<p>OK , so can anybody post the acceptance letter. Would like to read it. Haven't seen my decision yet. Think I'll wait for my BIG envelope anyways.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 all 3
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 lit, 690 math ii, 650 us history
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs: 5's in language, comparative gov't, psychology. 4's in US Gov't, World History. 3 more pending.
[<em>] IBs: NA
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.98w/4.64w
[<em>] Rank: does not rank
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 3 AP's, 4 regulars (I got's elective'd out of my AP's)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dont know
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Editor-in-chief of literary magazine, VP of music honor society and Model UN, flute section leader, pit orchestra, mock trial, peace club, NHS, quill and scroll honor society, more stuff i can't remember right now
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NA
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one was about intellectual curiosity, i kinda forget what the other one was about
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one absolutely glowing, one good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: glowing
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): Lounge of his apartment building. 1 1/2 hours, VERY good feel.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? yes
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: public school, 2000 students, montgomery county. don't know the stats.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipina/Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks: None really
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Too many qualified kids, not enough spots. And I don't think I'm as qualified as some of the other kdis on here.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I got into Brown, that was my big thrill of the night, so I'm happy :) Congrats to everyone who was accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 790M. 750 V. 800W.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II. 770 US History. 740 Physics.
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs: 5-Physics, Calculus AB, US History
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.62 W, 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/121
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Lit/Comp, AP Stats, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, Bible/Ethics, Creative Writing, Government/Economics
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[</em>] Other stats: National Merit Finalist and Scholarship, AIME qualifier, AP Scholar, Perfect Score--National Latin Exam, lots of local math awards, poetry awards, Governor's School, other arbitrary awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Math Team-Captain, Scholars Bowl-Captain, Literary Magazine layout editor, church choir, science olympiad, therapy for special needs kids, Guatemala Missions trips, several other volunteer things
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Closing Manager of ice cream store (10-12): 20 hrs/week during school, 40 hrs/week summer.
Math Tutor (12): 3 hrs week
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My main one was a comparison between my church and the church I visited in Guatemala, how they were different, etc. I also sent in 5 poems instead of an additional essay
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: really good, i know the counselor really well
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): The interview was at a local college--went great. We talked a lot about philosophy and books--the guy was a philosophy major.
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? Poetry
[</em>] State or Country: AL
[* School Type, Average Stats of School: Private (Christian), 25 ACT, 100% go to college
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks: ? not sure
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I don't have any huge awards.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No idea, but I'm really happy!
[/ul]Other Factors:**
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone</p>
<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I'm a junior at Yale. Wow, admission seems to get harder and harder every year. Congratulations on everyone who got it. If you didn't, I often wonder if I would get rejected if I resubmit my application this year =) </p>
<p>Perhaps.</p>
<p>Howard</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, US History 800, Chemistry 800, Physics 800
GPA: 4.98 W
Rank: 1</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: They were alright
Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it
Hook (if any): None really</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: All over the place, but am from CA
School Type: Public</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2390 (800 V, 800 W, 790 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750, 710, 690
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Strong, I spent a ton of time on them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Possibly the strongest part of my application
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great relationship with my counselor, good rec
[<em>] Hook (if any): Recruited Athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Chicago, IL, USA
[<em>] School Type: Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Athlete with strong grades and board scores
