Yale University (2024-2025)

[plain rover]

aster you seem excited and I’m glad

[cedar kettle]

yeah probably

thats so stupid 😭

[sharp hound]

aster asu move in day is 8/18 too

[dusk solar]

most people in this thread arent even applying yale
why is this

[cedar kettle]

twinsies!!!!

[empty solar]

I didn’t apply to Yale

[plain rover]

a few weirdos made this thread go viral

[cedar kettle]

because we're the coolest thread

[cedar kettle]

they all got banned though

[dusk solar]

true to both

[cedar kettle]

so uh

now we're just popular and cool

[dusk solar]

wasnt it just one

[cedar kettle]

there were two i think

[tawdry fern]

Yeah two

[cedar kettle]

well one of them is kinda borderline whether it was weird or not but anyways

[cedar kettle]

damn u_u

[sharp hound]

cuz the rising seniors here get shit from VV

[dusk solar]

true

[cedar kettle]

true most people here are from vv

[dusk solar]

i feel like most seniors here arent applying here either

[plain rover]

this is basically the secret gateway to vv

[empty solar]

What is vv

[plain rover]

it’s like the bridge from the USA to Mexico

[cedar kettle]

nah actually most of the seniors are i think

minus you ig

[plain rover]

you come here if you wanna experience vv but cant

[dusk solar]

oh

[cedar kettle]

verified village

[plain rover]

okay what the actual fuck am I even saying

[dusk solar]

L

[plain rover]

💀

[cedar kettle]

i have literally no idea J

[dusk solar]

im gonna experience the vv.

btw im heading over this december

[cedar kettle]

we're like vv but less openly trashtalking

[dusk solar]

probably

to vv

[cedar kettle]

and less dooming about internships

also we have a lot fo slowmode here

[empty solar]

Let’s see if I get cooked in CS61A

[sharp hound]

you have to submit an enrollment deposit to get verified

[empty solar]

😭

[sharp hound]

so unless you commit you can't

[cedar kettle]

you got this trust

[dusk solar]

im pretty sure i have to do that instantly when i get ED

[cedar kettle]

how many berkely eecs people are there each year dyk unova

[empty solar]

Aye gl bro

[dusk solar]

🙏 thank

[empty solar]

Not really haha, but I know two from a2c

[cedar kettle]

rice right? gl you got this

[dusk solar]

tyty

[empty solar]

One prefrosh and one Alr graduated

[cedar kettle]

one of my friends is going i wonder if you'll meet her

[empty solar]

1720 EECS kids in the entire department, so that includes freshies all the way to seniors (undergrads basically)

[cedar kettle]

actually probably not there are over 1700 eecs students lol

that's like 430 ish per year

yeah prob not 😭

[empty solar]

Ya

[empty solar]

Maybe

[plain rover]

I know a guy going to yale

[empty solar]

If we do the same classes

[plain rover]

but I don’t like him 😭

[cedar kettle]

please tell me he's normal

FUCK

[dusk solar]

yale people are salty they got rejected from harvard

[cedar kettle]

its ok im used to this now

[plain rover]

eh you seem like one of the normal ones

[dusk solar]

^

[plain rover]

just stay true to yourself and you’ll encourage other people to become yalies

[cedar kettle]

im just shocked i got waitlisted by them lol

[plain rover]

[cedar kettle]

i need to encourage more normal people to become yalies

[plain rover]

you got waitlisted by Harvard?

[dusk solar]

i'd probably have to choose berk over yale though :(

[cedar kettle]

yeah

[plain rover]

damn you must be cracked

[cedar kettle]

i didn't get off their waitlist but i was just kinda surprised i wasn't rejected

[dusk solar]

getting of yale wl is insanity

[cedar kettle]

i chose yale over berk sorry 😭

[tawdry fern]

Getting off any wl is insanity

[dusk solar]

:(((

i mean engineering berk just makes more sense so lmfao

[dusk solar]

true

[cedar kettle]

berk campus vs my sensory bleh with the crowdswas a really bad time honestly

[cedar kettle]

ah yeah true

[empty solar]

Depends on the person for fit

[dusk solar]

i like having asian food

bay area has lots of asian food

[cedar kettle]

bay area asian food is SO GOOD

im mourning my loss of good chinese food going to conneticut

[dusk solar]

okay true but socal mogs asian food 10:0 :(

[cedar kettle]

imma just have to take trips up to nyc for that ig

[cedar kettle]

really??? i thought bay area was better ngl

[dusk solar]

yeah

at least LA\

opkay well

we have good viet and thai food

but otherwise socal mogs

[cedar kettle]

side note when i visited duke i was so aggressively underwhelmed by the asian food. like seriously durham has three chinese places total and they're all meh

[dusk solar]

im gonna make my own asian food probbly

if there's a kitchen anywhere

fermenting stuff is an issue but otherwise hopefully it'd be fine

[cedar kettle]

i think its all the international students im ngl

like the area around ucla and ucsd has crazy good asian food

[dusk solar]

ya

[cedar kettle]

but otherwise socal asian food isn't amazing tbh

[cedar kettle]

your rommates might murder you if you do that in the mini fridge lol

[livid fossil]

Look at all these nerds

[sharp hound]

kimchi and natto

[dusk solar]

oh yeah 💀 ill offer banana milk as tribute

[livid fossil]

Ohh you go to #%^*?

[cedar kettle]

this would work fs

[cedar kettle]

i betrayed duke for handsome dan indeed

[sharp hound]

i'm gonna make umeshu in my dorm

[cedar kettle]

he's just so handsome

[dusk solar]

https://tenor.com/view/miku-hatsune-miku-miku-miku-beam-magical-cure-love-shot-sawtowne-gif-6048533666899200813

[cedar kettle]

whats that

[sharp hound]

japanese fermented plum liquor

[cedar kettle]

interesting

[empty solar]

Yale seems like a splendid undergrad experience though

[cedar kettle]

rescos seem really fun ngl

like i have a bookbindery in my basement

thats so funny

im pretty excited to explore the tunnels

[plain rover]

a yale ao was visiting schools here in the Midwest and I asked a question and he straight up rebuked me for it 💀

like that shi was so embarrassing

[cedar kettle]

wdym?

