Yale University (2023-2024)

[visual crypt]

get a grip

[dusky tusk]

Happy retirement

Yo ass not getting into Yale let alone a likely smh

[valid compass]

what could be an indicating factor for a likely letter?

a late interview? or like senior interview?

or is early interview better?

[merry kiln]

None

Stop with this astrology

[topaz creek]

real

im just high on hopium

im practically retired alr

like i aint writing no essays

[teal tusk]

i think youre overthinking it 😭 dont stress too much

[manic rapids]

i thoight they only give likely letters to athletes and stuff

[potent peak]

Aren’t we (academic) athletes too?

[visual crypt]

nah this is insane 😭😭

[visual crypt]

get a grip too😭😭😭

[topaz creek]

i am an academic weapon yale will accept me

[bleak prism]

just focus on hobbies

focusing on this stuff is not smart

[topaz creek]

my hobby doesnt make for great essays or great ECs

i dont rly excel at em

[bleak prism]

you applied

[visual crypt]

but you already submitted your apps?

[bleak prism]

you cant do anything

breathe

[visual crypt]

there’s nothing else u can do

[topaz creek]

true

[bleak prism]

just do other things

live ur life

colleges dont care about their applicants and its a harsh reality

[topaz creek]

napoleoncore

[grim badge]

Actual brain rot

[topaz creek]

this is why my hobbies are not great topics 💀

[grim badge]

Clearly

[visual crypt]

good luck with yale bro😭

but it’s not good to have a dream school

[topaz creek]

it is unhealthy ik but

[visual crypt]

start falling in love with some safeties

[topaz creek]

i'd be thrilled to get into any other reachers

[visual crypt]

or definite targets

[topaz creek]

already done so

[visual crypt]

ok then keep doing that

[topaz creek]

if i flopped i'd go to singapore

[visual crypt]

and don’t even think about the reaches

[topaz creek]

they got some great unis

[visual crypt]

great

[valid compass]

ok idc now

[worthy bolt]

A phone call with your admissions officer is the way Yale does it!

^usually in February

[valid compass]

oh

[tired flint]

I got one but it was virtual

[wild yew]

this is insane

[valid compass]

[unborn fractal]

Did you ever get an interview?

[unique plank]

underrepresented backgrounds as well, so whether that be region or demographic

[worthy bolt]

Yes

[bleak prism]

did u ea usc?

[mystic rampart]

Has anyone gotten an interview for RD

[swift trellis]

i think ppl have said so, yes

[mystic rampart]

Damn, it’s ggs

[swift trellis]

an interview is not necessary or required. many ppl are admitted without being interviewed.

[mystic rampart]

But I heard Yale interview is like selective

[swift trellis]

no

[mystic rampart]

Dang ok

[worthy bolt]

nope, the only school on the west coast i applied to is stanford

[bleak prism]

ah

gl

[humble magnet]

Oops ok hi

Why is Yale making me out my reccs thru their portal

And not@in common app

[dapper slate]

Cuz Yale isn’t like every other girl

[zealous jolt]

havent got an email about a yale interview yet 😭 am i out of the running already

[near geode]

no, they only processed like 1/3 or 1/4 of them, interviews run till mid feb

[delicate jolt]

I like how half of A2C yale community believes that interviews are entirely random/and only based on availability and the other half thinks that they are given out based upon strength first lol

[slow copper]

this is for yale though they make it clear its about strength thats why people mention it here i dont really see many people believing its about strength for other schools

[hasty osprey]

The strength of ur app is only used for Yale

[delicate jolt]

"A2C Yale"

Are you sure its by strength? google says its just random lol

[slow copper]

bruh are you being for real

the yale aos on their podcast confirmed it

and yales own page on interviews says its for people they need more info on

[delicate jolt]

Sorry sorry I just find a hard time believing I’m a “strong candidate”

[topaz creek]

you got deferred mit

stand proud you are strong

[delicate jolt]

Idk but I got my Yale interview last week

It is Monday

Some guy from Hartford

Not even in my Alumni Association lol

[thin salmon]

Do intls get the interview too

And does that depend on region too?

[valid compass]

Ooo that's where rory's grandparents lived lol

[valid compass]

they do

[silent tree]

are you intl?

[humble magnet]

Not rlly

It’s abt whether they know to admit u or not

[delicate jolt]

no

What kind of questions will my Yale interview ask?

[bleak prism]

just stuff about yourself

and possibly why Yale or what drew u to the school (mine didn’t ask, but some do)

[tired flint]

SoFlo

[bleak prism]

Be prepared to answer questions that are extremely out of the box

[rustic silo]

my interview was very basic. just “tell me more about yourself”, “why yale”, and “what do you hope to get out of college”, then we talked about furniture for like an hour and a half lmao

[swift trellis]

helpful resources: #💋-interviews message

[slow copper]

exactly, so its about strength in one way or another, while for all other schools its just availability regionally

[white shell]

i did

[bleak prism]

How was ur art

[white shell]

it was def worse than the average art school applicant but i think most people think my art is decently impressive

[hushed stone]

Yup

[delicate jolt]

@bleak prism did you already have your interview ?

[bleak prism]

did ea so yeah

[delicate jolt]

oh

nice nice

[bleak prism]

I bet it was great !!

[delicate jolt]

deferred or accepted?

[bleak prism]

deferred

[delicate jolt]

same

but mit

[bleak prism]

oh, sucks. Hope you get in rd

[delicate jolt]

i hope you get in rd too

[silent tree]

Do you think you're gonna be rejected from art school?

[white shell]

oh sry i didn’t apply for art school i applied for art and computing which i think may have lower standards for art portfolio

but yea i think im gonna get rejected cuz my application isn’t that good in general lol

[silent tree]

I hope you got the joke 😭.

It's like lamer and more recycled than my college essays.

[white shell]

ohh i always miss the joke 😭

[remote vortex]

when's the latest you can receive an interview for yale

[bronze steeple]

probably by march 10-15

only if they're really on the edge

ive seen some ppl get theirs like a week or two before the early decision this cycle (they got in)

[copper elk]

Yeah I got mine Nov 29th and I got in

And I know of others who didn't get any

[valid compass]

to all those with questions about yale interviews, just listen to this if you havren't

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jXvMnUvFKfPGVu14LatEL?si=Uxm2on-cSzWN3mGmQYli2A

[rustic silo]

my interview was dec 1 lol

[neon sedge]

we are you from?

