#Yale University (2025-2026)

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somber talon
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Crine..

raw tendon
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wtf is that gif 😭

somber talon
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brina carpenter

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❤️

native smelt
raw tendon
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thanks friends 🩷

somber talon
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Ntm on my gifs

meager bloom
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my situationship is going to gcu

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dl guys.

somber talon
meager bloom
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its ok tho

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it was never destined to be

raw tendon
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alright yall imma head out

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goodBYEEE

twilit dagger
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did you guys get the yale interview through the admissions office?

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or through an alumni interviewer?

somber talon
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my alumni interviewer emailed me directly

gray scroll
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Same

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I go to school at 12 and leave at 3 30 now

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Real

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My parents wouldn't allow me to apply west coast 💔

meager bloom
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and was like hii

timber tinsel
void apex
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or will Yale take whomever they believe fits?

meager bloom
void apex
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one student applied to Yale via qb from my school n got in and 4 applied RD

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to my knowledge

meager bloom
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oh no

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there r not school quotas

void apex
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i see

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thanks for letting me know

meager bloom
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i mean the only real quota

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is the number of internationals they take yearly

void apex
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is whether you can get in alone

meager bloom
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which is determined by them

void apex
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oh

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lol I’m dum

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yah makes sense

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I was worried bc students at my school are so cracked

meager bloom
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but other than that yale + every other institution doesnt rlly go “ok we already got someone from this school so we wont take more”

void apex
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and I go to a public school that’s kinda crappy

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Fair

meager bloom
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sure they use ur school context but ur own personal context matters too

void apex
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yeah, I’ve held two job positions (not simultaneously)

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the thing that’s making me worried is that they have better test scores and one dude is overly cracked

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he is honestly mit bound

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1570 sat/1580 at a school w/ an average of a 960meltingsob meltingsob

void apex
meager bloom
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at mit it does but like

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else where not rlly

void apex
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i ended up submitting my ap scores because I’m not the best test taker

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and for the ig extenuating circumstances, I spoke about my job n working over the weekend from 7 am to 3:30 pm

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ugh high school is so stressful

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I was told that it gets easier during my senior year 🫩🫩

meager bloom
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i think ur stressing too much

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u got an interview too

void apex
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ya I did

void apex
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I’m exhausted

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I’m so excited to meet w/ the guy too

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he seems chill about this meeting which I do really appreciate

twilit dagger
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wait I'm so confused

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because I just got like a senior from yale

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and the undergraduate admissions office basically emailed me

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oh well

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probably nothing ig

meager bloom
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the interviews r basically the same

twilit dagger
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W

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thank you

meager bloom
# twilit dagger thank you

yep, sometimes yale does i think seniors for more international students they cannot reach but its rlly nothing to stress over

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if anything it may b easier since they r closer in age and may be easier to chat w

twilit dagger
cunning plover
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so i think there is some sort of difference in the type of applicant they refer for each type and why

somber talon
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i dont agree w this. every Yale interviewer is different snd while they do have a list of suggested questions they can still do whatever they want in the interview

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my yale alumnus barelt spoke about yale and didn’t ask me any qna style questions. he just asked me to talk about anything that i felt went underrepresented on my common app

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lowk it’s anecdotal but #idk

meager bloom
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also its an interview either way at the end of the day

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!bgastro

hollow sluiceBOT
meager bloom
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as well

meager bloom
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@native smelt i just did my yale interview and it went so well

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we talked for 2.5 hours

native smelt
sharp flume
meager bloom
native smelt
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if u get in definitely tell her

meager bloom
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oh ya 100% i will

void apex
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Bros getting into Yale

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Lowkey I’ve been hearing sm about successful Yale interviews and I’m honestly super excited for mine

lucid sonnet
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oh dang when is yours?

void apex
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Saturday

lucid sonnet
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wow good luck!

void apex
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Thank you

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Do you have an upcoming interview?

lucid sonnet
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nah lol, haven't been reached out to yet.

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hopefully soon

void apex
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Ahh well best of luck

meager bloom
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she majored in the similar intersection as me + her job is something that i wasnt aware existed

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it was also at a museum and thats where we were cus she gave me tickets

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so it was a rlly great interview overall lol

void apex
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Dubs

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My interviewer works at mass general hospital and I’m super excited to talk to him

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Bro attended Harvard Med right after Yale undergrad 😭

native smelt
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i have a Yale interview on friday

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it’s for a job but same thing i guess right

frail vessel
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I got a personal note from my AO 🥹

eager frost
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accepted REA?

analog zodiac
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im in the same boat rn 😭 the thing is both of my lors were from core teachers (english) so im not sure if this is like a bad thing or

native smelt
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I love my ao ugh

gritty stag
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how did u get it? through email?

sharp flume
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They send it written with the acceptance envelope

hard wind
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mine came a week or two after the big folder in a smaller envelope from admissions!

gritty stag
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oh i thought they emailed you before decisions came out😂

drowsy comet
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anyone grt their interview request rly early?

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tf

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How did they alr read my app in 20 days

native smelt
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do you think they’re just waiting until february to start reading applications?! lol

drowsy comet
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Idk

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the alumni who emailed me said he was impressed with my work

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even tho he never read my application?

