<p>i think this year that yale denied more qualified asians than before.</p>
<p>i had the opportunity to rub the toe, but didn't when I recalled a Yale news article (that renegade newspaper whose name I cannot remember...) which stated that Yalies put not-very-nice substances on the toe as pranks. Actually, I didn't just because I figure the sooner I start bringing "good luck" into the process, the sooner "bad luck" enters as well. Best to not believe in superstitions in my book... Although, I didn't step on the bad-luck square in Saybrook/Branford...</p>
<p>i did get accepted though!</p>
<p>the name of the tabloid is the yale rumpus...and you're right about the toe, i made sure to not touch it...good thing too, my friend who goes there ****ed on it right before some pre-frosh arrived for a tour, and they touched it!</p>
<p>my friend Jon Jon jsut got in... I'm wicked proud of him!!</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800 verbal 710 writing (UGH) 780 math
[<em>] SAT IIs: physics 760, chinese 800, math 2C 800, literature 790
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs:4 human geo, 5's on ushist, arthist, englang, psych
[</em>] IBs: non
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:4.39 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 5/1250. my school is definitely huge.
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs (including Physics C and BC calc) and academic decathlon
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 4...i believe. no one got in.
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: mock trial outstanding attorney at state level, academic decathlon, chinese dance, french club president 2 years, student congress, some awards for French essay writing and tests
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring at kumon learning center less than a year
[</em>] Essays: probably why i got deferred. they were general and all-around crappy.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: confidential, but i imagine really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as ^^
[<em>] Interview: at starbucks. went well, but i dont think i changed her life or influenced my decision
[</em>] Hook: Yale Book Award from the yale alumni assc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: LARGE public, EXTREMELY competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Hooks: none
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: essays. that and i didn't cure cancer.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: good but non-spectacular ECs, bad essays.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: 4 more months to wait. and i'm planning to update on the academic decathlon and mock trial competition results when i find out in Feb.</p>
<p>For fbc001, thank you for the advice...but my situation is sort of funny because everything seemed to line up for a deferral. Three days before decisions came out, I received an e-mail to schedule for an interview. Naturally I was confused because SCEA interviews were due Dec 1. So I asked the interviewer to give me an interview on the condition that I am deferred. Originally, she wasn't going to give me one but I wanted to ask just in case. And looky here! I got deferred and everything just seemed to fall into place! (Is it just me or some sort of divine intervention? <em>Looks at the sky to check for signs of the apocalypse.</em> :))</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290; 790 Verbal, 760 Math, 740 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 2C 800, Physics 750, Bio 740
[<em>] GPA: 4.5ish weighted
[</em>] Rank: None
[<em>] Other stats: um AP's? 7 5's and 2 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay? i think my 2nd one was pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good...almost positive one was very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good; read a little of it by accident
[<em>] Hook (if any): none. some piano/singing stuff but nothing spectacular
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: F[/li][/ul]Other Factors: not sure. - yale kinda hates our school though so i guess that didn't help
General Comments: prolly rejected b/c of lack of distinction btwn me and every other asian female. and no leadership stuff. oh well?</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (800W, 750CR, 740M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Physics, 760 Math Level II
[<em>] GPA: 4.2 weighted, 3.89 non weighted
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 33 ACT, 5 on APUS and AP Euro history exams
[</em>] Most rigorous course load
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Autistic brother, music composition, well written
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One outstanding, other probably pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Disabled family member
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Excellent public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (pretty sure this is what killed me)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist, Senior Class President, Varsity soccer
General Comments: I suspected this might happen, simply because I don't have the same story as, say, an Alaskan native stricken with polio at the age of four. I am very bitter about it. It's sad.</p>
<p>harvard
Total EA Applications: 3,872
Accepted: 804 (20.7%)
Deferred: 2,828 (73.0%)
Rejected: 149 (3.8%)
Incomplete: 79 (2.0%)
Withdrew: 12 (.31%)</p>
<p>Yale:
Accepted: 17%
Deferred:48%
Rejected: 33.3%</p>
<p>hmm...yale seems to be more tougher as seen in the rejections than harvard.</p>
<p>Some say that Harvard rejects only the people that wouldn't have gotten in even in God had written them a recommendation. Yale defers the people that they actually want to look at in the regular round.</p>
<p>Whatever.</p>
<p>Official stats for Yale:
-admit rate: 17.7% this year (vs. 17.9% last year)
-total admit count: 723 (vs. 704 last year)
-total EA apps: 4084 (vs. 3931 last year)</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 CR, 800 WR, 800 Math
SAT IIs: 800 Chinese, 790 Math IIc, 750 Chem.