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Recruited Athlete with decent stats and strong interest in Engineering[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
[*] Demonstrated strong committment to service</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 730V, 800M, 800W
* SAT IIs: US History: 730, Math II: 800 Spanish: 710
* ACT: 31 (did not report)
* APs: Stat 5, Chem 5, US 5, taking Macroecon, Lit, Gov't and BC Calc this year
* IBs:
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 97.2
* Rank: 6/470
* Senior Yr. Courseload: AP Lit, AP BC Calc, AP Gov't, AP Macroecon, Philosophy, Controversial Issues, Directed Study
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2 or 3
* School Profile: public, mediocre
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: NHS, Beta, Math Team, Mu Alpha Theta, Soccer Manager, etc etc
* Job/Work Experience: Kroger Pharmacy, Pharmacy Tech
* Essays (subject and responses): Diversity: Not the Token Black Guy
* Teacher Recs: awesome
* Counselor Rec: awesome
* Interview (feel and general location): Starbucks, cool, nice guy
- Optional Essay Submitted: Governor's Honors Program
- State or Country: Georgia
- School Type, Average Stats of School: public, ****ty
- Ethnicity: African American
- Income Bracket: upper
- Gender: Male
- Hooks: none really
- Strengths/Weaknesses: kicked out of school in 7th grade
- Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: luck </code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Good luck to all; don't fret; AA works</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>this is a somewhat different format, but it's pretty much the same info...</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (790M, 720CR, 780W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC 760, Chem 750, Bio M 740, US Hist 710
[<em>] GPA: 4.52ishW, 3.98UW
[</em>] Rank: n/a (see below)
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on four AP's, 4's on two
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I think the main essay was great. Sent in a supplementary piece, too.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Since I'm homeschooled, I sent in my recs from my community college teachers. One rec was amazing ("this is the most gifted person I know"), and the other one was good but not necessarily solid.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Also due to the homeschooling, Yale wanted the counselor rec to be from an outside person, so I submitted one from a CC instructor. Same as above, it was good but not necessarily solid.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Siemens-Westinghouse Semi, did Stanford CCIS internship (my mentor wrote me a strong rec), coordinated summer science clubs for kids, writing a book manuscript, taught a Shakespeare class for homeschoolers
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: homeschooled (attend CC for math & science)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Being homeschooled may have given me an edge, as did pursuing CC classes (I'll have 78 semester units by graduation)</p>
<p>General Comments: Wow college admissions is such a crapshoot. I was accepted to Stanford EA, Rice, and Columbia, but I was rejected by Harvard and Yale. I've been planning on Stanford since I got in, so it's not really a big disappointment that I didn't get into H & Y. Just funny that one can send the same exact app to schools that have very similar acceptance rates and get wildly disparate results.</p>
<p>At any rate, Stanford is my dream school, so it's like, "All right, only one Ivy, but who cares?" (don't want to sound rude to those of you whose first choice is/was an Ivy) I can't wait until September!</p>
<p>claudemozet, I definitely think you did not need AA to get into Yale. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2110 (670 CR, 770 M, 670 W), 2110 (730 CR, 750 M, 630 W), 1560 (710 CR, 800 M) (don't know which one they took)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry 760, Mathematics Level 2 800, Physics 740
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 on BC Calc, Chem, 4 on U.S. History, English, 3 on Comp Sci AB
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.33/4 weighted, 3.8 something /4 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 13/~600
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP US Govt, AP Microeco, AP Physics C, AP Stat, Ap English, plus stuff I have to take to graduate
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: I know of one other person who got wait-listed, maybe other apps
[</em>] Other stats: Commended Scholar, AP Scholar thingy (forgot which one)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Robotics club (4 years, captain senior year), Interact (community service basically, 3 years, Treasurer junior/senior), Spanish Club (3 years, treasurer junior/senior), Math and Science Club, Business Professionals of America (3 years, made it to state for 2 years, nationals for 1 year)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 lab jobs over 2 summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): talked about my love for robotics/engineering
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was truthful (not necessarily good), don't know about the other
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she doesn't know me personally, probably stock rec
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): no interview
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? no opitional essay
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: best public school in the area
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks: no f-ing clue
