Yale University (2024-2025)

[thick ermine]

man i hate college exams

[autumn hedge]

my calc 2 teacher is an ex prof at a local university

our first exam

[agile finch]

yep

[autumn hedge]

was a old exam he used to give at the university

not fun

[thick ermine]

my calc 2 prof was goated

love him fr

[autumn hedge]

mine is a yapper bro

[thick ermine]

my calc 3 prof, i never really knew

cause i never went to his lectures

its a 730

[autumn hedge]

he has talked more about Mcdonalds, the deepstate and about history than integration

[thick ermine]

im not doing allat

[steel notch]

7:30 class wtf

[thick ermine]

yep purdue has 730 am classes

[steel notch]

Bro if my schedule doesn’t say PM then I don’t want it

[thick ermine]

i went to lecture for the first mont of last semester

[autumn hedge]

i just wanna be able to wake up at 8am

[thick ermine]

id wake up at 630

[autumn hedge]

that's it

[thick ermine]

it didnt last

now i wake up at 11

thats why im up

cause my first class is so late

[steel notch]

I start school at 9:30 am rn bc of off periods

And I still come tardy everyday

[thick ermine]

i love college

like i can wake up at 1030

[autumn hedge]

yeah, same

[thick ermine]

and nobody gives a damn

[autumn hedge]

it's been so good for my sleep

[steel notch]

Yea fr

Junior year I woke up at 6:30am for the last time

💀

[autumn hedge]

i still occasionally gotta wake up early

5am, hate it here

[steel notch]

Wow for what

[autumn hedge]

I gotta commute and because of early morning exercise

that's actually what im probably gonna lock in and focus on these few remaining months

If im gonna do cs and spend countless nights sitting down coding, I better be healthy

[steel notch]

So real

I need to get fit before college

[thick ermine]

my friends in cs are so mentally cooked

ive seen cs seniors

they just souless

its so funny

[autumn hedge]

Eh, I feel like I've already been introduced to what cs is

so hopefully I'll have a soul

[autumn hedge]

yup

[latent mulch]

natl security is still hiring and that probably isnt gonna change

[slender marten]

Literally best of the best engineer or researchers get distinguished. Those are the people you don't want to have leave the company

[meager berry]

Do you think yale is generous with fin aid, when it comes to international students?. Most international student In yale, that I know are from feeder schools and rich af, I know yale is need blind for both domestic and int students, but I never got to meet a int student who's on financial aid, do they exist?

[dusky bough]

they do exist

you just need to get into yale first which is a feat on its own

and rich intl students typically have more resources that help them get into yale

[plain rover]

i'm gonna crash out

if i don't get a yale interview

[latent mulch]

me lmfao

plenty of internationals are on finaid

where r u from? it varies a lot by country

[devout mulch]

well ig its time to start my countdown timer

[acoustic python]

i just got a yale interview--which is super late--and its also with a current senior. does the timing and the fact that it isnt an alum mean anything?

[agile finch]

!bgastro

[sterile briar]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[agile finch]

but good luck and do well!

[acoustic python]

haha thankss

[civic horizon]

SENIOR?

wtf

bruh ur in

congrats

im p sure senior is a rlly rlly good sign

[civic horizon]

LMFAO

hopefully this is me please yale request me an interview with a senior 🙏

[bold current]

Please yale

[slate cradle]

so did I!!!

I know I never spoke here but I just needed to say that hope isn't lost!!!

[slate cradle]

also this is the funniest thing ever

[civic horizon]

@slate cradle @acoustic python are u guys domestic?

[civic horizon]

u got a senior asw?

wtf congrats

i heard thats a rlly rlly good sign

[slate cradle]

nah I got alumni like normal

[civic horizon]

oh

thats still rlly good

[slate cradle]

but interview so late I got happy

[civic horizon]

congrats

[slate cradle]

hopefully it'll happen to you

thanks

[civic horizon]

ur domestic?

[slate cradle]

and yeah domestic

[civic horizon]

east coast?

[slate cradle]

yeah

[civic horizon]

shoot alr keeping my fingers crossed for an interview

when is it

tmrw?

i heard reports due 6

[plain rover]

did you get an alum interview?

as well? lik ebefore

[stiff merlin]

I also got a senior student interview Yale 25’ idk if it means smth like ppl in this chat say or cuz my area has no Yale alumni. I’m from mass btw and Yale defer

[autumn hedge]

Hopefully it’s a good sign

[stiff merlin]

There’s people that get alum AND senior 😭😭😭

I thought it was availability

Idk tbh I

[autumn hedge]

Nah

If it’s really a good sign, then it’s not about that

It’s better than not getting a interview at least

[stiff merlin]

Oh yea def

Ik Yale and Harvard and Duke prescreen

But I didn’t get Harvard or Duke interview tho

[autumn hedge]

Yeah, I think I’m cooked for those 2

I also didn’t

[stiff merlin]

Same lmao

My friend just got Harvard interview today

[autumn hedge]

It might just be an auto admit thing tho

[stiff merlin]

From same school

[autumn hedge]

Or that too

My area also I doubt has any harvard alumni and shit lol

[stiff merlin]

Yea so apparently I want apart of this batch

Bro I’m mass

We def have alum for Harvard everywhere

[autumn hedge]

True, but I mean, it’s trickier than it seems

Some alum don’t give af about doing interviews

[stiff merlin]

Perhaps we hv too many applicants

[autumn hedge]

Others ghost

And then there are lots of applications

Yeah

[stiff merlin]

And not enough alum

Ye

Cuz most r in person

[autumn hedge]

Plus imagine trying to coordinate all of that

It’s weird though, the only interview I had was for yale, no other. I mean, I got my upenn convo

But that doesn’t rlly count

[acoustic python]

yup

[acoustic python]

nah this the first interview request ive had for yale

[plain rover]

i see

region?

[acoustic python]

south

[plain rover]

i see, good luck!