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and there is barely any info on me online…

native smelt
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the admissions office does then they send u an interview request

drowsy comet
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Bro is probably on autopilot, but he even mentioned my school name in the email

native smelt
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that’s weird tho

proud garnet
native smelt
drowsy comet
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Yale considers alumni discussions to be interviews, but they are meant to be conversational - so no preparation is required. I was glad to see your affiliation with <school name> and the work you have done there - congratulations on your accomplishments to date

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Probably wrote with chatgpt

drowsy comet
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I heard if u get a yale interview u have a 26% chance of getting in

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and interviews here matter more than most other top schools

native smelt
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yes 26% of people interviewed get it but proportions are not likelihooods

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and idt it’s even 26 percent

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it might be around that but i think it’s an estimate

native smelt
void apex
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@native smelt should I send a major update, right after my alum interview (tmr)

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or should I wait til like early feb

meager bloom
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or the interviewer themselves

native smelt
void apex
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hushed sphinx
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Does everyone get interviews??

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I got one and idk if that means anything

meager spindle
hushed sphinx
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Oh ok

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Sounds good then

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Damn they started reading so fast tho

meager spindle
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idk how true that is I just know they pre vet ppl before interviews

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Fr

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also mine told me today he had to write a 650 word summary about our interview afterwards 😭

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lemme tell u that put me on edge cause I didn’t know they had to write that much about you

hushed sphinx
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Oh dang💀

proud garnet
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do they stagger the interview releases within specific regions

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still nothing frown

void apex
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i see a bunch of messages regarding interviews and to those who will open this chat and see this message sooner or later, please do not stress

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not everyone who gets an interview will be accepted

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and not getting an interview doesn't mean rejection

proud garnet
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not rejection but lower odds

void apex
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and if you get an interview, great, take up on the offer because additional information is always nice to provide to a school

void apex
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besides hooked can mean anything, e.g. first gen...

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no need to stress dude, im sure everything will be fine

proud garnet
somber talon
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they keep giving requests into february too like lowk it's early😭

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hold ur horses!

void apex
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well im not sure if thats accurate but def a bunch more have been admitted to yale w/o an intervuiew

meager bloom
void apex
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and exactly what anya said

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theyve been reviewing apps for the past two ish weeks

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they cant possibly read over 40000 applications for the RD round within that time frame

meager bloom
void apex
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yeah

meager bloom
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but its less of a cause more of a correlation

proud garnet
void apex
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dude

proud garnet
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cuz the yield is like 70%

void apex
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3 weeks

meager bloom
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relax

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u got 3 weeks

void apex
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please itll be okay

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regional officers have barely started reviewing applications

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decisions come out march 26ish

native smelt
void apex
gray scroll
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I wouldn't stress abt interviews to much

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They probs haven't pre screened everyone tbh

void apex
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^^^^^

native smelt
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hmu if u want me to slide a word

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sharp flume
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PLEASE

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I am the first uni it’s me let me in

native smelt
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sorry

sharp flume
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this is wrong wrong

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I need yale 😔

void apex
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I had my interview

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that was absolutely amazing

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1 hour 30 minutes

native smelt
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But guys truly u don’t wanna go here anyway it’s TOO FUCKING COLD

void apex
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dude he offered me a drink too, coffee and I realized ion like coffee

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He ended up pouring me a bit of his drink too which was much better

gray scroll
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The cold never bothered me anyways

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All the yale interviewers seem to be nice so far

void apex
void apex
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it’s cuz Yale is so nonchalant and aura-ful

meager bloom
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mine gave me museum tickets + small tour + offered to order me drinks ahead of time all unprompted 😭

tardy mist
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damnn

meager bloom
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she gave me four and said to bring friends if i want

sharp flume
void apex
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like they are more low-key and chill

sharp flume
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it was a reel i was referring to

void apex
sharp flume
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Like in a broader sense being nonchalant actually shows you have no unique personality of yours

void apex
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he grabbed me a cup cuz he had too much

sharp flume
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🥀

void apex
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dude it’s just that the interviewers are more reserved people 😭 being nonchalant is not a bad thing

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they’re just chill

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it’s highkey isn’t deep

sharp flume
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No bro don’t be chill jump around

void apex
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??

sharp flume
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Be funny and do embarrassing stuff

sharp flume
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But i think harvard studs are the most nonchalant

void apex
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probably

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Most of the Harvard alum/students I meet, don’t really like talking about them having gone/ going to Harvard

meager bloom
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she said only two people she works with know maybe

void apex
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wow

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probably because they may feel like they give off ‘elitism’ n wanna avoid it

sharp flume
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Mostly not all times

meager bloom
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prestige is not allat in why people go to schools

sharp flume
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like amherst for example is very diverse

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But harvard law got that aura ngl

void apex
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Amherst college or UMass Amherst

sharp flume
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Amherst college

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It’s small

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But pretty diverse

void apex
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Mmmm when I dormed there I saw a bunch of college students and I’d say meh

meager bloom
sharp flume
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state schools yeah they lack diversity

meager bloom
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she was more talking about the international students who attend

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was her favorite part

sharp flume
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But i think yale is a bit less diverse

meager bloom
void apex
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no I’d say Yale is quite diverse

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What

sharp flume
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Maybe it’s me

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Lol

native smelt
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i don’t fuck with nonchalantery

sharp flume
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like from south asia i see very less yale acceptances than harvard

void apex
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I fw u uni

native smelt
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be chalant it’s cool to care about things

native smelt
sharp flume
meager bloom
sharp flume
void apex
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look at their CDS

sharp flume
void apex
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When I met with my regional office, she said that Yale aims to create a diverse student body

