly doubt that they are that many tbh

[dusty lotus]

More than u think

[final rapids]

WHAT like how many

then i kinda wish i applied rd lol

[river osprey]

bro there are so many

probably like 400

[final rapids]

of admitted students or just candidates ?

so like out of 600 admitted students in rea almost 400 of them are them?

[river osprey]

admitted students

lol

if you listened to the podcast, the aos said that rea decreases ur chances

[river osprey]

realistically it doesnt make much of a difference

people try to strategize rea/rd and it doesnt work for schools like yale imo

[final rapids]

ok then whatever

[final rapids]

wow that is so not fair

what justifies their favoritism

[river osprey]

lmao wdym college admissions is not meant to be fair

[warped merlin]

unless you're an athlete, professor child, legacy, etc

[river osprey]

colleges are businesses

[river osprey]

ok yeah

[warped merlin]

donor + legacy + REA = yeah probably accepted if they're good

[river osprey]

athletes rake in money, donors rake in money, legacies rake in money, VIPs rake in prestige which in turn rakes in more money

[warped merlin]

me with double legacy who will need aid 😭

[final rapids]

i dont know for some reason i thought itd be more fair to judge students based on holistic admissions, like takinf account for their views, opinions rather than just academic ability. but yea thats on me for hoping that america would be fair and just for a second

[river osprey]

lol yeah the biggest misconception high schoolers have towards admissions is that it’s fair in any sense

[warped merlin]

views and opinions would be absolutely terrible because that would further enforce the political correctness that is already plaguing the world

that would be implying that there's a "right" way to think which is absurd (although many universities seem to think there is a right way)

[final rapids]

not political tho, like as in growth potential

[warped merlin]

oh well that's different

[rustic silo]

i just applied rea because i like yale

[bleak prism]

It really does? Even having factors like being from an under represented state, being fgli, or urm for example?

[wary star]

That admissions start reviewing as early as they can and as fast as they can

[river osprey]

if ur hooked it depends

if ur unhooked then it decreases almost certainly

[bleak prism]

So if you have multiple hooks rea will that increase your chances?

[wary star]

I’m confused

Why would REA be a disadvantage? Is it because the applicant pool is more competitive during REA/QB Match as opposed to RD?

[river osprey]

they haven't finalized their class (they don't know what people are applying RD) so they are more hesitant and must be 100% sure that the applicants they admit in REA are going to be better than the ones in RD

[wary star]

huh

that actually makes a lot of sense

[red prawn]

Iirc there's extra nuance here too

For those kids that are borderline admits in the REA pool, they're just gonna defer 'em

Here's the full excerpt:

HANNAH: Do explain.

MARK: OK. That doesn’t mean that you’re worse off. It’s harder in my mind because it is in our interest to be conservative in that early action round. Right? When we’re in that admissions committee in early action, we have in the back of our minds the fact that we are going to receive tens of thousands of regular decision applicants. And the last thing that we want to do is to find ourselves in February reading these applications from amazing students in regular decision and thinking, doh, I wish we had 25, 50, 100, 200 more spots available.

HANNAH: Yeah.

MARK: And so, if there’s any hesitation, as we said, that committee will say, hey, a defer is cheap. It’s pretty easy. So it’s in my mind actually a higher bar to clear early. Because we have to be certain that you would be admitted to Yale no matter what comes through our regular decision round.

HANNAH: Yes.

MARK: So if there’s any reason for hesitation, we will go ahead and defer. And we found that our deferred applicants tend to actually do pretty well in the regular decision round. So that’s another question we get from students who’ve been deferred. They say, hey, what are my chances? And we’ve generally found that these students do about as well or even maybe a little bit better just from a pure numbers standpoint in terms of the admissions rate as our regular decision students.