GPA: 4.175 weighted, unweighted unknown, but all A's and a few A-'s
Rank: 1/421</p>
<p>Other stats: 6 AP Tests taken, all 5's: AP Eng. Lit, Eng. Lang, Bio., Comp. Sci. A, US Gov., Calc AB
Course load: AP Calculus BC, AP Probability and Statistics, AP French, Honors Comp./Writing Tutor, Honors Physics, AP World History
Subjective: NHS Secretary, Science Olympiad Captain for three years, Varsity Tennis for two years, piano, Girls State delegate, National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction
Essays: Not great IMO, but not bad.
Teacher Recs: Alright? I don't know what constitutes as a good rec, only that they both said pretty good things.
Counselor Rec: Probably impersonal
Hook (if any): TASP </p>
<p>State or Country:Michigan
School Type: Public, average
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>dark - 2400 and TASP??? I thought Yale loved TASP</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I: 680CR, 770M, 740W
* SAT IIs: Math II 800, Biology 670, US Hist 710, retaking bio and us hist
* ACT: Didn't Submit
* APs: World History 5, US hist 4, statistics 4, chemistry 4, english 3, comp uter science bc 3, taking 5 more this year
* IBs: No IB
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.92
* Rank: don't rank
* Senior Yr Courseload: Most rigorous
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2 other people
* Other stats: my school sent 3 people to yale last year, no one got in early
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: captain of debate team, captain of science quiz bowl team, math team, volunteer at hospital, officer in nhs, officer in beta club, swim team, spanish nhs
* Job/Work Experience: 14 hrs/wk at a movie theater, 10 hrs/wk cashier at food mart (different time periods)
* Essays (subject and responses): one was about my experience going to Iran and how the poverty influenced my perception of the world, the other was about my freshman english teacher and how writing was important to me. I think the one about Iran was pretty cliche, guess the topic of changes in perception is pretty trite
* Teacher Recs: one of alright, didn't read the other
* Counselor Rec: Didn't read
* Interview (feel and general location): Had an alumni interview at Starbucks, went really well, we talked about politics quite a bit, but other than that is was great
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Louisville, KY
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public (sort of private like, it selects the students that get in), very diverse
* Ethnicity: White, Iranian-American
* Gender: Male
* Strengths/Weaknesses: No particularly impressive awards or accomplishments, but I am pretty dedicated to two of my activities, but I guess that because of so many officer positions they might have gotten the wrong perception
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Guess it didn't look like I was too dedicated to a few activities, also the essay probably hurt because it was about 4 or 5 paragraphs of story and only about 1 or 2 on explanation
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: This has definitely taught me a lesson about life, because I was so hardset on Yale. However, I offer sincere congratulations to all of those who get in. I'm sure that all of us that don't get in will do fine and go to another great school and just forget about Yale.</p>
<p>wow navyant u seem realy qualified! condolecnes on not getting into Yale and good luck on your other apps!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800/800/790
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit-780/Chem-760/IIC-800
[<em>] GPA: 4.6 (weighted)
[</em>] Rank: top 10%. School doesn't rank.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one was about how my mom kept on trying to write my college essay for me (completely awful); the other was about literary weblogging (okay)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: no idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She was really excited about writing it.
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Terrible. You try sitting in a dimly-lit room with a chemist. After forty-five minutes of stilted dialogue and hollow pauses, I went home and composed a poem in which I rhymed Yale with fail and ail.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks: N/A
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: The admissions officer was probably just like what the flip why is she writing her essay about reading fiction when all her ECs are science-related and she wants to major in Ethics, Politics, and Economics.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I felt sort of raw this morning, but I think I'm okay now.</p>
<p>Rilla: We ought to have a Somerset Hills commiseration party. As long as it's not dimly-lit.</p>
<p>hi guys, i'm from the brown ED board (deferred) but i just wanted to add that my best friend was accepted to yale!! good luck with all of your future college ventures! and merry winter.</p>
<p>What in the world is TASP?</p>
<p>Yes what is TASP?</p>