Yale University (2025-2026)

[native smelt]

according to what

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[sharp flume]

some guy said on reddit

idek this so confusing

[gray scroll]

Oh

Uni was the true lucky one

[sharp flume]

But i swear i have seen like 20+ reddit posts and comments

People saying that likelies don’t get interviews

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/WUHfYMm28r

[native smelt]

Right this is such a valid source!

[gray scroll]

I can't believe its almost march

Like it was just August and I was like march is so far away

But now were in febuary

[sharp flume]

I need this time to pass

pls pass me to april rn

[gray scroll]

Lol

Mid-march - early April crunch times

[sharp flume]

next 4 years of our lives

getting decided in 2 weeks

[gray scroll]

Deadahh

Whole time im waiting I get rejected by all ivies 😭

Pls dont let this be true

[sharp flume]

nah you getting that plme

keep manifesting

[gray scroll]

I need to

[meager bloom]

digital media skills r great

[hard wind]

did anyone here do DS

i js got the email auto admitting me to it😭😭😭 it sounds so amazing but also a lot of work so idk

[native smelt]

i have some friends who did

it depends on what you want to get out of it

[hard wind]

oh coollll

the three classes are all pretty aligned with my intended major(s) so it does seem pretty exciting

is it worth having those three classes built in though? I was looking forward to exploring a bit but DS just seems like everything I’ve wanted to learn about at the same time lol

[native smelt]

yeah i mean there are pros and cons

it’s not much variety in your schedule but the content is interesting

a lot of my friend ds in the fall and then dropped it for the spring

and it’s a lot more schedule diversity

esp since most ds students just do ds + econ or smth

[tardy mist]

hey yall has anyone considered updating their portal with updates like awards/academic acheivements

bruh my parents want me to email them and upload sum pdf to my portal 💔

[prime canyon]

if its significant

[tardy mist]

mm ok

[prime canyon]

it is significant bro

💀

[tardy mist]

wait would like working on a systematic lit review like reseach paper work

also be important

[tardy mist]

yes

well

[prime canyon]

yea

thats why i said

it is

[tardy mist]

ts?

[prime canyon]

not is it

[tardy mist]

ohh ok

wait mb

i misrad

oupsies

[meager bloom]

significant as being ur not saying “i got 1st place at a local speech tournament” is what roines is getting after i think

[prime canyon]

like lwk i dont think it matters as much as the others

[tardy mist]

oh 😭

well

idk

i got 1st at scioly regionals

for my

thingy

rocks and minerals

[prime canyon]

bro u have significant updates

[tardy mist]

lowk does not relate yo my major but wtv

[meager bloom]

thats fine

[prime canyon]

i know ur updates

[tardy mist]

wait yas but lie

which ones

like what do i present

[prime canyon]

u dont need them ur already sweeping

[meager bloom]

bruh just submit them

[tardy mist]

to the place

[tardy mist]

boi saibau

😭 not w my mid year report

which hasnt even been

finalized

cuz of my bum teachers

[tardy mist]

ok

wait my parents want me to email them too ike

[prime canyon]

you can but it won't rlly matter aos automatically get notified when an applicant submits additional material in their portal

[tardy mist]

also do i have to be all fnacy and connect it to my parrative or wtv

[prime canyon]

it wont hurt though

and no

you can just

[tardy mist]

ohh ok i see

thank u roines

[prime canyon]

mention the update

[tardy mist]

so informative

[tardy mist]

oh ok yay

UR PERFORMATIVE

NONONO

KEEP THAT UP THERE

weak

scared

omega

😈

[prime canyon]

idek what im saying

oh i lwk left u on read

[tardy mist]

nah that was like

slam poetry

[tardy mist]

yeahhh fake fake fake

[native smelt]

just update ur portal

[viral egret]

we should ask christian... this guy lowkey is one of the greatest yale yt guys

bro cooked the essays, and got stem likely to yale

@native smelt dyk 05chrs

[native smelt]

i know who he is i’ve never spoken to him

[viral egret]

you show start making yt vids if youre into that bro

show yale around

id be your first sub

also get some sleep bro its like what 2am in the morning at yale?

[native smelt]

i’m doing homework

[native smelt]

i’m ok but thank you for the tip

😭😭😭

[viral egret]

till 2am bro? i swear get that done first before discord

[native smelt]

well i took a shower as a break

i had a busy day no time to do work during the day

too many goddamn meetings

and too much goddamn reading

[viral egret]

but math is prolly fun at yale tho right?

[native smelt]

i guess

like wdym lol

it’s hard

[viral egret]

but its fun

like minded people

[native smelt]

most math majors are kind of bots

i don’t know if i can say i hang out with many math majors

they’re kind of annoying

[viral egret]

quant aspirants or what?

[native smelt]

well no they’re just not my kind of ppl

[viral egret]

are you a quant aspiran

[viral egret]

gotcha

[native smelt]

i like math but i also like to have fun and im not going to sit in my room 24/7 and study

[native smelt]

like not really

[native smelt]

and a lot of math majors here and elsewhere do that

not my prerogative unfortunately

[viral egret]

gotcha

im considering either phys+cs or math+cs

[native smelt]

cool

[viral egret]

ive talked to a few kids at these big schools and like 90% of them give me grind hard vibe with no social perspectives so ya

good to hear you exist

[native smelt]

yeah i mean it’s not all of them but a good portion

but i mean also like yale will be different

idk i’m ok w having a lower gpa and doing things outside of school that unlike

[viral egret]

define low gpa bro 🤣

[native smelt]

i didn’t say low

[viral egret]

sorry lower gpa

[native smelt]

lol

i mean my gpa is nice

but not a 4.0

and not that a 4.0 is standard but like idk a lot of ppl r obsessed with the perfect 4.0