So we do find every single year there are dozens of students who are deferred from early action who are admitted in regular decision. We were cautious the first time around, and then at the end of the day, they really did emerge. We hoped that they would, and they did. And then we go ahead and say, sounds great. We’re happy to admit you through regular decision.```

So basically there are three routes from the REA round:

• Your application is amazing and Yale AOs believe you're a definite admit: Admitted
• Your application isn't a sure-fire admit in the context of the Early Pool, and, out of caution, they throw your app into the Regular Decision Pool: Defer
• Your application is just plain not strong for whatever reason: Deny

TL;DR rushing into EA/ED without preparing a good app like you would for the RD round is a bad idea, since there's little-to-no actual difference in how your application's going to be evaluated

[copper elk]

hey so do I just use the regular decision form? the only other options are the eli whitney program ones

[bleak prism]

U have to pay more to submit supplementals 💀

[copper elk]

yeah its bullshit, especially since I needed the commonapp fee waiver for the actual application

[bleak prism]

Ikr which supplement did you submit?

[copper elk]

music

tbh im quite scared because i cant sing nor play any instruments

[bleak prism]

oh music is cool! Curious was it you like singing then or like

[copper elk]

it was pieces that I composed and finalised in a DAW

i can technically play the piano ig, im just not good at it at all

serves me well enough to write the music though

[bleak prism]

ooh cool. GL dude

[copper elk]

thank you!

[copper elk]

oh wait they waive the fee!

awesome

[willow fiber]

wait would anyone happen to know how soon after they first reach out about wanting an interview is the interview actually scheduled? Like say if they asked on the 15th would the interview directly be the 16th or

[bleak prism]

Probably when you are free

[echo moat]

thinking about adding Yale to me school list

I want to do electrical engineering though... how's Yale's program in this area?

[slow mauve]

Fair enough tbh

[wary star]

It’s fine

It’ll be on par or better than your state’s flagship (in most cases, excluding Berkeley and co.)

You’ll get an ABET-accredited EE degree, which entails learning a standardized engineering curriculum to get a relatively standardized degree

All of my friends doing either MechE, ChemE, or EE have said to me at one point or another that they chose Yale because of everything else besides their major

I can’t speak on the quality of instruction in engineering here, but I can generally say that you’ll have similar experiences with teaching at a flagship public school’s engineering program as you would at under any Yale engineering department

[topaz peak]

For the people who submitted arts supplements, did they show up in your portal as recieved? I got the arts supplement optional questionnare but the checklist doesn't say anything about the supplement itself

[final chasm]

I submitted a science supplement and this is what my portal shows….

[topaz peak]

Yeah, my stem supplement shows up as recieved but my arts one isn't there at all, which is what's confusing

[final chasm]

It doesn’t show on the checklist at all?

[echo moat]

thank you for the insight! I would choose Yale for the same reason lol

[topaz peak]

yeah...

[final chasm]

I guess you should wait a few days before sending an email

[bleak prism]

wdym?

[topaz peak]

I have the form but the checklist doesn't show the supplement itself--I don't know if it should or not

[slim grove]

anyone know when yale interviews come out

[bleak prism]

Hey! I got an extension to finish my app and apply to usc early. I saw the Yale website said you can apply ea to any private institution with release dates aft January 1, but it also says you cannot apply early to any private school? I am so confused can I apply here given the decision date is the 15th of February?

[final chasm]

Yes you can

As long as decision date isn’t before Jan 1

[bleak prism]

Thanks. The policy is actually really confusing

[slim grove]

when is the yale stem research supp due

on the website it says nov 8th but on common app its says nov 6th

[final chasm]

It’s Nov 8

[final chasm]

Are you submitting one too!?

[slim grove]

Yep!

are a lot of people submitting?

[teal tusk]

ur rea yale now??

what happened to pton

[final chasm]

I don’t think so

[final chasm]

Yale’s better for my career and all..

[bleak prism]

What did u apply as? I remember u saying you were interested in health policy or smth similar

[final chasm]

Bme and public health policy

Pton won’t let me double major😭

[bleak prism]

Public health policy? What was that at Yale like history of med and public health?

[teal tusk]

W yale is my 2nd choice

[slim grove]

Oh ok, what area is ur research in?

