Official Yale 2013 RD Results Thread

entomom · March 31, 2009, 10:48am

It's been a long road, but here you are, Decision Day 2009! Please use the template and keep your comments to a minimum so that the thread doesn't get too long, that way it will be of more help to future applicants. Very best of luck to all!

The Template:

NOTE : Take out the space after each left bracket ("[ " becomes "[") to activate formatting. Suggestion: use a global search and replace to do this.

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

Mal77 · March 31, 2009, 11:45am

Reminder: Remove the Spaces

Izzy1988 · March 31, 2009, 11:56am

ummm… what spaces?

reptil · March 31, 2009, 11:58am

The spaces between every in the code. There should be no spaces otherwise the code won’t work.

2boyshere · March 31, 2009, 12:21pm

Is the posted time 5, 6 or 7? Thanks alot

Descartesz · March 31, 2009, 12:32pm

Replacing “Deferrred” with “Waitlisted”, as appropriate to RD.

The Template:

NOTE : Take out the space after each left bracket ("[ " becomes “[”) to activate formatting. Suggestion: use a global search and replace to do this.

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]

entomom · March 31, 2009, 1:47pm

^^^Thanks for catching that, I edited my template too, so either will work.

wisedad · March 31, 2009, 4:40pm

Descartesz, will you be crunching data again after the regular decision round? Your earlier analysis was great.

milessmiles · March 31, 2009, 4:55pm

It should be no later than 7, and probably earlier than that. At 7 all EA admits and RD admits bond together over Bulldog Chat on the admitted students page.

Descartesz · March 31, 2009, 5:00pm

wisedad, entomom is taking that on for RD. I’ll follow-up with the SCEA deferreds, however.

jarsilver · March 31, 2009, 5:34pm

copy/pasted from brown thread, sorry for the discrepancies.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 730 800 800 (CR/M/W)
[] SAT IIs: 770 760 (US History/French)
[] GPA: 3.89 UW
[] ACT:
[] APs: US History (5), English Lang (5), French Lang (4), will take English Lit, Calc AB, Physics B, and Microecon in May
[] IBs:
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Rank: school doesn’t release rank, but I know I’m in the top 5%
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: President of Gay-Straight Alliance, Co-chair of City Youth Commission, produced a radio show, academic team, NHS, jazz band
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at a cafe last summer
[] Essays (subject and responses): common app was about finger painting. brown one was about a collection of anarchist zines I read. I liked them.
[] Teacher Recs: APUSH teacher, math teacher. only saw one and it was good. I also had a recommendation from a Brown grad student from a Summer@Brown course I took that was glowing.
[] Counselor Rec: she likes me and knows me pretty well.
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): brother attended.
[] Interview: OK, not great.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: political science
[] State or Country: Mass
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): suburban public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male

[/ul]Reflection[ list]
[] Strengths: I thought my ECs were somewhat interesting. I liked my essay but didn’t know whether they would.
[] Weaknesses: CR score, GPA, lack of science APs, not much community service.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: insane amount of applicants, nothing else. I just don’t think I stood out in a crowd of 29,000 or whatever.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was waitlisted at Swarthmore, Bowdoin, and Brown (top choice) and plan on going to Wesleyan. also got into Bard, Reed, Brandeis (full tuition scholarship), Vassar, and Oberlin (partial tuition scholarship.
[/list]General Comments: not expecting to be accepted at all, I probably wouldn’t have applied if my parents hadn’t wanted me to because I knew I couldn’t get in. congrats to those who were accepted, and those who weren’t, I’m sure you’ll be happy wherever you end up.

reapthenightmare · March 31, 2009, 5:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):2060 M:700 CR:680 W:690
[] ACT:34
[] SAT II:Math 2:800 Math 1:740 Chem:800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/799
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):Eng Lang:3 Eng Lit:3 Chem:3 Calc BC:4/5 US History:4 Stat: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:Hardish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Natl Merit Scholar
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Chess Club(pres), National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society(pres), English National Honor Society, Academic Decathlon
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:<100 hours
[] Summer Activities:chillin
[] Essays:Awesome
[] Teacher Recommendation:Good
[] Counselor Rec:Decent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview:Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?:YES
[] Intended Major:Molecular Biology
[] State (if domestic applicant):TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type:Public non competitive
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[] Gender:M
[] Income Bracket:<20000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, first generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Essays and Recs
[] Weaknesses:No blatent ones
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:IDK
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted to all so far: Rice, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and University of Texas[/li][/ul]General Comments: YAAAAY!