[rustic silo]

ny

[neon sedge]

They gave NY & CA interviews first. Good Luck with Yale!

[rustic silo]

oh thanks. i got in early lol

[neon sedge]

wow! Congratulations! it must be amazing to know this early that you have a place for the next 4 years already. I wish…

[bleak prism]

did u commit?

[rustic silo]

nope. applied to a couple other schools rd

[bleak prism]

why does it say ur a prefrosh then

[delicate jolt]

I assume he is likely to go to Yale but just wants to see

[slow copper]

how do you know

i got one but none of the other people who applied at my school in CA did, are they done giving out CA already

[delicate jolt]

Any tips for Yale interview tomorrow

[bronze steeple]

dont fumble

[delicate jolt]

thank you

It’d be cool to get a likely letter but I’m not a strong enuf candidate

[bronze steeple]

stem likelies r usually for olympiad kids or similar ppl from what ive seen idk much abt the "normal likely"

unless u r olympiad god or super cracked stem i wouldnt expect one tbh

only 100 get it yearly for stem

[delicate jolt]

yuh for sure

[bronze steeple]

oh

i thought u had alum

[near geode]

if u alr get an interview before feb is it unlikely you'll get a likely as you alr did an interview?

[delicate jolt]

Nvm ur right

He mentioned senior interview in his message

[unborn fractal]

bro this is not corroborated at all 😭 don’t bring ppls hopes up

[delicate jolt]

But he was just explaining Yale interview process

[worthy bolt]

no, its based on a phone call with an AO

[bronze steeple]

my fault 😭 reddit posts cant be used as evidence

too much bias

[unborn fractal]

nah they j be yapping on reddit

[delicate jolt]

lol

[unborn fractal]

smh

[near geode]

not bias, too much bs

[unborn fractal]

thats the likely yea

remember only 10% of acceptees in a given year get likelies

[bronze steeple]

fr bruh the portal astrology stuff is always so annoying

[delicate jolt]

Yah

[bronze steeple]

"oh if you got a financial aid request they want you"

[unborn fractal]

well actually… the percentage would be higher for acceptees who applies in the regular round

[delicate jolt]

What SID

[unborn fractal]

20% of RD acceptances get a likely?

[worthy bolt]

don’t worry about it 😭

[delicate jolt]

inform me

[unborn fractal]

if they admit about half in early and half in regular

[bronze steeple]

exactly yale has been doing this for years they would def not leak results plus the financial and admissions offices rarely communicate

idk what ppl r on about 😭

i also saw ppl saying "oh if u can edit ur address on the portal ur getting in" or smh

[pine latch]

No portal astrology even if ur debunking it

Let’s

!think

[thin shard]

https://i.imgur.com/p4WatuC.png

[delicate jolt]

I just want to get in somewhere tbh so I have at least one option

Lol

I don’t even look at my portals until decision

[pine latch]

Jesus

[worthy bolt]

shhh I’ve been keeping it on the dl

[bronze steeple]

like 13%

[unborn fractal]

how many did they accept early

[worthy bolt]

now where did that percentage come from 😭

[worthy bolt]

9.02% 🫡

[bronze steeple]

idk like 700

[unborn fractal]

okay

709

last yr they admitted 2339

oh ur right

12-13%

i thought it was half half for early/rd

[bronze steeple]

u might be thinking of mit

[unborn fractal]

wait did u get in early

[bronze steeple]

i think half r athletes (?) so divide by 2 for EC-based likelies

[bronze steeple]

ye

[unborn fractal]

no i think the 200 figure excludes athletes

because in the podcast they're referring to academic likelies

[unborn fractal]

congrats!

[bronze steeple]

ohhh 200 wow that's actually higher than some other places i think for academics

[bronze steeple]

thanks!

[unborn fractal]

""And in the name of transparency, we’ll say there’s no set number of these that we give out in any given year, but it tends to be around 200 or so of the 2,300 or so total offers of admission that we will send out in a given year and they are almost all going to go to applicants with backgrounds or profiles that we think that our peer institutions– and by the way, that’s sort of higher ed speak for competitors, the other schools that tend to admit great students like we do– we think that these students are likely to be admitted by those other schools and that they’re going to be keen on responding to their applications as well."

[bronze steeple]

damnn yeah yale really tries to maximize their yield

i believe they also send rea likelies but those r super rare

[unborn fractal]

to athletes

[bronze steeple]

makes sense

so how u feeling abt the app @unborn fractal got ur interview?

[unborn fractal]

hellll no

i liked my app tho

[bronze steeple]

ye i mean it takes a while

i think they r def gonna send out more this week

[unborn fractal]

i'm counting on the coca-cola to yale pipeline ngl

[bronze steeple]

cuz even during rea they were sending a bunch out during late november (3 wks after deadline)

[bronze steeple]

wait this is a thing

[unborn fractal]

i was talking to one from my area last year

they all get harvard duke or yale

im not getting in to harvard but hopefully one of the latter

[bronze steeple]

oh i see it now wow u were semifinalist?

[unborn fractal]

regional finalist (top 250)

need to make the final cut hopefully

[bronze steeple]

sheesh congrats

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/yrgphy/if_you_were_rejected_from_the_cocacola/

numbers look hella good

[unborn fractal]

Oh for sure, 35 harvard is nuts

[valid compass]

this is so real; i just need one US college

[slate rivet]

I feel like this is more of a product and not a factor

If you win the scholarship you’re already more than qualified to get into the schools

[unborn fractal]

I think you can look at it either way. They look for the same things anyways…

[unborn fractal]

Yeah exactly

[slate rivet]

Yeah for sure

[unborn fractal]

But it’s also a matter of fit

While the coke scholarship isn’t looking for fit in the same manner

[slate rivet]

Yeah definitely

[unborn fractal]

the way i submitted yale 2 hrs late im so cooked

[bronze steeple]

yea for sure but since he got top 250 im assuming he has what it takes for top schools

[bronze steeple]

they extended to jan 5 no penalty

[unborn fractal]

m&m did too

[unborn fractal]

my yale essays r cooked anyways oh wellll

[pale rain]

its kinda annoying that the deadlines are in the middle of holiday season

[neon sedge]

they are not done with interviews.