I'm hoping I get an interview offer next week

[final chasm]

Yeah

[final chasm]

Fingers crossed

[final chasm]

Biomechanics

[slim grove]

oh that's cool

[slim grove]

fr

[final chasm]

What’s yours?

[slim grove]

cancer

[final chasm]

🙌

[slim grove]

I'm planning bio + anthro at yale

hopefully we get in !

[final chasm]

Deffo unique

[slim grove]

u intl?

[final chasm]

How you gonna combine that😭

[final chasm]

Yehh

[slim grove]

ah i see

[final chasm]

🤞

[slim grove]

everyone ive talked to is applying intl to yale bruh

does yale have a thing for intls

[final chasm]

Idk why they’re so much this year💀

Personally, ik like 14 other people

[slim grove]

this year is gonna be so competitive

damn

[final chasm]

I can feel it ngl

[slim grove]

i hope my stem research sup will help

[final chasm]

Hoping for at least a deferral 😭

[final chasm]

This!

[slim grove]

deferral from yale isnt even that good

[final chasm]

Mine really matches with my theme

[slim grove]

yeah same

[final chasm]

Few people get deferred so deffo means they saw something in you

[final chasm]

Are you premed?

[slim grove]

Yale defers a lot though, i thought like 25%

like deferall from stanford is basically acceptance

[final chasm]

21 isn’t so much😭

[slim grove]

yeah, you?

[final chasm]

Yeah this

[final chasm]

Yeah!

[slim grove]

yeah ig compared to other schools

[slim grove]

w

bioengineering?

[final chasm]

Biomedical yes

[slim grove]

ah cool

[final chasm]

MDCB?

[slim grove]

ye might switch to neuro though

lemme get in first

[final chasm]

Slay
Bro is on that premed grind

[slim grove]

Lmao

biomedical is harder than what im planning bruh

im applying bioE to a few places

[final chasm]

Yes it is😭

Seen the curriculum

[slim grove]

gg

[final chasm]

It’s a bit tricky

First year calculus

And partial equations

[slim grove]

loll

[final chasm]

Slay

To where

[slim grove]

its prob impossible to test out too

[slim grove]

like uiuc, gtech, etc

[final chasm]

Ahh Georgia tech bme !!

[slim grove]

!

[final chasm]

Hopefully you get Yale

[slim grove]

I hope so

ill literally withdraw everything

im hoping yale isnt too stingy on like quarter grades

[slim grove]

I hope you do too!

[final chasm]

This is so realll

[final chasm]

Mid year reports?

[teal tusk]

just curious

why yale for bme

[final chasm]

Interesting!
They were two main factors I considered while deciding

One was a school whose bme program was more medicine than engineering…

And the other was flexibility

Where I would be able to take BME with my other interests (while being premed)

Only Yale and Harvard ticked all the boxes

[final rapids]

no way im bme too 😭😭

whys everyone majoring in bme

[final rapids]

i also put bme + anthro and thought id be special 💀

[final rapids]

unrelated but howd you do ur school research? while researching yale i only used their website and reddit. i didnt find other sources, or the ones that were helpful. seems like you did an amazing job researching yale, would u mind sharing ur approach? i want to apply that for my rd schools even if i dont get into yale

[uneven widget]

Got to admit sometimes ytb videos (and their creators) can be helpful

[uneven widget]

Yeah! Found it easier to narrow down the targets when having niche majors or specific criteria

[teal tusk]

have you looked into dartmouth or stanford?

dartmouths is specifically designed for premed

[wary star]

so I’d start on their website

just to look around and see if anything different pops out

I feel that because many schools want to project an elite image, a lot of the content on school websites is similar

try to keep an eye out for unique things on a school’s website

make sure you look at a school’s academic calendar too! A calendar can be a good indicator if something is different about a specific school

also, I’d recommend using google to find writings about the school (and possibly even student testimony) separate from and unrelated to the school’s official website

you want to try to get an impression of both the good and bad of a specific school

