Yale University (2023-2024)

[worthy bolt]

yeah fs

[valid compass]

like they're my first choice but im kinda like a second or third or maybe none

[worthy bolt]

honestly it feels the same as a rejection to me

[valid compass]

[valid compass]

bro yale 20% deferred applicants>>>harvard 80% deferred applicants

[unborn fractal]

im just glad penn only defers like 15%

[vague oxide]

does Havard reject early

[unborn fractal]

yes

[vague oxide]

I hate that some schools don't reject at all

[valid compass]

7-8% people

[vague oxide]

Georgetown

[worthy bolt]

bless up

i would’ve applied rea stanny if it wasn’t on west coast

[valid compass]

harvard's rejection rate is more selective than acceptance lmfao

[worthy bolt]

when u put it that way 😭😭

[valid compass]

rea btw

[vague oxide]

easier to get into Harvard than rejected??? 🤔🤔🤔

[rugged chasm]

its just false hope

[worthy bolt]

nah imagine getting rejected rea harvard… that would hurt

[rugged chasm]

yeah they do 8%

defer soft reject tho

[worthy bolt]

even w yale deferral, ur chances aren’t raised 💔

[vague oxide]

nah defer is soft accept 👍

[unborn fractal]

penn deferred -> acceptance rate is actually pretty high

[rugged chasm]

10%?

[vague oxide]

with Georgetown more people get in after getting deferred than in ea

[worthy bolt]

makes sense if it’s just 15%

[valid compass]

7.70 % were rejected and 8.74% accepted this rea cycle lol

[unborn fractal]

Yess

[valid compass]

not exaclty easier to be accepted than rejected lol but yeah the stats are funny

[valid compass]

im still looking for people who were rejected

[rugged chasm]

check the poll on here

[valid compass]

which poll?

[rugged chasm]

i mean its slightly better then usc deferring

[rugged chasm]

a/r/d

in pins

on 12/14

[valid compass]

oh ok

[vague oxide]

how so

[valid compass]

how the hell do i find it

[rugged chasm]

they dont reject EA

.

[vague oxide]

oh ok yeah

[valid compass]

an thanks

i didn't know this was a pin too lol

[unborn fractal]

The USC fortnite guy got a Yale likely!!

[valid compass]

who's that now

[potent peak]

😭

[muted seal]

have all yale likelies been sent out

[willow fiber]

for those deferred did u guys just type it in the box or upload the fire

file

[near geode]

impossible to know

[near geode]

if it's short I would type in box, if ur like a paragraph then upload

[slow copper]

i encountered the same thing but for award updates. i just attached the file and in the box i said something like i have uploaded a file about xyz that I hope you may add to my application

[willow fiber]

okok gotchu when did u turn urs in

[slow copper]

is this a loci?

[willow fiber]

yeah lol

was urs just updates for rd

[slow copper]

yeah like new national awards

[willow fiber]

ohhh cool i see

[slow copper]

is there enough space to put all the text in the box?

[willow fiber]

no

def not

i just dk what to write there

[slow copper]

oh ok then just say like i attached my statement of continued interest and upload the file

[willow fiber]

okok tysm

[halcyon hull]

omg this is a likely letter

Congrats!!!

[neon sedge]

Pton doesn’t report anymore and apparently the deferral this cycle was not that bad… but who knows… they rejected more than deferred (apparently)

[visual crypt]

thank you❤️❤️ i got the call after

[chrome pecan]

how did the call go?

also congrats

youll be known in the a2c 23-24 memory yearbook

[tidal yarrow]

Hi should I write an email to beg for an interview

or does it look bad

Ik the last batch of interviews are coming out tomorrow so I was just wondering

[worthy bolt]

dont

[tidal yarrow]

ok I shall wait to be rejected thank you

i don't mean to sound passively aggressive

just saying it feels like no interview=rejection

[worthy bolt]

ik REA ppl who got accepted w no interview

[tidal yarrow]

are they domestic

[worthy bolt]

and ik many REA ppl who were deferred w an interview

[worthy bolt]

yes

[tidal yarrow]

well I myself I am deferred w an interview from Harvard

[tidal yarrow]

well that's kind of another case

I live outside of the US

[worthy bolt]

then availability is even less

[tidal yarrow]

but I live in a very populated and advanced city

so I bet there should be people here that have gotten an interview

[bleak prism]

NO

[bleak prism]

ik one who was without one which was interesting

[tidal yarrow]

alright cool

I'm too lazy to write an email anyway

[bleak prism]

yeah bro desperation is understandable but not good to show 😭

twins im lazy too

[tidal yarrow]

I'm not too desperate about Yale anyway

I'm over my 'being obsessed with college' phase

so take me if u want Yale haha if you don't it's your lost idc

[bleak prism]

im the opposite

i cared less compared to how much i care now

pls take me yale

i applied early j for you

😂

[noble steppe]

snow day!

[rose vale]

I didn’t get interview

From Harvard

And got DEFFERED

[potent peak]

bro everyone got deferred

chill

[shadow kayak]

Yessirrrr

I don’t have school until Thursday next week

[bleak prism]

Y’all have snow 😭😭

My region is super dry and the weather is so nice

We’re supposed to be having snow and really bad temps

[noble steppe]

lol i wish, no classes cancelled 4 me

one moved to zoom but that's it

[visual crypt]

my AO was sooo sweet

she told me she loved reading my application and my personal statement made her cry

and she said she could tell I was really committed to service through my application

and she told me as long as I don’t screw up I’m in :)

we talked for like 16 minutes

and she was telling me about the bulldog days in april

so excited to visit campus omg

[visual crypt]

aww ❤️❤️

[autumn kiln]

Wowww

[fallow ember]

guys i need help

yk how to add program to css pro5?

[bleak prism]

hi, so i submitted 5 updates total since november during ea 1 cause i made a mistake reporting my courses, 1 to give extra information about smth, another to update on an award

and twice in rd, (loci and transcript for mid year report)

i completely forgot to add a really selective awardish thing to my loci that is a national level achievement.

should i update them again? i dont want to be updating them a lot but at the same time i forgot to add this

[visual crypt]

woah

this is real

[autumn kiln]

Yay!!!