[shut schooner]

anyone from WA have an interview?

[candid falcon]

they dnt have one

[bleak prism]

u can mesage them thru the portal

[unique plank]

i just got a yale interview!

[spice willow]

yay

[near geode]

congrats, what state?

[unique plank]

arkansas 💀

[hexed folio]

any NC applicants get an interview yet 😫

[delicate jolt]

@bronze steeple how long was your interview?

Just had mine today but it only went about 50-55 minutes am I cooked

@spice willow why skull

[spice willow]

you're worrying over nothing lmao

[delicate jolt]

wdym

could be something

what if they usually go hour and a half long but mine went 50 minutes

smh

[spice willow]

and what can you do about that ?

[delicate jolt]

not open Yale decision letter with hope

It was such a relaxed interview. Didn't expect that from Yale. He only asked me like 3-6 questions and they were all piggy backed off of my answers

Dude was cool though said he has nothing to do with admissions but he'd be rooting for me lol

[neon sedge]

Any Florida applicants get an interview yet?

[delicate jolt]

I don't think they do it by state

[neon sedge]

Lets hope I get one soon

[delicate jolt]

I have an interview every day this week lmao crazy stuff

[neon sedge]

Since they read by regions maybe they start by regions???

[delicate jolt]

could be

no one really knows unless you're a Yale AO

[neon sedge]

I had some last week and this week I have 2 more

[neon sedge]

I know hard to know

[cobalt rampart]

nooe

i havent gotten anythinf

[bleak prism]

noo

it doesnt matter how long they are

mine wanted ours to be 30 mins

and mine was around there

[delicate jolt]

makes sense

mine said a 45-minute inteview and it went 55

nvm @spice willow you right worrying over nothing man emailed me and said that he enjoyed hearing about my impressive accomplsihments and community involvement and was sure that I'd get in somewhere good if not Yale

[bronze steeple]

it was ~1 hr 20 mins

[delicate jolt]

cooked

[bronze steeple]

ik someone who got in with a 20 min interview lol

[delicate jolt]

lol

[dusky tusk]

'only'

[delicate jolt]

gaslighting myself ik

[dusky tusk]

i got in to my ea with a 20 minute interview

[delicate jolt]

nice

gtown?

[dusky tusk]

yes

and they consider interview important

interviews legit dont mean shit lmao

oh wait we alr talked abt this

[delicate jolt]

yes

[dusky tusk]

u got this my guy

yale interview is rlly good!

if the selective things are true

[delicate jolt]

i don't allow myself to be hopefully positive for anything after mit deferral

[dusky tusk]

the preselection wtvr

[dusky tusk]

its mit lol

[delicate jolt]

crushed my soul

[bleak prism]

its good for ea bc there's less applicants but for rd more people are rejected with an interview

[unborn fractal]

The two options for not receiving an interview from Yale is either that u dont qualify or they know everything they need to know

Right?

[visual glen]

Or perhaps u live in a super rural area

They can still do online interview but I meant like rural rural

[potent peak]

wait they have stopped giving interviews?

[bronze steeple]

no

[potent peak]

thank god

[bleak prism]

yeah

but people get in without interviews

so stop worrying

[silent tree]

They are close tho.

they stop giving interviews around 31st jan.

[bronze steeple]

I'm pretty sure they go into march

but yeah most of them would be done by mid feb

[silent tree]

https://asc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/ASCOrientation_2021_2_0.pdf

[delicate jolt]

Doesn’t mean the admissions office can’t assign one later

They have a soft due date for all the people they know they want to get interviewed but maybe they get down to it and need more info from somebody else

[bleak prism]

this is cap

idk where u got this statistic from 😭

[silent tree]

Uh from what the directors of ASCs are sent by the AOs.

[bleak prism]

many times they are assigning interviewers later in the cycle

not even in jan

[silent tree]

Where does it say that?

[bronze steeple]

also this was back in 2021 when it was based on availability alone I believe

or maybe it isn't but the link says 2021

[delicate jolt]

Again soft due date

MIT has the same thing. Their due date was like Nov 28th or something but they continued to give out interviews even into the first weeks of December because AOs may have looked at their application and said “Oh. We need more info to see how well this person will fit into our community/culture.”

In Yales case it’s a little different because it’s not ONLY availability based

But you know pretty similar

[silent tree]

by definition, if they wanted more info, they'd have asked for it before tho?

[delicate jolt]

What if you get to like third round committee

without an interview

And they say oh I need more info

I don’t actually know I mean I guess we will see if anybody gets an interview after next week lol

[silent tree]

oh but aren't interviews given to anyone who passes a very low pre-selection?

[unborn fractal]

im waiting for mine

[delicate jolt]

basically yes

Not necessarily very low don’t downplay

but not very high u right

[silent tree]

so surely if you haven't you're not gonna reach this stage either?

[delicate jolt]

idk

I think they do interviews up until March I’ve seen people say they’ve gotten them then

[bleak prism]

i know several people who had later interviews

they dont have to say it for it to be true

[silent tree]

ok fine they seem to be saying that it does happen but is VERY rare.

[spice willow]

hmmm

pre-selection yes, very low idk

[worthy bolt]

They’re given until the 14th

[silent tree]

What year is this?

[worthy bolt]

2023-2024 cycle

[silent tree]

Is this for alumni or for all interviews?

[worthy bolt]

Alumni I believe

[bleak prism]

I don’t think it’s low 😭

I think it’s if you pass a grade/ec/app screening

Bare minimum competitiveness

[delicate jolt]

A2C effect

The highest standards the low standards here

[bronze steeple]

1600 = slightly above average 😂

[spice willow]

huh, wouldnt that also be march 6th tho

if they're assigned after jan 24th to interview

[bleak prism]

So I used the button on my portal to ask Yale admissions a q about locus

Locis

Was it my regional AO who responded??