A lot of information that can, and likely will be crucial in making a decision between schools can sometimes only be found by talking to students and faculty members

for example, no school is going to advertise a negative statistic, like high campus, crime rate, class, sizes, extreme competition, and less resources per students

No school is also going to advertise if their computer, science and math curriculum are either not up to snuff or poorly organized, like with some Yale CS in math courses

You should also try either talking or looking up testimony from students from different backgrounds. At a school like Yale, a rich New York City socialite is going to have a very different experience from a suburban Cleveland athlete or a music major from rural Alabama

Also, regarding a school website, I highly recommend looking at degree requirements and graduation requirements. Yale system is hard to understand upon first glance if you don’t have an existing familiarity with distributional requirements.

And, of course, I highly recommend visiting a school and shadowing a class or two in your major in an area of interest. If you have a student, your friends with, you can generally tagalong in almost any instance. In my first year, astronomy seminar, students brought in guests pretty regularly, and the professor was either happy to have them, or did not mind.

Lastly, I invite you to be skeptical of any and all admissions statistics and testimonials. A school’s admissions department has an interest in only showing the positives of an undergraduate education

[final chasm]

slay.....doubt we're many tho

[final chasm]

thats unique

[final chasm]

the website definitely has all the answers(most), I checked things like the curriculum and research programs that the people taking BME did and what work was most prominent and deduced how the culture would be. Also stalking! I stalked a lot of current students on Linkledin and check out the kind of work they were involved in, how they made use of the resources available to them and the extent of their success! For the downsides, I used reddit and college confidential!

[final chasm]

stanford's isn't that premed-y. Their bioengineering program is mostly tailored towards pharma startups and health tech. For Dartmouth, it actually is interesting but the bme program is just 'bme' whereas for yale, it has different specializations (bioimaging, drug delivery stems, biomechanics) etc. Dartmouth just has a regular prosthetics and medical device design kinda of vibe!

[bleak prism]

Do you guys know when interviews come out?

[final chasm]

also, the early assurance program makes it look like it's super premed-y, but it isn't really premedy as most of the courses you take are mostly engineering related ones(few bio and chem classes) more math, physics and comp sci

[final chasm]

mid november. They already opened the alumni interview app

[bleak prism]

Nice!!

[teal tusk]

it has all the premed courses no? plus you can do one to 2 other majors as well with it due to the d plan

[final chasm]

yeah...it's doable but yale was just more relatable

[teal tusk]

fair, im not implying you should ED just consider applying lol

good to have multiple shots for these types of schools

[final chasm]

no electricity in hanover

[teal tusk]

we're also essentially majoring in the same things and i would also choose yale over dartmouth lol

[final chasm]

why tho?

[teal tusk]

i dont like being rural

[final chasm]

samee

[slim grove]

nah my schools is kinda weird and they send first quarter grades to yale

hopefully they wont play a large part

[slim grove]

finally submitted the stem sup

[final chasm]

Slay!

[copper elk]

oh shit i think i misspelled something on my music sup

welp

[teal tusk]

stem supp?

[slim grove]

the science and engineering research one

[teal tusk]

oh the research paper?

[slim grove]

yep

[slim grove]

anyone get their interview yet?

[bleak prism]

nope, I think people may get it later on, they probably just started reviewing apps

[final chasm]

Finally, all my financial aid documents came 🔥

[dry latch]

no interviews yet

checked cc

they did interview training in late oct

[bleak prism]

oh cool

[minor jay]

Idoc?

It processed for u?

[final chasm]

yessir

[dry latch]

did you get a notification?

[final chasm]

no i just kept checking the portals

[minor jay]

When did you submit your idoc documenrs?

[dry latch]

prob nov 1 right

[final chasm]

nov 3

[minor jay]

I submitted Oct 25th

[final chasm]

[minor jay]

And still waiting

[dry latch]

omg

[final chasm]

it hasn't processed???