[plain rover]

I asked a dumb question

[cedar kettle]

oh 💀

[plain rover]

and he sorta gave me attitude for it

But

Not on purpose

Like

I didn’t mean to ask a stupid question

It wasn’t offensive or anything

just dumb

[dusk solar]

yuck fale?

[cedar kettle]

what did you ask

[cedar kettle]

yuck fale!

[plain rover]

that’s when I knew I couldn’t apply 💀

[plain rover]

I forgor but I remember their response

wait it wasn’t a she it was a he

tf

[cedar kettle]

you were just traumatized

by yale ao

[dusk solar]

so hard that he changed genders

[plain rover]

yeah

[cedar kettle]

i appreciate yale transparency on their college admissions situation with their podcast but genuinely curious how many people actually listen

[plain rover]

i wonder what the guy who actually got in asked, probably a smarter question 💀

[cedar kettle]

'cause i never did out of laziness

[cedar kettle]

pfftttt

[dusk solar]

what was the resposne

[sharp hound]

mfs were asking about research opportunities and i asked if they had good asian food and cool potato chips

i got an interview somehow 😂😂

[cedar kettle]

who?

[dusk solar]

real

[cedar kettle]

FELLER WINNING!!! CONGRATS

[sharp hound]

when yale aos came

[cedar kettle]

oh wait

i misunderstood that so bad

[sharp hound]

thats how i know im not complete ass i got h and y interviews

[cedar kettle]

i thought you got an interview for a research opportunity 💀

[plain rover]

really he just asks that to a random stranger off the street

[cedar kettle]

my reading comprehension should be studied because i think its kinda ass

[plain rover]

nah u chillin

[cedar kettle]

honestly the important things in life though

[plain rover]

g

[cedar kettle]

like this asian food better not disappoint me

otherwise this will be a sad four years

[plain rover]

hopefully Ann Arbor has good Asian food

idk if anyone can confirm that

[sharp hound]

i feel like that asian food about to be cheeks ngl 😭

[cedar kettle]

it totally is 😭

[plain rover]

yale has an amazing campus

[cedar kettle]

honestly as long as its better than what durham had to offer

we're good

[plain rover]

location? Not so much (sorry aster)

[cedar kettle]

(i agree)

[plain rover]

Ann Arbor sucks too tho so dw

[cedar kettle]

only good thing about new haven is that its easy to leave new haven to better places like nyc and boston

[cedar kettle]

i heard ann arbor is pretty nice right? like quintessential college town vibes

[sharp hound]

bro the harvard mfs got it so ez for a2dc

[plain rover]

yeah ppl call it the best college town but when I went it was kinda underwhelming :/

[sharp hound]

i gotta take a $350 flight if i wanna go

[plain rover]

we’re next to Detroit if that counts for anything

[cedar kettle]

why are harvard people in a2dc 😭

[sharp hound]

ngl penn state or ohio state may take that title

[cedar kettle]

oh :(

[sharp hound]

nah we're planning a dc meetup

[livid fossil]

Don’t have pictures

Plsss

Lemme see

[cedar kettle]

i dont remember anything about my yale tour other than the fact they poured acid down the walls and that the grade inflation is nice

i think that says a lot about my values in life

[cedar kettle]

oh nice!

[sharp hound]

my h tour was so underwhelming

like lowkey pretty yard but not much else 😭

[plain rover]

Lemme see if I have any

[cedar kettle]

im sorry i think harvard campus isn't that pretty

[elfin sky]

Sad 😔

[cedar kettle]

like compared to its peer institutions the architecture is a little underwhelming

[plain rover]

harvard campus lowkey kinda underwhelming

[cedar kettle]

i think yale campus is properly whelming

[plain rover]

yeah yale campus is great

[cedar kettle]

like it feels like an old ass campus from a storybook or smth

[livid fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/spin-bags-im-here-here-we-go-steve-berg-gif-10464612

[sharp hound]

lowk i wonder what if would have been like if i gap yeared and committed to play d1 ball at harvard or brown

[livid fossil]

But it’s in Connecticut

[cedar kettle]

yeah

that's why its not overwhelming

[livid fossil]

Nothing is good there

[cedar kettle]

its just whelming

[sharp hound]

besides expensive as fuck

[cedar kettle]

what sport?

[sharp hound]

soccer

[cedar kettle]

are you planning to continue playing at asu?

or nah

[dusk solar]

should i
should i be concerned

[livid fossil]

Yes

[cedar kettle]

what this for

[plain rover]

I might throw yale onto my list during my transfer spree

[dusk solar]

caps

it was a beautiful 600 words like

[sharp hound]

club they don't have an ncaa team

[dusk solar]

5 words ago

wait no nvm

[cedar kettle]

oh are you trying to transfer?

[dusk solar]

it's 601 words

[plain rover]

everyone in vv was talking about transferring

it wouldn’t be a top pick personally but I’d put it on the list

[cedar kettle]

you're gonna be such a powerhouse on club haha

[cedar kettle]

really?

[dusk solar]

[plain rover]

yeah it was actually kinda crazy

[sharp hound]

ROTC transfer is a blessing in disguise i only get admission help to one school

but it makes me really think why that school instead of shotgunning like i did in HS

[sharp hound]

haha hopefully i can pull a starting spot

[plain rover]

the top of my transfer list would be: columbia, cornell, usc, northwestern and stanford

[sharp hound]

asu club ball is legit

[plain rover]

all of the above are pretty doable except Stanford for transfers

[cedar kettle]

how likely is it for you to transfer through rotc?