[viral egret]

ya im def not gonna try for a 4.0 no matter where i go

3.7 or smt liek that ill be happy

anyways ill let you do your psets and your work

[frail vessel]

do u have to report in school suspensions if u already got in

[eager frost]

did you get suspended 💀

[native smelt]

yes?

i mean cuz the school will report it

oh wait for in school suspension prolly not

[frail vessel]

its so stupid bro like genuinely

[frail vessel]

yea i just asked my counselor she said no

[grand thunder]

If I didn’t get an interview yet am I fried

[eager frost]

They give requests out until the middle of feb

[native smelt]

if i say yes will that make you happy

[bleak sun]

Is it bad I want a likely so bad yall

[hearty star]

yess I GOT A INTERVIEW

https://tenor.com/view/great-job-yes-yeah-scream-baby-gif-15102794

[hearty star]

most people don’t get likelies so I wouldn’t think abt it too much

[native smelt]

yeah cuz no one gets them

[viral egret]

says the one who got a likely

but ya @hearty star idt likely should be in anyones mind

[meager bloom]

i mean he isnt wrong

no one gets them

[native smelt]

do you know anyone else whose gotten one…

[sharp flume]

damn uni flex🔥

[gray scroll]

Clock it

[solid cargo]

js curious @native smelt does the likely show up in portal or is it js an email

& when did you get it lmao

[native smelt]

wait it lowk might be my likely anniversary

[solid cargo]

time of day i mean btw

[solid cargo]

prob not the exact day but it is the first wed of feb lmao

[native smelt]

it was a year ago today

i remember bc it was tuesday and i was in physics class

[solid cargo]

ohh ok LMAO

[native smelt]

my ao emailed me and she was like can you schedule a call with me

and my dumbass thought it was an interview

so i scheduled it for 7pm the next day

and i was stressing all day cuz i was nervous

and then we just had a chat and she told me that i got a likely

and then a week later i got a letter in the mail

they change your portal but i didn’t get formal admission till march 27th

[dapper flicker]

Does Yale do LLs across waves, all on one day, or is it just by region up until next week?

[native smelt]

it doesn’t matter

you’re probably not going to get one

if you do thats great! but no point in stressing about a likely letter that likely will not come

[eager frost]

most admitteds do not get LLs

the only college that sends out a lot is columbia and even then its 10% of the class

[winged helm]

Al I making Yale bro

I got deferred so far

[cunning plover]

W turn of phrase...

[gray scroll]

My friend lives in AZ and she got hers tdy

And earlier I saw someone on reddit saying they got one

[somber talon]

Not thinking about likely letters tbh because if i act like im hoping for a likely letter i'm taking my admission for granted

Which god knows i'm definitely rejected😭

[last elk]

Im feeling cooked (no interview yet and no likely)

Literally radio silence from yale

[somber talon]

Oh my god who even gets likelies

The likelihood of you getting a likely is less than 1%

[gray scroll]

Lowkey gonna be Hella dejected if rejected from yale

Ik most ppl are rejected but that is gonna sting

[somber talon]

Honestly the way i've been viewing my college rejections is considering that like. I've already gotten into my top target. I'm still going to college. Which is a privilege not many people have

I would like to get into yale but on the other hand it's such a crapshoot that i'm better off getting everything i need done for it and then forgetting about it until april

[last elk]

Thats fair

[gray scroll]

Thats true

[last elk]

I think being on a2c discord has affected me in some way bc i literally got into 3 schools and i dont feel anything

I should be grateful

[gray scroll]

This

😭

I just dont feel anything

I'm numb

[void apex]

o crap likely letters r coming out

my friend’s friend got a likely

[coarse ravine]

likelies are coming out and i still havent gotten an interview its so over </3

[eager frost]

same boat

[tribal cairn]

Same lmao

[cunning flume]

How many did you apply to

[static grove]

Nothing wrong w/ it as long as you're okay w/ the likely possibility that you won't

[last elk]

I applied to 9, 3 EA and 6 RD

[tardy mist]

in my letter should i say yale's my top choice even tho i have like no top choice schl?

what do we think about

"among my top choices" vs "remains my top choice" or just omit overall

i feel like im sending my shit too late to get. aletter

[prime canyon]

lwk just say top choice

im surprised you haven't gotten a likely tbh

[tardy mist]

lowk i didnt send my updates earlier plus yeah idk were they all supposed to come out by now?

[meager bloom]

thats not a lot 😭

talking about some 10% of a class like that isnt ~150 people

[tardy mist]

o ya i know a kid who got yale likely!!

[lucid sonnet]

this yr?

[tardy mist]

yes

[livid smelt]

what region?

[hasty plume]

chat

is yale likely rolling

[native smelt]

guys

ur not getting a likely

respectfully

i’m not trying to ego u guys or anything it’s just like not a common occurrence

[hearty star]

https://tenor.com/view/he-made-a-statement-statement-dog-gang-praised-gif-14847923944265501688

[hasty plume]

yeah most likely

just wanted to know

[hard wind]

most people admitted to yale don’t get likely letters‼️

[void apex]

no it isn’t a LOCI it’s an update email

yall gotta just relax 😭🙏

not getting a likely doesn’t mean anything on you

statistically it’s improbable

[meager bloom]

a2c after thinking they can overcome the 0.002% probability

[void apex]

seriously though

[gray scroll]

Lmfao

Give up on the likely letters gang

[native smelt]

Even?