[dry latch]

this sucks

[final chasm]

yooooo

[minor jay]

Yeah

[final chasm]

mine took 5 days

[dry latch]

brailyn i have the same istuation :/

im sure it'll be okay

[minor jay]

Yeah a lot of ppl do

[dry latch]

but just annoying

[minor jay]

When did you submit

[dry latch]

nov 1

but oct 25 is crazy

[final chasm]

thisss

[minor jay]

Yeah 🥲

Like most of it is processed obv

[dry latch]

hogwartian was it on your yale portal or the idoc one?

[minor jay]

But it’s just some that still need to be processed

[final chasm]

both

[dry latch]

thanks for letting me know!

[slim grove]

oh ok ty

harvard and mit alr sent interviews

yale be making us wait

[dry latch]

and the interview report deadline is dec 1

crazy how that is

[slim grove]

damn

maybe theyll start sending invites next week

[teal tusk]

i dont think the interviews hold much weight in general tbh

[slim grove]

That’s what I’ve been hearing, but like I think having an interview will def have a positive effect

because the interview report goes to the aos

[teal tusk]

i think like everything, its a risk

things can also go downhill as well

[slim grove]

but even if it does, it doesn’t play a big part of ur app

and I hesrd the interview is p laid back

[final chasm]

wheres on your pfp btw

[dry latch]

lol i acc have no clue

i found it on pinterest

[final chasm]

i dont think an interview is make or break. The Yale podcast says interviews are the last things to be reviewed

[pine latch]

!yaleea

[thin shard]

Yale University SCEA Date

Yale University decisions come out <t:1702591200> in your local time
1 month, 5 days and 23 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[pine latch]

!yalerd

[thin shard]

}

Yale University RD Date

Yale University decisions come out <t:1711666800> in your local time
4 months, 20 days and 1 minute until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[regal plaza]

Does legacy matter a lot in admissions

For Yale

[teal tusk]

it helps but i dont think it bears that much weight as you think it would

[dense holly]

Uhhhh

I think it really depends on how many family members attended Yale

I saw a college results thing lemme try to find it

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyi-cwuRusf/?igshid=cmV3dWc3Ynk4M3Jm

limmytalks

LMAOOOOOO

Likes

100292

Instagram

[teal tusk]

isnt only 11% of the class legacy?

[teal tusk]

yk some of that dudes collegeresults were found to be fake

[slim grove]

this shit is fske

[slim grove]

That’s a lot

[dense holly]

I hope

[teal tusk]

not really compared to other schools

[slim grove]

legacy matters a lot I think, esp for these ivy league institutions

[cloud forum]

i dont think that guy verifies the results at all

and he opens the results to email

[teal tusk]

the number could also be a result of correlation not causation

it definitely plays a factor for sure

[slim grove]

I believe his videos as much as I believe chanceme 💀

[teal tusk]

but im pretty sure yale is one of the ivy league that holds lesser weight on legacy compared to the other ones

[slim grove]

oh nice

someone told me that yale also places less emphasis on grades than other ivies

to a certain extent

[teal tusk]

harvard/dartmouth has 15% legacy also for comparison

stanford had 18% in class of 2023

[slim grove]

like goa

gpa

idk if its true

[teal tusk]

they definitely place an emphasis on transcript

gpa wise in context

but classes

[slim grove]

oh ok nice

[teal tusk]

yeah actually yale pretty much has 5% less legacies in their classes compared to the other ivies

definitely place less emphasis on it then they do fs

[pine latch]

Help I saw a reels comment asking if limmy was the guy from squid game

[dry latch]

LMAO

[autumn kiln]

LOL

[north current]

in what context?

[north current]

it'll probably help you but idk if it'll count the same as legacy

[teal tusk]

So, for one of my qb essays, i mentioned mental health due to my former toxic friendship and how i recovered from that. would that be an autoreject for yale since it mentions mental health?

