<p>Regional Rep directory at:</p>
<p>For D:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: n
[</em>] SAT I (by section): V800/M770/W770
[<em>] SAT IIs: IIC770/Lit790/Bio-M760
[</em>] APs: 5 Bio, US Hist
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.66 (unw. 4.0)
[</em>] Rank: no rank (in top ~2% of 300)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Engl/Calc BC/Chem/French/Gov
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 18 applied Early!
[<em>] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: volunteer at local library & Park System, Science & Math teams, lit publication, bio research.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: self-employed (selling crafts items online).
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): volunteer work (good?)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didnt read (assume strong)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read (assume strong)
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): on campus (friendly & informal); alumni (friendly & casual)
[</em>] Hook (if any): multiple national writing awards (Scholastic, NCTE, NFAA, Lib. Of Congress), bio research published at NIH. USABO semi.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese-American
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks: ??brother at Yale (sibling not supposed to count as legacy though)
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: no sports at all, few leadership.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Writing & Bio awards? Overall record? Dont really know.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all for best effort, regardless of the outcome.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740r, 780m, 680w
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770m2c, 760bio(m), 670lit
[<em>] GPA: 102.8
[</em>] Rank: 1/452
[<em>] Other stats: IB diploma candidate...(umm...don't know what else)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Interview: I didn't get to have one...so maybe that played a factor
[<em>] Essays: averagely unique
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was awesome, the other was okay
[<em>] Counselor Rec: umm...decent...considering she was leaving us and had to do them all last minute.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm an extremely happy person.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: AP Scores-5 eng. lang/lit, 4 w.hist, 3 us hist
General Comments: Congrats to all who got in! Even though I got deferred I'm still optimistic! I hope to join all you wonderful acceptees and potential acceptees (props to my fellow deferrees ^_^) next year!</p>
<p>It looks like almost everyone here was a strong candidate... i just want to write about how I feel for a little bit... I was deferred. And when I found out it wasn't so much a crushing blow or an immediate devestation, but I was sort of like a sickening feeling ... It's strange how seeing other people did will make you feel. I'm one of three applicants from my school, and the traditionally "strongest" one was deferred as well... I really though he/she'd get in: 2390, 2nd in class, 100.4 avg, great leadership and EC. Idk of course that made me feel better, like I wasn't the only one... It's not a bad thing to be assuaged by that I guess. But what I feel really terrible about is the fact that the other applicant was accepted with a 94/100 weighted average, considerably lower SAT scores than both of us... hispanic... and It just makes me really hate affirmative action, even though of course I can't attribute his/her acceptance to that, I have a strong sneaking feeling. And idk i guess im just struggling personally with this bc I feel like he/she doesnt deserve it as much, and there are so many things the admissions board can't see from one's application. They can't tell if you're a druggie, or if you're a mean-spirited person, or anything like that. I guess I still feel bitter... I swear I'm not normally like this, I'm actually a really kind person I guss im just feeling ugly/gross right now... still. If someone wants to talk, message me or something or leave a post idk. Oh and I'm from NY so maybe I can blame the deferral on that.</p>
<p>For Aretsuya & anyone else deferred w/o intv:</p>
<p>you can still request an alumni interview, during the RD process.
