<p>So I was deferred and am trying to write a letter to Yale saying that it is still my number one choice (agagdhaha i want to go there so bad!) and to add a some supplementary material to my application that I have just realized I left out.. This might not matter at all, but who should I address the letter to?</p>
<p>Should I just put "Dear Yale:" ?... that sounds deliberately impersonal and kind of sarcastic to me, lol.</p>
<p>"To whom it may concern" is always a safe starter...</p>
<p>I wouldn't necessarily agree with Debate_addict. "To whom it may concern" is impersonal and makes it sound like you don't know who you're addressing. Maybe try "Dear Yale admissions office(r)?"</p>
<p>You could also write directly to your regional admissions representative and replace "Yale" with his/her name. Good luck!</p>
<p>Edit: Do the ellipses in d_a's post indicate sarcasm?</p>
<p>They like to be called Your Highness, FYI.</p>
<p>Use the lookup your admissions rep feature under "contact us" on the undergraduate admissions page and address the letter directly to that person.</p>
<p>HAHAH. I spelled the name of my admissions rep wrong.
Oh well, there go my chances. >_></p>
<p>I'm Amiercan citizen but internationally schooled. I couldn't find my admissions rep. Where did you look?
I would have started my letter with Dear admission comittee... what do you think about that one</p>
<p>I do "Dear [organization] staff" for many letters when I can't find a specific name to write to. If a deferral notice gives a name of a contact person at Yale, that would be the person to write to.</p>
<p>is it dear admission comittee or admissionS commitee?</p>
<p>Admissions Committee.</p>
<p>Go to Yale website, to Admissions, to Yale College, to Contact Us, to Staff Directory. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can select your state if in US or region if international, and then within those, more specifically where you live and it will bring up the name of the specific admissions rep for that region/state.</p>
<p>thanks. found it.</p>
<p>Just 'Dear Admissions Office:'</p>
<p>Finding the admissions officer's name for your area and addressing a letter to them shows at the very least a modicum of initiative and interest in expressing your desire to attend Yale. Sorry, but I respectfully disagree--if there is a person, and there is, and that person reads your application first which they do, then address your letter to that person. These admissions officers do get to know the kids whose applications they read. When my daughter attended Bulldog Days, her admissions rep knew who she was, what school she had attended, where she was from.</p>