<p>On this board, I see that a lot of people who were deferred sent Yale a letter stating how and why they still want to go to Yale. However, on the deferred letter, didn't Yale say not to send anything except the midyear report? Is sending this letter a implicit thing? Will it hurt me or show that I am not interested because I did not send back a letter? Thank you for the advice.</p>
<p>no it will not hurt you. i didnt send one in either</p>
<p>An adcom sees Deferees 1, 2, 3 have sent letters but Deferee 4 hasn't. What will he/she think?</p>
<p>Thank god I have one less suck-up letter to read?</p>
<p>yea exactly. they dont care bout those letters. if u didnt care about the college, you wouldnt have applied there</p>
<p>Writing a letter was a good idea, regardless.</p>
<p>If you wrote one that shed new light on your application or showed a continued sincere interest in Yale, I don't see any reason why a member of the admissions office would disregard it. Sure, it may be flattery, but it also shows that an individual is willing to put in an extra bit of time to get into Yale despite his/her initial deferment, and that the individual is more likely to accept an offer of admission and be happy to have it. Having a good yield rate and finding kids who will truly enjoy the experience of attending Yale are two goals of admissions office, and its silly to think they would completely overlook individuals who proactively showed that their acceptance would aid in these goals. </p>
<p>At the very worst, a letter would be overlooked. At the very best, it could get you in. I don't see any risk here.</p>
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<p>Deferee 4 has better things to do with his/her time than write "i love you" letters to Yale. Also, thank god I don't have to read another "PLEASE ADMIT ME YOU'RE MY NUMBER 1"? </p>
<p>Yale knows it's the first or among the first choices for the majority of its applicants already. The Yale supp app, with its meager 300 char limit on "why yale?", is a clear statement from the school that they are not preoccupied with weeding out those who have Yale as their #1 from those who don't.</p>
<p>There might be a few bleary-eyed moans, but it isn't 1/2/3's acceptances that you're possibly jeopardizing ;)</p>
<p>It won't hurt if you don't send one. If something major happens, like you win a $100,000 scholarship, it's a good idea to update the committee but otherwise, it's not likely to make much of a difference.</p>
<p>I just sent an update three days ago with all the stuff I've won between December and now to the school I was deferred from (MIT)... if you have anything significant to tell them about what you've been doing, I don't see how it could hurt. I stated in mine that I hadn't written until now because I had been so busy and wanted to wait until I had a lot of stuff to report. I also added a small paragraph at the bottom, reiterating why I want to go to the school. I know now might be too late, but the worst that could happen is that they choose not to read it. If you do have stuff to report... send one now.</p>
<p>I didn't get deferred and I wrote a letter to all my colleges. I updated them on an award that I had been nominated for, and that the year was going well. They don't care and they think its a waste of time? Oh, well, hopefully they already admitted me!</p>