[sharp hound]

full of other solid players who didn't wanna play in college

[cedar kettle]

dang ok! should be fun then

[sharp hound]

well...the unit has pull that's slightly more toned down than recruited athletes

[cedar kettle]

r they? (sorry i have no idea how transfers work)

[sharp hound]

i actually got calls from schools after i got my scholarship asking me to go but my decision alr came back and they couldn't help any

[elfin sky]

Transferring is dependent on whether or not the institution wants transfers

[plain rover]

yeah for most fancy name colleges like that, transfer admissions are even more competitive (except for like USC, Columbia, cornell or northwestern)

that too

some years they take transfers

some they don’t

[cedar kettle]

ohhhh

[plain rover]

some mostly take unconventional transfers like cc students, veterans, fgli etc

[elfin sky]

^

[cedar kettle]

so like for some im guessing they save spots for transfers and some its just depending on who leaves?

[elfin sky]

Like pton

[elfin sky]

Yes

Some unis do

some may not

It's just reliant on institutional priorities

[cedar kettle]

wow transfer admissions sounds very confusing

[elfin sky]

Which can also be departmental priorities

[sonic rune]

Lowkey I feel like transferring from a decent 4 year is not worth unless you hate it

[elfin sky]

I agree

[plain rover]

yeah, that’s why I got to test the waters first

also some unis have transfer systems built in and some don’t

[elfin sky]

^

[cedar kettle]

my brain hurts

[plain rover]

ex: cornell and Columbia do, stanford doesn’t which is why they accept like 2% of transfers

[elfin sky]

People get confused why UCs have high transfer rates

[cedar kettle]

j where are you going rn?

[plain rover]

that’s for in state cc’s

[cedar kettle]

if you dont mind me asking

[elfin sky]

Until i tell them about The Big File

[plain rover]

yeah that’s fine, i go to Michigan

[elfin sky]

@plain rover aren't you in ttalk

[plain rover]

Yeah I was

[cedar kettle]

246 PAGES WHY

[plain rover]

But then I successfully negotiated with finaid

[elfin sky]

You wouldn't read 246?

[cedar kettle]

oh nice! why are you thinking of transferring?

[plain rover]

and instead of going to MSU now I’m able to go to Michigan

[elfin sky]

This big file is my lord and saviour

[cedar kettle]

no thats like a whole ass novel

[cedar kettle]

winning!!!

[elfin sky]

Truly one of my favourite reads of all time

[plain rover]

Columbia, Cornell, USC, Northwestern or Stanford

Ohhh

I thought you said where 💀

[cedar kettle]

HELP

[cedar kettle]

to each their own i suppose

[elfin sky]

UCSD could have been called UC La Jolla

[plain rover]

I really need to test the waters first and although I am grateful to have gotten into a good school, AA’s vibe really wasn’t it for me and even tho I was able to get a better deal, the cost still isn’t it

[elfin sky]

@stiff edge

[cedar kettle]

they should have like its literally not in san diego

[elfin sky]

This is literally so fun

[sonic rune]

Are you going to try transferring after your first year?

[cedar kettle]

i hate everything

[plain rover]

yeah prob

[cedar kettle]

WHY DO YOU JUST HAVE THAT SCREENSHOT

[elfin sky]

Whattt

[elfin sky]

I'm reading it rn

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1253144607064064020.gif?size=48&quality=lossless&name=cat_plead

[sonic rune]

Can’t you negotiate w finaid next year too

[cedar kettle]

is this a hobby

[plain rover]

I can try

[elfin sky]

I pray to The Big File everyday

[sonic rune]

Valid

[elfin sky]

Something like that

You could also consider it what i breathe and sleep to every night

[cedar kettle]

uclj actually looks really ugly nvm

[plain rover]

where are you thinking of transferring?

[cedar kettle]

like the j is just unaesthetic

[plain rover]

😡

[cedar kettle]

....soooo a religion?

[cedar kettle]

sorry </3

[elfin sky]

NOO ASTER i'D NEVER

The OC school iirc is UCI

Not sure about the south central coast

[cedar kettle]

my brain hurts again

[elfin sky]

Like I genuinely don't know which school that could be

UCSB already existed at the time

[sonic rune]

I was but the more I thought about it the financial + distance + restarting parts weren’t worth it

[plain rover]

understandable

[sonic rune]

Also the health aspect for me

[cedar kettle]

is it not ucsc

[plain rover]

yeahhh

[elfin sky]

Wait isit

I forgot UCSC existed

😂

[cedar kettle]

ave

[sonic rune]

So I’m not going to transfer as of now unless I hate it which I doubt

[cedar kettle]

😭

[plain rover]

transfer admissions are even rougher than undergrad admissions

[sonic rune]

Ave where are you transferring

[sonic rune]

Fr

[plain rover]

the way I see it for me it’s a 50/50

[elfin sky]

Staying in cc

One more year

[cedar kettle]

also maybe more minor but i feel like socially it would be kinda hard to be in a school you know you're leaving

[plain rover]

I’m either going to enjoy it or hate it

and I really can’t tell which I hate

[elfin sky]

You got this jules

[plain rover]

thanks ave

[elfin sky]

I don't like UCSB

[cedar kettle]

ucla studnets are so happy im sure you'll love it

[elfin sky]

❌

[plain rover]

lol studnets (sorry)

[elfin sky]

WAIT RUBY YOU ARENT A UCLA STUDENT YET

im surrpised

[cedar kettle]

i hate you

[cedar kettle]

WHAT

ucsb is such a vibe

[sonic rune]

Yeah after

[cedar kettle]

actually just remember what ucsb undergrad is like

[elfin sky]

My parents will commute me out every week.

[cedar kettle]

revoking my previous statement

[sonic rune]

That’s true you’d try hard not to get attached

[cedar kettle]

ew

[sonic rune]

Real

[sonic rune]

In a month and a half trust

[cedar kettle]

jesus christ quarter system

wowza

im leaving in like a week wtf

[sonic rune]

Yeah haha

[sonic rune]

Lowkey I like it

[plain rover]

ooo you’re going to UCLA?

