Hey, all. I’m starting this thread, and I don’t know much about how this site works. Didn’t look at this much during Senior Year. I’m applying for Yale in 2019 Fall so lmk if people want stats, etc?
Hey, im down for the ride until may 10 ish, Im also gonna throw an attempt at Yale transfer, im a sophomore at Loyola university atm
Hey guys! Can you post your stats?
Studying at UIUC: 4.0 GPA from first sem.
High school at Phillips Academy with cumulative 5.4/6.0 GPA (Cum Laude Honor)
35 ACT, 800 Math 2, 790 Bio E,
APs: US history 5, Calc BC 5, Physics C Mechanics 4, Chem 4
Let me know if you want extracurriculars.
Hi everyone! I’m literally stressing myself to the point of premature hair loss about transfer apps. Yale is basically impossible, but I’m going to try– my cousin graduated from Yale and begged me to apply, so this is to appease her because I know the chances are slim with the 3% acceptance. Here are my stats
STATS
HIGH SCHOOL: large public high school (#1 in the state), class of over 600, top 15%
GPA: unweighted 3.967; weighted 4.02
ACT: 32 (36 English, 35 Reading, 27 Math (ouch), 31 Science) superscore is 33
AP’s: APUSH and APworld (A’s in both, passed Ap tests)
completed 12 credit hours of dual-credit enrollment at local university during senior year (4.0)
EC’s
2 years of varsity sport
founder of nonprofit that donated prom dresses to underprivileged girls at my high school
organizer (3 years) of my high school’s large philanthropy event ($2mil raised over 3 years)
60 + volunteer hours with 2 organizations for women with special needs
worked as a sales associate at Kendra Scott
worked as an assistant teacher at a local Montessori daycare
volunteered with CMNH
National Honor Society
Yoga club officer/treasurer
practiced/performed Italian opera
AWARDS
Academic Bar Award
Academic Letter of Excellence
Varsity Athletic Letter of Excellence
Salutatorian of Class of 2018
COLLEGE: Oklahoma State University FRESHMAN, Political Science major; Philosophy minor (honors college)
GPA: 4.0 (President’s Honor Roll)
HOURS: completed 27, enrolled in 12 currently (one upper-division)
EC’s
Internship with national nonprofit for women with special needs– based in NYC (Director of Content Writing)- honors hours
Research Assistant for Poli Sci department chair- honors hours
President of the Freshman Student Council of the College of Arts & Sciences
Active Member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
volunteer for CASA (15 hours/semester)
Freshman Follies (biiiiiig musical/philanthropy event, 30 hours/week for 8 weeks)
AWARDS
Regent’s Distinguished Scholar (2nd best merit scholarship)
Freshman Research Scholar (OSU’s freshman research is HARD to get into)
My best letter of ref is coming from a professor last semester that basically encouraged me to transfer, and I know it will be a strong letter. The second is from another professor, but won’t be as strong. My essays are very well-written and clearly convey my reasons for transferring; I’m sure they are compelling, as my writing scores are typically A+'s.
Here are the other schools I am applying to (in no order):
Barnard
NYU
Brown
Columbia
Georgetown
George Washington University
American University
Penn
Does anyone know how much weight is placed on the Mid Term Report?
Good luck to everyone applying !
I feel a bit late to this thread, but I also applied as a transfer to Yale for Fall 2019. I’m not sure how much weight is placed on the Mid Term Report…
A girl in the Class of 2023 got rescinded after Operation Varsity Blues, probably won’t open any spots for transfer but I thought it was interesting!
Applied to Yale as a junior from a CC. Not hoping for anything to be honest, but you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
@twows99 Me too; I applied to Yale as a junior from CC. I wish you the best!
Apparently they take < 3% of applicants. Pretty much a crapshoot but oh well. Wish you the best of luck as well!
Does anyone have any idea when interview requests would go out (if they haven’t already)?
I sent my SAT scores through College Board over a month ago and also last week, but it shows that Yale still has not received them. Does anyone know if this the correct way or if there is a better way to send SAT scores to Yale?
Hi!! I just received a request for an interview. Have any of you heard back?
@glassturtle Did you apply freshman year?
@grundeis I did not!! Did you?
Heard nothing back yet…
I think receiving an interview is a very positive message. I assume interviews are selective for transfers. Congrats!
@bubblemaker hey thank you so much!! we’ll see how it goes, i’m excited!!
@glassturtle Interviews for Yale are 100% selective it says that in their FAQ section on the website, so congrats!!
I did apply last year yes.