Yale University (2025-2026)

[meager bloom]

more $$$$ more apps more rejects more prestige

[static grove]

the assumption is that ppl submitting this late are likely less qualified applicants anyways

that is, if they don't penalize you for being late anyways

[native smelt]

well not necessarily

[static grove]

if they do, then that doesn't matter

although i hope not

[native smelt]

they just want more people to apply

[static grove]

lot of conflicting info

[native smelt]

more people applying directly decreases the admit rate

[static grove]

wait i'm fucking stupid

class sizes are fixed

yeah nevermind i'm dumb as hell

[native smelt]

lol yeah

[static grove]

this is why yale wont let me in

jk

[meager bloom]

it seems like there were technical issues for west coast kids

w/ the jan 4th deadline

so yale extended ppl out west to the 7th

[sharp flume]

bruh

why did I even burn myself out on jan 2nd

smFHHHH YALE

also those who used coalition to apply to yale, did you get a confirmation mail or sth?

[half shore]

rip yea i jus took it off my list

now its back on ig

[sharp flume]

LMAO

tbh i think schools do secretly penalize extension submitters

there must be something

cmon

[meager bloom]

no cus they all get mixed in

[gray scroll]

Ugh

Maybe I should of delayed it

[gray scroll]

Oh ok

[native smelt]

they don’t gaf enough to do this lol

[sharp flume]

ok maybe i was wrong for being on time

lol

nu extended too

[half shore]

win win except for the ppl that rushed to submit on time rip

[sharp flume]

i did give the supps 7 days tho lol

[half shore]

thats chill

[meager bloom]

brave

i wrote my why major the day of lol

[sharp flume]

(it's still ass)

[meager bloom]

u probably did fine

dont talk down on urself

[sharp flume]

i kinda like my why major lol

[meager bloom]

yall trying to talk about queer opportunities in DURHAM

for duke

this is hard

[proud garnet]

I just emailed Yale saying I forgot to mention the correct prompt number in the 400 word essay and gave them a pdf of the same essay but with the prompt number

And they just replied and said they updated my app

[sharp flume]

so what's wrong now

[proud garnet]

Just putting this out for anyone else who may have made a mistake

[sharp flume]

i've seen at least ten reddit posts

about this mistake

lol

tbh idt they care ab the prompt option

[meager bloom]

this is y we read directions 🥀

[sharp flume]

I included the prompt number lol but I'm annoyed that scoir didn't let me use italics in supps

smh

[gray scroll]

Wdym

[meager bloom]

yale + columbia had a shit ton of lgbt groups i could talk about

not duke

[gray scroll]

Ah

[meager bloom]

duke has like less than 3 for undergrads

[sharp flume]

how is duke a good fit then

[meager bloom]

because their program in gender studies is phenomenal

[sharp flume]

oh you're going for gen s?

[meager bloom]

ya

gender studies + environ science

[sharp flume]

cool

[rich cargo]

...

I just realized that I infact did not indicate which prompt I was responding too😭

[gray scroll]

Reading is fundamental

[sharp flume]

fun fact applying through coalition lets me update my supp

LMAo

[upbeat portal]

ts extended to january 7th r u kidding me

[native smelt]

lol

[sharp flume]

go to your portal, click on coalition supplement

do they send a "application received" for coalitioners?

idk lol

they let us

coalition is very weird

[frosty goblet]

not yale extended their deadline again 💀

what is going on

[hard wind]

yea i had a brain fart and wrote the wrong number and got in

[sharp flume]

aura

[hard wind]

long as it answers one of the prompts ig

[meager bloom]

omg ezze i never told u i finally got a stanford updated historical event

one that is historic!

[sharp flume]

when do they send interview reqs?

for rd

[hard wind]

YAY!!!

i still gotta write mine lmaoooo

currently yapping about trees in the roommate essay

[sharp flume]

why are you applying to 24 even after yale lol

[hard wind]

already sent like 15 of them before the yale decision and I need better finaid

[sharp flume]

oh

I heard yale gives the best aid?

maybe?

[hard wind]

three of my four remaining schools I’m only applying to to hopefully get a better aid package 😭

[hard wind]

it’s among the better ones

did Harvard Princeton Stanford for a shot at smth more generous tho

[sharp flume]

a yale admit applying to harvard

I can't take this

we need to declare a war

[sharp flume]

good luck!! what's your major?

[hard wind]

I would never go there
huck farvard👎

[hard wind]

smth humanities depends on the school

English usually

[sharp flume]

I'm guessing you have a lot of writing ecs and completely ate your essays?

[hard wind]

writing ECs not really, ate my essays probably

my ECs are sorta all over the place

[native smelt]

i got mine jan 24th

[meager bloom]

i accidentally added a PG on one of my activites

im not emailing them tho

[sharp flume]

lmao big us

[meager bloom]

they can figure out im not a gap year kid

[sharp flume]

wait i've to check

[sharp flume]

do they send likely to intls

?

[native smelt]

i don’t know

don’t expect a likely lol

[meager bloom]

this ^

tiktok is glorified with it

[sharp flume]

no I'm not

I'm not even accepting an acceptance lmao

it's a far shot for me

[hard wind]

have faith in yourself!

[sharp flume]

applied because I love this school since sophomore year lol

[elder barn]

purely out of speculation, if theres 200 likelies/yr and 11% of students are intl, theres tops 20 intl likelies out there

and thats if those arent all given to athletes

and thats if likelies are even given to intls

[sharp flume]

do they recruit intl athletes?

