<p>With respect to all the comments that the ivy league can't send out admit letters before the common reply date (the 29th of march this year), Cornell DEFINITELY sends out some admit letters before then, bc 3 of its colleges have rolling admissions. In fact, the first letters should be coming out this week.</p>
<p>i got one last week</p>
<p>Peechypears....did you get the phone call last week or the letter came?</p>
<p>i got a call</p>
<p>Do you think the admissions office will provide some kind of travel stipend/reimbursement for a "likely" candidate? I would like to go to the prefrosh weekend, but the plane ticket's a bit expensive...</p>
<p>^ Oh man...I didn't know that we had to provide our own transportation (although it makes perfect sense, duh). </p>
<p>I doubt they would do that just for us likely candidates, although that would be awesome! :)</p>
<p>Pandora--I may be wrong, but I think Yale will help with expenses to go to Bulldog Days. Financial need, not likely status, would be the determining factor, although I think if you have both you'd be the most likely to get assistance. It's worth a shot to call and ask.</p>
<p>i just posted the other "yale likely" thread before i found out about this one. i also got a likely phone call and letter, though i don't even compare to the other likely admits in terms of extra-curriculars or test scores. i'm not an athlete, a musician, an intel finalist, an artist, 2400 SAT scorer, or any of the other extraordinary things that many of the other likely admits are. in fact, seeing all of my fellow admits' stats makes me wonder if there was a mistake on yale's part for choosing me.</p>
<p>still, it was amazing to get that initial phone call. i thought i was hallucinating or someone just played a really mean joke on me. but once i held the letter in my hand i knew it was real. anyway, it's an honor to be counted among such accomplished and talented students like yourselves. i look forward to meeting all of you at bulldog days in april. =))</p>
<p>^That is exactly how I feel.</p>
<p>My numbers are pretty much sub par, and I also thought the call was someone playing a joke on me. I just couldn't believe it.</p>
<p>But reality's set in, and it feels great knowing that I'm wanted somewhere. I'm still dedicating most of it to luck though. :)</p>
<p>around what time a day did you guys get called (i know weird questions but i have reason)? :)</p>
<p>heesun and coconu, there must be some excellent qualities about your application that made you stand out. I know you are both humble which is nice to see. But please think about it and please share with us your thoughts. Are you top ranked students, have a demonstrated passion in certain areas, did impressive charity work, showed leadership in a certain area, had an impressive internship, etc.? Thanks</p>
<p>Did Yale offer admission to any special programs (i.e. Perspectives on Science, Directed Studies) to any of you likelies?</p>
<p>to ak, i got my phone call RIGHT after i came home from my last round of SAT II's (so early afternoon). Apparently, my regional officer tried to contact me a few days before but I wasn't home to receive the message and my siblings were confused as to who was calling. But it was especially nice to receive the call after I took my last SAT II (Math IC) because afterwards I felt like I had wasted $26 because I didn't stand a chance at getting into Yale. Since my last SAT II score hadn't been submitted yet, my officer asked me if I had taken it and I was like "yes...but hypothetically, if i had scored like mid 600's range...would it still be okay?" and she said "yes it should be fine as long as you took the test." and sure enough, i scored right in the mid 600's which is really nothing to be proud of but elated me nonetheless.</p>
<p>To CMA1, I haven't done any really groundbreaking volunteer or charity work. I am ranked 1st in my class of 280 at a mid-size public school in Seattle. My focus was on the humanities, so I had pretty strong test scores in English/Lit/US History (800 on CR, 760 Writing, 800 US History, 730 Lit, 5's on AP English & US History). As you can see above, my math scores aren't stellar and I tactfully avoided subject tests in the sciences. But I have a 4.0 GPA which showed that I got A's in the most rigorous Math and Sci classes my school had to offer, those just aren't my specialties. </p>
<p>My ECs included journalism (managing editor of the paper), debate (I help teach the class because we don't really have a coach), a civic engagement program called Mayor's Youth Council, and perhaps the most important activity: Upward Bound. UB is a national program that helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds (i.e. low income, first gen college student, minority, etc) graduate from high school and matriculate. As I mentioned in my other thread about likely admission, I am low income, an immigrant, first gen college student, and raised by a single parent. Those last few things probably helped the most with my application plus maybe a really awesome interview.</p>
<p>Mr. Layman, when I talked to my regional officer over the phone, she talked to me about Directed Studies and introduced it as something I might be interested in (I didn't tell her that I had already read up about it extensively and that I've heard of its nickname: Directed Suicide). As far as offering admission for DS, she told me that an application process was involved and I could get more information about it later on.</p>
<p>heesun, I think you sound like an amazing applicant. Congratulations. As a mom, I am sure your mom was incredibly proud. What was her reaction?</p>
<p>actually, CMA my mom's reaction was much more reserved that i had expected. the excitement about the news built up over the next few days, but i think when she found out she was just trying to reflect on everything we had gone through for me to get this far. i found her composure kind of refreshing in the midst of the more hysterical reactions of my friends and teachers. it kind of allowed me to take a step back and truly appreciate all of the sacrifices she had made for me to be able to hold that letter in my hands.</p>
<p>I am sure it was an important moment for her. As a mom, I bet she was thinking about you as a kindergarten student, 8th grader, and how she worked hard to support you. I love these kind of stories! Make her proud!</p>
<p>I just got a "likely call" yesterday - it was the perfect end to a great week - and I still can't stop smiling :)</p>
<p>This is so amazing... I was accepted EA to Harvard, but Yale is so nice, the decision will be incredibly difficult... my admissions officer said that a current student as well as a professor (of my choice!) would call... and that I'd be getting a t-shirt in the mail.</p>
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<p>In my case, they did not. However, after I asked about DS ("Since I have you on the phone, could I ask you couple questions?" "Sure!" "There's this program I really like called Directed Studies..." ;)), he mentioned something about how I was a "leadership recommendation" but he could recommend me for Directed Studies if I liked. (Moral of the story? If they like you this much, you can just ask for DS/PS if you want it.)</p>
<p>[I'd also like to note that I am an unhooked Asian nonathlete... nothing to gawk at here. :)]</p>
<p>My letter had a paragraph about Directed Studies, although it didn't seem like they were offering me a spot in it but were just pointing out that I could apply.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the sneaking suspicion that like 500 people got these letters this year... because Yale wanted to raise yield (after 10% reduction in apps, etc)?</p>
<p>The other possibility is that maybe half of all "yale likelies" post on CC ;)</p>
<p>yea... quite some CCers received likely from yale it seems</p>