I’m going to ego u

[sharp flume]

ragebait

!debug

[hollow sluice]

https://i.imgur.com/jrlEvH1.png

[modest kiln]

i dont think internationals even get likelies

yes

i agree

i didn't even apply to yale 🥀

[bronze maple]

guys

i didnt get interview

im fried

[sharp flume]

You are fried for thinking you are fried

[carmine dune]

[hearty star]

they alr came out though

[dapper flicker]

I don’t think they’re all out - thought they came out in waves throughout a one week period but who knows. We ain’t getting one lol

[viral egret]

chris 🤣 but ya i get what you mean

[raw tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/tkt-smart-gif-20642718

delusional confidence ftw

i lost confidence for cornell and that’s what got me rejected

NOT blatant errors in my application

i lost confidence.

so stay calm and carry on.

🩷

[somber talon]

#TRUE

[somber talon]

erinn have u gotten ur interview yet🥹 🥹

[tardy mist]

He’s from NY

[raw tendon]

no but it’s ok 🩷

i’ll just get in without an interview and aura farm if worst comes to worst

[somber talon]

MANIFESTING UR ACCEPTANCE

[raw tendon]

SAMEEE i loved my essays if i don’t get in i’ll genuinely be so disappointed

[somber talon]

lowk they give interviews into feb so you’re not cooked

[raw tendon]

i’m in the running for a full tuition scholarship at Temple tho so i have other options

i don’t need Yale for real this time jsjjscjjas 😭

[somber talon]

and i’m sure they have a lot of interviewers down in westchester/nyc

[somber talon]

YEAYYYY CGS

[raw tendon]

yeah that’s why i’m like

if i don’t get one i’m not assuming anything bad but it does mean that most likely they didn’t need more info on my profile?

or at least they needed that info less than other applicants

idk what’s going on with yale interviews but it would be nice to have one lol

i’m very good at talking about myself 💀

[hearty star]

20 bucks i dont get a likely

on kalshi fr

[thorn canopy]

no interview is cooked statistically

[raw tendon]

we’ll beat the odds trust

[warped sable]

People can get in without an interview right..🤯

[winged helm]

yes

[opaque wharf]

Why has Yale been so stingy w their interviews this year

Barely anyone from our school has gotten it

[gray scroll]

My school had never had one lmfaoo

[native smelt]

they have less interviewers

[opaque wharf]

oh fr

[lyric token]

~50 ppl applied to my school and only like 7 got one does this mean the rest (including me) are going to get slimed 🥹

[thorn canopy]

pretty much

[raw tendon]

bro what are you talking about 😭😭😭

[thorn canopy]

20% applicants get interview, 90% admited got one

math

[eager frost]

i do believe the number is going to go down this year

[hard wind]

they say “need more info” but that’s literally everyone they’re seriously considering who isn’t an auto-admit ngl

[eager frost]

they lost a lot of interviewers

[hard wind]

most yale ‘30 ppl I’ve seen got one

[eager frost]

REA's yeah

smaller pool

[hard wind]

eh idk maybe, but i have several classmates who applied and all but one that ik of got interview offers so far

not in a particularly alum-dense area either tbh, my interviewer lives two hours from me

[rich grotto]

I got an email to schedule a phone call

[hard wind]

don’t over stress tho yall, there’s nothing to be done abt it anymore and interviews are still coming in

[eager frost]

Congratulations on your admission to Yale!

[hard wind]

from AO?

[eager frost]

(probably a likely)

[hard wind]

isn’t this what happened to uni

[rich grotto]

Yes 😭 is it a likely?

[eager frost]

yeah

[hard wind]

yes

[eager frost]

welcome yale '30

[hard wind]

@native smelt

[rich grotto]

Omg 😭

[hard wind]

sounds like what happened to them

[rich grotto]

I feel like I’m not processing it yet

[eager frost]

well take the call

[hard wind]

yesss

congrats bro that’s so exciting

[rich grotto]

Thank you guys so much 😭

I scheduled it tomorrow morning

So we’ll see

[hard wind]

you are not cooked and fried anymore‼️

hey out of curiosity who is ur AO?

[rich grotto]

AO?

[hard wind]

haven’t met anyone w my same AO yet lol

[rich grotto]

Oh yeah

[eager frost]

lowkey i dont even have an interview yet

[hard wind]

admissions officer

[rich grotto]

Dara Norwood

I’m from Texas

[eager frost]

one day left for surprise likely

[hard wind]

ahhh nice

[hard wind]

auto admit, trust

[eager frost]

i did cook on the supps

[hard wind]

hell yeah

[eager frost]

two issues

1. I'm in state
2. They already took 1 REA, and last year's admit took a gap year

[hard wind]

from your school?

whats wrong with being in-state

[eager frost]

i think we've reached capacity from this tiny ahh school

[hard wind]

hm, my small school (50 people per grade) took 3 one year

[eager frost]

the rea applicant was also lowkey a coke scholar

https://tenor.com/view/bro-is-finished-cooked-finished-dog-closing-eyes-dog-with-eyes-closed-gif-8933440936102921947

[dapper flicker]

Someone on Reddit A2C also got a likely from Texas

Guess it comes out in waves of regions?

[hard wind]

this person didn't get one yet lol

[hard wind]

idt so

[dapper flicker]

Well it doesn’t come out all across one day right

It’s like until next week generally?

[hard wind]

idk

but ppl have gotten them from across the country alr lol

[eager frost]

where is my interview

💀

[eager frost]

were they of varying strengths

[hard wind]

idk lmfao but they sure weren't coke scholars

everyone is different and every admit is strong in different ways??

like my activities are lowk buns

[eager frost]

i will say re: yale interview

they didnt submit my mid year transcript until today

lazy bum ahh school

[twin plaza]

What are the odds of a likely after getting deferred REA💔🥀

[prime canyon]

probably not very high lol

not to say i’m an expert but just thinking abt it

[native smelt]

Oh shit

Congrats lol

Same happened to me

[native smelt]

Ur not getting one

[rich grotto]

Tysm 😭 ❤️

[native smelt]

dm me if you have any questions!!

