Official 2008 Yale Transfer Thread

Transfer Students
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<p>I don't think they are for internationals though....</p>

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<p>Are you an international student?</p>

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<p>Actually I believe they are need-blind for internationals</p>

<p>"Also in 2000, Yale extended its need-blind admissions policy and its financial aid policy of meeting full determined need to international students admitted to Yale College."</p>

<p>Yale's</a> Financial Aid Philosophy | Financial Aid | Freshmen | Office of Undergraduate Admissions</p>

<p>There are only eight colleges that are need blind for all applicants, including international students.[1] These are Dartmouth College [2], Harvard University, Middlebury College, MIT, Princeton University, Williams College, Yale University, and Amherst College [3].</p>

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<p>Yup, I'm an international. Well...technically. Canadian. (How exotic can you be having Vermont as a neighbor?) </p>

<p>And thanks Transfurious. Load off my bum.....I'm assuming that includes transfers and not just Freshmen?</p>

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<p>amherst say in their viewbook that they are not need blind to internationals</p>

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<p>Hey Diablo, I take it that you mean that Amherst has a viewbook which states that Yale is not need-blind to internationals. Do you have a link to that viewbook? How recent is it? My understanding is that as of 2008 (and even before then), need-blind for all applicants.</p>

<p>26-74 hours, people!</p>

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<p>Transfurious, I think Diablo was referring to the "there are only 8 colleges" snippet above. From what I remember (and I was going to apply to Amherst -- couldn't afford to pay all the app fees though), Amherst is need-blind to regular internationals, but not for transfer-internationals. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.</p>

<p>As for Yale's finaid policy, it's both need-blind and need-based, for everybody. Hence my being able to park my butt on this Yale property chair and write all you swell people :)</p>

<p>Also, their re-vamping of the finaid policy will apply to everybody, as well.</p>

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<p>Ahhh, got it. The passage above (I really should have included quote marks) was from Wikipedia.</p>

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<p>reading [url=<a href="http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publications/transfer/index.html%5Dthis%5B/url"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publications/transfer/index.html]this[/url&lt;/a&gt;] makes me so dreamy :)</p>

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<p>omg. They posted the 2008-2009 stuff already. Man this is such a sign!!!!</p>

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<p>do we find out tomorrow??????? anyone else thinking about transfer decisions every 10 minutes this past week?</p>

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<p>Tomorrow is the best-case scenario. Monday-Tuesday is more likely.</p>

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<p>Yeah it seems at the earliest tomorrow, more likely Mon onward. . .</p>

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<p>how do ya'll know? i assumed they would send out decisions on the 15th.</p>

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<p>I do no think there is a need blind school for international students. Hahaha</p>

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<p>Hum...Yale is.</p>

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<p>maybe, but that may works only for freshmen, I do not think they do the same thing for transfers as well.</p>

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<p>hsinwei, Yale's need-blind policy extends to international transfer applicants as well. I quote from the Yale transfer application:</p>

<p>
[quote]
International Applicants
Yale is strongly committed to equality of opportunity.
Its need-blind admissions policy extends to international
students and ensures that the College will be accessible
to all candidates from any part of the world who show
great academic and personal promise. An application for
financial aid will have no bearing on the Admissions
Committee’s decisions, and Yale will meet the full
demonstrated need of any candidate admitted. Awards
combine gift assistance, long-term loans, and term-time
employment. The student’s family will be expected to
contribute funds to the extent that it can, and the student
must make sure that these funds can be withdrawn from
his or her country...

[/quote]
</p>

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<p>Oh man, oh man, oh man. 20-68 hours, I'm dying here.</p>

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<p>NEWS UPDATE: Defying pessimistic predictions, admissions yield holds strong at 69 percent
The University’s yield — the percentage of accepted students matriculating — stands at 68.9 percent, compared to 69.4 percent at a similar point in the admissions cycle last year, Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel said in an interview Thursday. Out of the 1,892 offers of admission made in the early action and regular admissions rounds, 1,286 students have committed to attending Yale in the fall, while an additional 25 students have postponed matriculation to fall 2009.</p>