O Yale, what I have given up for thee...

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<p>Since Yale is EASC, I'm sure at least some of us had conflicts trying to decide between numerous Early schools vs. Yale...</p>

<p>For me, it was Georgetown, BC, and UChicago Early. Even though Yale is my #1 choice, it really would have been comforting to know that I'd gotten into at least one college, so I wouldn't have to stress about a) filling out numerous applications for the RD round and b) knowing whether or not I've gotten into a college before March 31st. (Of course, if I get into Yale, it would get rid of these problems, but the chances are significantly better with GT, BC, and UChic. I think :P ) </p>

<p>Also, why couldn't I be like everyone else in my family and like Math/Science, so I could apply to MIT, where I have 1.5 legacy? Why do I have to love history/philosophy? OH WHY YALE do you have such an excellent history and philosophy department so that it pulls me irrevocably to your school? </p>

<p>Woe is me :)</p>

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<p>I gave up Brown ED. The only reason I regret doing it is because Brown kids find out about decisions on the 11th.</p>

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<p>I gave up Stanford SCEA (legacy) and MIT EA.
I really regret not applying to Stanford SCEA, as my two biggest factors in the decision against Stanford were last year's anecdotal east coast admit rates and the fact that my family is rooted in the East. Now that our circumstances have changed and we're no longer as rooted, I'm somewhat regretting my decision, though I still love Yale more, I feel like I have more of a chance with Stanford :)</p>

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<p>Stanford SCEA (not that much, us Cali boys and girls can't get in whatsoever. You literally have to be a feeder school or work your ass off like crazy (people who study 12 hours a day... literally... weirdos. -_-)</p>

<p>That's why I decided against it in the first place, a couple people accepted last year from our school had no social skills (oops, but it's kind of true) and I didn't want to be in that school if they were all like that. There were some that were really nice though, so I'm keeping my hopes up!</p>

<p>Not applying to MIT or Caltech for the same reason, too focused for me)</p>

<p>Let's see... my health, my sanity (what's left of it in any case), my hygiene (Just Kidding!), my spare time and a very close friend of mine (I still love him/her but he/she left already. Don't ask any more.)</p>

<p>and my parents both have legacy at.... Penn State University. Akk, I have like no legacy compared to some of you guys lol.</p>

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<p>^ I was going to apply to Stanford for a very long time... then I decided that I wanted to get out of California for a change.</p>

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<p>UChicago and MIT EA.</p>

<p>I don't regret it. I'm a pretty good match for UChi, and I realized I really don't like MIT as much as I thought.</p>

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<p>I like MIT and all, but I decided against applying in the end. The math emphasis and competition there is crazy. I'd like to have some fun in college and meet people who don't slit their hands in their dorm rooms on saturday nights, thanks.</p>

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<p>I was going to apply to Brown ED for like the past 2 years, but then I did an official visit (i.e. not Summer@Brown) and hated it. I felt like the facilities just really sucked, and that they weren't doing much to improve their situation for the undergrads. No new dorms, no new dining services, no new campus center, just some weird bridge-extension thing to the Pembroke campus. </p>

<p>Then I was going to apply to Williams ED, because Williams is beautiful, and I love it. My tour guide was crazy witty/hiliarious, and it was pouring, but it was gorgeous. But then I heard all the stuff about there being a huge rift between the athletes and everyone else, and the racism problem they had (although they were excellent about dealing with it) and the isolation might be too much and it's really small and really intense and it sort of dropped off as my ED choice.</p>

<p>Then I visited Dartmouth over the summer and I loved it. It was like Williams but not as isolated and not as small. It's really beautiful as well, and the school is well endowed and has fantastic resources. I'm almost 100% sure I'll get because of Dartmouth Bound. I like the D-Plan a lot, and frat parties don't sound too bad. But then I figured, what happens when you get tired of frats and having your friends constantly disappear?</p>

<p>Then I went to WashU, which I really liked too. It's in the Midwest, which is a fresh change from the East Coast, and the people were nicer than the nicest East Coast person in the world. Everyone looks happy and there are loads of people walking around and biking. Their facilities are the bomb, from the dorms to the dining halls to the classrooms (I assume- I was too lazy to visit a class :)) But I didn't like the separtism I saw...the upperclassman dorms were far away from the frosh-soph places, the freshman were really cliquey with each other (but it was only September, I guess), there was a LOT of race separation (something as a black student I tend to notice quickly and frown upon) which was especially weird because it was most noticible at 2 AM, after people of every race partied together at the frats, but then came back to the late night cafe and immediately separated into tables of their own race. It got annoying when my host (who was really nice though) kept saying that the black people had to stick together and black people this and black people that. Even the school, through their noble attempts to draw more minorities, ends up making it easier for these kids to stay to themselves by setting up gazillions of programs and dinners and events for Students of Color- not even all the students of color, but divided up by race as well. I'm only complaining about this so much because I really liked WashU a lot, except for this one factor. I also didn't like the diversity of types...I pretty much only saw regular-ish people, no skater looking types, or even extremely preppy types or beachy types. It was strange, being from DC.</p>