[sonic rune]

You’ll def figure it out fast

[cedar kettle]

w for you then

[sonic rune]

Yes!

[plain rover]

fingers crossed

[plain rover]

Sweet

I have a friend who wants to transfer there from another California Uni

[cedar kettle]

yeah j you got this

[sonic rune]

Fr I like taking 3 classes or 4 if I want it’s nice you can vary your load

[sonic rune]

Hope they’re able to! It’s a W

[cedar kettle]

honestly seems kinda nice being able to switch topics often too (i get bored very easily)

i originally really wanted to go to a quarter school ngl

[sonic rune]

Yeah exactly I like that if I don’t like a class lol it’s only ten weeks

[sonic rune]

I was more a fan of semester cause that’s the system I was in in high school but I think I’ll do better in the quarter

[cedar kettle]

condensed suffering <3

[sharp hound]

7 classes 🔥

[cedar kettle]

i did semester in highschool and i really wish i was on quarter

oh well

[sonic rune]

Cause like when it got to finals I wanted to kms but now it’s like less content so

[cedar kettle]

i will never experience the quarter life ig

[sonic rune]

Real

[sonic rune]

Grad school

Idk about law

[cedar kettle]

actually now that i think about it i think i only was admitted into semester schools minus like, ucd and ucsd. wacky

[sonic rune]

But med is generally on quarter

[cedar kettle]

idk either (i should figure that out)

[sonic rune]

You didn’t get into ucla???

[sonic rune]

You’ve got time

[cedar kettle]

true

honestly the temptation to jump into figuring out law school apps rn is so strong

but like that also seems like a terrible thing to focus on for all of college

so im just gonna try and lay that monster to sleep for now

[sonic rune]

Me w med school

[sonic rune]

I’m trying and failing

But like

I’ll just sign up for stuff I like and figure it out

[cedar kettle]

yeah 😭

i literally just joined a law school discord im like, a cringe rising freshman now

[sonic rune]

😭

Oh well

Ahead of the game

[stiff edge]

cool beans

🫘

[elfin sky]

UC La Jolla

[trim sundial]

• COOL BENZ

[merry current]

Halloween im wearing my Yale hoodie that I ordered when I REAd

[cedar kettle]

you should give it to me smh

[merry current]

At harv v yale when we beat y’all

[plain vessel]

I’d get so scared

[cedar kettle]

boooo

[merry current]

Holding a cup of matcha

[plain vessel]

@sharp hound

[plain vessel]

I don’t enjoy matcha.

[cedar kettle]

no </3

wait when is a2dc

[plain vessel]

@sharp hound mf

[sharp hound]

i have no inv perms

i can't

someone locked it cuz of the lore channel

[cedar kettle]

everyone hates me

a2c is against me </3

[vague shale]

as it should be

[honest lynx]

The lore channel is great

I love the lore that’s spilt there

[left anchor]

what is a2dc

[honest lynx]

It’s for big kids I fear

[thorny mortar]

For ur elders

[vague shale]

@left anchor

Me personally

I wouldn’t let someone talk down to me like that

I would be acting up rn

But that’s just me personally

Shut it

[left anchor]

is this for like

graduated

for the elite

[honest lynx]

Yes it’s for the a2elite

Only the top 0.01% of A2C may attend

[left anchor]

how does one acquire such a title

[honest lynx]

First you get old

Then you be active in old people channels

[left anchor]

hell no

[honest lynx]

Ok a2peasant

[left anchor]

how dare you

watch me

ill get old

then ill be active

then we'll see who the real a2peasant is

[honest lynx]

Bro fr called a2owner a peasant

So a2over

[sonic rune]

Lol

[glad torrent]

LA ASIAN FOOD 😳😳

[vague shale]

hell yeah

go piss girl!!

[cedar kettle]

This is disturbing

I’m uncomfortable

Anyways how is the yale-verse doing this fine day

[sharp hound]

all quiet on the western front

[marble peak]

Is Yale essay one just a why interest essay?

Like can I reuse some stuff from another why interest essay for it

[sharp hound]

bad idea

[sharp hound]

it's a why yale i think

[marble peak]

No, the question that asks why you are drawn to an academic area

Not the one about what led you to apply to Yale

[sharp hound]

i wouldn't recommend re-using it

but you technically could

[marble peak]

The question is “Tell us about a topic or idea that excites you and is related to one or more academic areas you selected above. Why are you drawn to it? (200 words or fewer)”

[sharp hound]

it's better to be more yale specific than not yale specific at all

[marble peak]

That’s true

I think I’ll use some similar stuff but maybe try to cater it to Yale

But I also don’t want to seem like I’m pushing Yale in all of my essays idk

Like they said they don’t like people to mention their obscure professors and stiff

Stuff*

[sharp hound]

yeah that's definitely a no

[tough parcel]

mentioning professors that you've never met has always felt so cringe to me

[sharp hound]

well because most ppl don't have a relationship or reason to mention that prof

[marble peak]

I think I’ll just talk about what led me to my interest

[sharp hound]

literally

[dusk solar]

This is on your academic interest

[sharp hound]

and why yale is the best for that

[marble peak]

Okay, so it should be about me and not Yale?

[tough parcel]

like it so comes off like you just googled "[major] professor at [school]" and filled them in like mad libs

[dusk solar]

You, obviously

[sharp hound]

why this area and why you wanna pursue it at yale

[marble peak]

And the Why Yale essay I tried to talk more about myself and then mentioned parts of Yale that I think connect to it

Is that a good strategy overall?

