<p>back to rejection dreams, haha.</p>
<p>i had a dream that i got rejected and Yale was kind enough to explain to me WHY they didn't want me. They wrote me letter (on one of those essay packets that you write your AP essays on during the exam, yea weird) stating that I did too many things and had no idea what I wanted in my life. How sweet! hahahaha.</p>
<p>That's probably your latent worry or something. I know not having a passion is mine. They always talk about having a passion and going after one thing and I always say it's science, but I feel like I'm BSing a little there - when did I decide I wanted to do science? it never happened! <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>In that way I think these colleges want us to be something that life doesn't really expect out of us. If you don't know exactly where you're going right now, or you are a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, it doesn't mean you won't find something and have a fulfilling career. We all know that, but we forget it sometimes. </p>
<p>And that's my pep talk. :)</p>
<p>Historically, Yale's classes consist of a higher percentage of public school kids than private school kids.</p>
<p>I mean, I should hope they do! Private school kids account for quite a small percentage of the population of students! Just the fact that you state it like that is evidence of Yale's enormous bias toward private schools. Well, that said, I'm not complaining - maybe it'll salvage my application :)</p>
<p>THAT said, it is still pretty unfair. :(</p>
<p>Obviously, there are tons more public school kids than private schools, however in areas with "bad" schools, many times the really bright kids go to private schools, regardless of income through scholarships, etc. I don't really think there is a bias towards private shools, just that in some places the best and the brightest are not in the public schools. However, I can't stand people who think that just because you go to a private school, you're smart or you work harder, and just because you go to a public school you're dumb or lazy. I met this one mother at a Barnard Open House who kept asking over and over again if colleges consider the rigor of schools because her daughter went to a private school and obviously worked so much harder than anyone who went to public school, so wouldn't she be weighted higher than a public school kid in the admissions process. If my mom hadn't restrained me, I swear I was going to go across the room and take that woman down!</p>
<p>I completely agree with you on your last point. I go to a private school, and I have lots of friends in public schools who work MUCH harder than my school friends. But I do think there's a bias toward schools that have turned up lots of good Yale students before, so it's a vicious cycle in favor of private schools. My college counselor, for example, knows a lot of significant figures on admissions boards at colleges across the country. Say what you will, but connections do still count for something. And legacy plays a part - if parents went to a prestigious college, there's a good chance they got a job in the primary market and can afford to send their own kids to private schools. I've seen stellar kids from the local public school get turned down for spots at places like MIT and Yale in favor of kids from my private school who were great, but not as well-qualified.</p>
<p>You do have a point about connections. Multiple people in our school get into Harvard and Princeton every year, but those same kids always get rejected by Yale. A good number of kids in our school go to top 20 schools, including the Ivies, but no one in recent history has been accepted to Yale, legacy and double-legacies included.</p>
<p>Oh god... now you're scaring me. </p>
<p>I'll tell myself it's because of the vicious cycle. Yale sees it hasn't accepted anyone from your school in past years, so it gives less consideration to apps that come from there. That's what I'll tell myself.</p>
<p>Brown hates my school, haha... Yale likes it (I think, I hope!). Harvard isn't big at my school, but that's a student-based choice it seems.</p>
<p>That's exactly what I meant- I thought it related well to your cycle theory- definitely did not intend to scare. Gosh, I'm good at doing that! Plus, I live in an area that's saturated with some of the best public schools in the country, so I'm guessing when they evaulate regionally, some kids that would win out in other regions get axed here.</p>
<p>I'm the first one to apply to Yale in my school's history for the most part. I don't think anybody applied last year.</p>
<p>No one from my school has ever been to an Ivy or a Top 20. I think that might help me. That's what my dad said. He said that Yale wants to play politics in hopes of getting more people to apply, as he said that other people might drop their applications if I get rejected. My counselor agreed.</p>
<p>I think it is good, QuixoticRick... I am le jealous.</p>
<p>my school has sent three people to yale ever, all two years apart. it's been two years since the last one got accepted, and i'm really hoping that means they need another one :D</p>
<p>Yeah, that makes sense QuixoticRick.
As for my school, it sends about 1 person per grade to an ivy league.
Last year it was UPenn, three years ago it was Yale....
So who knows?</p>
<p>it's been five or six years since someone from my school was accepted to yale :(</p>
<p>brown hates us, but harvard likes us for the most part. we had only legacy acceptances to columbia (and one athlete).</p>
<p>my public school gets its fair share of acceptances, but its really stressful applying from massachusetts, as there is so much competition... im sure you CA-ers can relate.</p>
<p>Well, Rick... I think if they accepted you it'd be more like a "first-generation" thing - if no one from your school has EVER gotten into Yale, you're presumably being ambitious or taking risks, and they like to see that... not necessarily a recruiting thing... but of course I could be wrong</p>
<p>smr, fringey said brown hated her school as well, I think. Do they make a habit of this, or do you go to the same school? :)</p>
<p>hahaha i guess brown hates both coasts?? in the past three years alone 20 very strong kids applied and were rejected, while some of those same applicants were accepted to harvard.</p>
<p>i apologize, fringey, for stealing your words, but i also believe brown hates my school :)</p>
<p>DChari: Yeah, no one from my school has ever applied to or made it to an Ivy or a Top 20. The first two people to do so was last year where one made it to Wellesley and another to Stanford.</p>
<p>cornell hates my school. twenty people have applied in the last four years, and no one has gotten in. weird, considering it is the easiest ivy to get into. surprisinly, princeton loves us. three people get in last year.</p>
<p>Hahaha no worries, it's just the facts! So many kids apply to Brown each year from my school, and I believe three got in last year. Compare that with more than sixteen being accepted to Yale (out of a class of about 250) and in the mid-twenties to Penn and it starts to look a lot like Brown hates us.</p>
<p>I'm still going to apply though if I don't get into Yale... which will happen, realistically.</p>