alicimoo · March 31, 2009, 6:21pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Cr-700, M-750, W-720; 1450/2170
[] SAT II: MathII-800, BioM-670, BioE-670, Lit-630
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% /381
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology-4, Computer Science A-3
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, Chemistry 2 Honors, US History 2.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Sports Editor), Assistant Headmaster’s Office Assistant, School Newspaper (Photography Editor), Peer Tutoring Program (Remunerations Officer), Society, Earth, Animals, Life Volunteer Club (Secretary), Science Olympiad (Treasurer), Varsity Swim Team, Photography Club, Premedical Society, Community Development Corps, Wolfpack Volunteers, After-School Tutoring, Bible Club, BLS Mentoring.
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, Project Designer Assistant for a company
[]Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Lab Assistant (Volunteer), Hospital Health Corps Volunteer, Volunteer clubs.
[] Summer Activities: Lab Assistant, Hospital Volunteer
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right.
[] Counselor Rec: Waived right.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Decent.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public exam school, one of best in MA.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~$100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, School rank.
[] Weaknesses: SAT IIs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT IIs.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Georgetown, Tufts, BC, BU, UMass Amherst. Waitlisted at Harvard, Johns Hopkins. Rejected from Yale, Columbia.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Wasn’t expecting to get in. Congrats to those who did though!

IndiaRubber · March 31, 2009, 6:22pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (780 W, 750 M, 690 CR)
[] ACT: -
[] SAT II: 800 French, 800 Italian, 740 Bio-M, 720 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 HLs
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Imperial College Science Competition silver award ( don’t know if it is major, but it is international)
[/ul][ b]Subjective: [ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[] Job/Work Experience: Selling art.
[] Volunteer/Community service:French Red Cross. nursing home, some others
[] Summer Activities: Shadowing surgeons/doctors, painting, piano, mainly
[] Essays: In one, I reflected on my multicultural experience… the other was about working in a hospital part-time.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One great, one very good
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know!
[] Additional Rec: (attached with art supplement) outstanding
[] Interview: great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Intended Major: Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Italy
[] School Type: On a gap year
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of!
[/ul][ b]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays?
[] Weaknesses: ECs?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: <8% acceptance rate? (:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to USC and a safety LAC + 2 medical schools in the UK and am still waiting on Columbia’s and Stanford’s replies!!
[/ul]General Comments: Oh well! - I’m off to medical school! It’s been wonderful sharing this experience with everyone on CC - I love you all.

And now I must go and save the world!

the.pfenix · March 31, 2009, 5:34pm

Waitlisted at Yale. I feel both fortunate and dissapointed, because I was so close…

supereagle10 · March 31, 2009, 5:38pm

ACCEPTED

Male
Buffalo,NY
African American

SAT: 1980
ACT:29
GPA:4.13

Very happy

MAXJACOBSON · March 31, 2009, 5:41pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W, 730M, 800 CR
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem, 770 Phys
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Dunno! School doesn’t calculate it and I’m not going to.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank at school.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang (5), US History (5), English Lit (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hard
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fencing (Captain), Debate (Officer), founded an organization to organize volunteers for local political campaigns, volunteered a huge amount for a local campaign myself.
[] Job/Work Experience: In addition to the above, worked as a summer camp counselor.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for campaign (see above)
[] Summer Activities: Went to camp, worked at camp, volunteered on a campaign.
[] Essays: Good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them. I can only assume they were good.
[] Counselor Rec: Ditto.
[] Additional Rec: From the outreach director at the campaign I volunteered at/farmed volunteers for.
[] Interview: Went well, I think.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
[] Intended Major: Political science
[] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[] Country (if international applicant): THESE UNITED STATES
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everybody else who was admitted, and condolences to everyone else… I’m sure you’ll find somewhere great!