[delicate jolt]

They never even responded to my ass

[white shell]

same lmaooo

[white shell]

i feel better now i thought my dumbass typed my email wrong or something but maybe they just arent good at responding

[delicate jolt]

I emailed them like

21st of December bro

[slow copper]

email about what

cause if its on a bad or sensitive topic they dont respond

[delicate jolt]

I told them that I mistakenly chose that I wanted to submit a STEM supplement. In the CommonApp, it was construded as it could just be a portfolio. However, on the Yale portal it is actually purely only for STEM RESEARCH

Like it's literally STEM Research

I have a Makers Portfolio no research

[slow copper]

yeah thats weird then cuz it should be an easy “you’re good” reply

[delicate jolt]

I just told them if they could possibly remove it from my Checklist so that they don't mark my application was incomplete

[slow copper]

last source i read of Yale ASC they interviewed like 20,000 applicants so doesnt seem that difficult

its weird their volunteer number dropped from 11k to 4.3k though

[bleak prism]

To be fair it was the day after REA

[delicate jolt]

I mean 20K applicants in 2022 cuts off 11,455 applicants

[bleak prism]

But who responded???

It just said Yale admissions

???

[delicate jolt]

not sure

oh

probably just a member of the admissions office lol

[slow copper]

how do they do committees so early for likely letter people

they release the likelies early february but like i dont even think they start committees that early

[delicate jolt]

they've already started committees

lol?

[slow copper]

they release likely letters in early february

[delicate jolt]

yes

first/second week of february

[slow copper]

my theory is upon first reads if they find a likely letter candidate they’ll do some like extra early committees just for them

[delicate jolt]

they've alread ystarted ormal committee

i think

[slow copper]

so theyve started committees already as of now?

yale podcast said 4-6 weeks of committees so i would assume they dont start until early to mid february

[delicate jolt]

I saw something on Reddit that said they started last week of January

[bleak prism]

Ahhh stop thinking about this

It’s not like most people get likelies

This is a SMALL subset of the app pool

Soooo

Yeah

[delicate jolt]

Lol I don't think I'm getting a likely, I'm just saying I think they already started the committee process

I think it's a stagerred type situation

[bleak prism]

yeah u can’t expect much from Yale of all places

[delicate jolt]

Only 100 people from STEM get it and I didn't even have any STEM research/Olympiads

[slow copper]

100 for stem, 50-60 non stem

usually the stem likely receivers are usually ones getting MIT/Stanford/Harvard so they need to use these likelies and their YES scholars program to make them pick yale over the others

[delicate jolt]

Hopefully I’ve gaslighted them into thinking I’m good enough for mit Stanford and harvard

[young brook]

has any internationals gotten an interview yet 😦

[silent tree]

me!

Got it 11 days ago.

[young brook]

damnn nice

[silent tree]

Do you know anyone who applied to Yale?

[young brook]

very few people from my country are interested

i only know of me and another person from a city far away

[young brook]

does your country have a sizable yale alumni network? im trying to gauge if i got straight up rejected 💀

[silent tree]

Oh.

[silent tree]

My country is Spain. What is yours (if you're comfortable saying it)?

I mean, mine does have alumni ofc.

[young brook]

wow very cool. mine is arguably not even a country LOL (i think that's enough info if you really wanna figure it out 😭 )

not in europe

[silent tree]

Taiwan?

[young brook]

yeah 💀

[silent tree]

Okay so you have a bigger alumni network than we do but idk I don't think you've been straight out rejected or anything.

https://alumni.yale.edu/groups/regional-clubs/yale-club-taipei

Most (all, actually) people I know have not received interview.

so yeah I don't think you should be worried.

[young brook]

thanks for this site! very interesting. and thanks for the reassurance and info!

[silent tree]

Yw!

Btw yeah it feels like your interviewers are slightly new to interviewing so maybe they're slower or sth, idk?

Like compare

2011 with 2023.

[young brook]

omg yeah that's so weird

why are we so new

[silent tree]

idk, ig you used to be considered part of China? Idk.

[young brook]

💀

[silent tree]

I mean for interviewing purposes.

[young brook]

yeah ik LOL

[silent tree]

Oh ok LOL.

[young brook]

alright anyways i hope you do get into yale! getting an interview is a good sign since they review applicants beforehand

[silent tree]

Anyway, I know international (tbf it's econ) olympiad silver medalists who have not received Yale int so it's def not a sign to be worried about.

[silent tree]

Tysm! You too!

[potent peak]

No

My country doesnt even have a yale club

Dang it

[near geode]

theres yale clubs?

[topaz creek]

like what do you do in yale clubs

or like any other alumni club

pls englihten me

[silent tree]

Interview students and idk what else.

[visual glen]

💀

There are no Yale undergrad alumni at our country💀

Like none

At all

[topaz creek]

same

they just stay in america

even tho our country aint half bad

[broken creek]

How does yale feel about LOCIs? I know their update section stresses that only significant updates should be sent through...does that mean I should use a bullet point format for my updates (they aren't very significant) or write a formal letter?

[worthy bolt]

That’s what I did

They seemed a little petty with LOCIs lol

[bleak prism]

I used dashes instead but it didn’t matter

I tried to make it like a letter

But did you guys talk about why it was your top choice??

again?

[worthy bolt]

no

I just think a letter would fall under “additional writing samples” which are “neither required nor encouraged”

[broken creek]

Icic

I agree with that sentiment, but I've got no idea what to do

[bleak prism]

Ok

[neon sedge]

I am also waiting for mine… maybe the Coke Finalists go later 😉

[unborn fractal]

Did you update Yale 😇

[silent tree]

My Yale interview lasted 1h, my interviewer constantly brought up politics and I tried to not give my opinion whenever he did that and just said 'unviersally true statements' so-to-say and at the end he said "Yale is very competitive but you're a strong candidate".

How would you rate this interview?

I'm kind of scared cuz like I've heard people are told by their interviewers that they're going to write great reports and stuff and I wasn't told any of this.

[dusty lotus]

why the fuck was bro asking u about politics instead of questionging u for the school

[unborn fractal]

Iirc he volunteered for a political party in spain

slightly controversial one

[silent tree]

I didn't talk about this.

[dusty lotus]

what the fuck 😭

[silent tree]

Like I didn't have the balls to talk about any political stuff.

because I didn't want to be asked.

[dusty lotus]

no it just doenst make sense to unless ur applying for politics or smth related

[unborn fractal]

weird then

[silent tree]

yeah so basically I asked him stuff like

[dusty lotus]

otehrwise ur asking to have a bias against u

[silent tree]

"what did you miss about Spain when you went to the US".

and he just told me three completely political things.

or randomly brought up Harvard's president stuff.

regarding Israel-Hamas.