I mean also wait for the phone call before celebrating

[rich grotto]

Yeah definitely

[native smelt]

But it’s a verrrrryyyyyy good sign

Extraordinarily good sign some would say

[rich grotto]

Maybe they just want to call me and say I’m missing smth 😭

[native smelt]

LMFAO

[twin plaza]

Damn yeah I figured lmao

[hearty star]

when’s ur phone call

[rich grotto]

I scheduled it for tomorrow 8:45

Morning

Technically have school but my teacher said I can borrow the closet 😭

(We have a phone ban 🙏)

[hearty star]

r u doin sum rn

[hearty star]

closet screaming

[rich grotto]

They gave me a link to a website to schedule it and I just picked tomorrow

[rich grotto]

Basically 😭

My interview was also in that closet

The lights were motion activated so it went out every like 6 minutes

🙏 😭

[hearty star]

https://tenor.com/view/inflatable-tube-man-air-dancer-wind-balloon-air-puppet-gif-24875471

[rich grotto]

My interviewer was laughing at me every time it went out 😭

[hearty star]

at least they found it funny lmao

[proud garnet]

So in other words it’s Joever

10 more days left I guess 🙏

[native smelt]

ehhh

no

bc the people i know who werent interviewed weren’t auroadmits lol

[eager frost]

huh

there’s still hope…

[raw tendon]

yeah like i'm not worried that i didn't get an interview

i'm very confident in myself tbh and if they don't take me they don't take me 💀

[untold prism]

did you ever get to asking the AO how the prescreen works?

[hard wind]

oopsie

don't listen to me then

uni did you ask for your file?

[eager frost]

for those of you wondering what the yale admissions office looks like

it is a normal house on the exterior

you walk in there’s some glass panel and then turn right to the place where the person working the booth is

very fancy doors

[gray scroll]

:0

[proper viper]

do mostly stem students get likely letters?

also does yale give likelies to intl students?

[void apex]

ye true it fr is prescreen + alum availability

so it dont rlly matter

all 4 (including me) rd apps from my school received an interview offer

[smoky ledge]

i dont know and it doesnt matter because you shouldnt expect anything

[meager bloom]

the chance of getting a likely is 0.002% or something

stop thinking abt it

u have a higher chance of dying in a car crash than getting a likely letter

if that puts it into perspective

[gray scroll]

One of my friends just got one in maryland!

[rich grotto]

yayyy congrats!!

[meager bloom]

aos dont go “ur not majoring in math thus all of ur awards r irrelevant and stupid”

like 90% of ppl switch their major just relax 😭

[native smelt]

oh i lowk ghosted her

[native smelt]

i did

i’ve shared most of it here

major in what u want bro

noone who applies EPE stays epe

[untold prism]

bro lol

[native smelt]

everyone switches to poli sci or global cuz the EPE major is weird asfk

[native smelt]

i’m so busy bruh

gcal of doom and despair

i’ll email her back tomorrow

[untold prism]

ohhh damm

okay

yeah makes sense

[rich grotto]

IT WAS A LIKELY?!!!! @native smelt

😭 omg omg omg

[feral cave]

Did you get a likely?

[native smelt]

yay congrats

i knew it was i just wanted to keep the element of surprise

that’s exactly how i got mine, congratulations :))

this is a great place you’ll love it here

[rich grotto]

TYSM

OMG

[rich grotto]

Yes 😭 omg

[native smelt]

wait are u gonna commit

i mean don’t withdraw your other apps

[sharp flume]

finally a likely from a2c this year 🔥🔥

[native smelt]

but like is yale your top choice?

[rich grotto]

It was Stanford 😭

I got deferred

[eager frost]

go to yale twin

[rich grotto]

Yale is actually my first decision out

[feral cave]

CONGRATS🔥🔥
Finally saw someone get a likely

This year

[eager frost]

(and save stanford for me 🤔)

[rich grotto]

I didn’t even get into my safeties yet 😭

[sharp flume]

I saw many on reddit but here it’s first

[rich grotto]

TYSM!!

[sharp flume]

lmfao congrats god’s plan fr

[rich grotto]

LOL YOU GOT THIS!!! Good luck :DD

[feral cave]

Well you will most likely get into stanford too cause they defer very few and heard that defers acceptance rate was good

[native smelt]

ugh don’t go there

[rich grotto]

😭 omg okay

[native smelt]

wait no i jest

if you get into stanford it’s ultimately your decision

[feral cave]

Stanny vs Yale
Which will you choose?

👀

[rich grotto]

😭

[native smelt]

what i realized tho is there’s no point of stressing over decisions that have not yet happened

[rich grotto]

😭 🙏

[native smelt]

like when i got my likely i kept on wondering like “omg am i gonna choose harvard or yale if i get in”

and then i didn’t get into harvard

[feral cave]

Well even though it has not happened
It will always be in the back of your mind
It's human nature

[native smelt]

so it was unnecessary stress over a decision that had not yet occurred

[feral cave]

That's why I asked

[rich grotto]

This is so real 😭

[native smelt]

just make the decision if and when it comes to you

there are a lot of measures in place to help you decide

[rich grotto]

Ok ok

Ty for the advice

Imma

Go crash out a lil bit guys

Scream my head off

[native smelt]

yeah go celebrate

[rich grotto]

I have school today

[native smelt]

skip flass

[rich grotto]

It might be cooked

[native smelt]

order a pizza

etc

[rich grotto]

LOL

Ok ok

Gotcha

😭

[feral cave]

Yea ts is real but fantasising is human nature and after being guaranteed one admission you will always be wondering what if I get into this or that

But yeah your advice is fair

[rich grotto]

Omg I still can’t believe it

[feral cave]

Skipping one day won't be that much

[feral cave]

You got it man🥳

[sharp flume]

when will my life change all on a sudden like this🥹

[hearty star]

dw I’ll lick ur admission officers feet during committee so u can go to the superior school