[meager bloom]

yes

a lot

[hard wind]

yes

[meager bloom]

international athletes r the most recruited at these schools

[sharp flume]

like what type of athlete do I need to be

[meager bloom]

olympic

[hard wind]

very very good

[sharp flume]

holy fuck

[meager bloom]

they rlly recruit for olympic sports

[native smelt]

well no u just have to be really good at a sport

[meager bloom]

no thats a category

olympic is a category of sport

[native smelt]

u don’t have to be olympian level lol

[meager bloom]

olympic sports refer to stuff that isnt like football, soccer

so ex. shooting, rowing, track & field

those r all olympic sports

[sharp flume]

sports aren't for me regardless

lol

[native smelt]

well i don’t know if i would say students who get likelies are like “top 200” applicants

[hard wind]

yea doesn’t yale mainly send likelies for stem

[meager bloom]

i think likelies depends on the institutions priorities on who they want in their class

[native smelt]

it’s moreso that they send likelies to students with particular backgrounds

[native smelt]

yeah

[sharp flume]

but I really want an interview ermm

idt my country has an alumni interviewer

[meager bloom]

then u may get an ao or senior

if they want an interview from u

[elder barn]

sorry, by tops i meant like max 20 intl likely letters

[meager bloom]

but keep in mind interviews r not given to everyone

and dont mean u will b rejected or not

[native smelt]

ah ic

[sharp flume]

my profile is kinda mid

and most kids from my country fake their apps

smh

cooked

[native smelt]

ugh were gonna have to deal with the interview dooming for the next 3 months

sigh

it was annoying enough during ea szn

[sharp flume]

it's less here

[elder barn]

i saw those essays stfu

[sharp flume]

reddit is ###

[elder barn]

youll def get in where you need to fr

[native smelt]

well i feel like it’s mostly in this thread

because there is a correlation btwn interviews and decision

[hard wind]

💀

[elder barn]

yale interview dooming is so bad

[hard wind]

I felt like my interview sucked

[sharp flume]

lol essays ik i kinda ate but like ecs and uh caps

[elder barn]

my reddit was flooded with yale interview dooming in ea deadlines

[sharp flume]

mid

[hard wind]

my interviewer was so uninterested in me🥀

[sharp flume]

idk why I did my best on yale essays

for some unknown reason

[hard wind]

im not international so could be different ofc but my ecs are also not strong compared to many others ive seen

[sharp flume]

yeah it's hard for me mainly for being an intl

[elder barn]

im lowk scared of alum interviews now

my senior interviewer was the sweetest girl shes still helping me

[native smelt]

the senior one is so chill

[hard wind]

it was lowkey chill I just fumbled on the “what do you hope to see/get in your college”

💀

stuttered thru it fr

[sharp flume]

do we have an option to know our ao?

[hard wind]

she was rlly nice but we just didn’t rlly click

[hard wind]

if u get in yeah😭

[native smelt]

well u can search up aos by region

[elder barn]

no fr, before that id only interviewed w the elderly for scholarships so getting that was so nice

[hard wind]

REALLY

[sharp flume]

where

how

[native smelt]

i don’t remember

i’ll find it in like 10 mins

[sharp flume]

ty

[elder barn]

have u met john yi

[sharp flume]

i think i could've done better on short takes

[meager bloom]

stop dooming dude

[sharp flume]

i wrote about my mom on what inspires you

[elder barn]

hes such a cutie

[sharp flume]

no but why did they extend

[elder barn]

my inspiration was kittens and i didnt get rejected so youre good lmfao

[sharp flume]

guilt

[meager bloom]

u cant change it

[meager bloom]

i wrote about timbre

[sharp flume]

ouch

[hard wind]

mine was a list😭

[elder barn]

timbre musical timbre or

wood

[sharp flume]

i wrote the course about avengers endgame

[meager bloom]

music

[elder barn]

thats sick

[meager bloom]

but i wrote the course about a trader joes tote bag i have

[hard wind]

also this is where i see my AO, but none of it was on the portal before i received a decision

[meager bloom]

its very interesting

[elder barn]

yeah im pretty sure yale keeps their regional aos hidden

[warped sable]

Did anyone get a interview for Yale yet

[sharp flume]

dream interface

lol

[elder barn]

they havent even closed their applications id be surprised if they alr sent interviews iwl

[sharp flume]

@native smelt 😭 we're here

[hard wind]

yes i remember trying to find it before decisions and couldn't

[hard wind]

😭

you got ittt

[elder barn]

wait sorry this is completely irrelevant but are you applying to schools w/ merit-based aid? or was the need-based aid just bad for yale?

[sharp flume]

btw, do we need to send css before decision?

[elder barn]

cuz i saw you mentioning that youre applying to others cuz of yales aid and i thought yale had good aid

[hard wind]

the only merit aid i applied for was USC because of national merit

[elder barn]

dont ask me i got nervous and fumbled and sent out my css to all my schools

[hard wind]

yale does have good aid, my family just has some weird circumstances regarding assets lol

[rich cargo]

Leave me alone?😭

[elder barn]

ah i see, hope you're able to receive better aid elsewhere! :)

[hard wind]

thank you!!

[hard wind]

why is css so expensive 🥀

spent like 200 bucks bro

[elder barn]

no actually, why is applying for AID expensive... collegeboard lowk annoyed me so bad during these apps

[native smelt]

no

[native smelt]

Bro

People are still applying

[hard wind]

RIGHTTT somehow I hated collegeboard even more after that

[vocal stone]

Yale jus extended for the second time 💀💀💀💀

[half shore]

yup

[red root]

wait did yale extend its deadline

[meager bloom]

yes

[finite idol]

btw keep in mind that interviews arent everything - i got in without one lol

[hard wind]

auto admit ahh

[severe yarrow]

How do you guys get interview? Because I didn't see this choice when applying ...is it something related to Yale itself or what

[finite idol]

alumni will reach out to you if the admissions committee decides to give you one

or in some cases its the aos themselves

[severe yarrow]

Oh

But people can get accepted without them right ? 😭

[finite idol]

yeah definitely

i did

[severe yarrow]

Congratulations 🤍🤍

[finite idol]

thank youu

[sharp wind]

when is the deadline?

