<p>I’d say if he’s really that into Yale. go for it. dont make uself regret though…but in terms of chance…that’s another topic…</p>
<p>hey jrr, have u received anything yet? I havent…I konw it’s inappropriate to ask it again but the question is not amusing…</p>
<p>Why is he just wasting time? Due to the fact that he is trying to get in as a junior transfer, his SATs wouldn’t hold much weight. If he has some really amazing ECs that he incorporated in his essay, he could actually get in . You know jrrrmph, you’re counting him out. Don’t. Everyone always has a shot, including him. If he never gives up, he could actually get in.</p>
<p>Thanks being delightful TransferAccepted.</p>
<p>For school like Yale, with such low acceptance rate which seems like a transfer-impossible school, we still try our best to get in. Some of us may be optimistically waiting for the results; some may be anxious while desperate enduring this painful period. But isnt it nice that we are here together to support each other? We are willing to answer questions towards the processing and chances. Howbeit we are NOT the admission officer. I believe everyone here has his own precise judgements. Let the insightful words become your alternative thoughts, and never make them become the obstacles on your way even though all the words here are so kind and seemed to be right. If you have the courage to apply to Yale, you should have enough confidence for yourself. If you would let others help you make the decision whether to give it a shot or not, I’d suggest you to re-consider it carefully maybe you dont even konw yourself.</p>
<p>Everyone on this thread should be proud of himself. Let’s cherish our futures.</p>
<p>“Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.” quote to share in late night… :)</p>
<p>I agree with both goback and Jrrph on this one…</p>
<p>Yale is one of those schools that if you have not done anything out of this world (CEO of a comapany heading back for an undergrad degree, Olympic athlete, huge research find etc.) you can only fill out a damn good application and toss it aside for a couple of months. If it happens, it happens. If not, you’ve saved yourself $75 at the bar and a mighty strong hangover the next morning (and if it is anything like my hangovers from red wine, oh boy).</p>
<p>Jrrrmph is right - there is a difference between hopeful and being unreasonable. I would never tell anyone not to apply if they have dreams of attending a certain school, but I think it’s important to recognize the reality of it. I don’t think jrrrmph was counting him out at all - just giving out some honest facts.</p>
<p>hi gbt2005</p>
<p>I share your passion. I also think that you can know what you want to do even if the odds of you actually achieving them are slim. Let’s not count anybody out. If we endure and persevere, we can achieve anything. So we shouldn’t just give up yet. As long as there is an idea of what an admission to Yale can bring, as long as you can actually envision yourself at Yale, obstacles like slim odds pose no challenge. Will power is more potent than the hegemony of reality, because will power defines our reality. If we never give up on our hopes and dreams, we will achieve them. Don’t give up and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Let the Yale admission letter serve as an inspiration to increase the sheer force of your willpower. Afterall, the Yale dictum is “Lux Et Veritas.” The truth exists in our reality, but without light, it serves no purpose. Optimism is the light that makes the truth worth finding. In short, optimism is the abstract figure that adds luminosity to our truthful realities.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
TransferAccepted</p>
<p>Hey gbt2005, I haven’t received anything yet. At this stage, I’m sure Yale has everything they need from me. I know my file is open from dealing with the Financial Aid office and receiving a Student ID number about a month back, and I had delivery confirmations on most of my materials. You have to trust the karma sometimes. Trust the karma, man. </p>
<p>TransferAccepted, I find it problematic that you’re allowing some rather trivial college admissions period to define your outlook on life. Despite trying to come off as profound, your immaturity shows pretty clearly and I can’t tell if you’re trying to play with everyone’s mindset here, or if you’re really that ignorant of the situation. You remind me of a few of my Christian friends who allow circumstances at their school to just walk all over them and despite all of that, they turn around and say, “Well, we’ll just pray.” I suppose it’s a different, crazy life philosophy, but it’s one I can’t identify with.</p>
<p>I told the guy he can apply if he wants to. But it would be disingenuous to tell him his chances aren’t lower than usual, mainly because he comes from a community college and has done relatively poorly on two important factors. Yale takes one, maybe two, community college students every year. The last thing I would want is for him to waste his time chasing something that was never feasible in the first place when he should be focusing his efforts on something else more reasonable - like Cornell, Columbia, etc. </p>
<p>frrrph got into Yale two years ago as a community college transfer with a 27 ACT. BUT, she literally had a 4.0 at her community college, STELLAR recommendations that basically stated that she was the second academic homecoming, and a brilliant essay that critiqued the rigid social structures of our times. She was quite honestly, one of the smartest and most exciting posters I have ever read on CC, and I know that that kind of intelligence showed in her applications. </p>
<p>It’s one thing to assess Yale as a reasonable fit or expectation. It’s quite another to obsess over it without any basis other than dogmatic beliefs. I’m just keeping it real, homes.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice everyone. ill do a little more research and see if its still worth applying for me.</p>
<p>sry to bother you again, jrr.</p>
<p>what’s the student id number for? Doesnt Yale issue any sorta ID number or pin number for the applicants, does it? thanks.</p>
<p>k, i trust karma.</p>
<p>jrrrmph, stop worshipping frrrph</p>
<p>I mean, OK I see it. You even made your ID in HONOR of frrrph. </p>
<p>Your past posts are incredibly annoying. You make your judgments based on frrrph, as if frrrph’s stats/ideas/essays are the golden standards. IT IS NOT.</p>
<p>While I don’t want to invite frrrph into this, her essays weren’t PERFECT by no means.</p>
<p>So jrrrmph get an idea of your own. Stop being frrrph’s unannointed spokesman.</p>
<p>by the way, do you even know what KARMA actually means?</p>
<p>jrrrmph, you wrote </p>