[native smelt]

?

wrap ts up

[somber talon]

Congrats!!! This is so off topic im sorry but ur pfp.. i loveee projectmoon games

[gray scroll]

Oh

[rich grotto]

Omg help my fellow pm sleeper agent 😭 🙏

[sharp flume]

major doesn’t matter

[cunning plover]

hmm ok

i was thinking for yale esp i might help bc they apparently like STEM kids but idk tbh

but ill def send

[lucid sonnet]

did ppl rlly get yale likelies? js curious

[hearty star]

yes

[somber talon]

https://tenor.com/view/ishmael-limbus-company-gif-16702373550115195727

[native smelt]

just send all ur updates

it will never hurt to tell them hey i got a cool award

[warped sable]

What ab new extracurriculars

Like achievements in them

[native smelt]

that might be dragging it but it depends

like if ur club got new members don’t send that

[warped sable]

Like I helped conduct research for a book

[native smelt]

oh send that lol

[warped sable]

Guys I accidentally sent a stupid update about a course added to my winter schedule cuz I took a winter class but I realized I put it on my courses on the common app

Boi

[dapper flicker]

Do yall send thank yous to your interviewer the same night (3-4 hours later) or the next day?

[hard wind]

I thanked mine the morning after

[dapper flicker]

nice - i'm scheduling mine for 4ish hours after. think that would be normal lol

[meager bloom]

i sent it the morning of the day after. i felt it was better for me to reflect on what we connected on instead of sending it immediately after. also helps the interviewer if they are still writing ur report 🤷‍♂️

[dapper flicker]

see my thought was if I send it the next day and they already wrote it, then it won't be of much help and they go in thinking "huh this guy never thanked me" - so i've just been doing it 4-5 hours after

but idk, seems to be conflicting opinions

[meager bloom]

i think there r def pros and cons to each. i would avoid sending it immediately right after though just because i think it truly is less of a thing u should treat as a “requirement” and more of an opportunity to genuinely express gratitude + reflect on the conversation you just had with a member of said school’s community

but i think ur fine w/ 4-5 hours

[dapper flicker]

well like 15 mins after is like "this kid def just copy and pasting" which i totally get

I had an interview that finished 5, so i scheduled 930

[native smelt]

i don’t think it’s this serious

[visual umbra]

stanford obviously

[rich grotto]

@native smelt do you mind if I send a friend request to ask some questions?

[rich grotto]

LOL that's if they even take me 😭

[native smelt]

go ahead

[warped sable]

Did u get accepted to Yale

[rich grotto]

I got a likely letter, in it said that as long as I keep up with everything they’ll send the official acceptance in March. So I think so(?!)

[native smelt]

just make sure you don’t get arrested or fail any classes

[rich grotto]

😭 aww man there goes my plan for a bank heist

[void apex]

I do it 2-3 hours after

[analog zodiac]

i just had my interview 😵‍💫 i think it went well??

[warped sable]

Did you get an interview before? Just curious

[rich grotto]

Yeah I got one around the 20th

[shrewd remnant]

omg i finally just got my interview request

i was actually so scared cause i knew they prescreened and i thought they closed the interview window cause likelies were out

[rich grotto]

Yay! Congrats :DD

[left ice]

Hi

[upbeat zephyr]

how good is the yes scholar program?

[meager bloom]

@native smelt is that what ur likely was under or no ^

[native smelt]

no

[native smelt]

it’s cool u get funding for summer research

but u can lwk get that without it lol

[upbeat zephyr]

is it no different than had i not gotten it? like i could get everything it offers if i email enough

i understand i get like a mentor and conferences but like thats just extra stuff im not super hype abou

[native smelt]

well the guaranteed funding is really nice

[upbeat zephyr]

wait dont most reu's give funding anyways

[native smelt]

cuz u get 15k iirc?

[upbeat zephyr]

oh ic ic

[native smelt]

well with the funding cuts not rlly

[upbeat zephyr]

awww okay

[native smelt]

also most first years aren’t doing reus

[upbeat zephyr]

even after summer?

thats crazy

[native smelt]

i mean we won’t know until the administration is gone

but yale is fine for the most part

[upbeat zephyr]

oh wtf thats horrible

[native smelt]

are you a math major

[upbeat zephyr]

no

i wanna do something biomedical computation

[native smelt]

oh so why were u thinking of reus

oo dope

[upbeat zephyr]

i rly rly wanna do research

[native smelt]

i was looking at a lot of bio labs when i was cold emailing

for computational bio

[upbeat zephyr]

oh yes im a cross admit at stanford and yale

[native smelt]

we have lots of cool ones

[upbeat zephyr]

which is why im debating

[native smelt]

ugh come to yale it’s better here

[upbeat zephyr]

hmmmm

[native smelt]

are u able to come to bdd?

[upbeat zephyr]

yeah maybe

[native smelt]

you should

lmk if u have any questions abt yale btw i can try my best to answer them

[upbeat zephyr]

how is the chem and biology departments there, and have u seen how the premed culture is

[native smelt]

oh i’m a math major so i avoid chem and bio lol

[upbeat zephyr]

oh ic

[native smelt]

i also dislike premeds but that’s a subject for another day

the culture is fine i’m p sure people aren’t super competitive

[upbeat zephyr]

okay

[native smelt]

like mostly innately competitive

in the sense that noone will sabotage you

and everyone is very collaborative

[upbeat zephyr]

are residential colleges rly all that? or am i gonna find more friends through clubs and major

[native smelt]

but wants the best for themselves if they make sense

[native smelt]

i loveee my resco

[upbeat zephyr]

oh this isnt a worry im sure everyone is collaborative at the best schools

ic ic

[native smelt]

eh at the grade deflated ones it can be a little competitive

[upbeat zephyr]

ye but stanford and yale both have inflation so its alr

[native smelt]

you find community and friends through all different areas

[upbeat zephyr]

got it

[native smelt]

whether it’s clubs classes or rescos

but ur resco is ur first introduction to community at yale

[upbeat zephyr]

im scared im gonna get placed into a college i dont like and the people i dont vieb with and im stuck there for 4 years

[native smelt]

not gonna happen

💀

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

you can also transfer colleges worse case scenario

but also like

don’t try and fall in love with one particular college before you get here

[upbeat zephyr]

is the weather acc bad, i get seasonal depression and super sick during december and jan months so i need to take care of my health as well

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

because ultimately it’s random

[native smelt]

yeah it’s really cold during the winter lol

[upbeat zephyr]

colder than chicago?