[meager bloom]

u need to have had it added

it should b on ur common app

but its 7 at 11:59 ur time

[half shore]

wheeew

[sharp wind]

my common app says 01/02/26

[meager bloom]

then u didnt get an extension

if u cant submit it

[static grove]

Common app will not reflect the extension

It is static

If you did not receive an email, you likely will not be counted for the extension, since it seems to be technical in nature

[snow yoke]

Uhhh is anybody else kinda like..”why extend for a 2nd”
1st time is for lowering the rate but second time?

[native smelt]

also lowering the acceptance rate

[snow yoke]

I thought it was honestly because they didn’t get enough amount of certain majors

[meager bloom]

its impossible to predict that

[native smelt]

i feel like they dont care about this as much as people think they do

[meager bloom]

does yale even really care about major

like they consider it w/ ur profile but like

ultimately they say they dont admit by major

[snow yoke]

I think our class size honestly just tailors to the same 3 majors

[meager bloom]

i feel like there isnt truth to that

[snow yoke]

It’s crazy

[meager bloom]

like i doubt the number of people who applied to gender studies alongside me is anywhere close to the cs

[snow yoke]

Niche major

[meager bloom]

best major

so many careers

[snow yoke]

Are the math majors a big chunk of Yale

[past sable]

pardon me intruding into this convo but i genuinely hate my yygs essays rn 💔

[meager bloom]

when r they due

i can help u once im done w/ apps

[past sable]

in 2 days

[modest kiln]

hallelujahhh

[past sable]

tyy

[native smelt]

like no?

its not the most popular major but its a semi popular major

[native smelt]

i mean they do to an extent. they care about your "why major" essay

but people dont realize that everyone changes their major first year

like EVERYONE lol

[meager bloom]

oh yay thats good

i liked mine

[feral cave]

Did they get way less application man why tf are they extending deadline

[prime canyon]

wait im ngl i dont think this is completely what they're doing

like i don't think they're giving a huge disadvantage to all applicants applying after the jan 2nd deadline

maybe a minor flag

i think they might just not have gotten as many applications as they would have liked to - not to lower the acceptance rate using those applications specifically but just to have more of a general pool

if that makes sense

[fresh quartz]

wait until when?

[native smelt]

when i say theyre loweirng acceptance rate i dont meanthat ppl applying after the deadline are disadvantaged

the class size is fixed

they are not going to admit more people

by giving more people a chance to apply, you are icnreasing the number of applicants and not the number of admits

therefore decreasing the admit rate

obviously your statement still holds true. but whether or not they disadvantage people who apply late (which they do not), extending the deadline is a way to decrease the admit rate

[prime canyon]

ya this makes perfect sense i just interpreted what you said as the former lol

[native smelt]

i feel like that would be evil as fuck

lol

[prime canyon]

bc in usual contexts, at least i interpret someone saying "lowering the acceptane rate" as accepting applications they won't consdier

yeah lol

idk people i talk to would use it in that context

but yeah

[native smelt]

lol surround yourself with better ppl

😭 😭

[prime canyon]

this is why im coming to yale next year

😛

[native smelt]

type

u got that

3 months feels long but its rlly short

[prime canyon]

ikr

not even 3 anymore

-10 days

[native smelt]

whens ivy day this year

march 26th

[prime canyon]

yeah i thiknso

im either sweeping or getting rejected everywhere lol

[native smelt]

eh

u also could just like get into one

[prime canyon]

like i totally could

but i feel like with the lows of my application

if its bad enough to not be considered then id get insta rej

if its acceptable then my other stuff is pretty decent imo

obviously i'm not going to say erm im gonna get into ivies 🤓

but i feel like its just that tytpe of make it or break it app

shrug who knows

if i get into yale i'd be happy

or any of my colleges just not rutgers

[native smelt]

i hope u get in!!

[gray scroll]

WHATT

[native smelt]

well not everyone

i didnt change (kind of)

but most people

[gray scroll]

I'm shocked

Was it bc of weeder classes

Or they found something else they actually wanted to pursue

After taking certain courses

[native smelt]

both

a lot of the stem majors have weedout courses

[past sable]

https://tenor.com/view/bless-my-heart-relieved-sigh-of-relief-gif-15784154447395771325

pls let me get into a college where i can change my major

[gray scroll]

I'm happy with my major

Its just i worry physics will kill me

My hs doesn't even offer that course and every college basically requires it

[past sable]

dw u got this

[past sable]

like wdym a&m has 15 colleges??

on 1 campus

17*

[gray scroll]

Omg

[past sable]

and they admit by college

it's fine tho im grateful to have a really good school as my instate

[static grove]

Major probably just contextualizes + maybe has a slight impact for the most popular ones

Although i think ‘impacted’ majors mostly exist at public schools

[static grove]

I felt that way too, but like that isn’t necessarily true

Even if they consider applications

There’s only a fixed # of ppl that tbey will accept

So no matter what

Acceptance rate goes down

[azure jungle]

wait how did u get that! i dont see the same :((

[floral heart]

nepal ka bata bro?

[gray scroll]

my laptop wallpaper is yale lol

[sharp flume]

how do I contact yale admissions?

when I click this they take me to microsoft outlook and shows a weird email address.

[gray scroll]

[email protected]

[meager bloom]

i think thats a generalone

general one

for ppl not applying

[left ice]

i think the portal should work

[sharp flume]

alr I sent

let's see

they kinda act non-chalant lol

[gray scroll]

lmk if they respond

[sharp flume]

alr twin

[past sable]

who wanna look at some of my yygs essays (pref yale student or yygs alumni)

[proud garnet]

use this

it's the specific applicant email and that's linked to ur account

i used the button and they responded fast

[sharp flume]

Oh ok

[sharp flume]

deleted that screenshot in case

[weak lagoon]

wait what do we have to use?

