<p>My dad told me that this morning the yale director of our region called him to ask about me and whether they would want me to go if accepted (i'm a junior, so its an odd situation). My dad said that yeah, of course they would let me go if I was accepted to Yale (no brainer). He talked to my dad for about 50 minutes, and that is hard to do because my dad's english is not the best. The guy was really friendly, and I had talked to him previously over the phone for about an hour about myself and for him to set up an interview for me (he didn't interview me...he set it up so that someone would). He just seems like a really great guy, and I was wondering if this is routine for Yale to call parents, or was he just doing it because he's a nice guy (and does this warrent another thank you card?), or is this possibly good sign...awww...i could only hope....thanks</p>
<p>The short answer to your question is I have absolutely no idea. However, I can point out from reading insider books such as "The Gatekeepers" or "Admissions Confidential" that out of the thousands of applicants, some of the applicants are given very, very special attention. This may be because they are high scoring URM's or whatever, but the adcom will talk to the GC and really recruit certain individuals.</p>
<p>Not to demean anything that happened, and I'm DEFINITELY not saying that this is the case, but it is not unheard of for pranksters to screw things up for their victims.</p>
<p>Well this same guy set up his interview, so it seems genuine.</p>
<p>Yeah, i don't think it was a prankster cuz he set up my interview and thanks to the powers of google, i found out that he is the yale guy in my area. I don't think he would be calling because of urm because i'm asian. But all i have to say is that i value his patience in talking to my dad for 50 minutes.</p>
<p>then i hope it's a really good omen for you!</p>
<p>Thanks! its funny, but my mom, who's a psychiatrist, was joking that the yale guy is hypomanic and is calling my dad because he's in the manic stage, where one has excess energy and is overly hyper...haha...gotta love that.</p>
<p>Is he just an alum who does interviews? Ther are many, many bored alum who interview and they are not unlikely to make phone calls and encouraging statements. The fact is they have no power, and if they get too weird, the school will gently cut them off.</p>
<p>Ther is no one at Yale, who works for Yale and is empowered, calling parents to see if you will attend.</p>
<p>well if you have great test scores and you are a urm...they figuratively "want your nuts".</p>
<p>bad.</p>
<p>He is an alum, but I don't think he does interviews. He is the director/ chair of the alumnis who sets up interviews in my area. I doubt it that he's influential, but i think he does have some say. I think he either called because each year he tells Yale 5 students from his area he thinks deserves to go to Yale, and perhaps he was calling to check my interest in Yale, or yale asked him to because i'm a junior and they wanted to make sure my parents approved (that's kind of odd though because it would have been really hard to fill out the FAFSA and the common app without my parents aid)</p>
<p>btw, I'm female (I thought i should point that out cuz i think most who have posted assume i'm male)</p>
<p>The guy who sets up interviews as an alum has no clout.</p>
<p>Agree with zagat. It is not very likely that the adcoms would have much meaningful connection with this guy.</p>
<p>here, here</p>