[acoustic python]

lol wait was the interview after ur deferral

[stiff merlin]

No before

I never got alum tho

So prob alum and senior must be a rlly good sign

Like both of them

Never heard of anyone here tho yet

[dusky bough]

senior is the same as regular alum p sure

it says they give u a senior because no alumni availability

[stiff merlin]

yea i think that too

cuz i never got harvard/duke prescreen and i live pretty close

[acoustic python]

yea but i was also a little confused bc im from a big city

[dusky bough]

i also got a senior

just have the interview and try not to stress

i lowk loved my senior interview it was really easy to connect

since you are closer in age

[acoustic python]

do u have any tips?

[plain viper]

people 50+ get so bad

[dusky bough]

just be yourself

[plain viper]

20-30 is ideal interviewer

[dusky bough]

be confident in ur abilities

[acoustic python]

ok tysmm

[dusky bough]

the questions mine asked me were

day in my life, favorite intellectual experience, what has shaped you as a leader, biggest challenge

[midnight aspen]

r u the same nicole who spams reddit chance me

lmao

[dusky bough]

i would make sure to prepare why yale with specific details but they might not ask u

[devout bison]

uhh like making posts?

[midnight aspen]

yea

[devout bison]

i have one up

[midnight aspen]

oh

[devout bison]

i usually dm ppl tho not comment or make posts

[midnight aspen]

i swear ive seen you on Canadian chance me like 4 times 😭

[plain viper]

canadian chanceme!??

[devout bison]

what the heck 😭

[dusty mist]

By any chance, has anyone heard about internationals from LATAM getting interviews?

[civic horizon]

YALE INTERVIEW PLEASE 🙏 everyone here who didnt get a yale interview will get one tn or tmrw morning

[plain viper]

I don’t want one

i’m more annoyed about 24 days till decisions

[civic horizon]

u get an interview alr?

im p sure no interview u have a HIGH (not 100%) chance of getting rejected unless ur in the 9% of that 2200 that get admitted

[plain viper]

yes and I don’t really care about being rejected

I did everything I can, it doesn’t really matter whether I end up in New Haven, Stamford, NYC, New Brunswick or Amherst

[plain rover]

umass amherst?

[civic horizon]

oh thats a good mindset im tryna be like u

fellow rutty admit?

[plain viper]

I am

[plain rover]

yea if i don't get into a good school i'm js gonna kms

[plain viper]

probably going to uva tho

[plain rover]

but i also aspire to be like y'all

ayy i'm a uva admit too

r u a bus major

[plain viper]

economics

[plain rover]

nice

[plain viper]

Uva doesn’t have business

[plain rover]

r u gonna try to do macyintire

[plain viper]

I’d try to get into mcintire tho

commerce avg salary after grad is 98k

i need bank 🤑

[plain rover]

nice me too i'd try that after if i went there

uva so nice bro 😦

[plain viper]

DC consulting scene is 🔥

[plain rover]

it's also good for ib

if ur interested in that

[plain viper]

love uva

[plain rover]

also did u apply to alum scholarships

[plain viper]

part of the reason why i didn’t care about the yale rejection

[plain viper]

nah, I didn’t get echols either

[plain rover]

u got rejected rea?

what's echols

did u have to apply for that

[plain viper]

Uva honors is echols, no money but you get priority registration

[plain rover]

bro i thought i was cooked for uva ea when i got rejected from jefferson completely

[plain viper]

every admit was automatically considered

[plain rover]

like no interview either

[plain viper]

some ppl made jefferson finalist and didn’t get in

[plain rover]

really

that's crazy imo

[plain viper]

i’m like 1/4 on t30s rn tho lol

[plain rover]

wdym

oh

i'm slow

[plain viper]

rejected by the other 3 lol

not yale tho

[plain rover]

i thought u got 25% of t30s

[plain viper]

but no yale interview is badddddd

[plain rover]

yea same

[plain viper]

I cared more about duke interview tho

[plain rover]

no yale interview

i didn't get duke either

[plain viper]

and I got that one

[plain rover]

i didn't get any of the prescreen ones unfortunately

[plain viper]

duke is confusing, when I read the website it didn’t look like they had prescreening

[plain rover]

right

[plain viper]

it seemed like priority deadline then random interviewing

[plain rover]

also i'm not sure if they still do the priority deadline thing

did u apply anywhere rea/ed

[plain viper]

uva is good enough tho

[plain rover]

nah i can't go tho

[plain viper]

yeah rejected by penn

[plain rover]

aw they missing out

[plain viper]

why?

[plain rover]

oh it's js too expensive unfortunately

i didn't see that i was ineligible for aid like a dumbass

[plain viper]

I applied to penn cuz of the consulting outcomes and salaries, didn’t vibe with it

[plain rover]

i js ran the NPC and like added it to my list 💀

yeah

but intls don't

[swift loom]

hi

[plain rover]

and go to a US school

[swift loom]

no yale inteview so im coooked

[plain rover]

bruhhhh

opps

[plain viper]

hell naw

[plain rover]

it is

trust

it's either that or

if ur doing consulting

perhaps perhaps perhaps

nah bro consulting and climb the ladder to partner

just aim for 2 mill/yr

aim high

[plain viper]

i don’t think even MBB pays like that

[plain rover]

hedge funds PMs, MDs, and quant PMs

[plain viper]

how many schools do u hv left?

[plain rover]

14

[plain viper]

i have 13 too lol

[plain rover]

i wouldn't consider colby in them tho, i only applied cus it's free

so tchniccally 13

[plain viper]

but like 8 are on 27th march

[plain rover]

idk what else except ivies are on 27th

[plain viper]

duke

colby is nice tho

[plain rover]

ok so six on that day

colby doesn't feed into tech though

and cs education is subpar there from what i've heard

[plain viper]

No LAC is goated for CS except harvey mudd

I only applied to williams

[plain rover]

amherst kind of cooks in cs though

[plain viper]

williams is like the yale of LACs

[bold current]

HARVEY MUDDDD

[plain viper]

forgot about them

[plain rover]

50% of amherst is cs and math

from what i've heard from a person who goes there

don't know how true that is htough

[plain viper]