[unique plank]

UES UES YES

[pale rain]

my interviewer contacted me on wednesday about needing to change our interview date because work things came up for her. i responded back an hour later with some new dates but she has not confirmed anything after that. i sent her a follow up yesterday afternoon. anything else i should do or just wait?

[fluid ember]

i’d just wait! you don’t want to bug her.

[sage pasture]

Any international waiting for an interview?

[uneven crag]

Guys

Did we ever come to a conclusion

About interviews

I live like an hour away from campus so ik there’s def alum around here and I thought I was a fairly competitive applicant so I’m kinda scared

[visual crypt]

honestly what can you do about? i'm being like completely real

there's nothing you can do except wait so what's the point in stressing over it

but real asf I was just like you tho

[raw ravine]

How was ur interview

I just had mine and I think it went well but im not sure if there's a standard for them

[visual crypt]

just let the time pass ❤️

[visual crypt]

my best interview honestly

[raw ravine]

hm I don't know if it was my best but it felt pretty good

how long was urs?

[visual crypt]

length really doesn't matter

but mine was about 80 minutes? 😭

my interviewer was another person of color so we really connected well

[raw ravine]

damnn thats sick though

we like kinda connected but it was more just asking questions abt each other

[visual crypt]

that's good!!

as long as you're able to show yourself

and show your interest in the school

that's what really matters

and if you fucked up, interviews don't hold crazy weight either

[pale rain]

what kind of questions did they ask

[uneven crag]

no i mean its pretty hard not to fall into the "i didnt get an interview im not getting in" kinda spiral so i was just wondering

i def dont think im an auto admit (im test opt)

i just didnt think i was a auto reject

[worthy bolt]

auto admits/rejects make up like 10% of the pool

a majority of ppl aren’t either

[visual crypt]

ok you're right

it is 100%

it was like 2 weeks after i submitted my apps and I already fell into that

[raw ravine]

it was a lot of technical questions about different things I did/talked about

I talked about this one internship i did and my intereviewer asked a lot about how i implemented certain goals of it which was a little hard

other than that it was a lot of questions about academic interests and general extracurricular stuff and your classic why yale

it was interesting because i was first asked about my school environment what i like / dont like about it

they try to ask quesitons that make you find positives and negatives to see how you think

for every question i eventually gave a solid answer but it was definetly the most formal of my interviews (other than urochester)

[pale rain]

thanks!

[raw ravine]

np! do u have urs soon?

[pale rain]

she hasnt confirmed when but yes i have one tentatively on the 20th

[raw ravine]

good luck! you'll kill it

[pale rain]

i hope so lol

[delicate jolt]

I had my interview on like January 19th

[pale rain]

oh nice, what did they ask you?

[delicate jolt]

bunch of normal stuff

why yale

what do you like most about yale

what major are you interesetd in

how did you get interested in that major

and he asked a lot of questions based upon my responses

Like what got me interested in CS
my tech startup
what is your tech startup? what does it do? how did you start it? how does it help the community?
teaches me leadership
where else have you learned leadership at? (I mentioned in the beginning I had been in leadership of many clubs)

stuffz of the sorts

[visual crypt]

yea for interviews the only thing you should really practice is your response to "Why x school"

other than that make sure you know your application well yk

[potent peak]

I wasnt even asked this question 😭

[rose vale]

Guys

Yale has a 10%

Increase in applicants from last year

57k this year highest yet

[hushed stone]

Help???? That’s wild

[rose vale]

I don’t think my yale interviewer asked either

[visual crypt]

me neither

[hushed stone]

HUH

wild

[visual crypt]

i wasn't asked for yale or harvard

but i always prepared why just in case

[hushed stone]

i mean tbf

i think yale and harvard can safely assume "everyone is obsessed with us" and not ask lmao

[visual crypt]

LMFAOO

[regal plaza]

Yale or Berkeley MET for startups?

[tall sequoia]

i got asked for both lmao

[fallow ember]

guys hey anyone knows how to add college to css?

[teal tusk]

!ivyday

[thin shard]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
1 month, 14 days and 21 hours until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[uneven crag]

met obv

[uneven crag]

source? just curious

[rose vale]

Search yale news

It was posted on feb 1st 2024

[uneven crag]

gotcha

thanks

[regal plaza]

Why

Is the 20k tuition diff worth it though

[uneven crag]

did you get into yale already?

[uneven crag]

berkeley's location is so much better for startups. there is almost no startup culture in new haven.

[regal plaza]

Got an AO phone call idk if that means anything

Think its a good sign

[fluid ember]

As in you called the AO?

Or an AO emailed you?

[regal plaza]

AO called me

[wary star]

what did they say?

[north current]

yeah thats a likely

[pale rain]

that's a likely

[potent peak]

isn't it so cool that at least each day one person here gets a likely

[fluid ember]

yes haha

[potent peak]

like it's such a common thing

lol

[fluid ember]

well from this group..

[north current]

certainly very interesting but then again a2c is a self-selecting group

but this is still way more than like last year

[pale rain]

how many have gotten it this year??

[wary star]

unsure

I don’t know if admissions will release that info

[pale rain]

i mean in this server

compared to last year

[dusky tusk]

what did they say

[fluid ember]

they say 10% of accepted applicants

oh

[teal tusk]

stanford defer represent 🎉 🥳

[potent peak]

so much more..