[proud garnet]

the "email admissions question" button in ur portal

[weak lagoon]

ohh I see thank you

[void lichen]

I did yyas, I don't mind if that counts

[past sable]

idm

[past sable]

do u actually need a phone number to add a school official in yygs, its been winter break since i discovered the program existed and idk my counselor's number at all

can i just put like all 0's or smth lol, i know eveyr other thing besides the phone number

[half shore]

dont they have a school phone number

not personal

[past sable]

oh that's true

[native smelt]

Omg my friend is applying to be a yyas counselor

I might also

[past sable]

it asks for the phone number of the school official tho

ill just put the schools number ig then?

[past sable]

she emailed me yesterday and i didnt even know 😭 crap

[half shore]

what a counselor

[past sable]

submitted app for yygs

https://tenor.com/view/bless-my-heart-relieved-sigh-of-relief-gif-15784154447395771325

[knotty mountain]

yeah for sure i did session 2 earlier

feel free to send them thru

[past sable]

js submitted 😬 but ty tho

[upbeat portal]

For the STEM research supplement would they get annoyed if I submitted my 25 page paper? A good chunk of those pages are just graphs and figures

[sharp flume]

how are you guys landing stem researches during high school💔

[upbeat portal]

high school research program at my local medical school

You can also cold email

[sharp flume]

I tried no one replies here

and i tried to be part of remote ones for us too

nobody wants to take remote researchers lol

[upbeat portal]

thats unlucky I was fortunate that many mentors in my area are open to mentoring high schoolers

[low kernel]

Dattebayo

[left ice]

they said they prefer a full research paper so...

should be ok ig

[viral egret]

broski, are you some ib kid sending in his EE🤣

[night briar]

pictures from the time i was at yale

the best place on earth !! 😭

also why does it look better when it's gloomy

[sharp flume]

peak england vibes

also please don’t increase my hopes I get so delusional watching these

[night briar]

right

[sharp flume]

[night briar]

well let's all manifest it 😭

matter of fact, i started manifesting it through writing! just look up Octavia E. Butler's "manifestation". she used to write big words in her diary of what she wants to accomplish in life and it is just so inspiring and empowering

[sharp flume]

thanks i hope to read a lot of books once I get out of these shits

exams apps senior year

has been hard since September lol

[night briar]

oh god i hardly made it out of this application process as someone on a gap year 😭 i can't imagine being a student atm

[night briar]

good luck!!

[meager bloom]

u need to be more positive!

[sharp flume]

I should’ve taken a gap year lol

but yeah let’s see how this goes

[night briar]

yes, attract all good

[sharp flume]

we all will be at new haven next fall

[night briar]

even if doesn't work out eventually, it's always better for your mental health to be positive and say "i did my best and it's okay!"

(saying this while ik i will crash out if i get rejected...)

[sharp flume]

yes this is true I will never have the regret of not applying at least

I’ll try for grad school regardless

[night briar]

exactly!

[sharp flume]

It’s fine to vent lol

[night briar]

also, there's much more to life than this. so it's fine!

[night briar]

yeah 😭

[upbeat portal]

No what led you to that conclusion? It’s my ISEF report paper

[upbeat portal]

Thank you

[native smelt]

stop lying

[night briar]

it doesss

[native smelt]

no tf it doesn’t

you clearly haven’t experienced a real rainy day here

[night briar]

does it look prettier here? no

[native smelt]

depressing as fuck

[night briar]

well i was in june so...

😭

[viral egret]

nah im sorry bro.. i did research as well and when i told a few other applicants from my country all off them who are submitting that said they're sending in their EE which obv fails to accurately hit it unless the EE is crazy strong, so i was wondering lol.... what was your research on?

[night briar]

it was a cute summer rain so i might take my words back

[viral egret]

must say, yale is one one of the prettiest campuses

[night briar]

i think the campus looks better in the summer and that's objective bcz of the trees. i don't like when they're naked

[night briar]

yess

[viral egret]

it also looks nice in snow

[native smelt]

it is

[viral egret]

atleast from the insta photos lol

[native smelt]

the snow is so beautiful

[night briar]

i've never experienced snow sadly

[viral egret]

uhhh ive just experienced it now, and it cut down an entire suburbs power in berlin

[viral egret]

luckily we didnt get affected

[native smelt]

it’s been snowing so much recently but noone is on campus

[night briar]

oh wow was it that bad? 😭

does it snow ever year in berlin?

[night briar]

so sublime

[viral egret]

i think it was soo much snow in a long time that snow seeped in and shortcircuited when it melted or smt... not fully sure

[viral egret]

used to a lot.. now climate change and very rarely.. but when it does its like buying in bulk lol

hence the outage

[night briar]

i see haha

the last time it snowed where i live was in 2011 when i was a baby

[viral egret]

hey atleast you dont see yellow snow as often

[night briar]

i bet it feels magical 😭

[night briar]

ooh what's that

[viral egret]

when humans piss on snow 😅

[sharp flume]

Saved these

[night briar]

oh! LMAOO why'd anyone do that

[sharp flume]

Lol uni you should set the aspect ratio to 16:9

[sharp flume]

we can set em wallpapers

[viral egret]

the yale insta posts work well i think

[night briar]

i think rain is superior to snow, i'd actually live in a place where rain never ends

like bergen in norway

[viral egret]

snow>>>>rain

you wanna get drenched?

[sharp flume]

OMG NO

[night briar]

the rain is just calming, it has a sound and a distinct smell

i don't know if that applies to snow

[meager bloom]

petrichor

[viral egret]

distinct smell

[meager bloom]

petrichor

[native smelt]

rain is nice if i don’t have to go outside

[night briar]

also, i don't think it's THAT aesthetically pleasing to see the world fully white

[meager bloom]

have u had to walk to class in rain uni

[sharp flume]

where are you finding distinct rain smell in this economy

[night briar]

YES THIS ONE

[meager bloom]

its bacteria

[night briar]

😭

i don't care it's still a good smell

[sharp flume]

when I have a hot ramen bowl and a new netflix fav show

Hell yeahhhh

omg I cant wait to do this after my jan 15 submission

[night briar]

no i'd love to go out just give me an umbrella and some rain boots and i will be elated

yall don't get it

[viral egret]

ohh what type of ramen?