<p>“I’m sure Yale has everything they need from me. I know my file is open from dealing with the Financial Aid office and receiving a Student ID number about a month back, and I had delivery confirmations on most of my materials. You have to trust the karma sometimes.”</p>
<p>How in the world does karma work here?</p>
<p>karma is the belief that if you do something good, the good will return to you in someway.</p>
<p>Karma is not some GOD or DEITY. </p>
<p>So when you say, trust the karma, what do you mean?</p>
<p>gbt2005, I think every file has an ID number attached to it. I requested it from Yale when I was filling out my forms. An ID number is different from a PIN.</p>
<p>Hi jrrrmph</p>
<p>You claim Captain’s chances are lower than usual because of his low scores. Due to the fact that you obviously idolize frrrph, why don’t I compare her stats to Captain’s. She got a 27 on her ACT, but the Captain scored a 28. Albeit his GPA is shy of the 4.0 margin, he can still make up for it by writing a fantastic essay and having an extremely impressive list of ECs. You claim that his low test scores reflect on the rigor of his classes. If that’s true, then you are logically compelled to acknowledging that the rigor of captain’s classes are on the same par, if not a little higher than frrrph’s. Captain could write a “brilliant essay.” He could have “stellar recommendations.” He could be on the same par as frrrph. But for some reason that I can’t fathom, you chose to count him out and state that his chances are lower than usual. If that’s the case, you ought to acknowledge the same for frrrph.</p>
<p>You also claim that I explicitly express my profound immaturity in believing that the most decisive force in the human life is willpower. This is my philosophy. If I’m immature in believing in this, then I’d rather stay immature forever. But what I cannot accept is you comparing me to Christians who believe in prayer. What’s wrong with Christians who pray regularly? Is there anything wrong with believing that there is a God who answers prayers? In fact, you are insulting the legitimacy of Christianity. I’m not a Christian, but I can’t stand back and watch the philosophy of a religion get torn apart by your insightfully conceptual logic. Besides, you contradict yourself by assimilating my belief with Christianity. Believing in the potency of the human character is different from acknowledging the existence and influence of a supreme deity. Both doctrines contradict each other significantly.</p>
<p>You state that “It’s one thing to assess Yale as a reasonable fit or expectation. It’s quite another to obsess over it without any basis other than dogmatic beliefs.” Technically, you’re the one obsessing over Yale. As Koreangirl said; “You even made your ID in HONOR of frrrph,” “You make your judgments based on frrrph, as if frrrph’s stats/ideas/essays are the golden standards.” Aren’t you obsessively modeling yourself in the image of frrrph. I do not mean to offend her or drag her into this. No offense frrrph!!! If there is one thing that I’m sure that Yale wants, its originality. Originality is what will help your application stand out among the other hundreds.</p>
<p>In conclusion, try to do some self evaluation before you go on and comment on the chances that the rest of us have at getting into Yale. I hope you will take all of this positively in the most non-offending way possible.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
TransferAccepted</p>
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<p>It is not a hard and fast rule, but from posters that have been accepted at Y, it appears that there are relatively few transfers from CCs. This is in contrast to S which, at least last year, accepted almost half of it’s transfers from CCs. Both schools only accepted 20+ applicants.</p>
<p>TA, the fact that you have unraveled so quickly in this thread makes me believe that you are not the person that you portrayed yourself to be. A few points to consider:</p>
<p>It is possible that Captain could write some baller essays. It’s possible that he could obtain some awesome recommendations. I never discounted those possibilities. </p>
<p>frrrph’s classes may very well be of a similar rigor, but with a perfect 4.0 coming from a community college, she left no room for discussion regarding that factor. That was a point in my original post. </p>
<p>I did not count him out. Typical straw man. I did say that his chances were lower than usual, and that might have been the case for frrrph as well.</p>
<p>You are immature not because you have heart or willpower, but because you try to impose a certain dogma that doesn’t resonate well with a discussion board. Also, you continuously misconstrue points being made and I just don’t know if it’s worth it to have a discussion with you. </p>
<p>I’m also a Christian myself. Woops. Read my other post again, because you have clearly missed the point here.</p>
<p>Your third paragraph makes no sense, and draws conclusions that aren’t even true. If it makes you feel better to believe that I modeled my application after frrrph’s, then by all means.</p>
<p>Also, life lessons from a sheltered 16 year old who keeps misreading posts is almost laughable. Do yourself a favor, and get off your high horse.</p>
<p>RE: entomom’s posts. Thanks for that. It should be said that there are no rigid rules, and that different schools emphasize different things.</p>
<p>Smackdown in the Yale transfer board. I like it!</p>
<p>It’s our true nature on the Internet, friend. No more of this angel dust trip.</p>
<p>Hi jrrrmph</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I did sound offensive in my previous reply. For the sake of the meaningfulness of this thread, let’s end this argument. You being a Christian shows that you do have a preconception of the religious philosophy. But I just don’t think that not having a 4.0 lowers anyone’s chances. I genuinely think that Captain has a shot, and it’s wrong for anyone to tell him that his chances are “lower than usual.” I don’t think that I impose my beliefs on this thread. I only posted words of encouragement. I consider everyone on this thread as hopefuls for recognizing and acting upon the possibility of getting admitted into Yale. Again, jrrrmph, I’m really sorry if I hurt or offended you in any way. As I always say, never give up people. We all have a shot at Yale. </p>
<p>Sincerely,
TransferAccepted</p>
<p>Right. TA, we are all experiencing some tough times but it’s always worthwhile to see the good in all of it. To be fair, some of your words are not lost on me. Best of luck to you, and I hope at the very least, we’ll all come out of this pretty happy.</p>
<p>What school do you go to TA? Is it in the South?</p>
<p>I am currently attending the University of Illinois (U of I).</p>
<p>Which school do you currently attend jrrrmph?</p>