I could always do common app instead

[dusky tusk]

Bro said autoreject 💀

[teal tusk]

Yale is notorious for being bad about mental health stuff so yeah 💀

[north current]

hopefully not as bad as cornell

[teal tusk]

Cornell i gotta do common app anyway

I just dk if doing the extra yale stuff for common app is worth it

or if i should just use qb

[willow fiber]

Did anyone send in an extra letter of recommendation

[teal tusk]

alkie suggested just using qb since its the same prompts

unless you have more info to share

Qb is missing the short takes

Cus qb basically does that

alrdy

[teal tusk]

so wouldnt u be chillin then?

[teal tusk]

the mental health thing

[teal tusk]

yale isnt a top school for u anyways right

harvard & vandy?

Its my #2

Ylw is

wtf when

[teal tusk]

I cant go to vandy 💀

[teal tusk]

you were glazing vandy 2 days ago

[dusty lotus]

Lol

[teal tusk]

what happened

[teal tusk]

#1 is harvard
#2 is yale
#3 is jhu

[teal tusk]

Wdym

I still love vandy

Ive said this

vandy is just in tennesee

so it is not an option

[teal tusk]

cant deny that

[teal tusk]

i prob couldnt go to vandy either tbh

[north current]

i would never be able to live in Tennessee but ive kept vandy open as an option

[teal tusk]

I have vandy and emory on my list just cus no supps LMFAO

no point in not applying even if i wont go

[north current]

yeah same

[teal tusk]

if you got rejected everywhere else would you go to vandy

[teal tusk]

would be a hard decision but probably no

I'd have to choose urochester over vandy

[teal tusk]

imo emory is a lot more welcoming

Doesnt matter

The school isnt the issue

Its the state

[teal tusk]

I went there for a fly-in-like program, the city was pretty inclusive imo

outside of georgia, probably not

still in georgia

thus under Georgia law

def not as bad as tennessee though

[teal tusk]

true

you should look at western schools kace

youd love it there

stanford only western school im applying to

[uneven widget]

Would anyone kindly inform me, an intl, why is Tennessee in the conversation (if I correctly perceived it) a no-no? Or, in general, what would first come to your consideration as a student in the States? (Like in terms of preferring one state over another except for stuff like weather)

[pine latch]

Laws

States can have drastically different laws

[uneven widget]

😲 my cultural shock starts now. By no means you're saying that some states have laws so different from general moral standards that one who is unfamiliar with them could get in trouble inadvertently even if one “behaves well”?

[pine latch]

They’re more laws based on what some consider to be controversial politically over things you’d get arrested for in day to day life

Like abortion and trans rights are considered controversial here

The absolute most I can think of in your case are jaywalking laws and even those don’t result in arrest and are rarely ticketed

[teal tusk]

fair share of places in tennessee are also known as "sundown towns"

racism definitely exists in higher concentration there towards bipoc

area around vandy probably isn't too bad tbh

[pine latch]

There’s also just general subcultures in the US

Like the northeast is known for being more blunt

South very much dances around their points

[teal tusk]

West the typa people to talk shit about you but not to you

[uneven widget]

Huhmm, so essentially can I say it's still politics? Like the extent to which politics is really embedded in daily life?

[pine latch]

I think all of the things we mentioned are a part of it

Politics, racism, and general culture

[teal tusk]

it's really just culture tbh

culture defines all of those things

[pine latch]

True

[north current]

the US is such a large and vast country that theres lots of regional differences in things as broad as politics and culture to things as minuscule as food and mannerisms

[uneven widget]

Understood. I expect “differences” but not like to the extent of such divergence among states. Maybe it just takes time for me to actually realize the States are states but not provinces for solid reasons

[teal tusk]

some of the states are like being in different countries literally

the west compared to the east is way way different

[north current]

new york to cali was a huge culture shock for me even tho i was only there for 3 days

[teal tusk]

generally conservative areas tend to historically be less accepting towards minorities and lgbtq

[north current]

hell even going to florida was a huge culture shock for my family

[teal tusk]

if you are any of those

[teal tusk]

this is the big thing non-white intls should keep in mind

[uneven widget]

Sounds relatable now😂 maybe it's because most likely whenever we heard of Intel news about the states, those were saying “the US people are arguing upon...” but never delved into the practical stances of particular state