[sharp flume]

Idk i just cook wtv i find out in mom’s cabinet

lmao

Maybe it’s a buldak or sth? 4x-6x spicy mostly

[viral egret]

lot of work to do at uni for cooking prep

[void lichen]

Omg slay!! I LOVE Ryan and Maya so much. I know for certain that I'm going to apply to be an instructor as well😭 genuinely changed my life. You should do it. It's such a beautiful experience. I had instructors who did both yygs and yyas and said that yyas was by far way better energy than yygs

[sharp flume]

oh no

[viral egret]

dw if we both get in, ill cook food

i like cooking

[native smelt]

i don’t x

[viral egret]

have to back big daddy here

[native smelt]

i cooked with my friend once

[sharp flume]

😭😭omg thanks twin

[void lichen]

Ryan actually wrote my additional LOR and met with me on zoom every single Monday for like a month to work on my application

[sharp flume]

i am a masterchef in a local food recipe tho

[native smelt]

we got a bottle of wine reserved the kitchen and made some food

[void lichen]

What a time man

[sharp flume]

Can’t wait to make my roomies try that out

[native smelt]

fried rice plantain and a mixed berry cheesecake

ngl it was so tiring

[void lichen]

Damn

[native smelt]

because we were walking back and forth from stop and shop

and stop and shop is a 20 min walk

[viral egret]

wrote an essay on cooking for yale lol

[native smelt]

we were originally gonna make a mango tart

[sharp flume]

oh well can we submit an optional rec if my school doesn’t have a ceeb code

[native smelt]

but when i went to cut the mango it was rotten…

[sharp flume]

My counselor can’t open slate apparently

[native smelt]

i was so upset

[viral egret]

@native smelt you like mangoes?

[void lichen]

I don't understand why the code is relevant to submitting the LOR?

[viral egret]

you should try thai sticky mango rice

[void lichen]

best fruits on earth

[sharp flume]

Yale asks to submit the lor through slate

And my counselor can’t open a slate account if we don’t have a ceeb code

But like the optional lor is really important to submit

[viral egret]

i believe your conselor can email it to the office?

im not sure

[void lichen]

https://apps.admissions.yale.edu/register/?id=0680320f-87b7-4697-80b7-4c3f07ec498b

[sharp flume]

OMG

Thanks

Thanks a lot

How did I miss this lmao

[void lichen]

Its okay I had to read through the website a few times

[native smelt]

i love mangoes

[viral egret]

try thai sticky mango rice

trust me

[native smelt]

so much

[upbeat portal]

Nah ur good bro my project focuses on advancing autism therapeutics

[gray scroll]

I'd genuinely never miss class if I went to yale

[night briar]

no seriously same 😭

i just submitted my brown video

why do i keep doing stuff last minute

[gray scroll]

I gotta tweak mine

Its finished but it looks so underwhelming

[native smelt]

me when i lie

[night briar]

it honestly doesn’t have to be THAT impressive, i mean mine was just me talking about two of my favourite Japanese novels

[native smelt]

i wonder how many classes i went to this sem

[night briar]

what's your major?

[native smelt]

stats or applied math

[night briar]

ooo applied math

[gray scroll]

Nah I'm diff

Im locked in fr

[night briar]

why not pure? genuinely asking

[native smelt]

my sociology lecture took attendance but me and my friend would just alternate who went and we would sign each other in

[night briar]

i'm a big applied math hater

[native smelt]

i mean i could be pure idk yet

[native smelt]

uhh ok

[native smelt]

right right

[night briar]

pure is so much fun! did you take any topology classes?

[native smelt]

i’m a freshman

[gray scroll]

Kendrick lamer is a bigger hater fr

[night briar]

i see, good luck!

[native smelt]

thanks

i mean also when i went i would be the only one who participated

i’m p sure my prof thought i was there every lecture 😭😭😭

[native smelt]

Are you a math major

Why do you hate applied math

[native smelt]

i didn’t go to the last few weeks of probability

i got too lazy to go to calc 3

i would go like once a week

i went to office hours more consistently than i went to class 😭😭😭

god bless my stats tf bro

conor saw me every tuesday from 5-7pm

[gray scroll]

Oh dear

[night briar]

Yes! I plan to double major with philosophy

[night briar]

I don’t like anything applied even physics, I used to dislike lab work at school

[native smelt]

Well i mean applied math still has a lot of pure math coursework

For the BS u have to take up to analysis 2

[night briar]

Yeah right but I mean for graduate school for example I hope to work on theoretical stuff instead of real life applications

I primarily wanna go into academia

[static grove]

i wouldn't be so sure about this until college

you might not change you rmind

but you might

most 'applied math' done by specifically math PHDs is also really theoretical and proof-based

most modern work on PDEs is considered applied math, I think, and it's very theory-heavy

[frail vessel]

Great aid package 🥹🥹

I love Yale

[native smelt]

YAYYY

[frail vessel]

YAYYYYY

[modest kiln]

guys do u think it's ok to namedrop yale stuff in like the academic interest essay

[meager bloom]

it doesnt rlly say to connect to yal

yale

yale doesnt like when u spoon feed them info about them i think, they like to hear more abt u

[modest kiln]

i was talking to this kid who got into yale rea and she told me one thing that i should like take the opportunity to do is namedrop yale studd wherever possible even if they havent asked explicitly so half her academic essay was why yale and half her 400 word one too

but obviously this is like an isolated incident and maybe she got in despite of her essays 😭

so that's why i was wondering

[native smelt]

like this cycle? or next cycle

[modest kiln]

this cycle

[native smelt]

either way i think its bad advice

yeah n = 1 shes gotten into one school 😭 😭

not to say that my advice is particularly better. i just have read my app file and have heard bits of the podcast

and iirc in the podcast they say they dont like it when people unnecesarily namedrop

the why major essay isnt supposed to show them that you know a lot abot yales offerings in a major you want to study. they want to understand your thinking and see why youre interested in a particular field of study

[native smelt]

this could have been a situation of getting in despite her essays or maybe she just weaved it in naturally

either way i feel like its better for them to learn about you

everyone who is applying does research about yale. but what distinguishes you is you

[modest kiln]

yeaa ok lemme see

[left ice]

this is the total opposite of what yale AOs want 💀

they said to not connect to yale at all in the 400 word essay

same goes for the academic essay

[modest kiln]

yea i think ill just keep it to the why yale essay 😭

[cunning flume]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/yale/s/NSBmp1d4xG

Why is st Elmo’s so poor

[feral cave]

Being a gap year ir brutal
But thank god I have a safety

[feral cave]

I suggest not to
It is very bad man

Yeah it's a fresh and good smell

[native smelt]

sure

when is it due

oh as in tonight?