I thought Amherst has econ majors too like willy

[plain rover]

probably

amherst feeds into IB

so :)))

if i get in

but idk i'll have to really decide

cus if state school is free, i cud just go get a phd at a good school later

[plain viper]

I like the freedom of LACs but I wish they were a bit bigger

kinda why I like Brown and Yale

[plain rover]

the only thing that prevents me from going to my state school are the people there

i hated the atmosphere if i'm being real

so highschooly

when i toured and stuff

[plain viper]

real, i feel like no debt undegrad -> save money for jd/mba is optimum

[plain rover]

i just want to be somewhere insanely competitive

like mit or princeton

[plain viper]

I won’t get aid anywhere so I’m still considering my state school

[plain rover]

and idk if my state school has competition like that

you get instate for rutgers right

[plain viper]

I do

UVA is more prestigious tho

[plain rover]

RBS still feeds fwiw

their SOF program is good

[plain viper]

I applied to SAS econ

[plain rover]

it's a club that feeds into IB kind of

[plain viper]

RBS avg salaries are low for nyc tho

[slender marten]

my local bridge club is insanely competitve.

[plain viper]

hello princeton unc

[plain rover]

lol what's a bridge club

[plain rover]

rly

[plain viper]

it’s like low 80k

[plain rover]

what???

that's crazy

should be higher

https://myrbs.business.rutgers.edu/students/undergraduate/undergraduate-new-brunswick/student-organizations/scholars-finance

[slender marten]

smart people card game

[plain rover]

valid

[warm plume]

blackjack mogs

[slender marten]

You wish

[meager berry]

@latent mulch I belong to South Asia, did you stated that you require financial aid on common app? I heard that even if schools say they are need blind they still look down on applicants seeking aid especially if they are international.

[slender marten]

I got into school while checking the aid box. My parents told me good thing you got in, otherwise they would've blamed the check box for why I didn't get in 🤷‍♂️

[meager berry]

Congrats, which school?

[slender marten]

Princeton

So I belive need blind means need blind

[meager berry]

That's amazing. Are you int?

[slender marten]

No

Based on my experience, need blind is real

[meager berry]

For domestic students I think it is,

[slender marten]

I don't think the people reading the applications look at that part of the application at all

It's just hard to get in as an international, regardless of financial situation

Which country are you from?

[meager berry]

My doubt arise from alot of people saying that they aren't actually need blind to international students, like even if a int student is looking for aid, and the school is need blind, the AOs can still guess if the student requires aid or not based on their personal experience or the typa school they go to and stuff like that. This is what I heard from a bunch of college students and this thought is low key hunting me lol

[slender marten]

I mean, as an individual applicant, I'm not sure it matters. Your financial situation is your financial situation, that's not going to change just because you checked a box. You are accepted into a school based on your merits and your ability to contribute to the school in some way (intellectually, socially, athletically, etc.)

[meager berry]

Yeah, after all there's nothing we can do about it anyway. I should just try to control my overthinking

[slender marten]

it's a good life skill/mental habit to not worry too much about the things you don't have control over

and focus on the things you do have control over

[plain rover]

fwiw there was a video of a QB applicant reviewing his Yale application file, and they noted his EFC in the notes

so it may not be completely "blind"

i think it was the elevatEd dude

[slender marten]

what's EFC?

[plain rover]

estimated family contribution

oh sorry

not EFC

QB INC

but i suppose that could be important for context?

and i've heard that QB admissions prioritizes lower income QB applicants as well

but that's from my friend who is QB

he got deferred everywhere, and a contributing reason could be higher income compared to average QB applicant

but i'm not sure how QB works

[slender marten]

He simply may not have been a compelling candidate compared to other QB applicants

[plain viper]

quizbowl /s

[slender marten]

Just in the 60-80 essays I've read here, I've probably read 5-7 that are, "I worked for my parents restaurant"

[plain viper]

what are the best/worst premises you’ve read?

[slender marten]

the best essays are unique and personal, the worst are generic

[agile finch]

yeah

[agile finch]

usually its only a positive thing

[meager mango]

According to Reddit, yale is starting to audit

[bold current]

Fin aid or ecs

[meager mango]

ECs and recs rn

[bold current]

Oooo

[plain rover]

i might go see a therapist atp ☠️

questioning my entire existence

[ebon goblet]

interesting

[autumn hedge]

Finally got my first oficial aid estimate, I cried a little at the thought of being loan free so thank you Yale🙏

[hollow pond]

i think i found out why i didnt get a yale interview till now

wait why cant i send a picture

[sharp mesa]

you need to be like level 3 or 5 or something

[hollow pond]

lemme grind levels and ill be back

where do i check my level

[bold current]

You just have to have the perms role

Just keep typing

[stable crescent]

how come

[stiff merlin]

This was me but my efc was more than 0 for Yale and mit

[stiff merlin]

Even if ur qualified Yale won’t match w u if efc not 0

Same w mit

[plain viper]

portal astrology

I’m a cancer

[bold current]

WHATT SAMEWW

[plain viper]

i think cancer = rejection

they want capricorns

[bold current]

They hate cancers?

Ableist

[livid pier]

🦀 gang

[plain viper]

you’re a crustacean?

[livid pier]

yes

[plain rover]

oh wow

that’s news

[proper gulch]

Hey guys
Did Yale send css fee waivers for intls? I haven’t received anything until now and I don’t know if I should be worried or just keep waiting

Also do they tell you if they aren’t going to be providing it? Or just keep u in the dark lol

[devout mulch]

i don't think schools themselves can give out CSS fee waviers

that's with college board

[proper gulch]

Oh but they sent me an email about it when i sent the application

Thank you for contacting Undergraduate Financial Aid. We will begin reviewing requests for CSS Profile fee payment codes beginning in February for Regular Decision applicants. Currently, the offices of admission and financial aid do not require the CSS profile to proceed with evaluating your applications for admissions and financial aid eligibility. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

[devout mulch]

ahh okay yea I would follow up with them especially if you haven't heard from them since

[proper gulch]

Okayyy thank you

Bro how am i supposed to follow up 😭😭like do i just go “are u gonna give me a fee waiver or nah?” Like help

[devout mulch]

Dear ___
I am reaching out to follow up on my request for a CSS Profile fee waiver. I wanted to check if there are any updates regarding my request or if any additional information is needed from me.