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like that was one of the first few things that she said

native smelt
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every school aims to create a diverse student body

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lol

void apex
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well yeah

native smelt
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don’t fall too hard for the admissions office propaganda

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yale is cool but it’s not allat

void apex
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Alr

native smelt
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i mean it is lowkey allat

void apex
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ye Rutgers is where it’s at

native smelt
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but ykwim

sharp flume
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Like it’s a combination of every ingredient

meager bloom
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uni my interviewer was talking about the yuttle

native smelt
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omg

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I should’ve used it today tho it’s so fucking cold

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like genuinely

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the wind unraveled my scarf

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😭😭😭

meager bloom
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we were talking about her living in denver now and i was talking about how ive never used public transport bc we dont have public transport in our state

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and she was like “oh yale offers really great buses called the yuttle”

native smelt
native smelt
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but there’s good public transport in new england in general

elder barn
meager bloom
sharp flume
elder barn
native smelt
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i should more

elder barn
meager bloom
native smelt
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when u say leave campus do u mean leave the state or just leave campus

elder barn
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Cuz my brother is lowkey trapped within his school campus except for holidays

native smelt
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oh ur definitely not trapped

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i just don’t really leave on weekends bc there’s stuff to do and i have a lot of meetings on sunday’s

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but also yale campus is sort of integrated in the city of new haven

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so i’ll “leave campus” to go to stop n shop or something and go buy food

elder barn
native smelt
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one of my friends does solo day trips to nyc sometimes

meager bloom
elder barn
meager bloom
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she was trying rlly hard to convince me to come to yale because of new haven

native smelt
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badly i would say

native smelt
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lol new haven does not fw yale

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it’s all propaganda

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it’s a nice city tho

elder barn
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I got to speak w the ao john yi once and he gave some really interesting insight on the gentrification and how they’re tryna improve their rep 😭

meager bloom
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she lived there after and she was telling me how much she actually enjoyed living in new haven once she graduated

elder barn
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Lowkey the transparency was v cool tho

void apex
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abba you’re highkey locked in with Yale

native smelt
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they want people to perceive the city and yale having a good relationship even tho it isn’t

native smelt
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i would not want to live here postgrad

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at all lol

meager bloom
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she told me that was one of her biggest regrets as an undergrad

native smelt
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but i like it for undergrad

elder barn
meager bloom
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that she didnt spend more time in new haven

elder barn
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ah

native smelt
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but it’s too cold to go on walks or runs

native smelt
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like mixture of city/collegetown leaning city

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but good proximity to major new england cities and day trips/weekend trips r common

elder barn
meager bloom
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like she was very passionate abt new haven

elder barn
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If they didn’t play hard to get with this deferral I’d love Yale back

native smelt
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and she chose harvard but she was telling me that if yale had just accepted her rea she wouldve gone

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playing hard to get for no reason lol

elder barn
meager bloom
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do u recommend bdd

elder barn
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it’s ok I enjoy the chase

native smelt
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but like

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i didnt like it

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but go if u can

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i have this theory

elder barn
native smelt
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and it applies to a lot of things about yale and other schools in general

elder barn
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But it’s a good thing cuz that rd rejection will hurt much less

native smelt
elder barn
native smelt
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but it wasnt fun

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lol

native smelt
native smelt
# native smelt lol

and ive realized that a lot of the time people set up your expectations for something and you feel like you have to force yourself to like it

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like everyone told me that bdd was going to be fun so i didnt want to be the weird one who said they didnt enjoy it

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but none of my friends enjoyed bdd lol it was overstimulating and people were cliquey

elder barn
# native smelt some

If I get in I fear the fomo would eat me alive and I’d go even tho it’s right before ib finals lmao

native smelt
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it was nice on the last day cuz i met some cool ppl but uhh yeah it was ok

native smelt
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there will be fomo but youll get over it

meager bloom
native smelt
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its just because its 3 days and a large portion of the ppl arent even going to yale

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the yale experience is a lot more fun than bulldog days

meager bloom
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if i get in itll probably be more enjoyable just seeing the campus cus ive never visited since it was never within the means to visit colleges for me

native smelt
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it also wouldve been more fun if i had a better host

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so maybe i should be a host so i can be the host that i wanted

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but i also dont want to deal with annoying seniors in high school while im studying for finals

meager bloom
native smelt
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unfort

native smelt
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it was finals week and he was only supposed to be hosting 2 ppl

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but everyone was boycotting hosting because they took hot lunch out of some rescos so they put like 5 ppl in his suite

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lol

elder barn
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random but what’s your fav thing about Yale so far

native smelt
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my friends probably

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random interactions with others

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community

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my job

elder barn
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and how different do u think your experience would be if u ended up committing to umich?

native smelt
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so much different

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its so much bigger yale is the perfect size omds

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party culture is also a lot different

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i mean theres things i wouldve enjoyed (i wouldve enjoyed being at a school with more school spirit) but also like i dont know if i couldve handled a school that big

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i wouldve adjusted it mightve just taken longer

elder barn
native smelt
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amherst is like 2k total

elder barn
native smelt
meager bloom
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arent the fieldhouses also a bit away

native smelt
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i mean there school spirit because people are proud to be at yale and proud to be a part of their rescos but theres no sports culture

native smelt
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so the only football game ppl watch is harvard yale

elder barn
native smelt
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i went to a hockey game yesterday with my friend and the stands were all uconn students

elder barn
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Lowkey surprising considering the whole Ivy League thing is based on sports

meager bloom
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thats different than say umich where they practically funnel students

native smelt
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lol

meager bloom
native smelt
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well yeah i mean if u went to yale for your sport u went there because its yale

