<p>@dreamhigh91 I haven’t received an email from Yale yet either.</p>
<p>I got rejected as well. Like expected. Remember, it doesn’t matter where you get your education, it’s the experience that counts. However, if you do go to a top 20 school, you do have leverage in the work force!</p>
<p>I haven’t received anything yet…</p>
<p>Rejected as well. @dreamhigh/wildhoney – Try checking your spam folder. Mine was there, ironically.</p>
<p>Undergrad doesn’t matter unless you’re actively unhappy at your current college. Then it matters a lot.</p>
<p>I still haven’t received any communication.</p>
<p>definitely checked my spam. No email as of yet. :/</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I’m sorry if my earlier message about getting in upset some people. I really did get in, and I was very happy, and telling everyone I possibly could (including CC). I thought that people would like to know that some people were getting in, that it wasn’t impossible - because I honestly didn’t think I had a shot at all, and I would’ve liked to have known that the admit rate wasn’t so low that no one on CC got in!</p>
<p>Congratulations to those of you who will be joining me at Yale next year - this is the adventure of a lifetime, and I can’t wait! To those of you who did not get in, I UNDERSTAND. Last year, I was wait-listed by six of the twelve schools I applied to, and within that six were many of my top choices (including Harvard, Penn, and Princeton). I got flat-out rejected by Yale, even though I had my heart set on it. So I get it. This year, I went to MIT, despite the fact that I am very much more a liberal arts person than a math/science person. I was the only person in my class to declare Political Science, and I was feeling so much pressure to switch out that two days ago I filed to join the Chemistry department. I can’t describe how freeing this is - I’m even considering majoring in English at Yale, something I could NEVER have done here - we don’t even have the major! So that’s my story. I’m not some crazy girl who has gone to Africa to cure AIDS and got in everywhere I applied - I’m just a normal college student who has been working really hard to try to pass her MIT classes and get herself to a school that better fits her. I just got REALLY lucky. </p>
<p>If you didn’t get in this year, and you’re a sophomore next year, try again! If you really think that you’re meant to be at Yale, and you have good reasons, hopefully admissions will appreciate your dedication and give you better consideration next year. </p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone! Regardless of where you go to school, I’m sure you will all do extraordinary things.</p>
<p>Best,
JellyBean14</p>
<p>Congrats, jellybean14! Do you mind posting stats?</p>
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<p>I don’t buy the “normal” explanation here. Yale will only admit a transfer that it feels adds significant value to its class. The plea of “I fit better at Yale than at MIT” is simply not compelling (as it can be replicated a thousand times over by any other applicant). You clearly had something they felt they wanted. So, fess up, what was it?</p>
<p>I haven’t received an email… Anyone else still in the same position? (I’ve checked my spam folder.)</p>
<p>Well, I had to call the admissions office to get my decision. Waitlisted! I can live with that.</p>
<p>Applications dropped last year because that one girl got murdered and stuffed in the wall. I still haven’t gotten an email</p>
<p>Thanks ectransfer! I would rather not copy-and-paste my resume haha, but I can give you a few basic stats:</p>
<p>SAT: 800/740/800
SAT II’s: three 790’s
AP’s: nine 5’s, three 4’s
College GPA: 4.5/5.0 (MIT scale)
High school GPA: 97/100
Extra-curriculars: lots of trumpet-playing, Science Olympiad captain and state medalist, Newspaper editor, writer for local newspaper, member of Shakespeariment,led an initiative to bring girls ice hockey to the Varsity level in my area , chair of some committees at school, club ice hockey, some other stuff. Also the oldest of seven kids, my most proud accomplishment =P.</p>
<p>So basically the same numbers as everyone else. </p>
<p>As far as what kelly is asking, I am passionately interested in public health and Yale has a fantastic certificate program that I was very much interested in. I have done a good deal of work in this field, including being the leader of a 50-student initiative to propose a solution to world hunger last semester, and as an intern at an obesity clinic here in Boston. I also have done some extensive writing, and I mentioned in my application that I would love to become part of the Yale literary scene. There are other pieces of my application that I hope they found interesting (like the fact that I play ice hockey and would really like to get involved with their really well-developed IM league), but mostly I just talked about why I am interested in both writing and in public health. </p>
<p>Hope this is helpful!</p>
<p>JellyBean14</p>
<p>Soo… I’m rejected. It was my second time applying as a transfer, and I guess Yale doesn’t like me. It’s ok though. I was a little bit down when I found out (had a feeling that this would be the case), but I’m not brooding over it. Also, sorry for being an a-hole for not believing others -I guess I was blinded by jealousy??
Instead, I will most likely be attending Columbia (GS), which is not a bad 2nd choice.
For those asking, I just finished my second year at a CC in MD… and I’m a guy.
Anyways, congrats for those accepted and good luck to all those who are still waiting or will be transferring elsewhere.</p>
<p>Congrats Jellybean. Also, out of curiosity, can someone answer whether a 4.5/5.0 is roughly analogous to a 3.6/4.0? At a comparable institution to MIT, like Yale.</p>
<p>I know Columbia has a 4.3 max, but I’m not sure if a 3.9X/4.3 = 4.5/5.0 = 3.6/4.0. Knowing makes it easier to compare. So, to get a 4.5/5.0, what grades do you have to get @ MIT? I know someone who has a 3.98 @ Columbia and he has a mix of A+, A, and A’s, or the top 3 grades. If someone were to get a mix of A, A- and B+ at a college capped @ 4.0, he would get around a 3.6-3.7 too. This is for semester GPA; obviously, as more grades are accumulated, grades become less volatile, so not commenting on cumulative GPA here. </p>
<p>Hope you return to answer this, jellybean.
Also, can you separate your ECs according to whether they were completed in College or in HS?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Congrats to all new transfers and condolences to those who didn’t make it.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t necessarily agree with this. While it holds true for similar schools like HPS and other selective colleges, MIT has a very different personality and academic slant than other top schools and it’s reasonable to make a case for a difference in fit. </p>
<p>jellybean,
D1 transferred to Y and is graduating this month as a English major (CW concentration) with premed coursework and several public health classes. She also had a great opportunity to do public health research abroad one summer, supported by a grant and FA.</p>
<p>@Olvbabshe and anyone still perusing the thread -I still haven’t received an email. I’ll call tomorrow, though.</p>
<p>I have sent an email because I haven’t receive the email neither… Not answer yet</p>
<p>I see the email but I dont wanna check it!</p>