[dusky tusk]

also legit just go to whatevers cheaper

[north current]

hopefully march comes in clutch cuz rn my options are limited

[wary star]

also hi mr Brandon

[regal plaza]

It was like a seocnd interview they wanted to know more info

[wary star]

and Abe

[teal tusk]

hello

[regal plaza]

Asked my abouy my ECs and stuff

[dusky tusk]

thats a good sign

[teal tusk]

oh

idk if thats necessarily a likely

[north current]

hey long time no see

[worthy bolt]

oh interesting

[teal tusk]

but good sign

[dusky tusk]

yea def not a likely but still a good sign

bro has had 2 interviews and i got 0

[wary star]

My understanding is that the second interview means that you’re a genuinely serious candidate

[teal tusk]

same its over

[north current]

yeah good sign but def not a guarantee for anything

[wary star]

hey you never know

[north current]

lmaoo its so funny

[dusky tusk]

we kinda do

[teal tusk]

apologies for the doomism

[worthy bolt]

how many of those candidates r there do u think

[wary star]

I think I got my interview sometime in February

[near geode]

same here but I dont want an interview anymore

[north current]

nobody from my school has ever gotten into yale before despite like 50+ ppl applying every year so i never even had any hope

[wary star]

Unsure; I’d be surprised if the number was more than 3,000

[dusky tusk]

y

[worthy bolt]

ah makes sense

[near geode]

gonna have a way of screwing it up somehow

[dusky tusk]

same except only like 4-5 ppl

applied

[near geode]

then its just a waste of time

[dusky tusk]

our school grade deflates so yale prob thinks we are all stupid

[north current]

bro 230 applied to cornell from my school this year

[wary star]

sheesh

[north current]

but cornell takes a lot of us

[unborn fractal]

230???

[dusky tusk]

my class size is 43

[pale rain]

oh my god wtf

[unborn fractal]

thats 1.5x the size of my entire ha

hs

[north current]

mine is 1100

[potent peak]

wtf

[pale rain]

how many

[bronze steeple]

^ this and i think an interview early to mid march is also a really good sign

[near geode]

mines 400

[north current]

usually 30-50 every year

[pale rain]

YOO WTF

thats crazy

[unborn fractal]

like where is my interview

[dusky tusk]

real

[bronze steeple]

cuz by that point they probably cut through most applicants so ur def in the final stages

[teal tusk]

our school got a yale 2 years ago and a junior yale recruit

[north current]

i mean 30/230 is not that shocking

[sonic zinc]

same but we dont have 230 applying to yale 😭 or cornell

[north current]

we got a junior columbia recruit this year

[bronze steeple]

😭 r u in a big city?

[unborn fractal]

you’ve read my essays i think i deserve an interview 😭😭

[north current]

230 for cornell not yale

yale is like 80

[unborn fractal]

yes a huge metro

[bronze steeple]

they mightve been so good that ur autoadmit

[dusky tusk]

im def not an autoadmit but at the same time im confident im not an autoreject so idk why i havent got my interview yet

[unborn fractal]

my thoughts

[north current]

yeah thats what im thinking

[cobalt rampart]

real

[bronze steeple]

honestly tho even if ur PS wasn't great that should be another reason for them to give u an interview

[worthy bolt]

bar for autoadmit ≠ super cracked

just means they liked you

[pale rain]

doesnt it say that interviews are for people they need more info on? maybe they dont need more info for you 🤷‍♀️

[near geode]

they know u too well

[dusky tusk]

what does that mean 😭

[cobalt rampart]

my ps was good but my yale sipps were awful

[unborn fractal]

exactlyyyy

i thought all my essays were good to great

[dusky tusk]

our school literally has a yale book award from the alumni group for our city

so its not a availability problem

[cobalt rampart]

Like im actually embarassed i didnt even define sociology while talking abt it

[dusky tusk]

its just they refuse to give me one

[cobalt rampart]

idk if my problem is availability

penn, nu, and princeton gave me interviews

[near geode]

I feel my school is pre dumb only like 10/450 get into an ivy but like only 2 actually attends one

[unborn fractal]

ngl i submitted a few hours late

so maybe theyre j snubbing me

[worthy bolt]

nah my major essay literally didn’t mention me at all except the last paragraph 😭😭

[near geode]

and they all got interviews 😭

[dusky tusk]

we havent had an ivy admit since 2018

[cobalt rampart]

but other availability only schools havent reachedbout to me

[bronze steeple]

i think there r only 400 or so interviews (maybe ~500 with srs) internationally
and they only do ~10000 interviews from what ive heard so thats ~20 interviews per interviewer

[dusky tusk]

i submitted on time

[north current]

princeton gave me one the day after I submitted 😭

[dusky tusk]

WHERES MY INTERVIEW

[cobalt rampart]

SAME

[near geode]

ur class size is 45

or in 40s

[cobalt rampart]

like ur ps?

[dusky tusk]

we are still cracked

[cobalt rampart]

or yale

[unborn fractal]

We get an ivy every year

[cobalt rampart]

my sciool too

[worthy bolt]

academic interest sorry

but that was ea

[cobalt rampart]

SAMEEE

THIS IS WHAT I DID TOO

[near geode]

how many ivy level admits

[cobalt rampart]

IT WAS 2 AM

[near geode]

like stanford etc

[worthy bolt]

my ahh did NOT know how to write personal essays

[north current]

i got one from harvard, darty, and pton but not yale

[cobalt rampart]

my school sent 3 kids to an ivy last yr

[worthy bolt]

same!!

harvard, princeton, darty

[unborn fractal]

we got 3 t10 acceptances last year

[dusky tusk]

so far in just the EA round we got rice, 8 at UT (some w honors), unc, umich, georgetown, usc, georgia tech. reminder that this is 5-6 kids applying to top colleges

[cobalt rampart]

aaaa

[near geode]

2020 was most cracked 25% acceptance rate

[pale rain]

they can still admit you without an interview, they might not need to interview you to make their decision

[cobalt rampart]

for me it was brown penn and cornell

and then jhu and 2 duke kids

[bronze steeple]

is this yale 😭

[cobalt rampart]

so far my class has gotten 2 jhu and rice this yr

[near geode]

yea I am legit fucked 😭

[north current]

my school sent 30 kids to cornell, 1 to brown, 1 to pton, and 3 to penn last year

[unborn fractal]

wtf

[worthy bolt]

my class this year is cracked

[cobalt rampart]

this is crazy?

[pale rain]

where did the other two go

[worthy bolt]

duke, cornell, yale

[unborn fractal]

my class this year has 2 ivy admits alrdy

[weak steeple]

yale is stupid with all that grade inflation 💀

[cobalt rampart]

omg already?

