<p>i was DEFERRED!!!!!
I'm so sad ............. (sorry ive been watching this forum for ages but hardly ever post) well here are a few stats</p>
<p>SAT: 2140 (CR750, M680, W710)
IB: 44 points
EC's: loads: debate world championships representing country, piano - winner of national competition at highest level</p>
<p>etc. etc. etc.....</p>
<p>I was deferred, with a 2400 on my SATs and straight-A transcript (valedictorian). I also had lots of leadership, extra college classes, outside research, good recs and essays, the whole works. This sucks. I feel like I've worked so ridiculously hard all through high school to receive good news at this time, and it's such a slap in the face. I don't know what I did wrong, but I hope I can figure it out before I send my other apps in.</p>
<p>How do you know you did something wrong?</p>
<p>To buwinnifred:</p>
<p>Let me tell you right now I severely doubt you did ANYTHING wrong. As people have said time and time again, Yale and the other Ivies are all crapshoots. I'm sure almost all of us deferred candidates are very well qualified, perhaps moreso (or so we'd like to think) than our accepted counterparts, and I'm sure some of the rejected candidates are also deferred/accepted quality. When you get to a level as high as Yale's, the line between applicants blurs. I'm sure you'll go to a great school, and it might even be Yale. Hopefully with me too :).</p>
<p>I think early acceptance depends a lot on secret standards/maneuvers/plans at the college so if you got deferred or rejected, don't despair--you may very well get in regular, and anyway it has little correlation with your chances at other colleges, since you don't know the special reason they wanted your accepted counterparts. We don't know much about this process, and if you look at the stats on this site itself, you can see that there is just no way to discern the standards used by the college.</p>
<p>I'm In!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): 2080 M-760 V-680 W-640
[ *] SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 750 Math I, 700 U.S. History
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 4.33 UW 4.2/4.5
[ *] Rank: Top 10% I think
[ *] ACT: None
[ *] APs (including this year's): Stat, Euro, English Language, Econ, Calc AB
[ *] IBs (including this year's: None
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc, Criminal Law, Political Science, Honors Physics
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: ?
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Who's Who in High School
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Student Government, FCA, Student Newspaper, Peer Leadership, Tutoring, Catechism Teacher
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Internship at the local State Senator's office
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): One was about my religion and the role it plays in my life and the other was on a general view I have about confidence.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Good Interview
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Athlete
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Lower Middle
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ *] Strengths: Competitive
[ *] Weaknesses: Opinionated
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>hey all you who are accepted but haven't posted stats, sometime when you get a chance can you tell us at least if you are a legacy, athlete, urm? i'm wondering how much these subgroups make up the early accepted pool</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: No
SAT I (by section): 800 CR 770 M 790 W (12 essay)
SAT IIs: 790 Math2C 790 Chinese 760 Physics 770 Lit
GPA, Unweighted: 96.7/100
Rank: unranked
ACT: N/A
APs (including this year's): Calc BC 5, Physics B 5
IBs (including this year's: N/A
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Eng, History, Phy C, Calc III/Discrete Math, AP Stats
Number of Apps from Your School: 3
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Merit Semi</p>
<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: Piano (national award in US), Golf (competed on national level for school, not US), Orchestra (several awards in national youth festival, not US)
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring kids in piano, piano for church
Essays (subject and responses): Mediocre, I thought. Couldn't come up with better.
Teacher Recs: one teacher told me he wrote Yale would be stupid if they didn't take me
Counselor Rec: probably pretty good
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Ok
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): only 3 have gone to Yale in recent history
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: Moved to US midway through junior year. Is this really a strength?
Weaknesses: No leadership?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: NO F-IN IDEA
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I really want to go to Harvard now.</p>
<p>EliHopeful--Thanks a lot for your comment and for your general positivity. </p>
<p>My school had a tough break this year...all 4 of us were deferred....including</p>
<p>1) our valedictorian, 16 AP's by grad, national deca awards, lived in 3 countries, speaks 3 non-English languages, will be seeking a 4th consecutive state title in tennis this spring
2) a kid with 6 generations of legacy; very very active legacies at that
3) a 4.0 girl who has dedicated her life to tap/interpretive dance
4) myself</p>
<p>I don't know why this happened or what happened, but as many people mentioned, other than people who you just KNOW are going to get in, it's so random...it's ultimately pointless to worry at all about it</p>
<p>And btw Cozmo, the irony here is that I didn't drink a drop last night lol</p>
<p>I was DEFERRED. sigh. i feel like crap. wait how many EA deferrees get in RD???</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: nein
[</em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: Bio E - 700 (frosh year)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: I only know that I have an A- unweighted average.