[sharp hound]

the parts about yourself should be the short answers

[marble peak]

This is making me realize that I need to rework some of my GTown essay too

[dusk solar]

Huh

[marble peak]

Since it’s supposed to be about how your experiences led you to apply to Yale

So I talked about things about me and how Yale reflects those

[dusk solar]

Not experiences necessarily, but sure

[marble peak]

Well yeah, traits

[plain vessel]

They just wanna know why you apply

[marble peak]

Alright, and we don’t get a lot of space so I’m sure they’re not expecting a million crazy reasons

Thank you!

[weak lotus]

yes

[dusk solar]

I have a feeling this question is a test of how well you can follow simple instructions

[weak lotus]

no bro why x school essays are basically why you at this school

[weak lotus]

yes

dont listen to these other people

[sharp hound]

wait

i don't think you're understanding what i wrote

the short answers like the 100 character ones are about you

the rest of them just fuckin answer the prompt 😂

why school

why major

etc

[cedar kettle]

Yeah it’s like a why us and not why college essay for a reason; it’s how you are a good fit

[marble peak]

Okay I think I did it right then

I’ll definitely have teachers read all of them though

Especially for Yale since it’s my top choice

[cedar kettle]

R u rea?

[marble peak]

Yes

[cedar kettle]

Nice

[marble peak]

And then EA to Mich and OSU also

[cedar kettle]

Oh yeah I forgot rea only restricts privates

[marble peak]

So I’m focusing on Mich and Yale essays rn

Yeah I’m really glad because I’ll at least know about some schools early

I think Michigan decision isn’t out until January though

Thanks, and you too!

Wait how do you have three acceptances

Rolling?

Ohhhh

That’s still crazy lol

I’m working on multiple at once

So that might be delaying me a bit

But good luck on apps 24 is quite a few!

Are you ED Columbia?

Oooh good luck

I loved the campus

Very secluded from the crazy parts of Manhattan lol

Thanks!

Yeah

But still city access

[dusk solar]

Columbia 😨

[marble peak]

I think I would like living there more than traveling lol

[weak lotus]

why yale or why xyz school is deceiving tho

because when answering, you talk about yourself too

you can talk about how you lile yale’s classes or dining halls or community or wtv but that’s nothing if u don’t bring yourself into the essay

it’s more why you for yale

[sharp hound]

huh interesting take

never thought of it that way

[plain vessel]

thats how ur supposed to answer them

they know abt their classes, community, dining halls

they wanna know why you think you fit in

[sharp hound]

sheesh

good point

[cedar kettle]

What is 3/24?

Omg you’re speeding

3 done already is kinda crazy

Hi solar!

What kind of internship?

Nice!

[crisp tendon]

omg fellow diplomacy internship person

[cedar kettle]

yall does gossip girl also feature yale???

some first year survey i did just asked about it

i think it says something that the only media i have consumed with yale relation is little fires everywhere 💀

[plain rover]

yale is on fire?

guess you can’t go anymore

[cedar kettle]

damn :(

that was a good book though

[plain rover]

have you found stuff to do in New Haven yet

it’s technically in the New York area

[glad torrent]

you can do many fun things in the new haven area like go to cornell!

[plain vessel]

yes LOL

blair wanted to go to yale so bad and got pissed when serena got in over her

[static jay]

foreshadowing 👀

[cedar kettle]

I predict going to nyc or Boston for joy and really only staying on campus in New Haven ngl

[cedar kettle]

Wait is this why a2c Blair was named Blair

[stiff surge]

blair applies early to yale if i remember right

[torn frost]

i wanna go to yale

[stiff surge]

doesnt gilmore girls have yale too

[torn frost]

yeah

thats where || rory ends up going ||

[stiff surge]

yeah i thought so i get gilmore girls and gossip girl confused

[cedar kettle]

apparently yes

im genuinely curious how many yalies have watched those two shows. like am i the only one who lives under a rock who knows

[left anchor]

hop on the bandwagon

shits fire trust

i mean gilmore girls anyway

never watch gossip girl

[proud cosmos]

get ready for the fifteen alt accounts on decision day

[cedar kettle]

High five lol

If you got to yale we can be completely clueless together lol

[plain rover]

are there any pluses to yale rea

[real dagger]

getting an early decision

same as harv

[marble peak]

If you really want to go you’ll find out early

[merry current]

No it’ll crush your heart

[real dagger]

sir

dont scare the children

[cedar kettle]

Are you speaking from experience

[merry current]

Definitely 100% not

[cedar kettle]

I think none of the Yalies active here are

These are the reqs tho

Honestly doesn’t look as heavy as a lot of the other majors I’ve seen? You can also check the course difficulty ranking on yale course table

[glad torrent]

that looks so cool

omg

[cedar kettle]

I will say this major has zero crossover with the premed reqs which is kinda rough

I’m also gonna drop the yale premed guide if you wanna take a look https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LP7YGseYqSJvSYZ5YTQpcTTbQlA4W1JN2bTw39sdwZA/edit?pli=1#heading=h.1022bqk53cjy

[hearty tangle]

shit this was the major i applied for

its a fire major icl

[cedar kettle]

Help 😭

[hearty tangle]

my cousin majored in smth similar to this at harvard

[cedar kettle]

I feel like it’s kinda the perf major for liberal artsy premeds ngl

[hearty tangle]

now she working at harvard library i think

[cedar kettle]

Like I get the appeal

[cedar kettle]

Ooh nice!