[worthy bolt]

yeah 😭

[north current]

i mean we have a class size of 1100 and its a fairly well ranked public in nyc so its not that crazy

[worthy bolt]

I didn’t know we were like that

[near geode]

maybe berk or la since we in socal

[north current]

wait till you see the stuy ones

[bronze steeple]

that yield tho in 2020 def some t5 cross admits

[unborn fractal]

arent u rural hsxd

[cobalt rampart]

public nyc schools r cracked

[bleak prism]

That’s high

[pale rain]

stuy is actually insane

[cobalt rampart]

i saw that one insta page

w like 50 ed commitments

to t20s

[north current]

hate stuy and bxsci with a burning passion

[near geode]

I think I know where the other two went

[worthy bolt]

magnet school

[north current]

oh yeah that feeder

[near geode]

harvard

[cobalt rampart]

i wish we used this

[north current]

check out the nyc prep schools and youll cry

[pale rain]

i cant find their insta page do you know the handle

i saw it but i lost it

[teal tusk]

i mean considering yale values gpa heavily i definitely don't see a positive ending for myself

[bronze steeple]

the losing side of harvard-yale game 😂

[near geode]

i wish it showed this year so ik what Im up against 😭

[near geode]

the 60-40 is actually true

[rose vale]

Gpa is one factor

[weak steeple]

funny thing is both these schools suck at stem comps too, they are just feeders cuz they have historically been feeders

[bronze steeple]

got to watch their team lose 2 years in a row haha

[north current]

stuygrads2023

[pale rain]

thanks

[teal tusk]

abe said his ao literally said they dont even look at the rest of ur app if u have below a 3.7

[north current]

theyre toxic hellholes

[dusky tusk]

yale is holistic tho. in terms of gpa i have a 3.97 and am rank 3. i also have a 1550 and a 35 so i think i make the stats benchmark? i feel thats enough to warrant an interview

my essays werent bad either

[sonic zinc]

Pinecrest depressing for Florida jits

[rose vale]

BUT U DON’t

[teal tusk]

i mean tbh they only interview people they need more info on

[rose vale]

Bro I didn’t get a harvard interview for rea

[north current]

half of these are t20s or full rides to like stony and umich 💀

[near geode]

oh same here then I got like 2 Bs in junior cuz of mandatory ecs

[rose vale]

[teal tusk]

they might not need more info on you

[bleak prism]

Makes me happy that I go to a school where barely anyone cares about college

[worthy bolt]

the only “info” they could get from interviews is personality right?

[near geode]

actually screwed me over big time

[worthy bolt]

like does that mean ur essays weren’t revealing enough

[pale rain]

but also the graphics are lowkey ugly

[rose vale]

Kinda and more info about why us

Too

maybe they don’t get the idea of why u want yale

[north current]

at my school its really only the top 10-20% kids that do care everyone else just goes to a suny or cuny

[sonic zinc]

Maybe our essays were so revealing they didn’t need an interview 😊

[warm musk]

Are likelies still coming out, esp stem ones?

[teal tusk]

interviewers are tasked with asking certain questions: ecs and background information

[cobalt rampart]

YES

[rose vale]

Yes

[cobalt rampart]

doral academy too ....

[bronze steeple]

hot take: thats fair honestly unless u go to a rlly difficult school

[cobalt rampart]

theyve been winning coke scholarship

[north current]

just like the avg stuy kid 🙄

[sonic zinc]

Doral academy hasn’t been doing too good either

They got 1 qb

[worthy bolt]

wb heritage in florida 🧐

[bleak prism]

No.. it could be bc they might have circumstances that are unique and the AO wants to know more

[sonic zinc]

And my plugs there are ass

[spice willow]

Yale interview:
Good thing: you know they’re considering you
Bad thing; they might’ve thought there’s something off with you

[cobalt rampart]

oh wtf?

[sonic zinc]

It’s over for them

[teal tusk]

i disagree... some people really struggled over covid

[sonic zinc]

They pissed off schools last year my breaking Ed agreements

[north current]

she said it was def based on your school but mostly cuz they cant even read that many apps

[sonic zinc]

Lmao

[pale rain]

LMAO

[teal tusk]

maybe not in our class

[sonic zinc]

Yeah my cracked usamo friend is suffering

[worthy bolt]

hm would that fall under initial review

[teal tusk]

like maybe for the class of 2029 or something

[worthy bolt]

[north current]

yeah it was in initial review

[sonic zinc]

Mashallah boys nation plz spike me

[north current]

cuz she said one of the schools she reads has no grading system so she has to look at other factors

[worthy bolt]

which party

[sonic zinc]

Natties ‼️

[teal tusk]

hows boys nation doing rn

[bronze steeple]

oh yeah 100% but if u didn't have any extenuating circumstances a gpa below 3.5 or so will prob be a deal breaker most of the time

[sonic zinc]

5-6 Harvard

1 take

1 yale

[teal tusk]

insane

[sonic zinc]

1 w and m

[cobalt rampart]

my stays arent the best but i have siper good course rigor and the tests that i submitted were super above my schools passing rate so i hope i made it past initial rebiew

[sonic zinc]

2 Columbia

[worthy bolt]

my friend who went got deferred unc…

[sonic zinc]

1 Duke

[pale rain]

seeing the 2023 one i thought there would have been more in the ed 2024?? maybe it was all rea and now they're waiting for regular to commit 💀

[sonic zinc]

Was it one of the sc dels

I might know who you’re talking ab

[north current]

im friends with one of the boys nation columbia admits

[worthy bolt]

same i didn’t want to say it but it was lowk disappointing

[worthy bolt]

yeah 😭

he’s super active too

[north current]

its always been mostly rd tbf

[sonic zinc]

They’re both chill asf

[teal tusk]

1 unc

[pale rain]

makes sense

[north current]

yeah we were roommates at yygs

[pale rain]

https://www.instagram.com/bxsci2024seniors/ this is insane tho

[sonic zinc]

Are you friends with J or K?