Please let me know if there are any next steps I should take. I appreciate your time and assistance.

something like that, but you can tweak it

[devout mulch]

or do that

[proper gulch]

Thank youu

[devout mulch]

np, good luck to you

[latent mulch]

has anyone here read ninth house by leigh bardugo?

wondering how it portrays yale, seems like a cool book

[cerulean whale]

Funnily enough this was actually a question in the '29 admitted discord lol

[tawdry viper]

im a capricorn, but im getting rejected too

[autumn hedge]

I gotta do the verification form but im too lazy tbh

[dusky bough]

what verification form

it takes like 2 mins lol

[autumn hedge]

Oh rlly?

Oh

I thought it would be more in detail

[hollow pond]

yale association dubai has vacant seats

they dont even have a head chair

[plain rover]

Hey, in my mid-year report I got 1 B, but I had a family death at the time. My trimester 2 grade in that class is an A+, can I update Yale on that specific class? I cannot send the report card as they come out next week, but the trimester has finished. I never got a yale interview...

[coarse juniper]

Guys is it still worth it to update the uni if I made usamo (if so should I do it on portal or by email)

[tired token]

am I cooked if my counselor received an email to verify ecs

[bold current]

Thats a good sign some say

[tired token]

how so? 😭

[bold current]

As they are actually considering you

[tired token]

ah ic I was just scared if they were suspicious of anything when I didn’t lie on my app 😭

[bold current]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/8YhFkTdM9Q

[dusky bough]

by portal

[proper gulch]

Guys Yale replied to my email saying they aren’t going to provide a css fee waiver 😭😭 is this a bad sign help

Trying to cope rn

[bold current]

I dont think its a sign of anything

As like wasnt fin aid due at the beginning of feb?

[proper gulch]

Yeah but they sent me an email saying they don’t need the CSS for evaluation and that they were going to consider fee waivers

[bold current]

They were?

Then idk 😭

Do you want me to tell u ur cooked 😭

[proper gulch]

😦

Idk how to feel rn bro

[stable crescent]

ohhh

didn’t know u were irl

intl

[ruby marten]

if yale sent me a thing ab missing finaid documents is that a good or bad sign

IDOC hasn't processed

[bold current]

Maybe good

[bold current]

They havent asked for idoc or idoc isnt on ir portal?

[ruby marten]

they haven't processed yet

i'm lazy with finaid even tho i rlly need it 😭

[bold current]

Oh

😭

[ruby marten]

is that a good sign tho

or a bad one

[dusky bough]

it’s no sign

admissions is separate from fin aid office

[ruby marten]

oh

[dusky bough]

!bgastro

[sterile briar]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[meager mango]

Ur in

[ruby marten]

I JUST GOT A SENIOR INTERVIEW FEOM YALE

is that a good sign

[bold current]

OMG

maybe so

[neon violet]

AA OMGG

[bold current]

This late

[ruby marten]

is that a good sign???

i'm away and won't be back in town until next week uhh

[bold current]

I would think so

[livid pier]

Yayy congrats

It is a good sign

[latent mulch]

i think so? its pretty late on..

[latent mulch]

oh nice, there's a college tea with her today at murray, i was at a dinner with her last night

never read the book(s) and was the only person in the room who hadn't, i'm pretty sure lol

[tired token]

wait you joking or nah?

[marsh heart]

its not a guarentee but its a good sign

at least thats what others told me

[tired token]

awesome sauce

[meager mango]

Everyone who’s gotten audited in past got in

[marsh heart]

i hope so omg 😭 🙏

[meager mango]

Did u get one

[marsh heart]

not for yale but for columbia

they called my counselor

[rigid vault]

are only audited ppl accepted?

[marsh heart]

no

[rigid vault]

there are ppl who they dont audit who they do accept right?

[marsh heart]

definitely not

[rigid vault]

yeah

[marsh heart]

auditing is very rare 😭

[rigid vault]

okok ☠️

[marsh heart]

some schools do random auditing of a select portion of their applicant pool (iirc yale does) so getting audited isnt always a sign

[rigid vault]

ohh

[marsh heart]

but for the most part, if AO's take time out of their busy schedules to personally call/contact your counselor to ask about you its usually a good sign

but you dont have to get audited to get in

[tawdry viper]

they sent me that too, but im pretty sure im getting rejected anyway LOL

[slender marten]

why would the waste their time/effort/resources in auditing a student who isn't attending?

[plain rover]

How much does supplementals factor? My supps were good but I re read them and my short takes got cut off

Like they are missing the last period on each sentence

Also has anyone gotten into Yale without interview

[marsh heart]

yes

[marsh heart]

if it only the period was cut off i wouldnt worry about it

but supplementals/essays do matter a lot

[plain rover]

Also the last letter of 1 word but like u knew what it was

And there were some capitalization errors 💀💀

Lit Yale was my worst supplemental essays idk what happened

[hollow pond]

no wonder i didnt get any yale interviews

the entire organization is empty in my region

[agile finch]

LMAO

[latent mulch]

they finalise decisions basically the night before they come out

anyone on the fence is getting audited as well

[latent mulch]

its under yale club of uae im pretty sure

[loud jackal]

50% of why I applied to Yale bc of this book LOL

[violet trellis]

did anyone from massachussetts get an interview?

[daring cave]

not me 😛

[autumn hedge]

Rip, but again it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Could be they saw enough and auto admitted you without needing an interview

[daring cave]

LOL im praying thats the case for me but my ass is so getting rejected 💀

[autumn hedge]

Nah trust, you’re getting in

If you are confident enough, then the world will have no choice but to ensure you get in

[daring cave]

ur so right 💯 💯 yale wants me

[stable tide]

Nope 💔💔💔

[plain rover]

It’s quite hard to get in without interview. I didn’t get one but just letting you know about 90% of admits get an interview…so take that what you will. I hope we all get in but I’m just setting LOW expectations

No expectations

it's ok yale needs us

we don't need yale

[meager mango]

This number needs more context

This includes athletes

I remember reading that the percentage of non athletes who got in w/o interview is <5% of admits

[plain rover]

do u remember where u read that

[plain rover]

that's around 100

would it be safe to assume that a significant portion of these 100 get likely letters?