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if u went to mich for a sport u went there because ur good

meager bloom
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a lot of the ivy league sports r olympic sports which tend to be more individual too

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like track brings in a lot of international athletes who purely r there for education + the collegiate track circuit

native smelt
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i mean some ivies have good sports

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like boston n cornell have good hockey

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i think we're good at lax but noone is going to watch lax games

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and we have good volleyball and basketball but yale students are too busy being students

elder barn
native smelt
elder barn
native smelt
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this is what im working on rn

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Idfk how to do ts

meager bloom
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wait so uni when it comes to stats + math classes

elder barn
native smelt
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some majors r easier but the general workload will always be high unless u just take lots of gutty courses

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gutty courses = easy courses

meager bloom
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is it less like calc bc where ur just doing examples upon examples and more where ur doing derivations + general solvings rather than yk like integrate xy function multiple choice wise

native smelt
meager bloom
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does that make sense

native smelt
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like i think college math is just a lot different than hs math

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but ive barely taken any "real" college math courses

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its a lot more thinking than doing

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like i took multi last sem and it was a very computation class but i think on exams it was a lot more focused on like making sure you can understand the concept by applying it to something more abstract

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instead of just like "solve this triple integral" or "parametrize this surface"

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it would usually be a question where you have to figure out which skills to use in order to come to a conclusion

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and then in my lin alg class this semester its a lot more proof based where like youre given a proposition and have to prove why its true

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so not computational at all in later classes

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and then my stats classes are becoming increasingly theoretical

meager bloom
native smelt
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hm lemme see if i can find like an exam problem from last sem that demonstrates what im talking abt

static grove
native smelt
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some of the actual questions are purely computation but u kinda get the point ?

static grove
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Same goes for math in certain fields if you want to go upper-division (Econ ik, physics I THINK)

native smelt
static grove
native smelt
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its barely even linear atp

static grove
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But supposedly proof-based linalg is great prep for real analysis and abstract algebra

native smelt
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i gotta figure out how to do my pset

static grove
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That calc 3 pset looks devious

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Smoothness bleh

native smelt
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💀

static grove
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The earlier one

native smelt
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oh that was an exam

dapper flicker
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Just had my senior interview - they were time limited to 30 minutes which sucked

Only asked more generic questions like

Why Yale
Talk about research projects
Community work
Hardest Class

static grove
# native smelt

Interesting. Did you have to take a proofs/set theory/discrete class before this?

native smelt
static grove
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Or did they just nuke you with set notation first day

native smelt
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just calc 2

static grove
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Ouch!

native smelt
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💀

static grove
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That must have been a devious learning curve

native smelt
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but i took prob theory last sem

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so i was familiar with set theory

static grove
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Ohh that’s good

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So you have the background

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How was probability theory?

native smelt
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it was hard

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but made me smarter

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i think

meager bloom
static grove
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W method

meager bloom
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the closest i got to this was a question asking if A x B = B x A

native smelt
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Ignore my handwriting

static grove
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W vector space

static grove
# native smelt

Oh, i thought abba was talking about the cartesian product

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Am i just geeked

native smelt
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thats just commutativity no

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ab = ba

static grove
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I’m geeked

native smelt
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u might be right

static grove
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Is it over for setcels

native smelt
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yeah i need to go lock in these psets gonna kick my ass

static grove
native smelt
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genuinely

static grove
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I can’t wait to get brutalized by uni matu

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*math

native smelt
meager bloom
static grove
native smelt
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it would be even better if i knew how to do it

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I have an idea but idk if it’s working

static grove
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W method

elder barn
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How was it tho

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Also I feel like this year they’re doing a lot of senior interviews 😭 might be cuz of that decrease in alumni interviewers

elder barn
dapper flicker
elder barn
dapper flicker
elder barn
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There was a closing timer for both my Yale and Dartmouth interviews which lowkey sucked but it is what it is ig 😭

elder barn
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void apex
void apex
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  • we initially met at the cafe, shook hands and he immediately offered me a drink + food if I wanted. (I ended up getting coffee)
  • while we were waiting for our drinks, we had a little conversation and I gave a mini intro of myself to him, and he seemed pretty interested about it. We then got seated and I finished my explanation of who I am.
  • after that he took over a bit and spoke about himself + works he has been involved in + hobbies.
  • then he asked what my interests are and what classes I’ve been taking senior year + what’s my favorite one I think
  • I yapped about that and spoke about my love for chemistry and fragrances and how I want to combine them into a passion of fragrance artistry which he seemed very interested in since it is an unconventional path to pursue. He asked me a couple questions afterwards about my nose for fragrances so I was able to extrapolate on that ig solidifying my love for fragrances and perfumery and how fragrances make me feel
  • after that we went back to hobbies, spoke about that for a bit. Prob for him to understand the things I love doing beyond academics
  • then he asked me what about Yale, which I really went deep into the community aspect and spoke about a club that I advocated for & had to get approved by my school’s administration, and how I wanted to translate my existing skills over to a specific initiative at Yale on homelessness or something to help prepare students to become informed leaders… I forgot lowkey.
  • he also asked me what I’m interested about Yale or sum like that, and I spoke about the humanities (Khmer language classes) and wanting to reconnect with my heritage + Yale accredited study abroad programs in Cambodia, I told him how I’ve never been to Cambodia etc. — In a nutshell, I wrote my personal statement on being Cambodian and feeling disconnected + how I’ve been trying to reconnect with my heritage through volunteering at a large Cambodian festival which I mentioned that aspect to my interviewer too. My city is also predominantly Hispanic
  • then afterwards he asked me about other experiences so I spoke about working!! He asked me a couple questions about what I do and was definitely interested to learn about that.
  • then uhh we spoke about sum other things…. I lowkey forgot.
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HOLY YAP SORRY