[hearty tangle]

it is extremely appealing

history + med SIGN ME UP

TAKE MY MONEY

https://tenor.com/view/tokkiehan-jeongtxt-creditcard-slamming-card-card-slam-gif-22083793

[cedar kettle]

It’s not really that premed 💔

Like as in it doesn’t cover any premed reqs which might make your courseload a little higher

[cedar kettle]

Idk I would say figure this out if/when you get in and have the advisors to figure it out for you. Like dw about it now Yale has crazy flexibility with changing majors

[proud cosmos]

you have to build in time for your clinical hours if you're gunning for med

just to factor that in

[plain rover]

yes

[vague shale]

Blaile University (2024-25) thread

[vague shale]

It’s beautiful

[cedar kettle]

Yup

Yeah we’re not really as pre-prof as some other schools but from what I can tell there is still a strong premed student body that seems to enjoy it anyways

It better carry me

[lean zenith]

nah i applied for hshm too thinking that no one would be interested

i was so wrong

[weak lotus]

ASTERISK

[sharp terrace]

guys since yale ppl are talking about this

whats the difference between pre-health and pre-med

what ive noticed is schools usually offer one track of those

[sonic rune]

Health can be like pre dental, pharmacy, med, physician assistant, vet, etc

[sharp terrace]

ah okay

[cedar kettle]

Asterisk indeed haha

[cedar kettle]

How is yale thread doing

[glad tundra]

planning to start soon frfr

[real dagger]

dead

sorry to break the news

[cedar kettle]

Damn 😔

Maybe we should bring Blair back (pls no)

[cedar kettle]

Gl!

[real dagger]

oh right shes perm banned now

lmfao

keep the thread dead for sanity sake

[cedar kettle]

Wait what

I thought she was temp banned

[real dagger]

not anymore 💀

[cedar kettle]

What happened 😭

[real dagger]

[cedar kettle]

Welp

[sharp hound]

sorry aster there goes yale thread's crown

[static jay]

aster i think you might be the only normal yale kid

[real dagger]

correct

[sharp hound]

agreed

[cedar kettle]

💔

[cedar kettle]

Nah most of them are chill

In retrospect Duke kids asked me for my LinkedIn as a contact and yale kids ask for insta which feels a little more normal (sorry to any dukies who see this)

[real dagger]

i would do this

its efficient

now u have their name

and can thus find their ig

and other socials

[cedar kettle]

Duke said ✨networking ✨

[real dagger]

also i find it funny that "whats ur linkedin" is basically "whats your full name"

[static jay]

j wait a year they’ll all be crazy

[cedar kettle]

Sad

[cedar kettle]

lol true

[real dagger]

wait until late october and they will be feral submitting rea apps

[cedar kettle]

True

So excited for everyone to defrost their inner Blair

[ionic lagoon]

Perm bans for everyone!

[pliant tusk]

why so many comments here i think this has more comments than any other college thread

[glad torrent]

problem child thread

crybaby old people with a misguided superiority complex come here to troll while the actual little kids take the bite and fight over it

meanwhile aster has to deal with it 😢

[elfin sky]

HELLOOOOO

[tawdry fern]

Poor aster 😔

[cedar kettle]

calling vv old people is kinda funny 😭

[cedar kettle]

i'm just here to be an unpaid babysitter </3

[livid fossil]

😨

[glad torrent]

😔

[cedar kettle]

How does it feel tubba

[livid fossil]

It feels sad to be called out

By my number 1 mod

[glad torrent]

not u

actually

sorry tubba u did kind of do this 😢

[glad torrent]

it is ok this is how we learn and grow

if u never know what u did wrong u can never learn

[sharp hound]

that is so accurate 😂

[vague osprey]

this is the funniest shit ive read in a while

[tough parcel]

the prefrosh superiority complex needs to be studied in a lab

it's like when high schoolers start sophomore year and start dumping on freshmen like that wasn't them 4 months ago

[plain vessel]

what superiority complex

[real dagger]

seniors are just cringe

i dont make the rules

[plain vessel]

Not even as a blanket rule it was those two in here

[real dagger]

wait whose the 2nd

[tough parcel]

many such cases

[real dagger]

u sound like felpix

[plain vessel]

Blair and fattoush

to a lesser extent fattoush

They have improved

[plain vessel]

wait yeah exactly

[real dagger]

we do not need another philosopher in a2c please

let us do unphilosophical things

[cedar kettle]

its us coping with the idea we're going to be freshman again in less than a week

we're gonna be bottom of the pecking order again soon sigh

/j

[cedar kettle]

honestly fattouch never really bothered me it was blair that made me have to step away from my computer, breathe, and come back to not say rash things 💀

[real dagger]

freshman is such a bad word

i always say im a first-year

[cedar kettle]

im a frosh u_u

[real dagger]

first-year sounds so professional and astute

[cedar kettle]

frshman

i actually dont think i use first-year often

it sounds like too professional

[real dagger]

freshman sounds like a baby

first-year sounds like ur an adult stepping into a new role

[cedar kettle]

yeah and i need to get babied and carried by the upperclassman because i have no idea what the hell im doing 🤡

[trim sundial]

!rule 1

be nice

[real dagger]

im so nice

[trim sundial]

except to seniors 😔

[sharp hound]

i don't really think im mean until someone says something that pisses me off

[cedar kettle]

Oh really? I don’t think I talked to fattoush as much as Blair so that might just be the reason

[sharp hound]

blair would argue the point

the difference is

[floral merlin]

can we not hate on people not in the server

[sharp hound]

sure

although i don't wanna hit em up to hate

there's hating and then there's hating hella

[cedar kettle]

Ok sorry smirthi 😔

[trim sundial]

smirthi 💀

[static jay]

im so tired of the yale science building

there's never anyone here and it's sad

[cedar kettle]

Why r u at Yale

[unborn sundial]

After doing some more research on the school I'm beginning to like it more tbh

Seems like one school where at least the majority of people aren't complaining about it

[cedar kettle]

Stay off a2c if you want to maintain that idea 😭

[unborn sundial]

💀

Maybe I haven't done enough research then lmao

[marble peak]

I’m staying off of there so I don’t scare myself away from applying to places

[marble peak]

Honestly it’s always going to be what you make of it, at any school

But Yale has excellent opportunities

[unborn sundial]

True, true

[cedar kettle]

Yup yup

[cedar kettle]

There were just some weird Yalies on this server (iirc pretentious) specifically but tbh I haven’t met any Yalies who are like that irl so 🤷

[unborn sundial]