[native smelt]

i mean it’s pretty when it snows

noo prolly not

[upbeat zephyr]

oh yeah def winter wonderland vibes

hmmmm

[native smelt]

its really fucking cold this week lol

[upbeat zephyr]

damn

[native smelt]

but i bundle up indoors

and the nice thing about living in your resco is that like u don’t rlly need to go outside

[upbeat zephyr]

my health is super important too tho cause my parents arent gonna be there and they might get a heart attack when they find out i have a fever a few states over

[native smelt]

i mean i don’t live in my resco yet, but it’s a perk i look towards

[upbeat zephyr]

awww but do you get to see the sun a lot tho

[native smelt]

i mean this is gonna happen no matter where you go

you’re gonna get sick eventually

[upbeat zephyr]

ic ic

[native smelt]

learning to take care of yourself is a life skill

[native smelt]

i try and get a bit of sun everyday

but it’s hard bc there’s not much lol

[upbeat zephyr]

damn

[native smelt]

sun sets at like 4

[upbeat zephyr]

do i need to buy vitamin d pills?

[native smelt]

but makes u more excited for the spring at least

[native smelt]

i did lol

[upbeat zephyr]

oh sh

[native smelt]

i’ve been taking them everyday i think it helps a little

idk

[upbeat zephyr]

thats kinda scary

hmmm

what do you think of the teaching style?

and class sizes

[native smelt]

a lot of the things i’m gonna say are prolly gonna apply to both yale and stanford

i like the teaching style but my intro classes are big sometimes

like my prob theory lecture and theory of stats are in a massive lecture hall

[upbeat zephyr]

ah ic ic

[native smelt]

but i also am taking some smaller seminars which are nice

it’s important to balance ur classes

a lot of the profs r rlly passionate which is nice

i’m just ready to be done with my intro classes lol

[upbeat zephyr]

with the semester system do you think you got to take a lot of cool classes? i know stanford has a quarter which would let me take more but i wanna know the availability of the ones u have

[native smelt]

i think i’ve tried to take pretty cool classes

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

i mean i’ve only been here 2 semesters

[upbeat zephyr]

o okay

[native smelt]

i still have 6 more to take cool ones

[upbeat zephyr]

have u been able to travel a lot?

[native smelt]

i’ve been able to but i haven’t

i usually have my friends come visit me

[upbeat zephyr]

like nyc and boston

[native smelt]

instead of me visiting them lol

my best friend goes to nyu she comes all the time

[upbeat zephyr]

oh ic

easy to travel or nah?

[native smelt]

yes

and my friends from amherst just came this weekend

[upbeat zephyr]

oh u arent too busy?

[native smelt]

yale is a pretty good central location

[native smelt]

i mean i am but i might go to nyc next week

idk i haven’t felt an urgent need to leave campus

[upbeat zephyr]

alr ic

[native smelt]

i might go home soon tho

[native smelt]

train to boston and nyc is pretty cheap

nyc is really easy my friends go on day trips all the time

[upbeat zephyr]

its a lot of hours right tho

3+

[native smelt]

huh

[upbeat zephyr]

i thought

[native smelt]

nyc is like 1h45

[upbeat zephyr]

nyc is 3 hours away?

oh ic

[native smelt]

boston is like 2h30

[upbeat zephyr]

how was harvard yale game

[native smelt]

lots of fun

nice to be the winning team

[upbeat zephyr]

did you meet friends u had at harvard?

[native smelt]

but it got cold and my dumbass didn’t wear a jacket

[upbeat zephyr]

awww

[native smelt]

i don’t have many friends at harvard but i saw people i met at bulldog days

and i met some people at some networking events

and parties

[upbeat zephyr]

o what did u do after the game

[native smelt]

i had a performance

and then i went out

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

it was annoying lol cuz we woke up so early

[upbeat zephyr]

o

[native smelt]

and i was drunk and tired

[upbeat zephyr]

dam

[native smelt]

i almost didn’t go out but my friends made me

and i had lots of fun so im glad i did

[upbeat zephyr]

wait so u said yale rn is fine even tho there are budget cuts

[native smelt]

but honestly harvard yale weekend was probably one of the most fun weekends i’ve had

[native smelt]

there are but it’s fine

[upbeat zephyr]

ic ic

[native smelt]

we aren’t getting hit as hard as other places

[meager bloom]

wait going off this how is night life at yale cus ik at schools like columbia its basically hard if ur like 18

[native smelt]

i like the night life a lot i mean i go out a lot

[upbeat zephyr]

do you think its going to get worse?

