<p>Reading through these, I am absolutely baffled… I really wonder what Yale saw in me to defer me because there are some rejected people who I basically drool over… Bah.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 wh, 770 maths ii
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): predicted 42/42
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: full ib diploma
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some school awards for top in subject, prizewinner in a national economics competition
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): decent, can’t be bothered listing
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: one interesting volunteering activity
[<em>] Summer Activities: school service trips to foreign countries that I organized for my EC’s
[</em>] Essays: commonapp was good, supplement a lot less so
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: think they were good, i am top in their subjects after all
[</em>] Counselor Rec: should have been good, we know each other well and talk often
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: i think it went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: english literature
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: i really liked my common app essay?
[</em>] Weaknesses: early high school grades were poor, supplement was rushed and could have been a lot better
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: scea is too difficult for non-hooked applicants. [/li][/ul]General Comments:
i’m sorry i couldn’t be more detailed about ec’s and volunteering, but out of laziness and concern for my privacy, i have omitted a lot of detail.</p>
<p>Congrats to those accepted, and good luck to deferees in the regular round :D</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 710 CR 800 M 740 W
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Math 2 800 Physics 800 Chem 800
[ *] 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: No interview
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Physics
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): China
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (CR: 800 M: 800 W: 780) - one sitting
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level 2 - 800; Chemistry - 800; (all one sitting)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (school uses decile system)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Our school has IB, so we take the exams in May 2011
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Spanish Language B SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB History SL, IB A1 English HL, IB Math HL, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL (full IB Diploma program)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National speech and debate awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A lot
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: A lot
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot
[<em>] Summer Activities: A lot
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I don’t really know, as they wouldn’t let me read them. They were probably decent, though.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[<em>] Additional Rec: Glowing
[</em>] Interview: None offered
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Applied for almost full FA
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology (pre-med)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Republic of Korea (South Korea)
[<em>] School Type: International School in Korea
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Stats, activities (which I was too lazy to post… :P)
[<em>] Weaknesses: International applicant;; only like 2 out of 50 from my country were accepted this year… that’s like 4%;;
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: International applicant
[/ul]General Comments: Lots of people seem to be complaining about how allegedly “underqualified” URMs got into Yale SCEA… well guess what. TRY BEING AN INTERNATIONAL APPLICANT SOMETIME</p>
<p>pce :)</p>
<p>P.S. I will post my activities and other things at a later date in the near future</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 800 W 800 CR 760
[</em>] ACT: 35 composite
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 800 US History, 780 Chem, 760 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a but definitely 1 or 2/~100
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, Physics B 5, US History 5, English Lang 5, English Lit 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC , AP Bio, AP Euro, AP micro/macro, English, Chinese 4
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSF</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (4 years, Editor in Chief), Debate, MUN, peer tutoring, those kinds of things…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: don’t feel like going into a ton of detail, but I’ve done a lot
[</em>] Summer Activities: Lots of volunteer summer programs
[<em>] Essays: I thought both of my essays were really strong. My English teacher said my common app personal statement was the best he’d seen.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My college counselor said they were stellar, but I didn’t see them personally.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She told me it was one of the best she’s written.
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: I think my alumni interview went well. We really hit it off.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private, boarding
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 90k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, transcript, probably teacher recs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Unhooked, could have had more leadership and national level awards
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:Because Yale SCEA is extremely competitive, and I’m too much of a typical white, Connecticut girl.
[/ul]General Comments: I was expecting this. Much love to everyone, and know that this decision says nothing about your worth. For the rejected: it’s Yale’s loss! To the accepted: congratulations, if you’ve learned anything from this thread it should be that you are AMAZING to have gotten in. And to those of us deferred, we will have MANY amazing options come April…and Yale still might be one of them :)</p>
<p>My earlier post #190 had two double counted “accepts”, so a corrected and updated tally is</p>
<p>Accept 50 (33.3%)
Defer 91 (60.6%)
Reject 9 (6%)</p>
<p>I’m happy for those who were accepted, and even for those who were at least deferred.</p>
<p>I’m reading this thread in anguish at the fact that when the RD round comes around, my fate will probably be sealed as one who was flat out denied admission to my #1 school (by far).</p>
<p>To those who were deferred, good luck in the RD round! You’ll probably get in.</p>
<p>In case anyone hasn’t seen -</p>
<p>Official stats from the Yale website: </p>
<p>Total number of applicants 5257
Number admitted 761
Number deferred 2952
Number denied 1497</p>
<p>ps, I was deferred.</p>
<p>It’s ridiculous how many applicants were deferred. And among them are applicants like Silverturtle… I don’t stand much chance in the RD round. I’ll just think of myself as rejected until March 30th</p>
<p>Congrats@!
What is “le Grand Concours”??
Thanks</p>
<p>Anyone know what percentage of accepted were LEGACIES and ATHLETIC RECRUITS, both of which MUST apply SCEAC to activate these HOOKS?
Also, wonder how many LEGACIES and ATHLETIC RECRUITS were in rejected and deferred piles.
I also assume that admissions office is searching for diversity candidates in this round as well.
That does not leave very many spots for the regular applicants IMO.</p>
<p>I have pledged to report my decision and I did. I will leave the Yale forum until March…</p>
<p>@performersmom, Le Grand Concours is the National French Contest. It’s administered by the American Association of Teachers of French.</p>
<p>[Financial</a> aid budget to increase by 8 percent | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/16/financial-aid-budget-increase-8-percent/]Financial”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/dec/16/financial-aid-budget-increase-8-percent/)</p>
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<p>My guess is that is a hard statistic to find–
It would be like asking “how many of the applicants come from top prep feeder schools” … and equally hard to define as what is a “regular” applicant.</p>
<p>I have never heard that Yale legacies must apply EA to trigger an advantage (it certainly isn’t a hook). UPenn states that explicitly, but Yale never has.</p>
<p>It’s different for Penn because they have early decision, which is binding. Therefore, by applying early as a legacy applicant, they know you actually really want to go there instead of just using legacy as a boost in RD or something.</p>
<p>Also, Yale has been known to defer a lot … I have heard they defer people knowing they will probably get in RD and that they defer people who they know have no shot but are just trying to be nice …</p>
<p>Also, Yale can’t have Tuft’s Syndrome. Yale wins cross-admits from every school by a significant margin (the closest is 60% Yale, 40% Stanford) other than Harvard, from which they still steal 35% (at least according to the old chart, the numbers are probably still similar).</p>
<p>I’m sorry this is late. I waited until my final exams were finished. Good thing I did. I’ll edit this later to post my stats.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>[ 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/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>
Don’t use the old data. Last year, Yale-Stanford are even.</p>
<p>Got deferred, posted stats as pledged. Good bye Yale forum!</p>
<p>Ah congrats everyone. hoping to apply rd soon.</p>