[dusty lotus]

bro😭

[silent tree]

Then asked me about the political activity at my high school???

well guess what??? Israel-Hamas isn't a topic we talk about. And even if it were, I don't wanna talk about it in an interview.

[delicate jolt]

Rrally doesn’t mean much. It’s easy to overthink it, but even my MIT interviewer said I was a strong candidate and (hyped) me up. Yale interview reports don’t have a big impact on admissions at all; the good part about getting Yale interviews early is just knowing you’re a strong candidate

A senior at Yale looked at his admission file and his interviewer literally recommended another of his candidates get in over him. The only thing in his Admissions report was “ASC interviewer had mixed feelings.”

[silent tree]

"at his admission file" who is "his"?

[delicate jolt]

The senior at Yale

[silent tree]

OH OK.

yeah I see.

my interview was just so goddamn hard.

I really hope I did fine enough for it to be considered good enough ig?

[neon sedge]

I think I didn’t… Lol. Did you?

I will do it tonight. Thx for reminding me

[unborn fractal]

I did!

[noble steppe]

waow

[hexed folio]

Beinecke <3

[bleak prism]

This is funny for them to say

[bleak prism]

Really pretty

Pls accept me rd 😭

[dusky tusk]

Same

[wary star]

where did you get this info?

[spice willow]

Interviews super non standard

[spice willow]

Not a fault on your part, interviews are super unstandardized so they’ll say different things

And people r different in how they speak

[neon dune]

what are good questions to ask an interviewer

honestly don't have any super specific stuff to ask abt yale so was just gonna ask abt his experience and what it was like

then go from there

[zealous jolt]

what bout social studies

so if i havent got an interview offer is it over 💀

[near geode]

likelies typically come out beginning of feb

for yale at least

[zealous jolt]

sure but if ur gonna get a likely wouldnt i get an interview first

[near geode]

not sure about that, but dont think so cuz i know some who got likelies who didnt get prior interviews

[zealous jolt]

well yeah but if i havent got an interview by now 😭

[near geode]

its not the end of the world, interviews run till like end of feb

even so, you dont need an interview to get admitted

[zealous jolt]

well yeah but the ppl they dont interview are only like the auto-admits and the very bottom autorejects right

and im defo not an auto admit

[near geode]

auto-admits?

[zealous jolt]

like isef imo rsi allat

no?

[bronze steeple]

bro ppl last yr were getting interviews as late as march 15 on CC

[near geode]

understood nothing you just said

[valid compass]

i think it's like you're a high achiever + we don't need more information = auto-admit

other times it may go----you're a high achiever + we need more information = interview + most probably admit

and like then we have rejection which needn't be explained ig lol

[bronze steeple]

yeah but their "need for info" claim is pretty misleading in general

cuz personality matters a lot in college admissions so they def need more info from most ppl

they also know that the "autoadmits" are also smart enough to know how to fake personality in their essays

but that's just my 2 cents and it may or may not be true

[valid compass]

yeah auto-admit concept kinda sounds odd and unreal to me; but like it does happen

[spice willow]

the thing about the concept of auto-admit for t10s and above is it's so useless to think about because you wont ever know if you were one, you know

like the only indicators are likely, or just regular acceptance

[valid compass]

true

[zealous jolt]

so if i dont get an interview and im not cracked out the wazoo its over

rip

[weak root]

but like recs

shouldnt that alleviate that

[valid compass]

u never know is all i can say

[bronze steeple]

also getting an interview early is partially abt luck cuz realistically they may need to take ur file into committee to know if u need an interview

[spice willow]

why think about ish like this

[weak root]

well obviously you need to be cracked in some way to get into schools like this but there r multiple avenues to that i think... like u can be cracked personality-wise like through showing authenticity and match with the school

its not necessarily j about having the raw stats and ecs and prestigious awards

but i am saying this as an applicant who didnt get an interview so maybe this is major copium

[worthy bolt]

yeah and I feel like Yale emphasizes personality more? like in their “rubric,” they don’t even rate ur stats but they rate all of ur LORs

[zealous jolt]

well they reject a lot more than they accept and if i cant even get an interview its probs over lol

[unborn fractal]

they say they value test scores tho?

[worthy bolt]

they probably do as part of the overall rating

but i thought it was interesting that they give a separate rating for ecs and teacher + counselor recs

[visual crypt]

i have my interview tmrw💀😳😳

[unborn fractal]

where is my interview oml

[unborn fractal]

yeah we’ll see tho

[delicate jolt]

Not really many auto admits in modern college admissions (at least, for the general population not including Elihu Yale's grandson who donates 982.84 billion to Yale every year)

[valid compass]

i re-read my essays and now i hate my 400-word yale essay

[valid compass]

15th time reading btw (post submission)

or maybe more

[near geode]

and here I dont even know what I wrote about

[valid compass]

[bleak prism]

STOP REREADING YOUR ESSAYS

[valid compass]

i just found out that a girl from my school had like a 3 hour yale interview in feb and still didn't get in

just shows how the duration or timing of interview makes no sense either

[hexed folio]

ok 3 hours 💀 maybe the interviewer wanted them to wrap it up

[valid compass]

i mean could be that the 3 hour was the very problem 💀

[hexed folio]

yea 😭

[neon sedge]

some people get likely letters without interviews (search reddit)

[unique plank]

yale interview went great i think guys!

i even made him feel comfortable enough to cuss lmaoo

[silent tree]

Is this follow-up email good?

censored names.

[bronze steeple]

ur not gonna mention politics? 😂

[silent tree]

Should I? I've tried to avoid mentioning it completely 😂.

Idk, I could mention my campaigning for a politicain but idk how?

[bronze steeple]

honestly maybe if he rlly seemed passionate abt politics (and if u guys talked about it a lot) but i dont wanna give any bad advice haha

[silent tree]

Okay so where do I mention it? Cuz like I don't want to sound like an ass-kisser.

[silent tree]

yeah he talked about it a lot 😂.

[bronze steeple]

prolly at the beginning next to chess and math but idk if you should.. you should probably get another opinion

regarding ur current email its a bit wordy just try to keep it concise and authentic throughout

[silent tree]

Oh. Which parts don't sound authentic?

[bronze steeple]

the "which you mentioned to be very important" for me but otherwise it's fine

[silent tree]

Better?

[visual crypt]

what about “i really enjoyed our conversation”?

