<p>Upon reading the admissions information on the Yale website, it seems to me that Yale places much more emphasis on grades than the other Ivies; I feel like its admission process is much less holistic. Is this true?</p>
<p>Given the vast amount of 4.0s and 2200+s I can assure you that Yale’s admissions process is very holistic.</p>
<p>^^ Agree. Dude: The most important part of any application is your transcript, course rigor and GPA – and that’s just not at Yale, but at all colleges.</p>
<p>After reading over Yale’s website, I cannot find one mention of the word grade or grades. What I do find is Yale being very clear that great test scores are not a substitute for a so-so transcript – and I think that’s also true at all selective colleges.</p>
<p>[What</a> Yale Looks For | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/what-yale-looks-for]What”>What Yale Looks For | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>“While there is no hard and fast rule, it is safe to say that performance in school is more important than testing. A very strong performance in a demanding college preparatory program may compensate for modest standardized test scores, but it is unlikely that high standardized test scores will persuade the admissions committee to disregard an undistinguished secondary-school record.”</p>