Did I make a mistake?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Everyday, I sit around pondering whether or not the fact that I didnt make it clear how much getting into Yale means to me will impact my decision.
When I visited Yale, I couldnt imagine myself anywhere else.
Everyday I sit in fear that I will be rejected, pondering what I could have done differently.
I really didn't make it clear enough how much getting into Yale means to me, than again, there wasn't really any method to do so.</p>

<p>What do you guys say, would the factor of how much a student want to attend your school have as much impact as I am making it out to have?</p>

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<p>Demonstrated interest is important, but remember, Yale is Yale. Everyone really wants to go to Yale. I know it’s painful, but wait for your admissions decision and try to focus on other things that make you happy.</p>

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<p>You can stop worrying now. Y is not Emory, or WUSTL, or…</p>

<p>Everybody wants to get into Y and Y is able to fill it’s fr class a few times over with highly qualified applicants. The result is that showing interest, telling them it’s your dream school, explaining how much it will impact your life, etc. means nothing for admissions. It doesn’t matter how much you want Y, what gets you admitted is that Y wants you.</p>

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<p>“Demonstrated interest is important” I disagree.</p>

<p>I agree with entomom. Your demonstrated interest and your fear of not being able to express it – is meaningless to Yale.</p>

<p>If you don’t get in, it won’t be because of it. If you do get it, it won’t be because of it. Period.</p>

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<p>Farzaad123 - Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.</p>

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<p>^That’s why its called the present</p>

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<p>Farzaad, I feel exactly the same way. EXACTLY. The paltry number of words they gave you for ‘why yale’ just paralysed me and it was by far my worst answer on the supplement, then I screwed up Why Yale in my interview (first question they asked; was all flustered and very thrown off). </p>

<p>I feel awful about it too, but I suppose we will have to listen to the philosophers upthread. You never know, we may get in - and if we don’t, we can hang the above platitudes on our wall as we curl in to a ball and cry, safe in the knowledge that if Yale doesn’t love us back, it’s not because we don’t love it enough!</p>

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<p>I would just add that if I were an admissions officer, I would not be impressed at all by a lot of gushing about how very, very desperately the applicant wants to go to Yale–I’d be more interested in specifics about why the student thought he’d be a good fit (i.e., he’s interested in programs and ECs that are good at the school).</p>