[neon sedge]

Thank You for taking the time to interview me yesterday. I enjoyed our conversation very much particularly the subjects that we have in common like chess, mathematics and our shared enthusiasm towards Yale. I also wanted to thank you for giving me peace of mind in regards to the “conflict” knowing that the current events are being addressed properly by Yale; prioritizing the safety of their students regardless of their political view.

[visual crypt]

idk make it more personal? 😭 sound like a bot

[neon sedge]

I wouldn’t write something reciting back the interview

[neon sedge]

I agree it is a boring Thank You… Lol

[bleak prism]

Holy moly

I just said thanks for taking time to talk with me

it’s just an interview but sure u do you

[visual crypt]

heres what i said to my tufts interviewer

[neon sedge]

This is perfect and real, truthful

[visual crypt]

i did yap a lil

[bleak prism]

if they’re anything like me they can’t read many paragraphs without zoning out 😭

[neon sedge]

100% boring is not the way to go

[visual crypt]

yea just dont make it boring and don’t say like a crazy amount of stuff

it sounds like you’re trying to write a research paper ngl lol

just email like you normally talk imo

[bleak prism]

Frrrrrrrr 💯

[dusty lotus]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/eqriom/i_tried_to_kiss_my_interviewer_are_my_chances/

[delicate jolt]

lmao

I read that last night actually

I had never read it before

Did he end up getting in? @dusty lotus

[dusty lotus]

prolly ony

[delicate jolt]

Oh well it said he got into Johns Hopkins RD

Since he didin't mention Yale, I assume he didn't

At the very least though

No Yale Interview that will ever happen will EVER be as bad as that one

[willow fiber]

When’s the latest I should submit my letter of continued interest

[delicate jolt]

ASAP

Early feb is the latest

[willow fiber]

I have a few things coming early feb that I want to include afterwards but idk if that’s too late

Okay

[delicate jolt]

I think a good rule of thumb is at least before the Midyear Report is due

[willow fiber]

When is that due tho😭

[delicate jolt]

Mid-Feb (2/15)

[willow fiber]

Okok

Thank you!!

[neon sedge]

@silent tree write something like this

[remote vortex]

Bro pls I need an interview

[neon sedge]

Me too 🙏🏻:pray_tone1

[zealous jolt]

no interview its joe over

[slow copper]

you’re so good they don’t need more info

[zealous jolt]

its so unlikely that im an admit without an interview that im probably just getting rejected

[slow copper]

mind sharing some stats here or through dm

im just curious if yale interviews are actually after a filter

[potent peak]

straight up hopium

[zealous jolt]

i can dm chanceme stuff isnt allowed here

[near geode]

dm to me to

[zealous jolt]

k

[zealous jolt]

dm'd

[zealous jolt]

sent

[slow copper]

according to this page

https://asc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/ASCOverview_Members_2324.pdf

“Perceptive written impressions help the Admissions Committee envision the personal and intellectual qualities that may make some high-achieving students stand out among others.”

does this prove that yale interviews matter cuz the way they worded that was “high achieving students”

and that they made it to committee stage

[muted seal]

is it way too late to submit a supplemental poetry portfolio 😭

i dont think they had any hard deadline but they may have already reviewed my app

also is it a bad sign not to get an interview
how many admitted students had interviews?

[bronze steeple]

i think 20% of applicants get interviews but ppl do get in w/o interviews

[delicate jolt]

i think one year it was like 60%

[bronze steeple]

yah i'd say def expect more within the next week or two

imagine having in person interview on valentine's day tho 👀

[delicate jolt]

LMAO

[bronze steeple]

pull up with the chocolates and roses

immense rizz

[visual crypt]

yale interview was firee

we were supposed to go for 45 mins but we ended up going for 80

and we're both black so we were just vibing talking about diversity and it was just a good time

[delicate jolt]

nicenice

mine went for 60 minutes on the button

[visual crypt]

tyty

firee

hope I don't get rejected 🤞

[delicate jolt]

me too

[bronze steeple]

i feel like a lot of interviewers say 45 min beforehand so in case they don't like the applicant they can be like "oh times up"

or keep it short

[visual crypt]

ohhh

thats fair

[bronze steeple]

or they have other things to do idk if theyre rlly thinking like that though

[delicate jolt]

mine could've went on longer but I couldn't think of any more questions to ask about Yale

[visual crypt]

idk time doesn't truly matter

just be yourself yk

like i could've asked a lot more questions but it was about to be like 9:30

and i'm not tryna trap this man

[delicate jolt]

lol

yeah but mine was good too

supposedly yale has like a whole ass lkely letter committee

[visual crypt]

dont worry abt things we can't control/change

you did ur best now we'll see what happens yk

[delicate jolt]

not worried nor expecting one, but I think it would be cool af if i did get one

[swift trellis]

u dont need an interview to make it to area committee

[swift trellis]

many applicants are admitted without being offered an interview or even done one

[uneven crag]

only a2c would undertsand the significance of this

[slow copper]

do more people in early get interviews because theres less applicants

[zealous jolt]

no way its 20%

where did u get that statistic from

[spice willow]

Tell yale to give me me likely already I’m tired

[delicate jolt]

I think it's actually a more recent thing that Yale interivews are more prioritized

[zealous jolt]

same fr

[slow copper]

i know yale asc sheet said 12,000 that year

[swift trellis]

😹 😹

wait the majority of accepted ppl do not get likelies anyway

[spice willow]

Ik

But I’m special you guys don’t understand

[swift trellis]

true

[spice willow]

SMH

Haters

[swift trellis]

tell them u mod a2c

[spice willow]

Auto admit fr

[swift trellis]

😂 😂 😂

[spice willow]

This is wishful thinking but I wish unis would periodically update if you’re being considered 😂

[zealous jolt]

for each stage yeah lol

[delicate jolt]

bro that would be gas

it wouldn't even be that hard either

you could literally just update a status on our portal

I be checking all 17 of my portals 24/7

[visual crypt]

is there like a higher chance of acceptance after an interview?