[<em>] Rank: school does not rank
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 Euro (soph year), 5 APUSH/English Lang & 4 AB Calc (junior year), French Lang and English Lit this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: nein
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: hard-ish. I blow chunks at science and math so those are absent. But I've taken every history/English class possible in my school.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 out of 38 girls...2 earlies, one is a HIGHLY recruited athlete. Dunno if she applied early or not, but Yale essentially offered her a spot.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Eh, some local awards, AP Honors, etc. Nothing special.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Loads of theatre, loads of voice stuff, leadership positions in both but only school-wide.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research for a professor at Princeton since the summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was on Freudian dream analysis and how it pertained to my life in drama (funny), the other was on my solo trip to Paris this summer. People have told me they both kicked ass. I think they're what tipped me over into the deferred pool with all you other amazing people.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven't seen them, but I assume pretty good. My professor whom I work for also wrote me a rec--he offered, so I assume that one's good as well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He read me this one--it was really good. My school is tiny, so our counselor knows us pretty well.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Intense alumnae interview! At a little coffeehouse in my town--she seemed VERY focused on getting down everything I said. At the end she said she was really impressed with me, though.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Noo idea. My focus on history? I want to be a history professor.
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[*] State or Country: Nouveau Jers</p>
<p>Can't wait to get accepted! Actually, the fact that 61% of us got deferred makes me feel somewhat good. The range of deferred people is humongous!</p>
<p>Remember that the deferred admit rate is a lot higher than the regular RD admit rate. Last year the regular RD admit rate was 5.8%!!! Look at it this way: for the deferred applicants, it's like we never applied early, and we are applying RD. Except we're special: we get a higher admit rate than normal RD applicants. That actually seems like a pretty good deal! We were going to have to wait till April anyway for our RD app news.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 700V, 800M, 800R (Essay 9... i got all the multiple choices right lol)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chinese, 790 Japanese, 770 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.91 UW
[<em>] Rank: Does not rank
[</em>] ACT: Did not submit
[<em>] APs (including this year's): School does not offer
[</em>] IBs (including this year's): None tested at this point
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: All-IB school, HL:English, Math, Chem, Econ
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 7 including myself
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Midwest Econ Challenge 5th Place, Michigan Econ Challenge 1st Place, Michigan Math Prize Contest Finalist, SciOly 12th in State, Central Florida Art Festival 1st Place (<--kinda random, i used to live there)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Student Gov (Co-President, 2 years), Yearbook (Financial/Advertisement Manager, 1 year), School Golf Outing (Financial/Advertisement Manager, 2 years), Choir (3 years), A Cappella Choir (President, 3 years), Jazz Band (Piano, 1 year), School Volunteer Group (Co-President, 2 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer intern and then paid intern throughout the senior year at the International Development Department of a multi-billion marketing company (hired by the company without any connections), Coffee Shop (Cashier, 1 year)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One about my family's circumstances (serious), and another about my hair (light, but interesting)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Wonderful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She loves me, and I love her too!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): ok. no immediate connection with the interviewer because she kept asking me personal questions like my religious beliefs and whatnot
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Paid Internship. And the fact that I've only lived in the U.S. for 3 years (before that I was in Japan and China)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Michigan
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): All-IB Magnet public school. We already have 3 Harvard acceptees this year. But my class is definitely stronger than the past years so... I dont know.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: middle to upper middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership skills, personality (but I dont know if they saw it)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay? (English sucks! lol just kidding)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:<br>[/li]Honestly I don't know. Despite my school's amazing response from Harvard EA, none of the Yale EA applicants were accepted. I was sad for a while, but seeing many many qualified people getting deferred on CC, I feel more comfortable with the decision now. </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
First of all, CONGRATS to those who got in! I think I'm gonna be ok for the next 4 months, and we'll see after that. Hopefully I'll come back with a smiley face :)</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<pre><code>I can tell you from looking at profiles on the admitted student website that many, many EA Admits are athletes. Therefore, you should have an additional reason not to despair!: although the RD admit rate is lower than the EA rate, the EA pool is crowded by those who already know that that are going to get in. As one of the few non-legacy, non-athlete, non-URM, non-prestigious-private-school admits from my applicant-heavy Northeast-USA region, I can tell you that getting into Yale, though it requires LOTS of hard work, also requires a certain amount of good fortune. Hopefully--and probably--many of your fortunes will take a turn for the better in April.