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: Engineer? / only decent grades, no national merit, SATs etc
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: NO F-ING CLUE[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really am very confused as to how I got accepted. The other app from our school is ranked 3rd and is national merit finalist and she got waitlisted.... I really did not have any hope for Yale, I wasn't sad about it, just was not expecting this AT ALL, you guys have no idea how surprised I was/am</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:2330 (800M, 800CR, 730 WR)
SAT IIs: (800,730, 700)
GPA: 3.63 / 4.03 (3.80 / 4.43 for 10-12 though)
Rank: 60/702 (19/702 for 10-12 though)
Other stats: Big time fundrasing, raised $14,000 thru 3 major fundraisers.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: decent
Teacher Recs: top few of career ish
Counselor Rec: mediocre...big class
Hook (if any): Sent them Econ work I did that econ professor said was publishable & far more advanced than that of any undergrad she ever taught at USC, NYU, etc. But I didn't send this until Mar 9 (I wasn't done until then), so maybe they didn't get to it - or they did and rejected me anyway.</p>
<p>[ b]Location/Person:**
State or Country: CA, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: M</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: Congratulations everybody! Good luck to the rest of schools you're waiting for.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2370 composite 800M, 800CR, 770WR</li>
<li>SAT IIs: MathIIC: 800 Biology M: 800 USH: 790 Spanish: 740 Chem: 660</li>
<li>GPA: on our extraordinarily messed up system, 4.42 (out of 4.3, with the "special H grade" worth 5. don't ask.)</li>
<li>Rank: top 5%</li>
<li>Other stats: 5s on 5 AP exams, graduating in 3 years, did well in several math competitions (school winner two years in a row on AMC12)</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Very good essay quality, but not Yale-specific (ie. I sent the same ones which got me rejected by Harvard, lol)</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Awesome</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Obviously none, since I didn't get in ;-)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: Large public, 360 students in class of '06</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: crew team (5 years), math team, speech/debate secretary, in Natl. Honor Society, 1 season of indoor track</li>
<li>Summer stuff: CTY, two weeks of "research" at RPI (it was really just programming, not actual research, but whatever), MIT's Women's Technology Program</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/deferred: 1. My heart just wasn't in it. 2. My interview was going fine until he wanted to know what other schools I applied to; then I froze, because I knew that anything I said would make it painfully obvious that I wanted to go to MIT more than anything in the world. I think he probably figured it out anyways.</li>
<li>Other thoughts: I'm not going to stay on the waiting list - I've wanted to go to MIT for my entire life, and while I think I might've been happy at Yale, I'm sure that there is somebody (probably multiple somebodies) on that list who would be much happier and much more deserving if there is an additional spot to be filled. I read somewhere that waiting lists are designed to help make a few more students' "college dreams come true" and Yale was never my college dream. I wish the best of luck to those of you who do plan to wait it out, and congratulations to all of you who were accepted. For those of you who got rejected, remember that the admissions officers aren't passing judgement on your life, they're just making a decision about a packet of papers you sent.</li>
</ul>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 770 CR + 790 math + 770 writing = 2330 total<br>
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 math IIC, 790 chem, 750 spanish
[<em>] ACT: (didnt send)
[</em>] APs: 9 APs - almost all 5s - by junior year (National AP scholar): calc ab, calc bc, us history, chem, spanish, physics mech & e&m, ap euro, ap stats. senior year: plan to take 5 aps.
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.86 unweighted (i go to a really hard private school - highest gpa last year was 3.88)
[<em>] Rank: 1/130
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: some aps... hard courseload
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: one early, none regular
[</em>] Other stats: lots of science awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: violin, tons of clubs like international club, science bowl, student council, etc. typical asian things :)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: teaching violin, math, science, english to somali immigrants
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty decent... college counselor thought they were the best he'd seen.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>] Interview (feel and general location): it was really great - my interviewer was sooo nice.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] Optional Essay Submitted? yup.
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: really competitive private. relatively small - 130/class. sends on average 1 student to yale.
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks: probably science projects and research work
[<em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: see above. weakness = indian + usual asian ecs.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: dunno... they could see my passion??? Whatever it was.... i'm just incredibly psyched!!!!