😭😭😭

uh i’m playing minecraft but ill take a break to read them

i’m in party finder so pray that the queue is long

just shoot me a dm w google doc link

oh?

What time is it for u

Ur ur own biggest hater but ykw i support u

[gray scroll]

LMFOA

[static grove]

i'd say watch the yale admissions podcast 24-25, where they say not to namedrop yale here.

The point seems to be

1. Can you explain things you're intersested in, in a way that people who aren't, can comprehend?
2. Can you show you'r deeply passionate about things?
3. Can you show that you've engaged with these things?
4. Can you show that you have an interesting perspective on these things?

[sweet basalt]

wdym namedropping

which essay is this though

😭

[static grove]

read the thing I replied to

[sweet basalt]

what is that

[static grove]

@sweet basalt this

the academic interest essay

[sweet basalt]

oh.

i thought people were supposed to do that

[left ice]

??

why would you

[sweet basalt]

i just always assumed that

[brisk quiver]

usually yes but not for yale

yale is diff like that

[gray scroll]

Like the why Yale? One

[modest kiln]

okok coolsy

thanks guys

[light shoal]

is anyone else trying to submit right onw but they can't? I thought they extended the deadline to today

[modest kiln]

WHAT

DONT SAY THAT

WDYMJ

[light shoal]

yea i tried on scoir and on common app

[modest kiln]

did u get the extension?

[light shoal]

wait not everyone got the extension? i thought htey just extended it to eveyrone

o shit i just saw on tiktok they extended it so i wrote them

[modest kiln]

my thing personally says extended till 7th

[light shoal]

oh

damn good luck then

i just wrote some essays for nothing 😂

[static grove]

no, the essay about an academic interest you have

[static grove]

usually not, idt. If they ask specifically, then do it. If not, don't.

[static grove]

I assume this isn't true if you specifically were told, though.

[gray scroll]

Oh yeah I didnt mention yale at all in that one

[sharp flume]

same

[mystic mulch]

how over is it if i namedropped a club i cant actually join

[sharp flume]

They don’t care

[mystic mulch]

acc?

[sharp flume]

Also which club is it

[mystic mulch]

unorthojocks 😭

[sharp flume]

They don’t have time to review your eligibility for the club

[mystic mulch]

its all-athlete but im not an athlete

yayy

[proud garnet]

also what did it say on common app when it closed

just wondering for my other apps

[meager bloom]

it doesnt say anything

u just cant submit

[proud garnet]

Like does it not indicate anywhere

When does it say you can’t submit

Is it only when you go out to checkout?

[sharp flume]

I think you can submit

Idk

But they won’t take it

Maybe

[meager bloom]

i think its the review thing

[modest kiln]

WHY DID IT CLOSE EST

bruh ts so embarrassing

[sharp flume]

Did you miss?

Fuck

[modest kiln]

[sharp flume]

lol i think you’re burnt out

Go take a break or touch the grass bro

[raw tendon]

why is my school fucking 0 for 16 at yale

ur joking…

💀

[floral heart]

Ready to be 1-17?

[dim obsidian]

Am I able to submit two STEM Research supplements for Yale?

[spare atlas]

princeton on top im ngl

[sharp flume]

hold on i need to see princeton

never searched it up

Nah not near yale bro

Yale

[viral egret]

i got rejected from pton scea

we hate the tigers

yale on top

[upbeat portal]

What if Yale rejects u

[viral egret]

well

still love yale

[upbeat portal]

W

[viral egret]

cause i love phys cause of yale

[upbeat portal]

Bros loyal

[viral egret]

my love for physics comes from a prof at yale putting is lectures online

i hope i get in, and i get to take his class in real life

[gray scroll]

fr

[viral egret]

unless they write a custom letter of rejection for me

and say im useless ill love yale forever

[sharp flume]

the war never ends in undergrad apps!!

there is grad school

[viral egret]

exactly

otherwise phd

[sharp flume]

@void lichen hello, will my additional recommender directly upload the letter on the educator portal, or will my counselor upload on their behalf?

[night briar]

true but the whole thing of drawing connections to real life fields isn't appealing to me. the only one i'm interested in is theoretical physics, in particular string theory which is the most theoretical you'll get (exactly the point)

majoring in math, physics and philosophy will make my mind explode

[viral egret]

uhh well in a certain way the dawn of theoretical physics was for a more accurate understanding of the world

and the main focus of quantum and relativity is for a theory of everything, which is fueled by the fact to not only understand the world around us, but also to use it in our future

which is as applied as it gets, but ik what you mean

[void lichen]

The recommender can just do it, since they ask for their name and relation to you

[sharp flume]

thanks

[void lichen]

ya welcome

[sharp flume]

Are yall seeing reddit

People are pissed off about the deadline extension lol

[viral egret]

why?

eitherways those apps are prolly low quality and hence make us look better?

and if they get in, they genuinely prolly deserve to get in

[sharp flume]

People couldn’t submit on 7th despite commonapp mentioning that it extended till 7th

Office replied to their mail saying they accepted till 4th

[raw tendon]

here’s to hoping LOL

[frosty goblet]

Does yale allow a research abstract for non stem like policy research?