Give it a try & hope it helps!</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>my stats are a bit different since i'm an international, but here they come:
Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): Cr 800, m 720 wr 680 (2200) one sitting
SAT IIs: Latin 770 Math 2 760 bio m 730
GPA 8.7/10 in the netherlands this is almost impossibly high, but the adcom probably didn't think so ;) it was explained in my school profile though
Rank:1/116
Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous, 10 courses of which 5 different languages (dutch, english, german, french and latin)
Number of Apps from Your School: I'm the only Dutch person who applied, I think this is the major reason they deffered me</p>
<p>Other stats:
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Student council president, student representative in school board, Theater course of 6 houres a week for three years at local college, photography, tutoring, debating team, tennis
Job/Work Experience: tutoring, child care
Essays (subject and responses): common about why I love learning foreign languages, how I discovered my love and how I use my skills, I believe it was very good. Supplement about my passion for Photography, it was pretty good but not amazing I guess
Teacher Recs: Haven't read them but I think they were very good and one of the top few of my career stuff, they both know me very well
Counselor Rec: very good, also top of career and she knows me very well as well
Interview (feel and general location): I'm usually good at interviews but I wasn't offered one unfortunatly:(
Hook (if any): 5 languages and 800cr as an international? I dont know. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: The Netherlands
School Type, Public, one of the best in my country and very comprehensive
Ethnicity: White
Income Bracket: <50.000
Gender: Female
Strengths/Weaknesses: languages, very heavy course oad and good recommendations and essays/ very low GPA compared to american students and no outstanding Ec's and jobs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: no real hook, and I guess they'll want to compare me to other dutch students, weak ec's</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congratulations to all of you, we did the best we could. I hope they'll accept a lot of defferals this year, all of you sure deserve it!. And good luck with your RD apllications! I hope to see a great deal of you next year in new haven, dont give up hope!</p>
<p>oops someone just tried to PM me but my popup blocked it... try again?</p>
<p>Lampy, even though I havn't personally experienced what you have, I can imagine how you must feel. It's funny how arbitrary decisions sometimes <em>seem</em> to be. This is definitely not to say that whoever was accepted doesn't deserve his/her acceptance. What I mean is that we can't fully comprehend what colleges are looking for. There are so many things that go into any application that it's impossible to know exactly what "hook" got you in. So, even though you and your classmate were, in your opinion, much stronger candidates than the one accepted, perhaps Yale saw a quality in the latter that was unique. I agree, mere papers can't show colleges everything about a person, but I should think they do a pretty good job of it. Anyways, in a nutshell: keep your head up, fingers crossed, and hope for the best. There is no doubt you've potential, and you will surely get in...if not to Yale RD, then to some other equally outstanding college. Good luck, lampy :)</p>
<p>all I can say is..........I have been admitted to Yale. I am very happy and grateful. However I still think there must be a better process... obviously I am not alone please read the Adcom Director of MIT's online blog. I am so sorry for all of those terrific people who worked very hard for years, without the right connections to get into the school of their dreams or having the right hook at the right time (no pun intended ).
Best of luck to everyone and I hope the defer. work out and for those who experienced rejection- I am sure they will find the best door for them to enter in the next round!</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 720, 710, 660 (Highest composite: 2090)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Results Awaited
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs: N/A
[</em>] IBs: Gave one exam last year and scored a 7 (IB SL Business & Management). Otherwise, I take HL English, HL Chemistry, HL Math, HL Biology, SL French, ToK...
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: About 4.2ish/4.3
[</em>] Rank: Probably first or second out of 35 students (Yes, it's a small class :p)
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Mentioned above; most rigorous.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[<em>] Other stats:
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Student Council Vice Pres. (now Pres.), Community Service, Editor of school newsletter, Sports Council President, Math Club, Scholarship Club, French Club, AFG Planning Team (related to revising the school mission statement, etc; cool stuff), NHS, French Club, Math tutor, Track and Field and Basketball [though I'm not particularly good at either :(]
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was brilliant, the other I'm not sure.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was brilliant, the other I'm sure was great (didn't read it).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was great, though I didn't read it.
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): Didn't have one.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Well, I'm very passionate about learning, and I think that came across in my application.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ethiopia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): N/A
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class, I guess. I need financial aid!
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: Erm?
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Don't know, honestly.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Well, my stats aren't anything great; they're quite average. My ECs too are nothing exceptional, compared to those of many CCers. However, I believe I try to make the best use of the opportunities presented to me. In Ethiopia, considering all I <em>can</em> do, I do a pretty good job. I'm not sure why I wasn't rejected, but I feel it's my personality they liked to think I'm worth a look in the RD round.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I hope we all get in!! :) You people are so talented in every way, you deserve the best :D</p>
<p>Haha, I'm obviously not too good with the format :p. Sorry about that.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 740 Math, 660 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 640 Lit, 650 USH, 680 IIC
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs: 5 Lit, 4 US Gov. and Politics
[</em>] IBs: none
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.99 uw
[</em>] Rank: 2/287
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 1 online AP, all "college" classes offered at school, music
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: just me early, one other for RD
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, US Senate Youth Program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: SIYAC- a state youth advisory council that sponsors legislation, advises legislators on what youth want in state government. This year we are working on passing anti-discriminatory/anti-bullying bills. I'm the sub-committee chairperson, and I've spent so much time doing this. I really love it. Other than that, speech/debate, student senate, CCC (character counts group that puts on assemblies on anti-bullying for elementary schools), swim team, music
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: organist at A.M.E church for 5 years
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app essay was about leadership: I wasn't too proud about that one. Supplemental essay was about an influential person, and I wrote about a homeless man that I didn't talk to, how he made me think about myself, my prejudices. It sounds cheesy, but it was really me.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good, all "best in career"
[</em>] Counselor Rec: heartfelt, though not very experienced. He doesn't have to write a lot of Ivy recommendations, did list stats along with personal qualities
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): at office, lasted about 1.5 hours. He talked a lot, but I felt like it was pretty good.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Iowa
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, 1/2 go to community college, 2/5 go to state schools, rest either military, work, and about 4 apply to elite schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: nada
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: focused ECs on activism, suppl. essay shows this. However, my first essay wasn't what I wanted to show the Yale adcom.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: really low SAT II scores, Common App. essay[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>I'll revise and resend. Don't lose hope, deferrees/rejects! Maybe this isn't where we are supposed to be. I have faith in the justness of the world.