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for the Q&A it was about 25 mins and I asked him a bunch of questions about school spirit and what it means to me bc he asked how I’ve been enjoying my senior year and I spoke about community involvement (kinda a common theme throughout the interview since I wanted to hit that point of service)

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In all ts was 1 hr and 30 mins and I sent a thank u letter and he was very sweet + kept his contact open for me

sharp flume
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We need more people in this world like you

rigid wigeon
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Have u looked into Yale fragrance

rigid wigeon
void apex
void apex
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I’m definitely interested in joining the organization

void apex
# void apex In all ts was 1 hr and 30 mins and I sent a thank u letter and he was very sweet...

For my thank you letter, it was a bit long and the way I structured it was like this

  1. typical thanks for patience since I have to pause for a second during one segment, as well as the thoughtfulness that he had with asking plenty of follow up questions to what was saying.
  2. Shifted the focus onto how he gave valuable insight about his experiences @ Yale and for informing me on how spirited the school is
  3. Mentioned a specific thing that I did not get to ask him much of during our Q&A and how it resonated with me… it was him working around the New Haven area with middle schoolers (I also js remembered I also spoke about tutoring students in my guidance office who have come to the U.S. from different parts of the world. Again, reinforcing the theme of community I wanted to convey during this interview).
  4. At the end of my interview I spoke about pizza w/ my interviewer and I mentioned Dave Portnoy and a specific pizza location that was HIGHLY rated by him, and we were chuckling a bit about how he’s a very harsh critic. Since the location was around the area and during the interview, I forgot the name, I included that at the end of my letter.
  5. Then i closed it off by talking about encouraging me to try new things since I emphasized this at the start, and I thanked him for the coffee he offered me and for giving me a bit of his chai latte + making time to meet with me
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If anyone was curious on an example of structuring a thank you letter, this is how I did mine. Of course, it may be a bit TOO long but I wanted to give y’all, future interviewee’s how another applicant wrote a thank you letter for a Yale alumni (2010-2014)

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OH I FORGOT, HE ASKED ME A GOOD BIT ABOUT THE SUMMER PROGRAM THAT I ATTENDED OVER THE SUMMER

gray scroll
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I thought it was supposed to be fun but ig not

native smelt
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There were certainly fun aspects

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But everyone made it to be this magical experience and i didn’t feel that way

alpine ocean
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just finished interview pretty good

lunar mountain
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has anyone from charlotte gotten a yale interview yet?

native smelt
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I could be completely wrong tho but it’s kind of a beautiful problem

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I need the math nerd to check

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But lydi is gone

native smelt
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Nvm i led myself astray

frail vessel
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I can't do cold

native smelt
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like 10 in of snow today lol

void apex
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Massachusetts is just as bad

worldly holly
rich cargo
native smelt
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About how you can take a curve and randomly put a bunch of dots and then count the number of dots

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And it approximates the area

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Under the curve

eager frost
#

day 1 of asking for a yale interview (in state with rea admit ☠️)

worldly holly
gray scroll
eager frost
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i swear they have quotas

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they deferred the other REA but his application was slop

rich cargo
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Though I didnt apply as a stats major anywhere

native smelt
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i think

native smelt
worldly holly
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reminds me of this derivation of pi

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or well approximation idk

rich cargo
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But idk if I'm ready for such a drastic change

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All things I'll discover in college ig

graceful torrent
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just quoting shi

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very standard

native smelt
native smelt
graceful torrent
# native smelt do it for me pls 
\[
\mathbb{E}[Y_i]=\int_a^b \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\,g(x)\,dx=\int_a^b f(x)\,dx=I(f),
\]
and by linearity of expectation,
\[
\mathbb{E}[\widehat I_n(f)]=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n \mathbb{E}[Y_i]=I(f).
\]
Assuming $\mathrm{Var}(Y_i)=\mathrm{Var}\!\bigl(f(X_i)/g(X_i)\bigr)<\infty$, the weak law of large numbers applies to the i.i.d.\ sequence $(Y_i)$, hence
\[
\widehat I_n(f)=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n Y_i \xrightarrow{\mathbb{P}} \mathbb{E}[Y_1]=I(f)\qquad \text{as } n\to\infty.
\]