[uneven crag]

ok why is everyone worried ab this

we've established that ppl without interviews get in

its gonna be ok guys dw about it too much

[delicate jolt]

statistically; yes

[visual crypt]

how much higher do u think

[delicate jolt]

minimal

but more people got in that got an interview than those who did not get an interview

[visual crypt]

fair

[delicate jolt]

doesn't mean that you're more likely BECAUSE of the interview

correlation doesn't equal cause

[visual crypt]

ohh i see

so you're more likely b/c other factors

not the interview

[delicate jolt]

yes

[visual crypt]

oo fingers crossed then

[uneven crag]

#apstats

[delicate jolt]

[visual crypt]

i bagged interviews for 3/4 ivys i applied to hopefully thats a good sign

i'd make history for my school

first ivy league

[delicate jolt]

but a Yale interview is great! Yale is one of the only ivies that take into consideration "strength" of application in assigning.

[visual crypt]

ooo okay

so good sign

[delicate jolt]

Not necessarily that you're a super duper strong applicant and the guy who didn't get one isn't, just that maybe you're a good applicant and they wanted to know more or needed to know more

[visual crypt]

fair

i still have so many more interviews to do jesus

i thought the college process would finish in january

[delicate jolt]

yuh I've had MIT (EA), Harvard, Yale, I had Dartmouth today but he ghosted me (wth), and Princeton Tuesday

[visual crypt]

oo how was harvard

[delicate jolt]

I also got a Cornell Alumni Talk (they aren't evaluative only informative so doesn't really matter as far as admissions goes)

Great! She is really cool

[visual crypt]

that's fire

dartmouth weird wtf

my yale interviewer was shit talking dartmouth

[delicate jolt]

LMAO

[visual crypt]

he said it was in the middle of nowhere

💀

he was also shitting harvard he was like u don't know where the campus is and isn't

and talking ab their bad kinda diversity

[spice willow]

My harv shittslked colymbia

[delicate jolt]

Damn Yale Admissions gotta have some good staff they replied to my email within an hour and fixed the issue lmao

Rip I was going to reply with a thank you but the email is [email protected]

[uneven crag]

Wait what happened

[delicate jolt]

had to remove a stem research supplement

the common app question was just if I wanted to submit a stem supplement not a stem RESEARCh supplement

I don't have any research, just a stem portfolio

[uneven crag]

Oh

[slate rivet]

Just got my yale interview request I thought all hope was over 🙏 she’s 29 which should be nice compared to my 83 year old Harvard interviewer 😭

[topaz creek]

no overview it is yalover

[hexed folio]

same 😔

[uneven crag]

what region are you

[slate rivet]

Central California

She said we have to do it by Feb 5th was that the deadline thing you guys looked up too?

Just wondering

[delicate jolt]

I’ve seen so many different honestly

It isn’t done by region/state/area

[slow copper]

the overall deadline according to the yale alumni association handbook is last interview sends 2/14, due early march

but your deadline is probably specific to your regions association

[muted seal]

i want one so badly please yale

[light yacht]

Anyone got on an interview from Australia?

I haven’t 😬

[delicate flame]

bro i love the australian rep

we need more australisn in a2c

now we only have like 3 active australiners

[light yacht]

Ikr the amount of people applying to US unis in general feel low as

😔

[topaz creek]

give me interview

or does my app stink so hard they dont wanna meet irl

[valid compass]

i feel the pain

but dw

plenty of time : )

[jovial chasm]

till when does yale interview?

is it too early/late to say i am never getting one?

[topaz creek]

i am fluctuating between

"im a stem goat give me my likely" and "its yaleover"

[potent peak]

lmao

gotta be real tho

big chance is that its yoever 😓

[topaz creek]

97%

is that the admissions rate idk

[valid compass]

bruh ur expecting a likely, you should chill

i don't even have the brain to imagine getting one 🤧

[topaz creek]

a man can dream

[valid compass]

97 sounds less

[topaz creek]

prob 98

[valid compass]

better

[spice willow]

My cope is they haven’t read/prescreened my application yet

50k is a lot to get through

[topaz creek]

my cope is that i am a fraud

[bleak prism]

yale loci was almost 360 words 🤡 🤡 🤡

[bleak prism]

this

[topaz creek]

lucked into a good sat score and now this bum thinking he has a fighting chance

dumbass

[bleak prism]

dw you have a lot of time !! u could get in without an interview and they might not need any info on u

[topaz creek]

no ecs no nuffink

notab;e

[bleak prism]

haha so happy i was test optional bc if i got a good score on that it would've gone to my head

[topaz creek]

it got into my head fr (in a good way)

[bleak prism]

but woo go test optional my act was horrible

[topaz creek]

started going out for ecs but they are still shit

[bleak prism]

not much u can do now besides wait

[topaz creek]

starting 11th grade

[bleak prism]

just dont stress everything works out perfectly

[bleak prism]

o flair said hs senior?

[topaz creek]

starting ecs

so they are shit

[bleak prism]

dw dw

[white dagger]

hi people

[white dagger]

what are those numbers and why do u keep changing them

[delicate jolt]

bro thats crazy

[bleak prism]

?

[slate rivet]

It’s a virtual interview btw but also I doubt they send them all at one time it would cause chaos in their schedule

So there’s still hope

[manic rapids]

hey guys i need help

[delicate jolt]

?

[manic rapids]

just received an email from yale saying

[delicate jolt]

[manic rapids]

they want to enroll me their directed studies program

[delicate jolt]

what lol

[manic rapids]

does anyone have any idea what that is

bc i acc have no clue

[delicate jolt]

Are you already a freshman at Yale?

Or did you get in EA

Directed Studies offers a select group of first-year students an intense interdisciplinary introduction to some of the seminal texts of Western and Near Eastern cultures. Working in discussion seminars with top Yale faculty, DS students learn to analyze complex texts and to put them into conversation with one another across time and genre. DS helps students develop their abilities to engage in thoughtful discussions of fundamental social, political, philosophical, and cultural questions, and through frequent feedback from faculty and dedicated DS writing tutors, to write clear and persuasive analytic essays.

[dusky tusk]

Got in early

[manic rapids]

ea

[delicate jolt]

ah yeah ok

https://directedstudies.yale.edu/

[manic rapids]

just read that website but do u thjnk it sounds like a good thing 😭i’ve legit never heard of it so idk what to think

[delicate jolt]

I mean

It's just to kind of help you get assimilated I think

Iinto the culture of the US Education System

and being social with people

But it says a "select group" so definitely a good thing

[white dagger]

(30/30)

it was different before

?

