Official 2008 Yale Transfer Thread

<p>On another note did anyone receive any confirmation that all your stuff has been received/missing info?</p>

<p>I called about that, truazn. Since nothing is done online for Yale, they don't offer this form of confirmation. Just assume/hope that everything gets there.
However they do send out an email in mid-April I believe if there's something missing in your file. </p>

<p>Btw: I'd be glad to take your place at Columbia if you got into Yale. :D</p>

<p>I'm curious, what reason did you give for the transfer?</p>

<p>Really crappy reason IMO.</p>

<p>Basically Yale's always been my "dream" school. I spent a summer there for JSA program and loved it even more. i never applied there as a freshman though... I applied Columbia ED (free tuition- parent employer [i.e Columbia], benefit) and was accepted. </p>

<p>While Columbia is great and I'm expecting to stay (chances of getting into Yale are zilch), I guess there's a small part that just wondered what it would be like at Yale. In my essay, I cited my extensive past academic experiences with Yale and basically wrote that I would like to complete the "journey" that I started there.</p>

<p>All in all, in all honesty if I had to evaluate my own essay, while I'd say its sentimental it wholly lacks the "if-not-yale-then-death" urgency that I'm sure some other kids have for wanting to transfer. Which is fine because in truth, I think it's harder to justify a transfer from Columbia -> Yale than from a State University -> Yale simply because Columbia in many, many ways is identical to Yale.</p>

<p>I applied to Yale too,,</p>

<p>care to post your stats anyone?</p>

<p>you first :D</p>

<p>I'll go:</p>

<p>GPA: 8.0
SAT 1: 4800
SAT 2: 1600 Lit, 1600 Chem, 1600 USH, 1600 French...etc....
EC's: Ended world hunger, found a cure for herpes, made Paris Hilton smart.</p>

<p>How you like them apples?</p>

<p>I applied to Yale for the second time now. I was rejected as a freshman. Hopefully, this time will be better. To every one of you, all the best and let's hope we meet at Yale.</p>

<p>what's your stats elphins. did you have a lower sat score?</p>

<p>I got a confirmation from Yale yesterday that my</p>

<p>application is complete,,</p>

<p>Did everyone else get e-mails from Yale too?</p>

<p>I got mine last week too.</p>

<p>Yep. Got it, but on April 3rd.</p>

<p>Uh. I got my confirmation email yesterday...only problem is I sent a letter withdrawing my application like 3 weeks back. Should I call them or is this an error?</p>

<p>I would say call them, but then again, I have a vested interest in as few other people applying/matriculating as possible.</p>

<p>I know interviews are not required--but do you guys know of anyone who got interviewed in the previous years?</p>

<p>I met someone who had 'connections' to Yale and got a faculty member to back up their transfer application but I don't think there's any way for transfer applicants to get an interview.</p>

<p>Does Yale send decisions to transfer applicants living abroad through email?</p>

<p>bump serious posts only please. no more nonsense.</p>

<p>i wonder if that last thread was deleted. what a bummer it was full of useful tidbits.</p>

<p>juenatic,</p>

<p>yeah..i agree..</p>

<p>collegeconfidential moderators apparently don't understand the value of preserving info. they could have simply deleted transfermation20's comments and just totally block his IP address.</p>

<p>sigh.</p>

<p>Yep, a bit overzealous on CC's part, although that last thread was a trainwreck.</p>

<p>Anyway, what we know so far:
(1.) Yale decisions were sent out last year around May 7-9th, there may or may not have been e-mail notification.
(2.) The committee is making final decisions on at least some applications this week
(3.) At least one person who requested early notification has already received a rejection.</p>