<p>I will be applying to Yale with a CS concentration in Fall 2014.</p>
<p>Although I have a true passion for computer science and technology, I don't have any major CS-related awards. I have an internship for this summer, and there is a possibility that I will have research published.</p>
<p>Are there any admitted CS applicants who don't have extensive résumés of "featured in the app store" or "won major computer science competition"? Unfortunately, CS is a very niche concentration, and I fear that my current accomplishments will not be recognized by the admissions committee simply due to their nature (advanced data analysis calculations, etc.)</p>
<p>Yale, just like Harvard, does not admit students by majors, all applicants apply as liberal arts majors, so your computer science background doesn’t matter at all when you apply. Admissions asks about your intended major to gauge your interests, but they understand that most students change their major at least once during their 4 years of college. So, even if they wanted to, the data is an unreliable indicator of what major a student will eventually graduate with – so the information is not used to admit students.</p>
<p>It has not changed. The applicants referred to in that article are STEM “stars.” They would be doing STEM anyway, as they’re the future nobel prize winners, NASA execs, etc. Yale is certainly not looking for more run of the mill STEM candidates. </p>