It seemed like they only allowed STEM research but I’m wondering if you can submit any other types on the portal or if this is recommended?

And also, do they allow creative writing like poetry? I didn’t see anywhere in the arts supplement to do this so I didn’t include but wondering if you can upload it on another part of the portal

[twin plaza]

Does anyone know when the LOCI should be sent after rea deferral?

[frosty goblet]

I would assume asap?

Don’t see a point in waiting

But maybe if you achieve some other things

Hold off

For a few weeks

But idk I’m not the right person to answer lol

[rigid wigeon]

Wait until you’ve accomplished more things or have developed more activities

It would be detrimental to submit one asap tbh bc if they didn’t want ur application now why would they want the same thing a week later

[twin plaza]

Would mid january be too late do u think

[native smelt]

i don’t think so

that sounds good

[mystic mulch]

aww man dont worry you'll get all of them in rd 🙂

[dull ginkgo]

Thanks

[left ice]

[void lichen]

Is your username a nod to benedict cumberbatch's hilarious mess ups?

[left ice]

maybe

pengwing->pengwin

[frosty goblet]

is it a good idea to include a research abstract for a non-stem research project I did in the Yale Update Admissions Application area?

[sharp flume]

Yale doesn’t like unnecessary stuff

I am not an expert but as they mentioned stem idt you should include a non-stem research

[left ice]

[frosty goblet]

thanks yeah I'd heard this on their podcast

[past sable]

how is finance or economics here?

[native smelt]

we don’t have finance

econ is our largest major i think

big consulting pipeline

[proud garnet]

rare Yale L

[viral egret]

hey guys.. i did some dual enrollmenet stuff and my uni will send it to them.. but idk if theres an email for that?

by any chance do yall have an email?

[sharp flume]

send what?

[viral egret]

transcript

i should have mentioned that lol

so ya a transcript of my grades in those courses since they dont show up on my school transcript

[sharp flume]

they can upload it on the educator portal

https://apps.admissions.yale.edu/register/?id=0680320f-87b7-4697-80b7-4c3f07ec498b

[viral egret]

oh perfect

dont know how i didnt see that lol

[sharp flume]

I think Yale loves times new roman?

or what font is that

[eager frost]

think so

in state goes crazy

[dapper flicker]

Anyone gotten interview requests yet?

[native smelt]

You might’ve seen me walking

I just passed yls

[last elk]

When do interview requests typically come out btw

[native smelt]

i got mine jan 24

prolly late jan to late feb

[native smelt]

@void lichen

it’s ok my clssses are too hard for a 2nd job

[meager bloom]

awww

r u gonna do the summer stuff or bulldog days

[native smelt]

wait i’m not sad about it lol

it would’ve been nice but i can always apply again

[meager bloom]

ohh

then thats good

[native smelt]

i’m performing at bulldog days which will be fun

[meager bloom]

wait thats heat

[native smelt]

but i don’t know if ima do any admissions related stuff

my clubs will probably host events but that’s it

but i might apply for other admissions positions bc it is smth im lowk passionate about

they just sent out applications for campus tour guides and stem tour guides

and then i’ll prolly apply for the summer thing

[gray scroll]

Ooh

[void lichen]

Lol atleast you tried! Better than not knowing

[elder barn]

If my mid year report was uploaded on commonapp and it says downloaded (after deferral SCEA), does that mean that they have access to it?

[sharp flume]

yeah

[elder barn]

Ah i see, it doesn't say show up on the check list so im a bit concerned. you reckon its fine to email the undergrad office? (it was sent on dec. 20)

[sharp flume]

yes never hurts

for internationals it's not a requirement

that's why it's not on the portal i guess

[elder barn]

nah but i lowkey want it in there cuz i cooked 😭

[elder barn]

ah makes sense

[sharp flume]

me next month hopefully lol

please please please give me an interview yale

[elder barn]

good luck!!! did you get any interviews from anywhere else so far?

[sharp flume]

I didn't apply to any other unis where interview is provided on a selective basis

[elder barn]

ah ic, regardless of selectiveness lowk i wanna do a bunch more cuz it was a fun experience for me hope yale pulls through though!

[sharp flume]

yeah honestly I love interviews too

I feel like I present myself better at interviews than on the writings lol

that's why I signed up for an initialview interview today lol

[last elk]

I hope all of us get an interview (and get in obvs)

[elder barn]

initialview is so expensive though

i couldnt bring myself to pay like $300 for an interview

[sharp flume]

I mean top schools mostly don't care about initialviews icl

they have their own interviews

[elder barn]

yall think theyd interview me twice?

[sharp flume]

senior interview is high key goated

[last elk]

Isnt that super rare?

[sharp flume]

I hope they provide me one plsplsplsplspls

[elder barn]

i saw that vandy lowk recommended it but oh well i couldnt bring myself to do it

[elder barn]

it was so fun but they edged me 😔

[sharp flume]

i don't think vandy will consider my initialview as it will be processed on 2nd february

[elder barn]

i got interviewed rea but i dont think they even re-interview for rd lmao

[sharp flume]

I think they wanted to compare you with more applicants from your country

[elder barn]

ah well hope ur initialview goes well too fr

[sharp flume]

thanks gang

[elder barn]

lmfao theres 0 other applicants from my country 😭

[sharp flume]

how can you be so sure

[last elk]

Oh

[sharp flume]

but maybe they expected one more?