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!! I JUST CANT BELIEVE IT!!!! i got rejected from harvard after being deferred ea, but now, i honestly don't care at all! But, as excited as I am to get into yale (and believe me... i am!!), after looking at previous posts, i realize how many truly amazing people didnt get in, and for that, i'm really sorry. just know that you really will be happy wherever you go.</p>
<p>bleh waitlisted, I was kinda surprised (well, only in terms of my other college results, not in general haha). Yale was my no. 2 choice, so this was kind of disappointing
I got into Stanford ea, p-ton, duke, vandy, harvard, so yale was the only one to not admit me, haha : )
I'm going to do the whole stats thing but basically around 2300, no. 2 in class, 15 aps by graduation, blah blah, hook were 2 national ec's and some nationally published research.
congratulations to everyone who got in.</p>
<p>Where are you gonna go, Ice falcon?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: 2300
* SAT IIs: 800 math IIC, 800 chem, 760 us hist
* GPA: 4 uw
* Rank: 3/450
* Other stats: 5s on all five APs taken</p>
<p>Subjective:
* Essays: i think they were very good
* Teacher Recs: probably one extremely good and one 'insert name here' kind of rec
* Counselor Rec: probably good
* Hook (if any): no idea</p>
<p>Location/Person:
* State or Country: NC
* School Type: large public
* Ethnicity: caucasian
* Gender: female
* Major strength/weakness: very well-rounded
* Why you think you were accepted: essays</p>
<p>Other Factors: summer math program (SUMaC) and ECs (cheerleading, math team, symphony, chorus)</p>
<p>yea, wats ur top choice school right now?</p>
<p>*Decision:ACCEPTED (first 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 extremely high
* 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: NONE, first ever to get into and ivy leage! And i got into 4!!</p>
<p>Other stats: </p>
<p>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, amnesty international 8 hours/week
* 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, also good.They were both very personal and me!
* Teacher Recs: Haven't read them but I think they were very good and one of the top few of my career stuff (they told me some parts), they all 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):wasn't offered one!
* Hook (if any): 5 languages and 800cr as an international? I sent in a good photography portfolio as well</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 load, good photography portfolio and good recommendations and essays/ very low GPA compared to american students and no outstanding Ec's and jobs</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted:I dont know, i had the most amazing luck!</p>
<p>After deferral: i sent in a photography portfolio, an extra rec, a letter and a why i love yale essay!</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:Congratulations to all of you!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE HAPPY IN MY LIFE!!!!!</p>
<p>YALE HERE I COME!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Old SAT: 800 M, 760 V
[</em>] New SAT: 800 M, 800 CR, 770 W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio, 800 Math IIC, 780 Chem
[</em>] GPA: 5.25 w, 4.0 uw (cumulative)
[<em>] Rank: 4/443
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma candidate, president of a couple clubs, marching band, ~600 hrs community service, NC Governor's school, summer biomedical research at ECU
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent :)<br>
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Dont know
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dont know
[</em>] Hook (if any): major in Near Eastern Studies?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[</em>] School Type: top public, AP and IB programs
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Math 800/Verbal 800/Writing 780
[</em>] SAT IIs:Literature 770/Math IIC 740/Spanish 660
[<em>] APs: BC Calc 5, Euro 4, English Lang 4, US History 4
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: something like....3.986/4.435
[<em>] Rank: 2/218
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Bio, AP Stats, AP Spanish, AP Gov, AP English Lit, Multivariable Calculus/Linear Algebra, chorus :-D
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: uno
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Show choir, voice lessons, Class VP, Forensics Captain, volunteer at a hospital, youth mentoring program
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My main essay described the "rhythm" of my life, sort of relating music to what I do every day. My supplemental essay was a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor about my first time riding a bicycle. Which was at age 13. Down a very steep hill.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One I know was awesome. The other, I'm not sure, but it must've been good!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good I guess
[<em>] Interview (feel and general location): VERY good. It was my first one of the whole process, and I feel like it was my best. When I got deferred I contacted my interviewer to ask for her advice, and she offered to meet with me again. I guess that means she liked me a lot!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] Optional Essay Submitted? yes
[<em>] State or Country: Virginia
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School: pretty decent public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Hooks: Lots of involvement in music. Also lots of volunteering in hospitals/in the medical field.<br>
[</em>] Strengths/Weaknesses: I think my character really came across well in my application.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I sent lots of updates after I was deferred, some very creative....I guess that showed them I really wanted to go to Yale!![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I'm still in shock and probably will be for the next month or so. Congratulations to all future Yalies!!! I look forward to seeing all of you next year!!!</p>