[bronze steeple]

also if yale needs more info for interviews shouldn't they have interviewed most deferred applicants by now 🤔

[worthy bolt]

WTFF

[pale rain]

thats like 10 cornells

[north current]

K

[worthy bolt]

nah id block that account

[cobalt rampart]

from what ive seen the logic is rhat deferred kids passed the initial review so they dont prioritize interviews or something

this entire thing makes 0 sense

[north current]

im surprised tho cuz K told me gtown was his top choice

[worthy bolt]

preach

[sonic zinc]

He’s doing nsliy as well I think

This year

[north current]

yeah russian i think

[dusky tusk]

Unc doesnt even defer

[bleak prism]

I would assume

[worthy bolt]

waitlist my b

[dusky tusk]

STOP SPREADING MISINFO

[sonic zinc]

Oh nation swept gtown

Crazy

[bronze steeple]

i feel like deferral kids r the definition of "need more info"

[dusky tusk]

gtown W

Hoya hoya saxa

[bronze steeple]

esp since they're top 30% this yr idk

[cobalt rampart]

me too

[north current]

this pick me girl at my school is in girls state

[cobalt rampart]

but maybe the deferred kids were the ones who were tied in votes during committee?

idk

[worthy bolt]

tbh it’s not hard at all to go to boys/girls state

but nation is impressive

[cobalt rampart]

i feel like theres different ways you can get deferred

[sonic zinc]

The selection process was funny

[worthy bolt]

I feel like the percentage would be lower if this was the case

[dusky tusk]

i feel like with big schools like mich they just autodefer some ppl since they dont have time to read all the apps

[bronze steeple]

oh yeah apparently u need 4 votes out of 5 on the committee to get admitted and 3 for waitlist/defer

[bleak prism]

I agree with this

[bronze steeple]

crazy when u think about it

[cobalt rampart]

tbf yales deferral eate is already so low

[worthy bolt]

damn yall think I can convince another ao to vote 🧐🧐

[cobalt rampart]

and they waitlist a big amount

[dusky tusk]

i think if they hear u they will autoreject

[sonic zinc]

Send them a Valentine’s Day card

[cobalt rampart]

i wouldnt be surprised if ties were more common

[cobalt rampart]

YEAH

[worthy bolt]

why I oughtta…

[bronze steeple]

yessir just email one of the AOs whose emails got leaked during likelies

[cobalt rampart]

💀💀💀💀💀💀

[north current]

i hope thats the case for brown cuz im regretting ed now

[spice willow]

Why ?

[plucky lake]

Damn everyone's still talking bout likelies and interviews

[cobalt rampart]

brown ed rate is low too somaybe thats why u got deferred

[north current]

i feel like i shouldve just applied ed to one of the schools i did the fly in for

[bronze steeple]

prolly yeah cuz they only defer 17% apparently

[cobalt rampart]

i feel like the schools who defer largely bc of missing info have higher rates

[spice willow]

Haha what else is there to talk about

[rose vale]

Same

[worthy bolt]

is harvard the only ivy that defers a ton?

[rose vale]

[cobalt rampart]

exactly

[plucky lake]

I just wish I get an interview so that I can elaborate on the Why Yale part 🐦

[rose vale]

I think Princeton does defer a lot too

[bronze steeple]

and princeton prolly

[dusky tusk]

i wish i aimed higher with rea

[sonic zinc]

Why doesn’t penn publish its deferral rate 😭

[north current]

which ones did you do

[worthy bolt]

damn my friend got straight rejected 😭😭

[rose vale]

UPenn peep and Columbia

[north current]

you did gtown right???

[plucky lake]

Like 125 Words were not enough

[dusky tusk]

ye

[visual crypt]

bro this honestly feels unreal 😭

[cobalt rampart]

they set us up

[worthy bolt]

yup

[north current]

I wouldve done penn ed so fast cuz like thats like 60%

[visual crypt]

it just happened so fast

[dusky tusk]

bro we get it 😭

[visual crypt]

SORRY

[rose vale]

But I don’t like Penn that much

[dusky tusk]

nah im just playing

[spice willow]

Naur I felt like I ate down on the essay

[dusky tusk]

if i got into yale id be doing this too

tbh

[north current]

honestly thats still a good choice

[spice willow]

Interview would’ve given me validation

But I’m just an auto admit so

[visual crypt]

😭

[plucky lake]

Damn they're paying for travel?

[sonic zinc]

I talked about protesting on why Yale 😭

[north current]

oh yeah then its valid

[visual crypt]

im still tryna process it

[bleak prism]

Did you like peep? I thought it was kinda bland

[plucky lake]

That's

[bronze steeple]

im just curious is that stem weekend thing still a thing this yr

[plucky lake]

Crazy

[north current]

where'd you ed?

[cobalt rampart]

after seeing how many ppl got rejected on wellesley ed2 im so glad i got deferred

[rose vale]

Yait was bland

[worthy bolt]

same LOL

[dusky tusk]

I admire your confidence!

[visual crypt]

I heard it is but I didn't get an invite?

the YES thing?

[spice willow]

Why do you always say that !!!! Hater fr

[rose vale]

I did rea harvard

[bronze steeple]

i think so yeah

[rose vale]

DEFFERED

[dusky tusk]

im being positive

[sonic zinc]

The real test for me is UF

[north current]

i did the pomona and wesleyan one so i decided to not ed cuz i wanted to aim higher 😭

[worthy bolt]

its so annoying that we can’t change our ea essays

[sonic zinc]

If I don’t get in my confidence is killed

[bleak prism]

Dw you don’t need yes 🫶

[worthy bolt]

me w clemson in 2 days

[bleak prism]

I don’t want to change any part of mine, I really like mine

They stood the test of time 💀

[dusky tusk]

safety lowk

[spice willow]

A Yale student said nobody really struggles to get funding so YES scholars is just a marketing gimmick

[sonic zinc]

Ik it’s mine but it’s weird

[dusky tusk]

bro is 0/21 so far

[bronze steeple]

i havent seen anyone mention it after their likely which is why im curious lol

[cobalt rampart]

💀

i want directed stufies so bad

[bronze steeple]

they prolly dropped it cuz they didnt want to waste thousands for a 30% yield 😂

[worthy bolt]

RARWRARARAW

[rose vale]

Did anyone get a likely today?

[spice willow]

ABC got directed studies iirc

[visual crypt]

LMFAOO

[cobalt rampart]

(i did not mention a single thing about literature in my app)

[cobalt rampart]

whats abc

[spice willow]

No it’s still there

[visual crypt]

i didn't get any invite? I heard other kids got it

[cobalt rampart]

it doesnt look like it

[spice willow]

A person

[cobalt rampart]

ohhh

[bleak prism]

they said yes already 😎

[plucky lake]

Is this phonecall likely stuff an initiative to boost the yield rate?