goldenratiophi · March 31, 2009, 5:44pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 800 M, 680 W
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics, 700 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/272
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO, MOP, USAMTS Silver
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Every single choir, Jazz Band, NRHS (treasurer), piano
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: random church stuff
[] Summer Activities: MOP, Essex
[] Essays: lame
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably good
[] Counselor Rec: dunno
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I thought it was amazing.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: crappy public
[] Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: math awards, one of two URM MOPpers in the past 10 years.
[] Weaknesses: essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cause it’s Yale.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to MIT, Williams, Oberlin, rejected from Harvard.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Damn, not even waitlisted. Well good luck/job everyone else!

llpitch · March 31, 2009, 6:44pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Not reported: 2180 (690CR, 780M, 710W, 10E)
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
[] SAT II: Not reported: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
[] Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years. 
[] Essays: Decent I guess. Nothing amazing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One said I was best student of career, other was good.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read; probably good
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat…not like that’s even a hook lol.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, Rank, AP scores, location
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, volunteer work, summers, essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Solid academics[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congratz Class of 2013! Yale is my number 1 but I also got into Stanford and my parents are going to push hard for Stanford (about half the traveling costs back to Hawaii).

NorthernLights91 · March 31, 2009, 6:46pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 - Reading(740), Writing(700), Math(800)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):2/176
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology(5), APUSH(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible. Lots of courses for college credit (not AP).
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I listed National Merit Semifinalist, and some Science Olympiad medals (not major, I know)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer and Hockey (4+ yrs, co-captain for one year each), Inaugural F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Team, Science Olympiad (4+ yrs), Jazz Band (2 yrs, 1st Trombone), Marching Band (4 yrs, 1st Trombone), Math Team (3 yrs), I’m teaching an after school computer programming class right now - I’m self-taught. Submitted a supplement - a program I made to download YouTube videos.
[] Job/Work Experience: At a DQ and a CVS/Pharmacy, both for a year. I’ve been offered an internship this summer building automated manufacturing robots for a medical silicone-molding company.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff through church and NHS. Spent a week last summer in Juarez, MX building houses and providing daycare.
[] Summer Activities: Just volunteering and work.
[] Essays: I thought they were great. I had several CCers review them and also some people from my school. Talked about how I developed an interest in computers and about how being a year younger than my classmates has influenced my goals and motivations. 
[] Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t see one of them, but the other one was fantastic.
[] Counselor Rec: She barely knows me, so I dunno.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Went pretty well. She seemed genuinely impressed with some of the stuff I’ve done, and it was a fun conversation.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep.
[] Intended Major: Computer Science
[] State (if domestic applicant): MN
[] School Type: Small rural/suburban mix. Has never sent a student to an Ivy League school to my knowledge.
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian, but I don’t think I reported it.
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~$150,000 - 200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothin’
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Strong self-motivation, very interested in a specific subject. EC’s were at least kind of competitive.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing really makes me stand out. SAT could be better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my stats are in the range where it all comes down to how good my admission officer’s cup of coffee was on the morning he saw my application. I don’t have any hooks that make me stand out from the other 26,000+ applicants. My intended major might have negatively influenced my app and made admissions officers think that my chances of matriculating were low. My school’s small size and relative isolation from subjects that interest me (computer science) probably doesn’t help as well. There isn’t much space for a computer club or something similar in a school where ~1/2 of the student body lives on a farm of some kind.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: All of my other applications were at state universities. Nothing too challenging to get into. Accepted at: U of MN, U of WA, U of IL, and U of MA.
[/ul]General Comments: I love Yale, but it’s going to be great to not pay for the next four years of college. With a full ride to the U of MN, I’m really blessed to have the financial freedom to choose practically any graduate school I desire. The current economic climate may have prevented me from attending Yale even if I had been accepted. I put everything I had into my Yale application, but sometimes things just don’t work out the way I want them to. I wish the rest of you the best of luck, and no matter where you go, have a fantastic college experience!

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