[bleak prism]

thats how many colleges i applied to

[white dagger]

ohhh

wow

[teal tusk]

YO i just got an interview with yale senior but on the calendar signup the only available day is this sunday do i just sign up or hope that more spaces become available later

[severe skiff]

if u can do sunday then sign up

[teal tusk]

aight bet imma just take this opportunity bc i heard that if u dont do interview ur kinda screwed for yale i think

[near geode]

who tf telling people this type of info

[weak root]

ummm what

only if u turn it down

idt thats true at all

[delicate jolt]

If you refuse an interview your chances fall near 0

[weak root]

i know

but like

not if you dont do it

only if you turn it down when offered

but if youre not offered at all

[hollow agate]

got my yale interview

[hexed folio]

W

[hollow agate]

didnt expect it 😭

i hope ppl are right about it meaning ur competitive or smth

but i wont waste my time guessing

[zealous jolt]

arent yale senior interviews likelies

[near geode]

no, likelies is when the AOs ask to chat with you

[zealous jolt]

damn still havent got an interview personally

[neon sedge]

where are you located? I haven’t got one either

[raw ravine]

lol me either

[jovial chasm]

does yale prescreen?

[spice willow]

50k+ apps must be a lot to get through for a prescreen 😎 so it takes time imo

[jovial chasm]

Damn, i thought they didn't prescreen. Because in most ivies its related to alumni availability

[spice willow]

Oh I also don’t know tbh

I listened to it once during the podcast

Like I think they try to weed out academically non prepared

[jovial chasm]

damn okay

[atomic crystal]

Waittt sameee

I just signed up for a spot in the early morning so I could have my afternoon still lmao

[muted seal]

me neither and im near a decent sized city

[spice thorn]

did anyone from the middle east (gulf region specifically) get a yale interview yet? please ping me if you have an answer 😄

[topaz creek]

my g asking this in all the ivies channels

[young brook]

that's so real tbh

i keep worrying that it's yaleover for me since i havent gotten an interview

which is probably true but

[valid compass]

my 'why yale' so not good

i just realized

afte another read

i made it more like 'a day in my life at yale' which clearly shouldn't have been the case as per the yale admissions podcast 🤧

[bleak prism]

NO REREADING ESSAYS

I thought an essay was complete crap after I rewrote and I ended up getting in

Do t stress

[reef geode]

I read one of the questions wrong and answered it completely differently

I think it was the which academic topic interests u or sum

I thought it said “why this major”

[teal tusk]

wait no i was prolly tripping about the interview good sign thing

[teal tusk]

also does senior interview mean anything cuz i saw sum shit on reddit and it seemed a few ppl in here who got senior interviews got in (sry if this is speculation)

[worthy bolt]

Not at all

^if ur asking the diff between alumni and senior interviews

[teal tusk]

aight cool

[gusty kernel]

have most yale interviews been sent at this point?

[worthy bolt]

Many will still be sent

[bronze steeple]

because they need to free up their limited interviewers probably/get through applicants fast

the reports r due mid feb for a lot of interviewers so yeah not much time to waste

[zealous jolt]

still no interview its joover

[rough narwhal]

me neither

[hexed folio]

same

[rough narwhal]

lol we're all fucked

[topaz creek]

its yaleover

[rough narwhal]

bruh it doesn't roll

[topaz creek]

its a one syllable word

its y-allover

wait thats better

[potent peak]

Yoever

[frail burrow]

Same

But I have heard of people getting interviews in like February

[unique plank]

heyy how do you guys deal with imposter syndrome, idk im struggling

i mean ik surely getting an interview is a good sign that i’m atleast sort of competitive, but idk

it’s definitely hard when i don’t have anyone ik in person who really navigated this, or yk had a successful outcome

[junior gyro]

❤️

[unique plank]

thank youu

[river osprey]

hi, saw u added me, i don't really like to add people i don't know on discord but if you have questions feel free to just ping me here

[unique plank]

tbh i was gonna ask what were your thoughts on me submitting my 30 act superscore, 29 composite bc in context with my region and school, the average being a 16.7

and my humanities were higher in the breakdown (i applied with a humanities major)

[river osprey]

hmm i'm honestly not sure i don't think i'm the greatest person to go to in terms of whether to submit test scores

instinct tells me to not submit but that's cuz my area's average was like a 25-28 i forgot

[unique plank]

okok that’s fair

thank you

if anyone else has any thoughts lmk

[rough narwhal]

i would submit

[slow copper]

do you have max rigor and high grades and at top of class cuz if you do then like TO is a good idea cuz in their mind you're strong academically

[unique plank]

max rigor and yes top of class for my school

[rough narwhal]

definitely submit then

[unique plank]

okok

[teal tusk]

Anyone know why my friend got an in person alumni interview but i got a senior one? (my friend said that his interviewer told him that he only had a few interviews compared to past years)

[rough narwhal]

probably for some arbitrary reasons

[dusky tusk]

Whats a senior one

Theres multiple types?

[rough narwhal]

i think they someimtes send alumns sometimes they send seniors at the school

[dusky tusk]

Wouldnt the senior be on campus

[teal tusk]

Yeah the senior ones are virtual

[still jacinth]

guys i haven’t gotten an interview yet 😅😅

[potent peak]

me too

idgaf anymore

[topaz creek]

me too

[dusky tusk]

didnt u commit to princeton

[potent peak]

haven't committed

haven't settled with the fin aid offer

[dusky tusk]

did u get a lot of aid

[potent peak]

yes

[dusky tusk]

i turned in the pfaa today

mfs said they dont take css

yet they are available

on the css

[potent peak]

but still i'm a broke person so i need more aid

[dusky tusk]

r u planning to work

[potent peak]

pfaa is more superior tho imo

no thoughts yet

[visual crypt]

even if you knew what would that change

lol

[rose vale]

For yale interviews do they try to pair you up with someone who

has the same major as you

[rugged chasm]

i wouldnt wanna leave indonesia too quickly either

[potent peak]

🇮🇩

[rough narwhal]

🇵🇱

[potent peak]

bruh i remember a few months back here someone thought that this was the indonesian flag

[rough narwhal]

can't blame them

[slow copper]

why? i think the opposite

[slow copper]

then in my opinion test optional

if you got max rigor and strong grades you’ll be viewed as a strong student and you’ll still be in the running

but submitting a test score far below their 25th percentile in my opinion will change that perception

[slow copper]

no