[meager berry]

Anyone here who started college in their 20s?

[meager mango]

Yale News reported that 75%+ do yeah

[meager mango]

I think Yale News somehwere

[plain rover]

alr so i'm cooked 💀

[meager mango]

Athlete number is prolly around 200 I’d assume

[meager berry]

Fostering animal or baby sitting which is the cool EC

[meager mango]

Both are great

[bold current]

I thought likely ppl get interviews

All of the ones i talked to did

[plain rover]

yes, but i'd assume a significant portion of people who were admitted without interviews recieved a likely letter

[bold current]

Ahh

[plain rover]

because then the "auto-admit" status would make sense

because my friend got an AO interview over zoom

so if they really wanted you they would interview you

[devout mulch]

no, likelies also get interviews

ik one guy said he recived a likely after his interview

[steel notch]

nah i received a likely right after my interview

my interview prob sealed my likely send lol

[plain rover]

no but this is all anecdotal

i would speculate that if you got admitted without an interview, then you are an automatic admit. therefore, you would be eligible for a likely right

unless no interview acceptance ≠ auto-admit

debunking a myth here

[devout mulch]

nah, they only give like less than 100 likelies a yr, and way more people get in without interviews

[plain rover]

^

5% of 2100 is around 100

obviously it depends on the validity of that statement

[devout mulch]

wait are you all using rd stats, or scea..
cause most of the atheletes get in early

and they release likelies during the rd round

so i guess is depends rlly

[plain rover]

not sure, but rka said that 5% of non-athletes that get in do not receive interview

so (2100-200) * 0.05 = 95, which i would expect to have a nonempty intersection with people who have recieved likelies

[autumn hedge]

I got my likely before the interview technically, when I was on call I there commented the fact that the day before I had my interview and they expressed surprise at that.

So it can happen

So no one is inherently cooked or saved for not having or having an interview… though hearing back from a university regarding an interview is always nice

[devout mulch]

oh, well you were who i was referring too, mb

but I was kinda saying that getting a likely didn't mean that you weren't gonna get/didn't need an interview

[autumn hedge]

Oh, mb. It’s late and didn’t fully read the thread lol

[plain rover]

I’m even more cooked 😭😭

[plain rover]

That’s usually not the case, on the admissions podcast they will use the interview to screen for likely letter since it’s kinda a big deal and also as a recruiting strategy

I think the ppl who get in w/o seriously either don’t need one in that their LORs and essays could humanize them enough, or there seriously wasn’t enough interviewers

there seriously wasn’t enough interviewers
i agree with all ur other points except for this

Like idk there seriously might not have been

That’s prob rare tho

they can zoom-call

That’s true but still

Yale only has 9k interviewers

Harvard has like 20k

9k interviews, or interviewers?

Interviewers

ok i was confused because they conducted around 9k interviews last year

[latent mulch]

oh fr? any favourite house or like what actually happens in it

[plain rover]

I think it said that on the asc info pdf

Wait lemme check

Ur right 9000 interviews mb

i see

well

hopefully

i'm part of the

small percentage they didn't need to interview!!!

[devout mulch]

yale is really playing with me

they've had 8 months to interview me

[plain rover]

god bro i'm so stressed it's crazy

did u get deferred

[devout mulch]

yup

[plain rover]

whattt

what region r u from

[devout mulch]

mid-atlantic (md)

you'd think that a deferral would mean I'd get an interview, but no

[plain rover]

wait is that maryland-

deferred with no interview is crazy imo i'd be pulling my hair out

[devout mulch]

yes

[plain rover]

i wish yale just interviewed everyone, like princeton or dartmouth

wouldn't be pulling my hair out

if i didn't get one

cus i cud blame availability

[plain rover]

Same

[daring cave]

real 😭 🙏

[plain rover]

So they only give interviews to 9k ppl. The regional AO might not need an interview for you, they could advocate you confidently w/o one. Many of the time they actually do go to committee w/o interview but just bc of how competitive it is most will need an interview to justify acceptance

lol bro my ecs r shit

Bruh I wish they sued Yale as well so we could’ve found out what this was all abt 😭😭😭

ong

[plain rover]

Sry ur probably not getting in

Like to be frank

What r ur ecs

um

[quartz glacier]

Where does this number come from?

[plain rover]

I mean most ppl aren’t hetting in

i can dm i guess

[devout mulch]

pinned document

[plain rover]

A Yale ASC document

[quartz glacier]

Oh wow

[meager mango]

Sorry I read this wrong lol, I thought you were talking about athletes. But there isn’t necessarily overlap, Yale likes to give interviews to likely letter kids as a recruiting technique

[plain rover]

also this

[plain rover]

oh i see

what kind of students usually get likelies?

[meager mango]

That’s crazy ngl

[plain rover]

just insane applicants?

RSI, olympiads, olympians?

[meager mango]

Yale only does stem likelies

[plain rover]

i see

[meager mango]

And ppl who get it are generally not the most cracked kids, it’s usually first gen / low income / rural kids

[autumn hedge]

Yeah, can confirm

[plain rover]

I don’t think so

There are a lot of those

[devout mulch]

They also do a liberal arts likely

[plain rover]

And they still get interviewed

no offense, but what does yale gain by recruiting first gen / low income / rural over insanely competitive applicants?

Mostly honestly to see if they aren’t a fraud

[plain rover]

Idk? Ranking stuff

[devout mulch]

"Other likely letter recipients may be invited to join the Directed Studies program, a selective initiative where about 120 first-year students engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of seminal texts from Western and Near Eastern cultures."

[autumn hedge]

I’m not that cracked, perhaps taking into context location? Then yeah im cracked, but not rlly overall

[plain rover]

They have a huge endowment they don’t care if ppl r full pay or not

[meager mango]

Yeah those are used very sparingly

Especially recently

[quartz glacier]

Yale is a school. Schools are for educating. By providing the underprivileged with education, they can uplift their own communities.