[native smelt]

it’s very greek life central

[native smelt]

prolly not

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

yale likes to pretend like they’re broke

[meager bloom]

lowk ive heard the least about yale in the news

[native smelt]

so they are saving money

[native smelt]

like most parties are frat parties

or mixers with sports teams and such

[upbeat zephyr]

oh ic

[native smelt]

or just suite parties with your friends

[meager bloom]

as a gay person do u find it hard

[native smelt]

not really

[meager bloom]

like ik at places like duke

its kinda hard

[native smelt]

i mean there’s some frats that i just avoid lol

but that’s not because i’m gay

it’s because they’re weird and rapey

but also i have friends in some frats n sororities so i can just go to those parties

[upbeat zephyr]

ive heard a lot about that sexual harrassment too

hmmm

[native smelt]

yeah fuck dke

[upbeat zephyr]

what did you say about the computational biology was like

[native smelt]

i don’t fw dke

[upbeat zephyr]

and how is the cs

[native smelt]

there are lots of cool comp bio labs

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

i ended up not working in one but i was talking to a prof

and he seemed open to having me in his lab

[native smelt]

i haven’t taken any cs at yale actually

[meager bloom]

i lowk got the ick + i have a friend who goes there and idk

idk why i applied

[native smelt]

oh i didn’t mean duke

[upbeat zephyr]

this prob be applicable at stanford and yale right where any prof wants you

[native smelt]

i meant dke as in delta kappa epsilon

[native smelt]

well i wouldn’t say any prof wants u

[meager bloom]

oh mb

[upbeat zephyr]

i mean willing to work with u

[native smelt]

ehh a lot of profs aren’t open to having first years

gotta be selective with who u email

or just email everyone and then find who responds

[upbeat zephyr]

have you met any yes scholars and like is it easier for them

[native smelt]

i have not

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

i mean maybe i have

[upbeat zephyr]

how many is there

like 100

[native smelt]

i don’t go around asking people if they’re a yes scholar

[native smelt]

well they send 100 but idk the commitment rate

[upbeat zephyr]

alr ill think about it

[native smelt]

ya lmk if u have questions

and try and visit both schools

i think the best way to learn about a school is to just talk to current students

[upbeat zephyr]

just for me and personally i love being outdoors but also having a strong tight knit community thats diverse

[native smelt]

ask questions

[upbeat zephyr]

yeah

[native smelt]

oh you’ll like the surrounding area of yale

you would love FOOT lol

[upbeat zephyr]

new haven

[native smelt]

east rock has a lot of cool outdoorsy aspects

[upbeat zephyr]

yeye stanford has a program called SPOT too im gonna look at those two

how long is it

[upbeat zephyr]

that doesnt mean they are exclusive right

[native smelt]

like 4 or 5 days i dont remember

[native smelt]

they are sometimes

[upbeat zephyr]

awww okay

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

does ur res college do fun stuff

[native smelt]

yes

my resco is literally the best one

ong

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

my favorite is we have spider cider

[upbeat zephyr]

???

[native smelt]

bc our mascot is the JE spiders

[upbeat zephyr]

damnn

[native smelt]

so every tuesday night the college pays for us to get free insomnia and apple cider

[upbeat zephyr]

oh ic

[native smelt]

i’m also on JECC which is je college council

[upbeat zephyr]

mhm

[native smelt]

so i help organize events for the resco

[upbeat zephyr]

thats cool

[native smelt]

we have like food nights once a month where we choose a cool restaurant and order a bunch of food for the college

we’re organizing our formal rn

[upbeat zephyr]

ooooh

thats cool

wowow

when you were deciding colleges what options did you have and what made u go towards yale

[native smelt]

yale was my best option

[upbeat zephyr]

o

[native smelt]

i also got a likely

so i kind of mentally committed early on

[upbeat zephyr]

wish i had the problem where either stanford or yale rejected me so i would be forced to pick this is to hard

[native smelt]

your problem is stanford vs yale

you’re going to be fine

[upbeat zephyr]

yeah ill be fine no matter where ill go

[native smelt]

yeah

you also have like

2 months to decide

[upbeat zephyr]

yup

[upbeat zephyr]

how come you dont like premeds

[native smelt]

premeds at yale fall under two categories

1. the fgli premeds who are on full rides
2. full pay premeds who don’t have to worry about paying for medical school

not that there’s anything wrong with being full pay at yale

[upbeat zephyr]

mhm

[native smelt]

but i’ve noticed that a lot of full pay premeds often are out of touch and haven’t faced much adversity

[upbeat zephyr]

o wdym

[native smelt]

and therefore do not have the proper preparation required to be an adequate physician

[upbeat zephyr]

oh wtf

[native smelt]

i mean if ur parents dropped 400k on a yale education and then 300k on med school

[upbeat zephyr]

yale is rigorous no?

[native smelt]

it’s very easy to be entitled

[upbeat zephyr]

even the fgli ones?

[native smelt]

i’m not trying to say that all premeds are entitled

[upbeat zephyr]

ic ic

[native smelt]

no because their parents didn’t drop 400k on yale

lol

[native smelt]

it’s just a random hot take of mine lol

[native smelt]

yes

[upbeat zephyr]

fgli ones should be chill tho right

[upbeat zephyr]

oday

[native smelt]

imo yeah

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[native smelt]

lol don’t hold too much weight to what i was saying

lol

[upbeat zephyr]

alr

[upbeat zephyr]

what percent of you and ur peers get a gpa say of like 3.7 and A's?