Ah alright

[elfin sky]

Aster

[unborn sundial]

I won't let that scare me off then

[elfin sky]

You’re the only Yale person here

Off the top of my head

[floral merlin]

always remember that rory gilmore chose yale over harvard

yale supremacy

[cedar kettle]

the weird ones i think all got banend or left and im the last one standing

actually no thats not true mr murdock appears occasionally

i think yalies just generally aren't chronically online

i promise im not the weird yalie im very normal and drink the blood of filthy commoners every midnight just like everyone else /j

[livid fossil]

Allie

Alkie

[cedar kettle]

oh yeah true alkie too

[real dagger]

the sophomores are old now its ok to forget them

no one will remember luck either

[cedar kettle]

im leaving for yale tomrrow 🧍

kinda scared ngl

[unborn sundial]

I'm scared just thinking about moving out in a year haha

[static jay]

wait im here

LMFAO

[cedar kettle]

wait are you going to yale???

[static jay]

no

but i'm at yale

[cedar kettle]

how's the weather

[static jay]

bc my parents can't house me rn and my brother's doing an reu

[static jay]

it's alr

rained a lot last week

[cedar kettle]

i was about to berate you for leaving me to handle this thread on my own lmao

[static jay]

it's kind of hot

[static jay]

LMAO

i don't need to do anything for the uchi thread there are so many of us

[cedar kettle]

imagine 😔

[static jay]

wait ok

so i bought a poster today bc my brother thought

it would be really fucking funny for me to write "please talk to me i'm learning public speaking"

and stand in the middle of yale

so if you see someone tmrw in the middle of yale with a big ass poster with those words

come say hi!!

im gonna die

[cedar kettle]

YES so excited

i'll try to find you on campus haha

[plain vessel]

MARS help

That’s so funny

[static jay]

me after four years of debate and two of mock trial

[cedar kettle]

Mars you gotta let me know where you’ll be standing. I’ll make sure your public speaking is so learned

[floral merlin]

chat is this rizz

[marble peak]

Yale basic questions done

Except for the one about living in multiple cities I need to get that done once I apply

[cedar kettle]

YAY!!!!

[cedar kettle]

I do not remember this q what

[static jay]

assume it’s the common app question

aster are you flying in from cali

[cedar kettle]

Yup

Flying into nyc because New Haven airport is baby small

[glad tundra]

i mean theres BDL

[cedar kettle]

Honestly, no idea what BDL is 😭

[glad tundra]

bradley international airport (ct "big" airport) lol

[cedar kettle]

Oohhhh

[marble peak]

Does Yale view an ACT superscore negatively or is it about the same as a composite?

[plain vessel]

Same

Not about the same

The same

[marble peak]

Oh thank you

I’ll probably apply EA then

For the chronological list, should the years only go up to when I started secondary school?

[dark verge]

sk

skull emoji bruv

[marble peak]

Bro I’m just really overthinking everything

[dark verge]

this could also go in #🌻-app-questions lol

[marble peak]

Yeah

I’m gonna scratch the question I think it’s self explanatory

[cedar kettle]

IM ON YALE CAMPUS THIS IS SURREAL

Like idk if I’m excited or nervous I just feel confused how I got here 😭

[plain vessel]

yay

[marble peak]

Ahh that’s amazing, congrats

[unborn sundial]

Hopefully you have a great year!!

[cedar kettle]

Oh btw Kirk when is your move in?

[crisp tendon]

i hope u have so so so much fun at yale congrats on getting there <3

[plain vessel]

Next month

Sept 17

[cedar kettle]

Same to you for Williams!!!! Have fun at tutorials (so sad we don’t have them)

[cedar kettle]

Ohhh yeah yall are on quarter

[weak lotus]

lmk if you meet my friend jaela

[crisp tendon]

chris when r u moving in

[weak lotus]

5 DAYS WOOO

wbu mimi

[crisp tendon]

AAAA EXCITING

9 days for me !!

[weak lotus]

woooooo

are you excited

[cedar kettle]

Will do 🫡

[quick galleon]

5 days for me

[weak lotus]

bro wants to be included so bad

[real dagger]

the hating is crazy

i'd never hate on princeton

personally lava, i wouldnt take that

[crisp tendon]

super

im so bored at home

[static jay]

NICEEEE

i’m back on monday btw

[floral merlin]

damn so early

idk why but harv feels like it would be a quarter school

[unborn sundial]

Early?

Our uni started last week lmao

[floral merlin]

nah i start in 3 days

[floral merlin]

i was referring to this

[plain vessel]

they start classes Sept 3

[floral merlin]

still sem

[weak lotus]

what even is a quarter school loll

like do they have 4 terms just like high school

[floral merlin]

yeah fall winter spring summer

[proud cosmos]

erm its actually called autumn quarter

[plain vessel]

depends on the high school but in college we have 3 main quarters and then a summer quarter no one takes classes in

[weak lotus]

ohh i see

[weak lotus]

makes sense

[left anchor]

wait im cooking on my supplementals

[marble peak]

I hope that I cooked

[plain vessel]

Yay

[cedar kettle]

Popping by to check how the future Yalies are doing

[sharp hound]

banned

typical yalies

[cedar kettle]

dang even solar isnt active lol

[static jay]

fr

the library is so big aster

i’m actually so annoyed

[cedar kettle]

Sterling?

