CALTECH YESS Summer Program 2009

<p>Damnit i had another false alarm with the email notification from facebook!</p>

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<p>I am so very proud to see so many young people that are focused on their education. Keep up the good work. Whatever you all do this summer, whether at Caltech or elswhere, I wish you the best.
mom</p>

<p>Lol, me too, another myspace comment. Almost started hyperventilating.</p>

<p>IT CAME!!! Haven’t opened it yet though.</p>

<p>Yeah I just got it… rejected though.</p>

<p>Here’s the letter:</p>

<p>April 10, 2009</p>

<p>Dear -----,</p>

<p>Thank you for your application to the 2009 Caltech YESS program. We have completed our application review period and we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you a space in this year’s program. </p>

<p>Admission to the YESS program was significantly competitive this year. The program received a record number of over 750 applications. Unfortunately, we do not have space to admit all qualified candidates. </p>

<p>You are a highly-qualified applicant and you should be proud of your accomplishments. We encourage you to continue to pursue your interest in science and engineering and to consider applying for admission to Caltech next year. </p>

<p>For more information on undergraduate admissions at Caltech, please visit [Caltech</a> Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.caltech.edu%5DCaltech”>http://admissions.caltech.edu) </p>

<p>We wish you the best in your future plans.</p>

<p>Sincerely, </p>

<p>Luz M. Rivas
Program Manager, Young Engineering and Science Scholars
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena , CA</p>

<p>Ah, oh well, rejected. Good luck to all those still pending.</p>

<p>It came…REJECTED…</p>

<p>Well, we know that rejection from the YESS Program doesn’t mean rejection from Caltech as a university!
Hope to see you guys at Caltech (if I get in…)</p>

<p>yep, rejection…
I was kinda expecting it. anyone got in? I guess it is only emphasized on minority, and I am an asian.</p>

<p>I’m Hispanic with a strong resume and got rejected. Pretty bummed…congrats to anyone who got in!</p>

<p>ya i got rejected too. bummer. but im black w a really strong resume &grades n stuff. i wonder who got picked? i think they kinda did it in a rush-they seemed frazzled when i called yesterday.</p>

<p>rejected but idgaf i got into SSP ojai!!!</p>

<p>stats- 2290, 34, 800, 227
prez of math club, engineeringclub, science club, captain of jets team, robotics
1st place national qualifier jets team, aime qualifier, amc 12 school winner
captain of varsity xc, track, 3 years
taking 3 college classes, rank 1, participated in COSMOS, doing math research with prof., got 2 fantastic recs from college professors, essays were epic</p>

<p>Rejected. Accepted by MITES though, which was my first choice. Good luck to those still waiting!</p>

<p>rejected toooooooo!</p>

<p>geez nobody got in yet it seems. could it be YESS does not have any rich alumini donate for it this year, they are basically just rejecting everyone.</p>

<p>wait, so no body from cc got in?
apocalypse?!</p>

<p>i didn’t get in either! x]</p>

<p>maybe this is kinda like the thing at uc san diego, where they sent everyone accepts ( but in this case rejects)
perhaps there will be a surprise in the morning.</p>

<p>haha i wish</p>

<p>lol what if they rejected everyone cause they had to cancel the program</p>

<p>^that would make me feel better about the rejection.</p>