<p>And then I loved Yale. And I visited, and found nothing wrong with it at all.</p>

<p>And I wish I had.</p>

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<p>"This porridge is too hot!" she exclaimed.</p>

<p>So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl.</p>

<p>"This porridge is too cold," she said</p>

<p>So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.</p>

<p>"Ahhh, this porridge is just right," she said happily and she ate it all up.</p>

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<p>Yale didn't really strike me until I visited.
I agree with a previous poster - Brown just sucked for me. The architecture comes nowhere near to anything other schools have, and the students I shadowed were really annoying. I'm sure there are awesome people at Brown; I just didn't get to meet them.</p>

<p>I liked WashU tons too. I was just thinking today about how I'm now almost positive I'll be deferred at Yale, and how it would be nice to go to WashU because the kids there are unpretentious and friendly. </p>

<p>I also liked UCLA a lot.</p>

<p>But I guess I didn't give up too much for Yale. It was YaleYaleYaleYaleYale all the way.</p>

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<p>Columbia ED. Very appealing.
As a kid from So Cal, my last visit to NYC was a great experience. The entertainment, the busy streets, skyscrapers, shops, what a really exotic place New York.
To those New Yorkers reading this and going, "this kid doesn't know anything!"
well, consider living in OC for more than ten years; all you see are beaches and fields and deserts and whatnot. LA isn't exactly fun if you are a teenager, you know.</p>

<p>I also have many friends there, and I can't wait to meet them after six years of separation once I go to East Coast.</p>

<p>But the school itself is more relevant to my future goals. I would like to work for UN, and conveniently the UNHQ is situated right inside the city! I'll be damned!</p>

<p>Yeah, great city, great school, great future... only that I was already in love with Yale like crazy. </p>

<p>If I don't get into Yale (either EA or RD, as scary as that sounds), I'd greatly regret not applying to Columbia ED. Mark my words, Yale.</p>

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<p>you can always live in new york, is what I always say. go for the real college experience while you can...</p>

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<p>lol princessbell</p>

<p>you don't think Columbia is a real college?</p>

<p>that's weird; it looks as if I predicted what princessbell was gonna say although I read his post and then posted this :D</p>

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<p>davidbonkoo, you are a psychic genius!</p>

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<p>Don't lose faith yet! We still have 7 days to wait for our decision, then go crazy applying everywhere else we wanted to if we get deferred/rejected. It will make the best holiday break ever!</p>

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<p>2 things:</p>

<p>1) davidbonkoo, do you have any idea how many of my friends would kill...KILL...to live in OC? </p>

<p>2) limetime, we must be twins. My dad is a science/math person (physics major), and my mom's a math major so i know how that feels. And Im also applying to BC, Georgetown, and UChicago. Not to mention that i so badly wanted to apply to each of them EA...but alas I want to study history or philosophy and Yale is just soooo amazing when it comes to those departments. Now i have to wait 'til March 31st to figure out where im going to college....seeing that ill probably not get accepted SCEA to yale...sigh</p>

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<p>^... um... guilty as charged. I'm the one who made the OC comment, not princessbell.
Princessbell, on the contrary, attacked Columbia, which should be a federal crime too if you think about it... JK.</p>

<p>XYZ, bring your friends to OC; it's all yours! You know, this place is, well every place is, different from what media project you to see. </p>

<p>That's why I can't wait to leave off from California.</p>

<p>I did it again!!! I predicted XYZ's comment! I think I finally figured out what's wrong with this system. :)</p>

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<p>^hahah we ARE twins! Your story sounds exactly like mine! We have got to be long-lost twins, either fraternal or identical...;) </p>

<p>Yea, I'm pretty much the only one in my family who likes history/philosophy. My dad and my brother both attended/attends MIT. I'd probably be accepted if I applied because 1) they really need more humanities/social sciences majors (but who goes to MIT to major in humanities?) and 2) sort of double-ish legacy.</p>

<p>But NOOOO, I have to fall in love with Yale and all their history/philosophy amazingness like you did. <em>sigh</em> I feel ya, bro/sis. :)</p>

<p>edit: btw, I think you're referring to Davidbonkoo with the whole OC thing --- princessbell is from DC, not OC. :D</p>

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<p>my bad about the OC reference...we're not quite twins though since my mom and brother go/went to St. Louis U. and Im the only one in my extended family with high ivy league aspirations.</p>

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<p>but that's a good thing! :) At least I guess you don't have the tremendous pressure to succeed...or do you have more since you are the first one with high aspirations? -.- now I are confuse. </p>

<p>But even if we aren't twins, I bet we'll run into each other in a lot of classes if we are to both get into Yale. ;) <em>knocks on wood to prevent jinxing</em></p>