\textbf{(b)} Since the $Y_i$ are i.i.d.,
\[
\mathrm{Var}\!\bigl(\widehat I_n(f)\bigr)=\mathrm{Var}\!\left(\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^n Y_i\right)
=\frac{1}{n^2}\sum_{i=1}^n \mathrm{Var}(Y_i)
=\frac{1}{n}\,\mathrm{Var}(Y_1).
\]
Moreover,
\[
\mathrm{Var}(Y_1)=\mathbb{E}[Y_1^2]-\bigl(\mathbb{E}[Y_1]\bigr)^2
=\int_a^b \left(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\right)^2 g(x)\,dx - \left(\int_a^b f(x)\,dx\right)^2
=\int_a^b \frac{f(x)^2}{g(x)}\,dx - I(f)^2,
\]
so
\[
\mathrm{Var}\!\bigl(\widehat I_n(f)\bigr)=\frac{1}{n}\left(\int_a^b \frac{f(x)^2}{g(x)}\,dx - I(f)^2\right).
\]
If $\sigma^2=\mathrm{Var}(Y_1)\in(0,\infty)$, then by the central limit theorem,
\[
\sqrt{n}\bigl(\widehat I_n(f)-I(f)\bigr)\xrightarrow{d}\mathcal{N}(0,\sigma^2),
\]
and therefore with
\[
c_n=\frac{\sqrt{n}}{\sigma}
=\frac{\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{\int_a^b \frac{f(x)^2}{g(x)}\,dx - I(f)^2}},
\]
we obtain
\[
c_n\bigl(\widehat I_n(f)-I(f)\bigr)\xrightarrow{d}\mathcal{N}(0,1)\qquad \text{as } n\to\infty.
\]
(If $\sigma^2=0$, then $Y_1$ is almost surely constant and $\widehat I_n(f)=I(f)$ for all $n$.)```
native smelt
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i was thinking about it ur too hard it’s just referencing the laws

subtle trellis
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any super big/famous superstitions here? hoping to ask interviewer question regarding it and need a baseline

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thanks

void apex
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What’s your goal w/ asking them about that

subtle trellis
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my family has some of their own superstitions so im curious on what big campus traditions and/or superstitions yale may have and i can just use that for a little conversation near the end

native smelt
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just ask about superstitions at yale lol

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i can tell you about some cool campus traditions tho

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every year there’s the first year snowball fight so at the first big snow of the year all the frosh gather on campus and we just have a big snowball fight

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it’s rlly fun

subtle trellis
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okay yeah prob

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sounds like fun

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thanks for sharing 😎

native smelt
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Yay very nice

rich cargo
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I'm sure this has already been asked numerous times before but is it possible to submit a peer rec to yale?

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I swear I read it somewhere that you can, but I can't remember where

sharp flume
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DON’t

rich cargo
sharp flume
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They don’t encourage submitting additional recs in general

last elk
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Whats the benefit to submitting a peer rec?

sharp flume
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dartmouth davidson and uroch

void apex
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don’t add another recommendation UNLESS it truly adds a new dimension to your application

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it’s not recommended to submit an additional letter

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although the option for some reason is still open

rich cargo
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Why have the option if you don't want to read it?

void apex
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for example; my friend got into Yale through QB, although it’s i guess different that that of SCEA/RD and he submitted an additional rec letter that was VERY specific of his skills for a job that he worked. It really gave that dimension of leadership in a real world scenario since he worked in a paid community-based organization

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So in an instance as such, it would be great to submit an additional recommendation letter. Otherwise you shouldn’t if it doesn’t really add much

eager frost
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very relevant example

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mine was accidentally submitted because of a counselor goof but it was fine because it was solely about leadership

void apex
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yeah that should be fine

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id definitely say that you should ONLY use additional recs for specific schools

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some schools just have it open, to have it open. i mean it wont harm your application, but it'd prob annoy AOs so idk why they even offer that option

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But for a school like Yale, leadership/service is really important so you can submit an additional rec if it's based on those qualities and the letter provides concrete examples

native smelt
#

also most ppl submit additional letters of recs that don’t add anything to their application

void apex
# rich cargo Why have the option if you don't want to read it?

I mean I’m sure they read it if you meet an academic minimum for Yale, but if it doesn’t add much, they’ll REALLY skim through the entire piece, but if they think they do need extra info, they’ll prob take more of a careful look at that additional rec letter

opaque wharf
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how long are the interviews supposed to be

hard wind
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mine was about 30 minutes

opaque wharf
native smelt
rich grotto
alpine ocean
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his questions were 1 hr mine were 40 min

void apex
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Mine lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes, so it depends on your in the interviewer

tribal cairn
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anyone know until when does yale send out interview requests?

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still haven't got anything yet 😔

somber talon
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Sends them into february

static grove
rigid wigeon
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Interviews and coffee chats never end even after starting Yale..…

native smelt
alpine ocean
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and like some of his in depth beliefs about yale

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native smelt
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so you have to get coffee chats and rush meals with members of the social org

worldly holly
native smelt
worldly holly
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idk i js had this image of some corny naked party in my head 😭

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whats it really like tho from what yk

native smelt
native smelt
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most of the party culture is frats

worldly holly
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do they have an SAE chapter?

native smelt
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and suite parties

native smelt
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but disaffiliated

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now it’s leo

worldly holly
native smelt
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we have a few social clubs that disaffiliated from the greek org and now just act as social clubs

native smelt
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and a few rape cases i think

worldly holly
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crazy

worldly holly
worldly holly
native smelt
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no we don’t have preprofessional frats

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we have preprofessional clubs but no frats

worldly holly
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i heard of this thing at yale called bio societies where they js share life stories or soemthing

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short for biography i think?

native smelt
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oh bios is just a thing in a lot of different orgs

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like i did bios in my orientation program

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u do bios in secret societies, bios in certain frats, in a lot of different clubs

worldly holly
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ah fair

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and it

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its meant to be like confidential right

gray scroll
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My bad

native smelt
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if ur giving a presentation on your whole life story for 2 hours for a group of people i think its fair to assume that your vulnerability isn’t meant to be shared

summer halo
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that’s interesting af

void apex
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Am I cooked if I get a B or B+ in calc bc?