[plain rover]

I haven’t seen anyone get one

[quartz glacier]

This is the power of education.

[meager mango]

Yale really values fit. Their class could be filled 5x over with equally qualified kids

[plain rover]

i see, that makes sense

I think main ppl who don’t get interviews are people with great LORs

As it’s like the best proxy

LORs might save me 🙏

only good thing about my app 💀

[meager mango]

Hard disagree lol. I have very, very good LORs

[plain rover]

And I would assume that would also be like elite private schools which Yale has a good relationship with and vet applicants

oh nvm

[meager mango]

They are probably what’s gonna get me in many places

[plain rover]

U didn’t waive ferpa?

[meager mango]

Teachers showed me

[plain rover]

Dude that’s like unethical

it's subjective though

Don’t tell ppl that

Your school could get blacklisred

[meager mango]

No? I didn’t ask, they offered. It’s definitely not

[plain rover]

what u think is a great LOR is what yale might see for every other applicant

it's not unethical— the teachers chose to show

[plain rover]

I agree

[latent mulch]

they do this for full acceptances too

but tbh it doesn't really matter

[plain rover]

My school is very against that lol

[latent mulch]

like if you wanna do DS you'll be able to get in

[meager mango]

Lol. This is common. And ferpa doesn’t apply to that

[plain rover]

it depends on school/teacher

[quartz glacier]

FERPA is to protect the recommender. Those teachers volunteered to show the recommendation letters so FERPA was not breached.

[plain rover]

i'm so doubtful of ur oil

Ok maybe just private schools which Yale has good relationship with

Don’t get interview

Irdk

[meager mango]

I promise you it’s not. They were all like 2+ pages of anecdotes and called me best in their career

That being said, admissions is very holistic

[plain rover]

Did u coach them writing this

???

bro why u so skeptical 💀

I’m so lawful good like I cannot do anything unethical I will kms

[meager mango]

I gave them about 5 favorite anecdotes each from their class and my ECs and why I did them. Rest was up to them. I had great relationships with my teachers

[plain rover]

ethics don't matter we live a short life anyways

[quartz glacier]

I think Yale interviews people whose presented characters either borderline align with their values, and those whose extracurriculars are too favorable to ignore. I think they then cull the pool based on the traits presented and noted by your interviewers.

[plain rover]

i think it's just mystical

[plain rover]

Bruh why do we need to be given these teachers those info bruh bring us back to the days when it was chill

[meager mango]

Again it’s only unethical if I asked, which I didn’t. My teacher showed it to me lol

[plain rover]

Ok

[plain rover]

Omg mine is so much shorter I wrote abt this in my common app 💀😭

[meager mango]

Because I go to a big public school and they’re extremely busy and I wanna make it easier for them?

[plain rover]

No I mean it’s just that it’s not super genuine

[quartz glacier]

What is life without purpose

[plain rover]

The teacher is supposed to fully do it from their self without any external help

Then it kind of defeats the purpose of a rec letter

[meager mango]

From what I’ve seen I kinda disagree. Interviews, even for Yale, aren’t like insanely important. You’re probably going to have the same result anyways. The difference is that the interview is something the committee can see when considering you just to confirm no red flags, it’s more of something to supplement.

Interview gets requested before committee happens

[plain rover]

It’s an unfiltered unbiased opinion

By giving ANY suggestion, you introduce potential biases

[plain rover]

what is life with purpose

[plain rover]

Idk, on the Yale ASC doc they said the IV report is one of the most viewed files

2. Not always the case, according to podcast they sometimes pause committees while they wait for a certain applicants interview

[plain rover]

hm weird i should be getting an interview if it's just regional AO

[quartz glacier]

I think this is a fair assessment

[quartz glacier]

Love

[meager mango]

They’re important to confirm no red flags but they rarely push an applicant into the admit pile on their own

[meager mango]

Your app gets read by 2 readers, and most times both of them need to request an interview

[plain rover]

hm i see

yale might be one of those schools that also has an international AO look at my file maybe

i know harvard does from reading their law suit files

Nothing pushes an applicant into the admit pile “on their own.” Interviews are a tool to e AOs use to “connect the dots” in an application. They are insanely helpful. If it were just for red flags they would give them to everyone like MIT and Princeton. They, out of all the ivies take interviews the most seriously.

Again, they aren’t gonna matter as much as all the other stuff on your application but they are very good at providing context

but princeton is a G and doesn't

[latent mulch]

nothing means anything except a decision

[quartz glacier]

Unless you get an IDOC update!

[devout mulch]

sadly, no]

[plain rover]

What is this

[quartz glacier]

A joke💔

[plain rover]

don't say anything that starts with "jo" in this server

u almost say the ||job|| word

a2c doesn't like that word

？

empl*yment scares a2c

Yall lazy babies

Jobs are very helpful for application

chill bro i was joking 💀

Wait I got into every ea school I apply but I don’t get Yale interview I must be auto admit 💀

what schools did u ea to

USC, Gtown SFS, Umich, UVA

damnnnn

I was deferred from Chicago

those r some decent schools

Yes

SFS was a dream for a long time

i got into UVA and UIUC, got deferred from GT

Esp as a IR major

[plain rover]

Which major

?

cs + math

CONGRATS

🙂

did u apply to UK schools

as an IR major, is GTown ur top choice?

💀

Excuse me

How did u know

UK + georgetown

[plain rover]

💀

No cuz if I want to work in cia this isn’t good practice

too used to GTech

oops don't wanna dox u

sorry i have a rather decent memory

[plain rover]

Yes with my current options.

However, it’s very pointy in IR and Polisci. There isn’t much room in case in those 4 years I decide elsewhere.