[teal tusk]

yes its typically the west coast/north vs the south

all those crazy policies

originated from the south

[final chasm]

Yooo💀

[teal tusk]

I can confirm this, ive met a single muslim person my entire life in alabama

theres a reason they dont flock here

[final chasm]

Ik a lot of Muslims in Alabama tho 😭

[teal tusk]

Im talking rural ur talking birmingham/huntsville/montgomery

[final chasm]

Wait so Huntsville and Montgomery aren’t rural enough?💀

[teal tusk]

huntsville and montgomery are big cities bro

where i live has 3k ppl

In rural

[final chasm]

Cuz imagine living in Bucks Alabama 💀

[warped merlin]

it really isn't. Consider that yale graduates 1700 people every single year, so that adds up. They also consider grandparent legacy, which transcends another generation

[bleak prism]

No, it says on the website that those are not needed

[final chasm]

Exactly unless you submit a STEM supplement

[bleak prism]

waiting for when they release how many people applied 😭 I’m so curious

[final chasm]

That’ll be decision date 😭

Finna gonna be 8k+

[bleak prism]

i hope not

[dry latch]

when did they do it last year

[teal tusk]

Harvard gets about 7k and accepts like 800

So i assume yale is around that number

[teal tusk]

sad truth about america u cant even deny it 😔

[bleak prism]

nov 10

hey so i forgot to fill out the css by now will this impact my decison

i couldn't find the deadline anywhere on the website until i saw that it was nov 1

[teal tusk]

that's not good

ur decision wont be impacted but

[bleak prism]

i had no ideaaaaa

[teal tusk]

you could get disqualified from financial aid or a delayed admissions offer

[bleak prism]

i know it isn't good kinda freaking out rn

like delayed fin aid?

[teal tusk]

you need to contact their admissions office asap

[bleak prism]

thanks, i will.

[teal tusk]

a delayed offer because they wont know or the latter

[bleak prism]

omg ok going to contact them

[teal tusk]

they cant calculate ur aid without it

[bleak prism]

is a call best? or email

[teal tusk]

BOTH

good luck

[bleak prism]

thanks

[teal tusk]

you might also have to switch ur plan to rd

idk either way that's not good

[bleak prism]

called them, they said that it was fine and wont impact my admissions decision

i bet they get 1939393934 calls like this a day

but i called fin aid, not admissions should i call admissions too

lol yeah ive learned this, emailed them like a week ago and they still haven't responded regarding another topic haha

[final chasm]

Harvard gets 10k

And accepts 700💀

[teal tusk]

youre good

fin aid wont impact ur admissions decisions

2 separate offices

[north current]

an hr left before i get to new haven 💙

[bleak prism]

touring?

[north current]

no im going to a wesleyan fly in

i just have to go to new haven by amtrak and then a lino takes me to wes

[bleak prism]

oh cool! sounds fun good luck

[north current]

ty

yh lmaoo

fr getting that classy treatment

[slim grove]

I think last year around 7.5k applied and 750 got in

I’m guessing the applicant numbers will prob go up

[oblique sapphire]

hi kids

anyone getting yale interviews yet

[final chasm]

Take picssss

[final chasm]

7777

[slim grove]

yep!

[slim grove]

nah im guessing they'll be sent out next week

their deadline is dec 1st

[oblique sapphire]

Gotcha

[bleak prism]

Nope

[wary star]

hello mr guardian of the rankings

[final chasm]

Why are you not a mod😭

[teal tusk]

yes

[wary star]

I don’t want to be and I probably wouldn’t be accepted if I applied

[teal tusk]

you would

i believe in you

[final chasm]

+1

[teal tusk]

did anyone get an interview yet?

for yale rea

[worthy bolt]

can you submit fafsa for REA

or do u have to submit CSS

[teal tusk]

i think u submit both

[worthy bolt]

crud my parents said they would do it in October and they never did

[teal tusk]

oh shit

for css??