</code></pre>
<p>And out of curiosity--Does anyone know what the EA admit rate was this year? It only seems to mention # of applicants on the Stats page...</p>
<p>hey onetimequestion</p>
<p>i think i saw a 19.7% admit rate on the official Yale website. it's weird cause I can't find it anymore, but if i remember it correctly, it was 19.7% admit, a little more than 60% deferral, and about 20% rejection.</p>
<p>lhh421, it's in the FAQ part of your decision screen.</p>
<p>Admit rate: 19.7% (17.7% last year)
Deferral rate: 61% (48% last year)
Rejection rate: 18% (33.3% last year)</p>
<p>With such a huge increase in deferrals, the acceptance rate of deferrees is bound to drop, unless if they take more of us for a better yield if they get fewer apps again.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800V, 700M, 710W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Literature, 800 Latin, 800 Chemistry, 750 U.S. History, 750 Biology E
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0UW, 4.557W
[<em>] Rank: 1/118
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 APs junior year (all 5’s), 6 APs this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: Most rigorous
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5 others, all outside the top 10%, no legacies, no URM, no athletes, all SATs lower than 2300
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): A nat’l essay contest, Senate Youth, nat’l Latin Exam gold medals and 3-years perfect score, nat'l merit commended, Ap scholar w/ distinction, local essay contests, biology fellowship, JCL state convention 1st place
[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Running, Skiing (both Varsity captain 9-12), Student Council president, Red Cross Hospital volunteer, Free Tutoring Program coordinator, JCL officer, Editor-in-Chief school paper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer research assistant and school year waitress
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): How I feel when I run (local admissions officer loved it), another more clich</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2400
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math I 800, Chem 800, US History 800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 96 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: no rank... maybe 10/430?
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: 0
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English, AP Calc BC, AP Physics, Spanish (college soph level), Wind Ensemble, Choir, PE, Government/Economics.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 5 SCEA (all in my English class)
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NYSSMA All-State, NMSC Semifinalist, Eagle Scout
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: High School Bowl (tops in state), Shakespeare, a ton of music stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Symphony Orchestra library assistant, photo guy at CVS
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): my orange Yankees' cap and Scrabble
[<em>] Teacher Recs: probably good; I didn't see them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): on campus was pretty bad, I thought... the alumni interview was pretty decent, though. Not great, but we had common interests.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none.
Location/Person:
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): standard wealthy suburban public school, ~ 1700 students.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, personality
[</em>] Weaknesses: not the toughest courseload, white kid from upstate NY
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: supposedly a perfect SAT score puts your odds at 50/50... I guess the coin flipped in my direction.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 700R 730M 770W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 math2 720 lit 720 physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.15 w 3.8 uw
[<em>] Rank: 32/350
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 8 2 5s, 4 4s, 3 current
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: BC Cal, diff eq, modern physics, english 4, latin 4, german 5, theatre
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: only one other that I know about
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): german and latin state, nothing notable
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: language clubs, programming team, fencing + aikido
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job programming
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): one about being the only girl in computer science and how that has lead to personal introspection... and one about reading poetry in german and how it's just not the same in english
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i think especially good. one teach who i consider a good friend, and a teacher who let me skip up a few levels in his class, and who my friend tells me likes me a lot... so...
[</em>] Counselor Rec: awful.. The only time I even met with the man was to drop my folder off... I'd be surprised if he knew my name/could recognize me
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I thought it went well, but then, my interviewer was just generally very personable.. We did talk too long, if that is good :)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): hahaha, that's funny
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): magnet school... we are awesome! I love my school.. so very very much
[<em>] Ethnicity: paper / bleach
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper/upper-middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[<em>] Strengths: teacher recs... maybe essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: rank and GPA and SATs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: because my teachers said i was nice, but my grades and SATs said I wasnt smart enough for yale[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: This was the best I could have possibly hoped for! I am so excited.</p>