Also, lay prestige and gtown campus is not my fave

gtown prestige is like

But honestly not rly anything else

unbound right

I know it’s very good

My parents went to Oxbridge so like it’s a humongous bar

lol i wish i applied to oxbridge, but the tuition is rather unaffordable

Yeah they don’t give out much aid at all for internationals

But the application process was awful

Awful awful

Awful

i feel like i'd do well since they majorly look at test scores and i'm good enough at my major for my interview

See I thought that

I literally got a much higher than avg offer history exam score

And I thought my interviews were good

And my sat was well above avg

But they still rejected me

It’s v hard as an American

They don’t take APs seriously

on kizzy?

damn

but like

A-levels are a complete joke tho 💀

?

A levels r like 3x harder than an AP 😭😭

maybe, but AP is still a joke

It’s like 2 yrs of course content but also u only have 3 so even more

the a-level advanced maths paper was free asf

Idk

Might be a cultural thing they think APs are much easier

Also we don’t have GCSEs

And they factor that in a lot

what's gcse

is that the UK standardized examinations

It’s like an exam u take after yr 11 (10th grade) in each your core subjects. The ones u get highest on and also like you do for your a level

ohh i see

why does europe always think they're so much harder than american schools

Idk 😭😭😭

But most other internationals do IB/IGCSE/A-Level

So it’s basically the same

i see

i think america is too big for that kind of standardization

and there isn't desire to go out of the country for 99% of americans

[plain viper]

@plain rover did you get into oxford or georgetoen?

[plain rover]

gt

[tawdry viper]

question. why does yale care so much about financial aid if the applicant is already rejected. like ik ive been rejected atp (no interview) but this lady keeps adding stuff to my fin aid checklist and keeps emailing me to send more things, we've emailed 10 times back and forth just today and atp i just wanna ask her if all this is really necessary if im getting rejected anyway

[dusky bough]

admissions and financial aid are separate

also no interview is not = to rejection

[tawdry viper]

ik buts its honestly so annoying. i wish they had a better way to do this stuff. it seems really inefficent for the fin aid office to create 10x more fin aid packages that are acc gonna be used

[plain rover]

i think if that were the case, people would be figuring out when they went to college in the summer

[plain rover]

Georgetown SFS

ugh I wish Oxford that was my dream school

But Georgetown also I love

[tawdry viper]

im not saying to start making packages after admissions are over. just like stop making packages for kids whove alrdy been rejected in the process. ik both offices work seperately but maybe thats the one time they should communicate.

[plain rover]

they probably do that

already

[dusky bough]

well then ppl with aid would know if they got rejected early

[plain rover]

the unfortunate/fortunate truth is that 70% of yale's applicants would thrive at yale

[plain rover]

For GCSE? Yes, u apply to only 5 schools in the UK bc the ARs are a lot higher as a result and they have app requirements and u can put a decent amt of trust if you exceed reccomended requirements

it's about scrutiny after

[dusky bough]

its a weird process. also you dont even know if youve been rejected yet why are u so certain that no interview = rejection

[plain rover]

no, if aid was calculated after admissions

O

lol

[tawdry viper]

theres no availability issues in my area. 2 of my classmates got interviews

[dusky bough]

no interview =/= rejection

you can dislike my messages all u want but im not saying an untrue statement

[plain rover]

well

[tawdry viper]

im not the one disliking ur messages 😭

[plain rover]

i am

[dusky bough]

i was talking to the one who was disliking my messages

[plain rover]

according to the yale news stat that was cited in this chat earlier

Ppl DO get in without interviews
It’s rare, and we don’t know why

They get in w/o

<5% get in without interviews

[dusky bough]

i think you need to just wait until march 27th and then see what happens

[dusky bough]

that is a nonzero number

[dusky bough]

can u send the link

[plain rover]

Bc at least on college results the ppl who get in w/o are like the same as any other admit

[tawdry viper]

those are likely admits though. like the best of the best

[plain rover]

5% * 4% = 0.2%, which is sufficiently small

[dusky bough]

i got a likely and i had an interview

[plain rover]

Non athletes that is

%10 in total

[dusky bough]

people who get likelies still get interviews lol

[plain viper]

my school is scummy

[plain rover]

i'm just taking it as a rejection to get over it faster

[dusky bough]

if you dont get an interview

[plain viper]

all the rea admits are applying rd

[dusky bough]

it just means that you submitted a full application

and they dont need anything else from you

[plain rover]

I hope

[plain viper]

how am i supposed to compete at cornell with the kids who alr got into princeton and yale

[plain rover]

Girl idk

But they do know yield

[dusky bough]

ivies dont yield protect

lol

thats a myth

[plain rover]

well that doesn't make them scummy

Cornell yield is a lot lower than HYPSM

[plain viper]

not that much

[plain rover]

No I mean they admit more ppl

[plain viper]

60% vs 80%

[plain rover]

That’s big

[dusky bough]

yale is 70%

[plain rover]

yale yale yale yale - ken carson

[plain viper]

cornell doesn’t care about yield lmao

[plain rover]

Anyway they account for this

Also with waitlist

[plain viper]

trust me they don’t care if they have to dig into the waitlist

they actually do it pretty often for non cas non engineering

[tawdry viper]

i just want duke i dont even care about yale like that

i only applied bc of yygs

[plain viper]

saaaame

[dusky bough]

they also just admit enough people expecting that only 60% of the people they admit will enroll

[plain viper]

I’m the only one from my school to not get a yale interview

[tawdry viper]

but i got deferred from ED so its basically wraps

[dusky bough]

most ppl who get in duke ed r legacy/athlete tho

[plain viper]

most but not all

[dusky bough]

u guys sell urselves wayyy too short. you can still get into yale without interview

[tawdry viper]

im hoping im one of the 10% who get accepted after deferred

[plain viper]

I knew someone who got in without either

[tawdry viper]

but the odds are against me

[plain viper]

nah

[plain rover]

if only my parents made me play basketball as a kid :((

easy d1

[dusky bough]

tell this to the people who got into yale without interview??

like idk all this dooming is so pointless

[plain rover]

My quick takes had capitalization errors and were cut off

[plain viper]

they not like us 🙏

[tawdry viper]

i got echols for UVA, but its looking like 0/16 this march for me!