[static jay]

yes

[cedar kettle]

The libraries here are so pretty I need to explore more of them tbh

All the rescos have their own

[static jay]

i spent so much time exploring sterling today that i didn't get any of my shit done

[static jay]

are you fucking serious

[cedar kettle]

yes

there's also more libraries idk where they are

oh we also have the rare manuscripts one

and the basement one

[marble peak]

Hoping I get in

I would love to be deferred

But app is in like two months it feels crazy

[cedar kettle]

Deferral and waitlists are the worst ngl 😭

[marble peak]

I wouldn’t want to be waitlisted but I’d like a deferral to think that they at least looked at my app and stuff lol

I definitely don’t think I’ll get in, but a deferral at least leaves me in the running maybe too idk

[cedar kettle]

Ah makes sense. Also have some hope! You never know

[marble peak]

That’s true

But every time I tell people I’m applying I feel like such a phony and idk why lol

[unborn sundial]

Same

It's at the point where whenever someone asks where I'm applying I just say my state uni

Don't need expectations

[dry talon]

Im prolly not gonna tell anyone where I‘m applying as well

I heard some of the seniors discussing another senior who was applying to ivies and it was tough to listen to

I do not want them talking about me like that

[cedar kettle]

Lowkey I was a weirdo who just kept it a secret. I just said I was still deciding which worked 🤷

[cedar kettle]

Ngl senior college drama can get so icky. If your friends are chill I recommend just not talking about it and treating hanging out with friends more as a break from it

[unborn sundial]

Yeah I like that as well haha

[dry talon]

they said they wanted to bash his head in bro it was crazy

[stiff surge]

sorry ive been lurking this whole time but this is bonkers

[dry talon]

obviously not serious but immediately followed up by „he‘s not that good we‘re better“ and putting him down

i was trying not to look behind me bc they were sitting right behind me

[unborn sundial]

No way 💀

[dry talon]

i think one of them has the sat on saturday too

[unborn sundial]

I'm glad my school isn't hyper competitive

[dry talon]

my school also isnt hyper competitive

idk what fhose kids were on bro

[unborn sundial]

I mean it definitely is but everyone in my grade is pretty good friends with each other at this point

I do go to a small school though

[dry talon]

yeah mine is pretty small too

so we all know each other basically by name

[unborn sundial]

Yikes

[dry talon]

Yeah

I hope my cohort is fucking normal about apps next year

Most of the kids ik in my ap classes are incredibly normal so i have high hopes

[cedar kettle]

Yeah I think it’s also important to know everyone’s really stressed which can make them not act like themselves. Not that it’s acceptable, but most people don’t mean what they say and are just coping with the stress by lashing out

[merry sable]

what is yale's scea policy? cuz i spoke to my neighbor who applied to yale last year ea, but was also able to apply to northwestern ea?

yeah i was confused too, maybe i misheard?

[cedar kettle]

They broke the rules

This is correct

[floral merlin]

northwestern doesn't have ea btw

lying outta their ass

[sharp hound]

it lets them but they're not allowed to

[left anchor]

bro yale has such a cool classical guitar program

the professor looks like a real chiller

[cedar kettle]

we do?

dang we're so cool

honestly makes sense though. we have one of the best music graduate programs because its tuition free which helps the undergrads.

[marble peak]

Do they have opportunities for undergrads to practice? I love piano but I can’t see how I could work on it if I go there

[cedar kettle]

yeah! we have practice rooms in i think all of the rescos. lots of people also just practice on one of the bajillion steinways on campus in the common rooms and whatnot. there are also individual music lessons if you're interested in that (https://yalemusic.yale.edu/undergraduate/individual-instrument-voice-lessons)

yale is a super musical campus for whetver reason. i think out of the people ive asked like, 80% of them have been musicians of some sort which is kinda wild

i think if you're in a music program or have a friend who can break you in there are better practice rooms somewhere (idk much about these dont quote me on this)

[marble peak]

Ahhh thank you so much

This makes me want to go there even more

[cedar kettle]

np!

[cedar kettle]

fyi most colleges have all these resources actually

[marble peak]

Okay that’s good to know as well

[cedar kettle]

minus the musical students thing thats actually mildly unusual

we have so many

[left anchor]

yeah im thinking of getting a BA/MM

at least at yale

or trying to apply to get one

[static jay]

are you a classical guitarist

[cedar kettle]

Ooh nice! Yeah I heard that program is really great. One of my friends is trying to transfer into it

[left anchor]

yah

14 years so far

[cedar kettle]

dang?! That’s so cool

[hallow zealot]

Yo can anyone who went through the Yale interview tell me like what they asked about

[static jay]

j a conversation

iirc

also least important part of app process

getting a yale interview matters but what you say in it doesn’t really

[hallow zealot]

I heard Yale is the school that cares most of their interviews and recs no?

[plain vessel]

not for yale

[static jay]

not for harvard

yale it just matters if you get the interview

doesn’t matter what you say in it

[plain vessel]

Logically this makes no sense

Why would they make interviews selective and not care what you say in it

[static jay]

interest

why would they place any faith into the account of a random alum

[plain vessel]

They do not care lol

[plain vessel]

It's not a super standardized process

[cedar kettle]

It’s a convo it’s different every time

Like I somehow talked about etymology the whole time

They usually ask all the basic questions like what are your academic interests and describe yourself and everything else is a free for all

[left anchor]

how long is it?

and how often do those happen

[hallow zealot]

was there a question that stood out to u or was difficult to answer

[cedar kettle]

Nah my Yale interview especially was just a convo where we were just bouncing ideas off each other

Like true discussion vibes

Also the hard q’s are usually unique to each interviewer

Like it’s their own favorite quirky question

[hallow zealot]

is there a way to like mess up or like a red flag they see

besides like lying and stuff

[marble peak]

If I apply a little earlier is there a better chance of an interview?

Or is it better just to wait

[left anchor]

helloooo yalies

[elfin sky]

Yale chat up

[left anchor]

who up handsoming their dan

no handsome dan

the dog

[cedar kettle]

Rea almost all get interviews I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Give it extra time if it helps you make sure your supps are more polished

Hi future Yalies!

[marble peak]

Thanks!

Do you think it would be worth asking a Yale student that I kinda know to check my supps?

[plain rover]

for current yale students is new haven as bad as ppl make it out to be

[cedar kettle]

I mean anybody looking over your supps might be helpful. Just be discerning in accepting advice

[cedar kettle]

Not really