meager bloom
void apex
#

I was hella stressed bc a few ppl from my class are applying to Yale and have an A I believe

meager bloom
native smelt
void apex
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Just an in the moment type scenario

native smelt
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you prefrosh are so funny

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i’m doing my prefrosh advising calls and u guys are adorable and nervous it’s cute

topaz nacelle
void apex
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yeah in hindsight i shouldnt have been worried

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i mean after all, despite being 'statistically lesser' than my friends, i ended up getting an interview

meager bloom
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relax

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i believe in u

void apex
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but thank you

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I think that i def need to spend my weekend on roblox w/ friends

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quarter 2 is ending and i am going to be free

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or perhaps i may spend a day in boston 😛 😛

gray scroll
#

3ven after the controversy

void apex
gray scroll
#

Pedophiles on the app that tje ceo actively promotes

void apex
#

oh?

gray scroll
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And the new chat requirments

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HAVE U NOT HEARD OF THIS????

void apex
#

thats weird

eager frost
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just don’t buy robux direct

gray scroll
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Too broke

eager frost
#

lowkey have not gotten an interview 💔

void apex
void apex
gray scroll
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It hurts my heart but I just cant anymore

void apex
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i created my account in 2013, i dont play much, so i doubt quitting will have an effect on me

meager bloom
#

they realized its unethical to be using ai to scan the faces of literal minors to be used in training the ai

gray scroll
#

I HOPE THEY ARE

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But they also got rid of classical faces

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I want my robux refund

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Im so irritated

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I'm already broke I had to trade things for robux

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😭

void apex
#

before this entire thing

midnight dock
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its fine

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😭

#

roblox is still fun

gray scroll
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hearty star
meager bloom
native smelt
native smelt
meager bloom
#

uni how r u enjoying that seminar

native smelt
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i don’t like it as much as i’d hoped

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maybe it will get better

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i’m hoping to meet with the prof just to talk about the class

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bc it kinda feeels more like a lecture than a seminar

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and the prof wants us to hear how he feels about the text more than anything

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and the discussions are less organic than i’d hoped

meager bloom
native smelt
#

although i don’t know how to approach this without like insulting his teaching style lol

meager bloom
lucid sonnet
native smelt
#

so i’m doing that

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and then i’ll do more calls rd

lucid sonnet
#

ooooh hopefully ill get a call from u this april

void apex
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im curious bc it sounds pretty interesting

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or is it done like maybe a few days before?

native smelt
#

and decisions were a while ago

void apex
#

ohhh i see

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i mean for RD

native smelt
#

why would they do it before decisions u don’t know ur in yet lol

void apex
#

for RD like a week or few days before

native smelt
#

it’s usually done after decisions

void apex
#

i see

native smelt
#

if it was before they’d spoil it for u

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ruins the surprise

void apex
#

i remember a girl receiving a call from duke

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and she was rejected

native smelt
#

yikes

void apex
#

yeah over the phone was bad

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so thats why i asked

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i was curious whether or not this was done (or varied by schools) a bit before decisions but u alr answered it

meager bloom
void apex
#

ahh

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makes sense

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now thinking about it

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i couldnt imagine students receiving decisions in the middle of class

gray scroll
#

I never pick up random calls 😭

native smelt
subtle trellis
#

i have an update i want to send to yale +other colleges. i was hoping to wait till mid feb like feb 20th because i have two more potential awards, but if i had my interview recently, is it worth waiting?

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i don’t want to take too long to the point where they decide already and i’m late but i guess nobody knows the timeline of things and when my application is looked at

native smelt
void apex
native smelt
frail vessel
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Is an intensive marked as no cr/cr the same as failing a core class

void lichen
#

I still don't have an advisor :(

spark igloo
native smelt
native smelt
native smelt
hard wind
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mine didn’t reach out until late last night

native smelt
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i think also they might not have gotten enough volunteers

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bc it’s not paid

frosty lynx
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dudes does everyone get an idoc req

last elk
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I got one before i even submitted my commonapp bc i did financial aid stuff before my rd appd

left ice
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umm

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guys why does

eager frost
#

harvard students fucking around prob

sharp flume
last elk
native smelt
left ice
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lol

last elk
#

LMAO

prime canyon
left ice
silver citrus
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guys what if yale's interview policy changed

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bc like ltrly everyone who applied from my school got an interview

meager bloom
#

they lost like 1000 alumni interviewers this year

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meager bloom
silver citrus
# meager bloom i dont think so

oh ok.... is there an estimate for what percent of yale applicants get an interview and how many of those that get an interview get in?

meager bloom
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but lowk dont read into the numbers too much

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ppl get in w/o interviews

silver citrus
#

oh ok ty!

tribal cairn
native smelt
#

most people with interviews are rejected

topaz nacelle
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meaning even if 100% of admitted students were interviewed the majority of interviewed students would get rejected

frosty goblet
#

guys are they still sending interviews to ppl

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how late do they usually go out until?

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my friend from same school just got one and the interviewr said to him that she needs to submit it in a week....