[dusky bough]

just wait until march 27th to see ur decisions

[plain viper]

I’m not david j

[dusky bough]

rip

[plain viper]

this is diff dooming

[plain rover]

Like the period

[dusky bough]

i have optimism im sweeping all my rd schools

other than like

mit maybe

[plain viper]

i didn’t get echols lol

but at the same time I’m probably not going to uva

[tawdry viper]

i just want northwestern, vandy, dartmouth, duke, notre dame, rice

just one

please

[tawdry viper]

are you IS?

[plain viper]

I want duke, brown or cornell

[plain viper]

no OOS

[tawdry viper]

oh yeah its hella expensive then

not worth it

[plain rover]

@plain viper i thought that was ur top choice

i just want to get out of my state lol

[plain viper]

it is and isn’t

[dusky bough]

i didnt apply to any of those schools

[plain rover]

so any one school works out of the 13 i applied to

[tawdry viper]

ill cut off my finger for Duke

peter pettigrew watch out

[plain viper]

I kinda don’t wanna shell out 80k on a state school but I also haven’t gotten in anywhere better

[plain viper]

depends on the finger

left pinky fine

right index hell no

[tawdry viper]

uva is 25k for me so def a good option

[plain rover]

niceee

that's lit

uva is 85k for me

lol

[tawdry viper]

w echols im skipping all the stupid gen eds

[plain viper]

oh in state fun

[tawdry viper]

i dont wanna go to uva tho

too much nova

[plain viper]

duke interview please save me

[tawdry viper]

i need to escape this place

[plain rover]

did u get a duke interview

[tawdry viper]

i had an Duke ED interview. but they interview like everybody for ED

[plain viper]

In my school everyone but me got a yale interview but I was one of the 2 or 3 who got duke interview

weird stuff

probably essays

[tawdry viper]

omg why is this yale lady emailing me at 10:30 PM. you couldnt pay me to do my job this late

[plain viper]

what

[tawdry viper]

for fin aid stuff. like business hours are 9-5

[plain viper]

yikes

[plain rover]

she might be on vacation

or travelling

[tawdry viper]

shes def stressed asf rn i can tell

[plain viper]

might be an underpaid intl AO

OUTSOURCING LABOR

[tawdry viper]

no her names Alyssa Corvi

shes based in US

[plain rover]

Am I cooked

[plain viper]

don’t name drop like that 😭

[dusky bough]

no

[tawdry viper]

i mean her name is on the website

its not that deep

[dusky bough]

bro when my yale fin aid officer emailed me she would respond once every 24 hrs

[plain rover]

yale chill asl

[tawdry viper]

my dad just took over the email chain

i couldnt handle it anymore

[plain rover]

hopefully i get in for grad school 💯

[plain viper]

I wanna ask my counsellor if I got audited by any school or anything

[tawdry viper]

i went there for a couple weeks 2 summers ago for YYGS

[plain viper]

they give me no updates

[tawdry viper]

everyone was just blasting Ken Carson in the BR

and i had a psycho roomate

[tawdry viper]

i kinda wanna too, but also i dont wanna trouble her

all the juniors are course scheduling rn and i bet shes going insane

[plain viper]

At this point what does it matter tho

I’m not close with my counselor at all

[tawdry viper]

i love my counselor

[plain viper]

idk how she’d even verify my ECs

[tawdry viper]

she hugged me after she read my common app

[plain rover]

i love my counselor asw

[plain viper]

my counselor doesn’t know shit about me 🙏

[dusky bough]

audits r really rare

[tawdry viper]

she also sent me the kindest email after i got deferred from duke

[plain viper]

yeah but like i really wanna hope, ykwim?

[tawdry viper]

its funny cause the other ed kid from my school also has her but they got rejected

[plain viper]

not yale but like columbia or cornhell

maybe duke 👉👈

[tawdry viper]

duke is just the best

[dusky bough]

i almost applied to duke

i didnt wanna be in the south tho

[tawdry viper]

maybe i can convince cooper flagg to walk over to the admissions office and advocate for me

[plain viper]

but it’s warm

i think duke has like no interviewers in my area

[dusky bough]

yeah i shouldve applied to warmer schools

the only warm school i applied to was usc

[plain viper]

my interviewer did a weekend mba there

[dusky bough]

they deferred me

every other school i applied to is lowk cold asf

[tawdry viper]

yale was my only HYPSM

[tawdry viper]

crazy

[plain viper]

stanford is gas but I didn’t bother

[dusky bough]

i did HYM

[tawdry viper]

likely letter from yale but deferred from USC?

[plain viper]

I did YP

[tawdry viper]

college admissions are so stupid

[dusky bough]

i think it was fit

i dont think id be a super amazing fit at USC

[plain viper]

don’t you go to a yale feeder

[tawdry viper]

i know a stanford REA admit who also got deferred from USC

[dusky bough]

well kind of

[tawdry viper]

they only let the kylie rubins of the world in EA

[plain viper]

10 admits is a feeder

[dusky bough]

idk just cause i go to a prep skl doesnt mean i didnt get in on my own merit

[plain rover]

I got usc gtown uva umich no Yale interview lol

[dusky bough]

damn 🧹

swept

[tawdry viper]

i just go to an average semi competitive nova public that makes me wanna rip my hair out

[plain viper]

did you apply to all ivies?

[dusky bough]

also the 10 ppl who got in were mostly cracked lol

other than the 3 athletes

[tawdry viper]

lke i should not have taken 7 APS senior year, on top of that half of my teachers are dying...

[plain viper]

i wish I ed2’ed vanderbilt over uchicago

they didn’t take anyone ed2 smh

[tawdry viper]

vandy was really stingy with ED2 asw

[plain rover]

Only places I would go over gtown and that are good in my intended major (IR)

Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, JHU, Northwestern, Stanford

Well nu mostly just for the campus lol

[tawdry viper]

it was like 7% or something

[plain viper]

I took 4 and it’s pretty light now

I have like an hour of homework and 2 hours of marvel rivals per day

kinda took a step back in my clubs too lol

[tawdry viper]

i had to drop 700 dollars in exams today

i cried paying

[dusky bough]

but also

no yale interview =/= rejection

lol