[spice willow]

Yeah

[bleak prism]

I did this for Harvard lol, I applied as gov and African American studies

[cobalt rampart]

yeah and they admit it too

[bleak prism]

But I’m black i guess??

Demonstrated interest?

[spice willow]

Being the first school to say yes makes people more likely to pick them

Look how overrated is acting

[rose vale]

^

[cobalt rampart]

💀💀💀💀

[north current]

yeah pretty much they wanna guage how many people will commit and they do that by sending out likelies to people they think will get multiple top acceptances

[cobalt rampart]

me randomly applying as dev psych w pitt

[rose vale]

Wait my interviewer asked me what I wrote my COMMOn app on

That’s kinda a weird question right

[spice willow]

if they got into Harvard, they might be biased to Yale anyhow

[bleak prism]

I love black poetry but they wouldn’t know that 😭

and lit

[cobalt rampart]

no bc same

[bronze steeple]

yeah they arent given ur essays for a reason but they mightve just ran out of stuff to ask u abt

[cobalt rampart]

there was no space for it

ughhh

[plucky lake]

Does anyone on this thread like Harvard 🐦

[bleak prism]

I hope they overlook that

[north current]

i mean they dont have access to it so its prob just curiosity

[rose vale]

ya

[bleak prism]

I love them

[visual crypt]

i'd pick yale over harvard ngl..

[bleak prism]

I have no allegiance to Yale if they accept me

[cobalt rampart]

THEY WILL🙏

[north current]

its aight (pls accept me yale)

[cobalt rampart]

same

[visual crypt]

the environment at yale is way better imo

[cobalt rampart]

harvard is one of the last ivies id pick

[spice willow]

It’s an example of a peer institution

[bleak prism]

yessir

but I think I could pick Yale over Harvard

[north current]

yale is less cutthroat compared to harvard

[bleak prism]

In an imaginary scenario

[rose vale]

But Yale’s location

Is scary

[north current]

i would pick yale over harvard

[visual crypt]

100%

[north current]

new haven aint that bad trust

[visual crypt]

way more chill

[plucky lake]

Do y'all think Harvard is the one school which is driven by prestige the most

[bleak prism]

100 percent

[visual crypt]

omg yall seen yale food

[north current]

but one of the reasons why i like harvard is boston

[cobalt rampart]

YES

[bleak prism]

Yess 😭😭

[visual crypt]

yale food is INCREDIBLE

[rose vale]

10000%

[bleak prism]

All over my TikTok

[cobalt rampart]

i want those pacncakes

so bad

[rose vale]

[visual crypt]

BRO THE BREAKFAST

OMG

[cobalt rampart]

YES

[rose vale]

I think Princeton sucks

[cobalt rampart]

IT MAKES ME SOOO HUNGRY

[north current]

i was disappointed when i actually tried it but im guessing the res college dining isnt as good as the main hall

[visual crypt]

LMFAOO WHY

[bleak prism]

I think Harvard does

[visual crypt]

oh no

[cobalt rampart]

THAT FIRST YEAR DINNER

taking boxes to go

[north current]

cuz i went to yygs and they made us eat in our res colleges so we never got to experience the main hall

[plucky lake]

Like if someone asks me Why Yale I can pinpoint 4-5 really amazing things but if the same question was asked abt Harvard...

[cobalt rampart]

REAL

"i love boston!"

[north current]

my why harvard was so ass lmaoo

[rose vale]

Freshman 15

[north current]

like i never even thought about harvard prior to it

[worthy bolt]

I still can’t answer why harvard

[plucky lake]

It's either 10-12 kinda good but not so amazing things or 1 thing: prestige

[plucky lake]

Can't go wrong with Boston tho

Such a nice place

[cobalt rampart]

i loved it

[sonic zinc]

Have y’all seen the first year dinner

Like hog warts shit

Omg

[cobalt rampart]

andbthe harvard bookstore had some of the best and cheapest books ive ever bought in person

[near geode]

harvard = asian parents happy

[cobalt rampart]

YES

id gain 20 pounds overnight

[north current]

harvard first year dinner and the bowdoin lobster bake are the coolest first year food events

[visual crypt]

https://www.tiktok.com/@emmezhou/video/7232380669404450091?q=yale dining&t=1707877502641

i'm going to yale just for the food...

[plucky lake]

But Yale Residential Colleges >>>> Harvard Houses

[cobalt rampart]

i used to binge these during quarantine

[visual crypt]

100%

yale environment>

yale food>

yale diversity>

yale housing>

if im being honest i only applied to harvard because of my parents ...

[cobalt rampart]

same

[visual crypt]

I would've just done yale and cornell if not

[bronze steeple]

dartmouth unlimited meal plan be like:

[cobalt rampart]

they told me ro violate my wellesley ed agreement to do harvard rea

bc they sent me a promotional mail

[pale rain]

yall should withdraw your apps to harv then 😁

[visual crypt]

LMFAOO WTF

[visual crypt]

nah we still gotta see

[cobalt rampart]

I TOLD HER LIKE

[visual crypt]

im withdrawing from everywhere as soon as I commit tho

[cobalt rampart]

ILL LITERALLY GET RESCINDED

and shes like

[dusky tusk]

id pick harvard over yale

[visual crypt]

LMFAOO

[cobalt rampart]

"its worth the risk

[visual crypt]

why 💀

boston?

[visual crypt]

oh my god

[dusky tusk]

boston + prestige + finance

[visual crypt]

mimi what's that 1/27 left in your nickname 😭

[dusky tusk]

new haven is ahh

[visual crypt]

okay valid valid

[cobalt rampart]

worst wk of my life the whole house was telling me to rea harvard

[cobalt rampart]

barnard💀

[visual crypt]

STILL

[dusky tusk]

luckily i will never have to make that choice bc i aint getting into an ivy

[dusky tusk]

when that shit due?

march?