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so im wondering if thery're done soon...

meager bloom
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like feb 14/15ish

frosty goblet
#

I hope i can get one 😭

meager bloom
somber talon
#

my report was due the 28th

meager bloom
#

yeah ^

frosty goblet
meager bloom
#

it also depends how quick ur alumni was at reaching out to u and stuff

frosty goblet
frosty goblet
somber talon
#

yea but even if the entire yale incoming class got an interview that's only 2300 people out of 8000 who get in

meager bloom
#

when i say mid feb matt im saying thats the latest the aos might ask an alumni is what the yale asc says

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doesnt mean they wont send u an email

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after that

frosty goblet
#

ohh okay

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thank you @meager bloom

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did u get in anywhere yet btw

meager bloom
#

just cu denver

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fuck me

frosty goblet
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lol

#

Ive gotten in nowehre

untold prism
meager bloom
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u can find it im too lazy to dig

untold prism
#

oh okay

hearty star
somber talon
#

Yea but ur fried regardless

hearty star
#

getting a interview is mildly fried

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no interview is fried

meager bloom
#

9% is like 160 people

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thats not fried when 160/2300

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is still a good amount

prime canyon
#

nah thats a long shot dawg

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no interview is pretty fried

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literally 9% of 4%

hearty star
meager bloom
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i mean ig

hearty star
#

i do agree that whether or not some1 gets a interview doesnt determine whether they get in but its also kind of ignorant to say that there is no difference ebtween getting a interview and not getting a interview

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yale does afaik prescreen for interviews

prime canyon
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they do lol

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which is why i also feel the same when i see people be like omgg no dw no interview

untold prism
#

i wonder what they do in prescreen

eager frost
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no interview yet

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might be fried because we had an REA admit this year, and last year’s RD admit deferred admission to this year

hearty star
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no interview just means ur a auto admit trust

eager frost
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oh well more stanford for me

hearty star
#

ur one of the 160 auto admits

hearty star
somber talon
#

im sitting here dooming abt my harvard and stanford interviews trust u will be fine

eager frost
#

did you have them yet

somber talon
#

no

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only yale🥹

eager frost
#

did you get the invites

somber talon
#

no

eager frost
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the irony is i got harvard and stanford but no yale

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check your harvard portal your guy could just be a lazy emailer

somber talon
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i checked it in the morning still nothing

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😭

silver citrus
#

does harvard interview mean anything?

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ik yale prescreens but how about harvard

eager frost
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they do in some regions

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stanford is availability

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though I question why they would interview me as im east coast and my interviewer isn’t that close

frosty goblet
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I was so surprised when he mentioned a library that was 2 hours away 💀

eager frost
#

are you remote

frosty goblet
# eager frost are you remote

we were supposed to be in person and he said he wanted to do in person but like we had to shift to virtual for obvious reasons lol

lapis silo
#

Why are Stanford interviews so frequently in libraries?

eager frost
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mine was online

frosty goblet
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bc I know its like the one that actually does signal ur slightly strong at least

eager frost
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me too my supps were goated

frosty goblet
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its actuallt so weird though

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bc I gfot a princeton and stanford interview

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but other kids from my school di dnot

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and one got a harvard interview

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but I did not

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and my best friend just got a Yale interview yesterday

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like its so so weird

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idk how they do it

meager bloom
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cus think about it

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they cant take 2000/2300 just cs

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so theres probably more than just

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grades, scores, ec, etc

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a lot factors in

clever sand
#

I had one and got in, but I know people who have had one and got rejected, had one and got deferred (-> rejected), and didn't get one but was accepted

meager bloom
#

when u have more info on ur file theres more to discuss abt u and more to know abt u

meager bloom
native smelt
gray scroll
#

🍳

native smelt
#

As a stats major i CANNOT stand for this!

native smelt
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lol

#

Lwk i’m supposed to meet with my AO i can ask her for u guys

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But i genuinely think it’s for people who they just want to meet IRL and genuinely see what you act like as a real person

meager bloom
#

uni did u see my dm

native smelt
#

And if someone tried to talk to u irl you would have an aneurysm

native smelt
untold prism
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probably narrowing the pool down beyond js basic prescreen

native smelt
#

and for my 2nd reader it said MISSING INTERVIEW

untold prism
#

hmm interesting

native smelt
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so at least in my case i think i got 2 reads before they decided to interview

untold prism
#

yeah

native smelt
#

Or the 2nd reader just read before my interview was scheduled

untold prism
#

its interesting they said missing interview

native smelt
#

Literally could’ve just been that noone knows

untold prism
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bcz that just shows how much they value it imo

native smelt
somber talon
#

Off topic but Might be going up to New Haven in a couple weeks are there sights i should see

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Or do i go where the wind takes me

native smelt
native smelt
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the only problem is that its like cold lol

untold prism
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that's pretty cool because that means how much they value interview for candidates they're trying to admit im guessing

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or maybe that's just how they format everything

native smelt
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and then in the first readers notes my interview notes are after my application update

untold prism
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do you remember when u got ur interview request

native smelt
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I think they use * in the app file to note info they added later

native smelt
#

Jan 24th 3 pm

untold prism
meager bloom
native smelt
meager bloom
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its kinda ur ao’s job to advocate for u

native smelt
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thats when umich came out like literally exact same date and time

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and then my interview was a week later

untold prism
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oh lol

native smelt
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likely week after that

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i was a happy camper during those two weeks

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and afterwards but especially so during that time

meager bloom
#

im so happy my yale interviewer was so chill

native smelt
#

this is when a2c showed me i was getting in

bronze maple
#

guys

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i didnt get interview

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am i cooked?

hard wind
#

no

gray scroll
#

Wait question

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If u get a yale interview (ik this is a rarity) are those ppl more likely to get a likely letter

sharp flume
#

But uni got

hard wind