[rich grotto]

ik it doesn't really answer your question but my interviewer (she does premed) said the grade inflation was pretty high

[upbeat zephyr]

oh the grade inflation isnt too much of a concern cause stanford has some pretty good ones too

but thats helpfull too

[native smelt]

i don’t ask people their gpas

[upbeat zephyr]

o makes sense

[native smelt]

i think the median gpa here is a 3.7 tho

[upbeat zephyr]

oh bet

[native smelt]

but i mean

if it’s lower there’s nothing wrong with that

yale is hard lol

[upbeat zephyr]

ic

[gray scroll]

Why

[native smelt]

read above

[dapper flicker]

i had a senior interview

very standard questions:

Tell me about yourself
Why Yale (Talked about research here)
Tell me about your research
Community Service Work
Hardest Class
Q/A

It was 30 mins, ended on the dot

I've heard that senior interviews are much more strucutred than alumni - but take that with a grain of salt

[prime canyon]

ok goat

[native smelt]

i mean just treat it like u normally would

[native smelt]

wait my questions were a lot more fun that this

i had like day in the life, favorite experience in a class that comes less naturally to me

they didn’t ask me why yale

[dapper flicker]

Welp

Mine was not like that at all lol

[eager frost]

yale also does interviews to recruit people who they think will be strong candidates

they were probably scoping you out for a likely

[meager bloom]

just treat it like the same interview

[meager bloom]

i mean thats what all the interviews are for 😭 not just for likely letters

[eager frost]

yale is one of the schools that explicitly says they sometimes use interviews for recruitment

not just evaluation

[native smelt]

well no she wrote an interview report

[eager frost]

hm maybe not then

[native smelt]

and it was in my app file

[meager bloom]

thats like every interview tho..

these colleges literally tell alumni to be friendly and let the applicants ask questions

from my experience it was easier to connect w a younger interviewer! i think thats the biggest difference

like i had a stanford guy in his 50s

but then my yale interviewer graduated like 10 years ago

lowk my yale interviewer also was one of the nicest

like we talked A LOT about the time she spent making pizza in brick ovens at yale

[eager frost]

same boat

[somber talon]

have only had one so far but same experience😭

[meager bloom]

she also was the same person who invited me to a museum and we spent 3 hours watching the sunset over denver 😭

[meager bloom]

CRINE

anya i love ur interviewer

[somber talon]

iM SO MAD

[eager frost]

mit guy was 70, stanford guy was probably 60, harvard guy was 50

[somber talon]

Hes such a character

....

[meager bloom]

ok but i didnt get to pet a dog in my interview so who is really winning

not me.

[somber talon]

him and his family that my bestie hates

TRUE

His labradoodle..

[meager bloom]

this is lore

she gonna come after u

once ur #boola

[somber talon]

STOP

from her private school in virginia..

she's gonna get my ass

[meager bloom]

i told anya about how my mom’s coworker had a friend who interviewed with yale and the yale interviewer told her that he doesn’t support women’s or LGBTQ+ rights and doesnt think she belongs on campus 😇

[somber talon]

i think ivy interviewers flipflop between 2 extremes (anecdotal)

[meager spindle]

why am I not surprised 🥀 also yale law school lowk the villain league

[meager bloom]

jd..

[full valve]

yo my friend got a likely

hes goated

[gray scroll]

So what's going on with discord new face policy

Is it gonna be like roblox

[eager frost]

no

only if you want 18+ channels or something

[gray scroll]

Oh

Okay yay I won't be affected

[shadow cove]

when did he recieve it?

[full valve]

Tbh I have no clue, def some time in the last week

[shadow cove]

ok thank u!

[upbeat portal]

yeah my friend also got one I think theyre starting to release them

[native smelt]

1 2

1 2 3 release em

[hearty star]

pretty sure they’ve already released them

[upbeat portal]

am i cooked i havent gotten an interview yet lol

[eager frost]

me neither

[upbeat portal]

ppl in my city have but no one in my school

[eager frost]

same here

[midnight dock]

yea same bro #blessed

(jokes)

[timber wind]

Overheard a classmate talk about getting a Yale interview request today but he’s going to turn it down because he doesn’t want to go now 😭

Like I would kill for an interview

[proud garnet]

same

will suck if i dont get one i spent a lot of time on my yale essays

[worldly holly]

fr

feelingg like js withdrawing my app atp

[upbeat portal]

Same I really tryharded this 😭😭

Same for duke bro this is not looking good

I’m starting to think something’s wrong with my app idk

[proud garnet]

im wondering if it's because my mid-year report was delayed and just sent now

so maybe they were waiting on that coming to deicde?

idk

[upbeat portal]

Ppl get interviews b4 mid year report

😭😭

[proud garnet]

bru true

[worldly holly]

you reckon css might be a thing, i waited until like yesterday to submit

[proud garnet]

no they're need blind

[upbeat portal]

We’ll be fine tho even if we don’t get in

Ye financial aid is separate

I didn’t even apply aid for Yale

[proud garnet]

yea i'll be happy anywhere

[worldly holly]

yea but dreams r gna be crushed

[upbeat portal]

There’s still other schools

[proud garnet]

its just wild seeing so many ppl from my school get into HYPSM and i haven't gotten a single decision yet cuz i did RD

[upbeat portal]

That’s crazy but dw

No one from my school getting Yale or duke interfiews

And we all got deferred from HYPSM

[worldly holly]

fr lowk wish i js did scea

[upbeat portal]

And we’re competitive applicants

[upbeat portal]

Ts is full of the sweats 😭😭

[worldly holly]

true say

[proud garnet]

me when all my opps got into stanford

i feel like i lost the cold war

[worldly holly]

i dont even think ill get into safeties atp

[proud garnet]

imagine if i dont get into my state school atp

[worldly holly]

yeah thats shit

the radio silence from everywhere is js so annoying

[proud garnet]

real i feel like i want a yale interview so bad because it's like a check

that maybe ur not fuully cooked

[worldly holly]

this

cuz icl i got suspended once and i thought i was pretty much cooked for college

and then apparently i wasnt and i worked really hard on explaining my situation or whatever

imagine they js auto reject

[meager bloom]

financial aid is not considered

[proud garnet]

i mean most schools are liberal in stuff like this

unless it was academic dishonesty or something like a crime ur probably fine in that regard

[worldly holly]

i mean it was technically a crime

underage drinking 😭

[meager bloom]

oh 😭

[proud garnet]

i mean that's not the worst

and people come from diff backgrounds or environments