💀

[cobalt rampart]

its been a mknth and a half and i havent thrned in the supps

my portal is still up

[worthy bolt]

mimi 😭

[visual crypt]

WTF

MIMI

[dusky tusk]

dont apply atp

give up

[visual crypt]

ngl...

[cobalt rampart]

idek if i should

[visual crypt]

the 26 is enough..

[cobalt rampart]

uva withdrew me for being laye but barnard hasnt

[worthy bolt]

if it doesn’t pose a financial burden, turn it in

[dusky tusk]

autoreject tbh

[visual crypt]

deadline jan 3rd??

MIMI

[cobalt rampart]

Lollll

[dusky tusk]

yea do NOT apply lil bro

[cobalt rampart]

THEYBKEEP SENDING ME EMAILS

[visual crypt]

LMFAOOOO

WHAT DO THE EMAILS SAY

[cobalt rampart]

i need to find the energy

[cobalt rampart]

ABT FASFA

[visual crypt]

LMFAOOOO

[cobalt rampart]

AND THE FINAID DEADLINES

[dusky tusk]

26/26

[cobalt rampart]

750 words in total.

[dusky tusk]

this shit brings me an insane amount of anxiety

[cobalt rampart]

i cant reuse my supps for barnard bc they wanna be quirky

[pale rain]

we have 11 schools in common

[visual crypt]

wait how'd you do that

[visual crypt]

mimi.

is that notion or no @dusky tusk

[dusky tusk]

bookmarked all of them

then created a folder

[visual crypt]

ohhh

smart asf

[dusky tusk]

right click -> add folder

[near geode]

5 schools in common!

[dusky tusk]

then drag and drop

[visual crypt]

I just use notion

[cobalt rampart]

IM NOT WRITING ALLAT

id get so sad id they withdrew me tho

[visual crypt]

DONT WRITE ALLAT

26/26 IS JUST FINE MIMI

[cobalt rampart]

im copinf by reminding myself ofbthat urban legend of the guy who turned in an lac app 1 month late and got in

[dusky tusk]

its been 1 month and 2 weeks

[bronze steeple]

i saw some dude turn in his cornell app feb 22 and he got in

[cobalt rampart]

💀💀💀💀

[cobalt rampart]

exactly like

Tjwy want me

[plucky lake]

Bro why'd you have "Portal" next to all of em that looks so

[cobalt rampart]

I FEEL BAD BC RHEY GAVE ME MY PORTAL

[plucky lake]

Well you ain't alone

[cobalt rampart]

safari doesnt even give the actial name

of the portal

[plucky lake]

I turned it UChicago supps today

[cobalt rampart]

so when i see my bookmarks

[plucky lake]

14 days after they were due

[visual crypt]

oh my god

[cobalt rampart]

its just "portal"

or "undergraduate admissions portal"

[plucky lake]

Chill it wasn't a school I planned on applying to

[worthy bolt]

rename them

[pale rain]

cant you edit the name of the bookmark

[cobalt rampart]

and i have to click on 20 to find the one im looking at

how?

[plucky lake]

They offered me a free app so I was like why not

[near geode]

can I still submit it rn?

[cobalt rampart]

so real

uchicago hasnt gotten my supps either

[dusky tusk]

aesthetic

[bronze steeple]

honestly go for it if u get in itll be legendary

[near geode]

is it thru collegeboard

[pale rain]

if youre on comp go to the top bar that says bookmark then click edit bookmarks then click on the one you want to edit

[near geode]

remember they lock them apps after deadline

[cobalt rampart]

commonapp

[cobalt rampart]

omg tysm

i sisnt know

[near geode]

yea commonapp

[plucky lake]

Bro is brown your dream school

Because your chrome background is brown

[near geode]

my friend brown legacy 4.8 gpa cracked ecs for their major rejected edI

[dusky tusk]

browns actually the bottom bc i dont gaf about it and i didnt even do the video portfolio

the background is black

[bronze steeple]

feel like this might be cap tho

[dusky tusk]

btw

[pale rain]

def cap

[rose vale]

I heard people submit late

And still got in

[pale rain]

but likely letter after submitting late makes it unbelievable

[near geode]

as long as commonapp says submitted should be fine?

[rose vale]

Ya

[cobalt rampart]

ya

[plucky lake]

Really depends on the school

[cobalt rampart]

if it let u submit ur fine

but tje college needs to download it

[near geode]

but if it submits through commonapp college usually automatically downloads right

[rose vale]

ya

I think

[plucky lake]

India Moment: You refer to universities as "schools" and people don't stop correcting you saying they're "colleges"

[rose vale]

I have 3 test tomorrow and I am still here chatting

[near geode]

same thing

[plucky lake]

I have 15 tests in the next 15 days and I'm still here chatting

Not for long tho

[rose vale]

3 am gang

[plucky lake]

Nah

[rose vale]

I feel so sleep deprived

[visual crypt]

we'll never know witout proof

people love to lie on the internet

[plucky lake]

I'm most productive right before my breakfast and right after my dinner

[north current]

ok so this is what brown said is the ivy league collective likely policy

As determined by each institution, admissions offices may choose to advise certain applicants in writing of the probability of admission (e.g., likely, possible, unlikely), no earlier than October 1 of the prospect’s senior year in high school. Likely letters will have the effect of letters of admission, in that as long as the applicant sustains the academic and personal record reflected in the completed application, the institution will send a formal admission offer on the appropriate notification date. An applicant who receives one or more such written communications and who has made a decision to matriculate at one institution is encouraged (but not required) to notify all other institutions, and to withdraw all other applications, as promptly as possible.

[visual crypt]

the oct 1 is tripping me up

huh

[north current]

also looks like the ivys communicate this stuff between each other

[visual crypt]

wait

[bronze steeple]

this is for athletes i'm guessing

[visual crypt]

im stupid

[pale rain]

no earlier as in after oct 1

[visual crypt]

it said no earlier than oct 1

💀

i thought it said before

bro

[autumn kiln]

No Yale too :(

[autumn kiln]

That’s insane

[north current]

they need to clutch up

[autumn kiln]

I’m pretty sure their deadline is tmr so gg

[cobalt rampart]

bruh

[pale rain]

can they really do that???