To acceptees: Congratulations. That's all that is needed. You ALL deserve it, and best wishes for the RD round if you are still applying. :-)</p>
<p>Almost everyone is like deferred!!!</p>
<p>here are the stats as promised.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: n
* SAT I (by section): V780/M740/W800
* SAT IIs: IIC 740; Physics 720; Chemistry 730
* APs: 5 Chemistry, English Language, English Literature 4 - Latin-Vergil, Physics B
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.5 (unw. 3.9)
* Rank: no rank (in top ~5% of 120)
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC AP Physics, AP Latin Literature, English
* Number of Apps from Your School: 8 applied Early
* Other stats: none
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Founder/Editor-in Chief Nuntius Magazine, Vice Chair DC Youth Advisory Council
* Job/Work Experience: marketing rep
* Essays (subject and responses): diversity (excellent)
* Teacher Recs: didnt read (assume strong)
* Counselor Rec: didnt read (but my counselor is my homeboy...aquarian pride)
* Interview (feel and general location): didn't get one
* Hook (if any):urm w? high SATs, community service (500 hours), future engineer
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: DC!
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): competitive private Quaker school
* Ethnicity: African-American
* Income Bracket: middle
* Gender: F
* Hooks: none really
* Strengths/Weaknesses: no sports at all, lotsa leadership.
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: overall record, leadership, community service, female engineer
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all! You WILL find the school for you. Yale has lost some great students</p>
<p>Amnesia: Jos</p>
<p>Hey, somebody who got accepted mentioned a couple pages back that they rubbed Woolsey's toe when visiting Yale. I did too, and was accepted. I wonder if it's as good luck as it's rumored...</p>
<p>I rubbed his toe as well! And I got in!</p>
<p>I rubbed his toe a week before the PSAT.</p>
<p>I plan on doing so at least twice more before I apply. ;)</p>
<p>i didn't read any other posts...i'm too disappointed. i don't want to see people just like me get accepted for some miniscule difference like ethnicity or location.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color]deferred[ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:nope
[ *] SAT I (by section):790m, 770w, 740v [2300]
[ *] SAT IIs:800mathIIC, 780chem, 760US, 760bio, 740french
[ *] ACT:nope
[ *] APs: 5 chem, 5 UShistory
[ *] IBs:noope
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0uw, 4.7w
[ *] Rank: top 3%
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: hardest
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: MUN pres, section leader in two orchestras, fencing at state level, volunteer for homeless, SHP, other stuff.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: violin tutor, internship at startup company
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): not my best but still powerful. made people cry. but i edited them for other schools and they got even better.
[ *] Teacher Recs: one amazing, one great [guessing here, didn't read them]
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably the most generic thing ever...counselor has over 250kids probably, has no idea who i am, does not care, is never available.
[ *] Interview (feel and general location): one on campus, one at Princeton U, both great and fun.
[ *] Hook (if any): legacy?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): super super super big competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Income Bracket: middle class?
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks:
[ *] Strengths/Weaknesses: super passionate, good academics, not the typical asian/counselor does not know how to portray who i am, probably thought i was a mathy sciencey asian...i'm not.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: boring counselor rec? i can't think of any other reason. i'm chinese? overrepresented minority?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>i think that this year was especially tough and everyone who got in deserved to get in. and everyone who was deferred most likely deserved to get in as well. but it's not always about what you deserve. </p>
<p>the initial shock is over, and i'm not worried about anything. i know that it's my personality, my ethics and who i am that makes the difference. it doesn't matter where i go, i can do anything. it's all up to myself. life isn't always fair, but i'm sure this is a sign that i wasn't meant to be at yale anyhow.</p>
<p>and i rubbed the toe.</p>