[elder barn]

im applying from an extremely uncompetitive country

actually its not uncompetitive

its just the us is unpopular as an option for uni

[sharp flume]

my country is fucked icl, they tell a lot of lies, fake transcripts and overall it's a half fraud system made by consultants here

and unrecognized curriculum smh

[elder barn]

dang

crazy 😭

[sharp flume]

I am trying hard nevertheless lol

navigated this whole process totally alone let's see what fate has in store lol

[elder barn]

nah fr if i get in somewhere decent im def working w/ my school & other schools in my country to help kids apply cuz it was quite difficult for me

[sharp flume]

same here:)

[elder barn]

but either way im starting to love mcgill so if i get 24 rejections rd it wont be the end all be all

[sharp flume]

Along with this I might start up an anti-fraud agency lowkey

[last elk]

I understand why (us college is so expensive)

[tardy mist]

Yall my Yale like state admissions director asked me for an additional letter of recommendation? I had my science teacher of 4 yrs (chem, physics currently, research) and my journalism teacher (technically English) write em. This isn’t a negative sign right.. 😭 curious as to why

[sharp flume]

interesting

[tardy mist]

Maybe it’s because journalism isn’t considered a core

[sharp flume]

when did you submit?

[tardy mist]

Subject

I submitted like a weekish before deadline

[sharp flume]

for me I submitted foreign lang+chemistry+counselor

[tardy mist]

So I’m assuming I should submit an English/social studies core

Idk I could choose my ap bio teacher who likes me and thinks I’m involved but my app is prettyyyy sciencey already and maybe the reason is because my journalism isn’t considered a core

[sharp flume]

I js searched up on reddit, but I think you should have submitted core academic teacher lors at the beginning…

But as of now I think pick a good lor because they are still considering you

[sharp flume]

pick any humanities core i guess?

[tardy mist]

I believe they are though, but yeah maybe journalism isn’t considered strictly English?

My science recommender is definitely considered a core tho

[tardy mist]

Hmmm ok

[prime canyon]

i think they didn't consider journalism as english/core

[hard wind]

agreed, it’s usually considered an elective

[hard wind]

yes, yale prescreens before interviewing so if u got one it means you’re not an auto reject lol. but the actual interview itself doesn’t have a huge effect on your application afaik

congratulations!

[warped sable]

if we don’t get an interview then what

when did you submit application

[proud garnet]

Yale is one of those schools where most people who get in get interviews right

[upbeat portal]

Pretty sure

[proud garnet]

bruh ppl online are getting yale interviews alr

[gray scroll]

But skme have still gotten rejected with it

[eager frost]

no interview yet but they dont have enough in my region

think its not all at once

[meager bloom]

its also been like 7 days 😭

relaxxx

[eager frost]

i went to the admissions office in person yesterday lmao

[tribal cairn]

yeah no interview request yet I got auto-rejected

(joke btw)

[native smelt]

i think the interview had a decent impact on my app

my interview was with a yale senior!

[native smelt]

most people with interviews are rejected

[native smelt]

then you wait for your decision

if you didn’t get an interview it just means the committee thought ur application was complete without one

but also it’s literally mid jan they keep sending out interviews till feb

[native smelt]

lmk if you have questions cuz i think the senior interviews are structured differently than the typical alumni ones

[opaque wharf]

Yea wait how do these work

[native smelt]

but at least imo it was a lot easier to connect because we were a lot closer in age

[native smelt]

mine was over zoom and they just asked me different questions

structured differently is the wrong word it’s just a different set of questions

i don’t know why or how they decide who to give seniors and who alumni

but idrk anyone else who got a senior interviewer

[hard wind]

really? ok don’t listen to me lmao
mine was very mid so i figured it didn’t matter lol

[meager bloom]

i think it also depends on what type u get

i feel like there must be a difference between alumni and senior

[meager bloom]

was ur senior interview major matched?

[native smelt]

no

she was like bio or smth

maybe ecology and evolutionary bio i don’t remember

[gray scroll]

We gotta remember its still early

We still have all of jan and mid feb

[tardy mist]

hmm im being interviewed by a yale graduate

bruh yale sent me 2 diff updates today 😭

[tardy mist]

do most ppl get interviews

[gray scroll]

No probs

[tardy mist]

wait now im like worried cuz tell ym why yale asked me for an additional lor and interview

like it looks like they j want more info

😭

[native smelt]

this is it

they just want more info on your app 😭 lol

like dont stress just do ur interview

[tardy mist]

hmm ok

[native smelt]

i dont think so

[tardy mist]

i think it said that on the website tho... well im like referring to a video on the website so

[tardy mist]

is that a bad thing 😭

[native smelt]

uhhh i dont know if thats true

[tardy mist]

lowk idk it's wtv

[native smelt]

why would them wanting more information be a bad thing

😭 😭 😭

your theory is probably wrong

[tardy mist]

LMAO true

[native smelt]

@meager bloom omg my gender studies seminar was so interesting

and its like a cool group of ppl its ppl from a bunch of majors

i think only one person in there was a wgss major it was a mix of like math/s&ds/philo/english etc

and the prof is pretty enthusiastic about the subject. i wish he let discussion flow more naturally but he probably will in future seminars

[feral cave]

Heard yale asks everyone's counselor or those who they are considering that the Lor they wrote are written by then or ECs are real or smth like that

[native smelt]

but now i have no class on thursday!!

[native smelt]

i dont think so

[feral cave]

So I think it is a positive thing

[native smelt]

where did u hear it from

[feral cave]

Saw it in many posts in reddit

[native smelt]

cuz audits are fairly uncommon

reddit, the most reliable source

[static grove]

it seems that yale is one of the schools that frequently audits more than others, but 'everyone' seems like a stretch

also, people can be audited and not get in

[lucid sonnet]

they ask people for more LORs???

[gray scroll]

Wait should I ask my counsler if she's gotten anything from these unis?

[left ice]

did yall get interviews

[gray scroll]

Not for yale

[left ice]

same

[gray scroll]

I cant say im hoping for one

I live in a small town

[native smelt]

no

[lapis silo]

There's still time I think

Right?

[left ice]

yes

it goes till feb ig

[native smelt]

guys i didnt even get my interview by now 😭 😭 😭

ygs will be ok with or without an interview

[lapis silo]

lol idk how the process and timing works

Forgive me for being dumb

[native smelt]

no ur good lol the stress is valid

but im certain you guys will be okay