[autumn kiln]

Yeah

[pale rain]

do you mean rules about likelys/timings or who they give it to

[north current]

both

[dusky tusk]

march 1

also the deadlines mean nothing

there are always interviews after

[autumn kiln]

Oh really

Either way I’m not really expecting one anymore

[visual crypt]

bro

who is passing this up

https://www.tiktok.com/@mildredsauce/video/7304008009649311022?q=yale dining&t=1707877502641

[cobalt rampart]

THIS IS MAKING ME SO HUNGRY

[pale rain]

but if they communicate who they give it to wouldn't they try and make sure one person doesn't get two likelys? ive heard of that happening before

[dusky tusk]

i still want penn duke harv yale

[north current]

yeah its possible but they did say that the ivys also tell each other about waitlists too

[visual crypt]

you want MORE interviews 😭

[near geode]

unfortunately me

[north current]

Waiting Lists: The preceding paragraph does not preclude students from remaining on active waiting lists and withdrawing promptly from their original college choice upon receiving subsequent waiting list acceptance to another institution. However, the Ivy League institutions reserve their right to rescind acceptance decisions from candidates who make commitments to and who hold confirmed places at more than one institution concurrently. Students who choose to remain on an active waiting list after May 1 will normally receive a final response no later than July 1.

[near geode]

i am cheese intolerant

[visual crypt]

NOOOO

sorry to hear

[autumn kiln]

I just want Yale

[near geode]

i just dont like cheese*

[cobalt rampart]

i want yale so bad

[north current]

so it looks like they can even rescind you for committing to more that one ivy nvm im dumb 💀

[cobalt rampart]

i check my email every hr

[near geode]

i want yale so bad so I can play roblox w @visual crypt 24/7 🤍

🫂

[visual crypt]

mimi please relax

[autumn kiln]

Idts

[dusky tusk]

yes....ive had 6 and all 6 have gone amazing so even if its a super tiny boost i want it

[visual crypt]

❤️

roomates type?

[visual crypt]

BRO

[near geode]

yessir

[visual crypt]

I'm on my last straw with interviews

[cobalt rampart]

i meed to emable notifications

[visual crypt]

I'm burnt out

[cobalt rampart]

im Going crazy

[visual crypt]

NO

DONT DO THAT

mimi go do something fun

[near geode]

we all gonna clutch up

[visual crypt]

go to the mall

[plucky lake]

I want Yale and Darty 🕊️

[visual crypt]

go get some food

[autumn kiln]

I think they mean they can rescind you if you commit to two ivies @abe

[dusky tusk]

didnt u cook on yale interview

[north current]

yeah nvm i got that

[cobalt rampart]

NO UR RIGHT

[visual crypt]

yeah i feel like I did 😭

[cobalt rampart]

i need to elt go

[dusky tusk]

i know ppl who got cornell and columbia likely

[visual crypt]

it was supposed to be 40 mins we went for 80

[dusky tusk]

and someone got a duke and cornell likely

(previous years)

[autumn kiln]

I’ve never heard of likelies until a2c

[visual crypt]

same

[pale rain]

yeah exactly so why would they let that happen if they were all communicating

[visual crypt]

no until watching those college decisions vids

[pale rain]

they have like 50k+ applicants and two schools were desperate enough to not "back down" ??

[autumn kiln]

I only watched my friends im not watching anymore 😭

[near geode]

every time I get an email I think its something important just to see it says your front door camera heard something 😐

[pale rain]

thats what i'm reading it as too

[north current]

those videos either fill me with confidence or dread

no in-between

[plucky lake]

Pro-tip: instead watch videos of guinea pigs walking together

[near geode]

worst timing is when they get into the colleges you get into but then get rejected from the ones ur about to get decisions to

[plucky lake]

Or the Yale Mascot walking around campus

[near geode]

[autumn kiln]

I cried twice yesterday bc of insta dog reels 😭

[plucky lake]

Dudes supah cute

What's his name again

[visual crypt]

bro the comparison went CRAZY

[north current]

nah or when you watch one where they get rejected everywhere except for harvard and then go watch their stats video and just cry

[visual crypt]

i stopped watching them because it was just unhealthy

[autumn kiln]

No no hers was sweet I wasn’t comparing

[visual crypt]

but then again I want to make one

[visual crypt]

noo i meant the comparison in general

[autumn kiln]

I didn’t want to watch anymore bc I thought they’d be crazy and make me feel bad

[visual crypt]

when I watched them

[autumn kiln]

Ohh

[autumn kiln]

Yeah exactly what I was afraid of

[pale rain]

i want to make one but not post it

just for the memories

[north current]

all my qb and yygs friends were cracked asf and got into a lotta t20s early so that just confirmed my imposter syndrome 💀

[near geode]

2 ppl from my school past 2 years got into harvard with 1470 sat and 3.85 gpa

[visual crypt]

imposter syndrome goes crazy 😭

[autumn kiln]

No one has gotten into Yale from my school, we’ve had harvards but not recently in the last 10 years

[visual crypt]

i still dont feel like I deserve this

[north current]

we had some 980 sat and 3.2 gpa kid get in back in like 2016

[north current]

yeah same

[autumn kiln]

Athlete

[north current]

never had a yale but have a harvard like every 2 years or smth

[near geode]

das pretty crazy

[autumn kiln]

We had an 1️⃣1️⃣00 sat 3.2 gpa kid get into Harv

[near geode]

essays must be hella good and thousands of volunteer hours

🙏

[north current]

no fs cuz there is no other way

[autumn kiln]

Ong

[north current]

we have a bunch of cornells and like at least 1 penn and pton every year

last year we had like 5 penns 3 of which were wharton which is surprising

[autumn kiln]

We haven’t had an Ivy in 2 years and the last one was a musical theater major

[north current]

but one of them was a qb match

[autumn kiln]

Before that the last time was my freshman year

[autumn kiln]

Crazy

[north current]

we have a lot of cornells cuz apparently cornell and nyu have a nyc preference

[near geode]

i feel I have an edge applying to cs at yale cuz not a lot do but at the same time its cs

[autumn kiln]

Ohh that’s nice

[cobalt rampart]

YOU DO

[north current]

I JUST WANT A SCHOOL WITH GOOD AID