<p>Were people really talking about Yield Protection? I don’t think Columbia does that. I think they consider themselves in an elite enough sense to be able to have a shot at getting those top students, because they have a niche through being the only top-tier school in NYC.</p>
<p>And I always thought of numbers as qualifiers, not anything that will get you in. I figure if you’ve got a 3.9+ and a 2300+, whatever the numbers are beyond that, they just consider your numbers good and throw you in with the thousands of other people who apply with similar numbers. I got waitlisted at H and S with a 2330 and a 4.0.</p>
<p>Personally, I think what people are underrating at these schools is the supplemental short-answer questions. Columbia had a few–and especially at Stanford, remember that “What do you want to say to your future roommate” question? I think scores are sort of overrated, at least it appears to be this way with the OP.</p>
<p>amen MSauce. few kids realize that each school may have a lot of the same interests absolutely, but it doesn’t mean you are a perfect fit for each, and schools ask questions to verify you are an ideal fit. </p>
<p>at columbia - the interest questions (books) and the why columbia matter a lot.</p>
<p>there are very few students that are a sure in everywhere. i mean maybe like 10%, the rest of everyone is always on the fence to some degree, especially at committee schools like the ivies and stanford. it means that not just one person has to like you, but others must as well.</p>
<p>“I already got into Yale with a Likely Letter, but it would have been nice to be accepted. (Though I wouldn’t have gone) I guess somehow Stanford still managed to tell me that I wasn’t good enough for them!”</p>
<p>Don’t you see that this attitude, that “I’m not going to go, but I want to get in just for the prestige!” is the very reason that deserving students don’t always get into schools they should? With all due respect, I’m glad you didn’t get into Stanford if ou got a likely to Yale and are planning to attend Yale!</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone for their shared information. Yes, I do realize that scores are often overrated (I asked about the percentage accepted regardless of other personal info as I was wondering about the effect that personal info has on admission). Thanks again and good luck to you all!</p>
<p>Well… chances are if you have 800 in one section, you are a stellar applicant and you probably have high stats across the board. having an abysmal gpa and horrible E.Cs but one 800 will probably mean nothing</p>
<p>Sorry, I was being facetious when I wrote that. If I had gotten in Yale early action, I would not have applied to Stanford, but when I was told that I got into Yale a bit before RD came out, I wasn’t going to cancel my other admissions decisions. Know what I mean?</p>
<p>And then after riding the LL wave for about a month and a half, I was feeling great!..until the waitlists came in. </p>
<p>My attempt at sour grapes didn’t work. In hindsight, I probably should have added a afterwards. You know, for comical effect. This internet sarcasm thing is really hard to get.</p>
<p>@larmonely
Sorry. I actually have an aquaintance who got into Yale EA, and since then has planned to matriculate at Yale, but insisted on applying to Harvard (with the encouragement/pressure of her parents) just do she can say she was accepted to Harvard. You may have thought it was so reprehensible as to be obviously facetious, but unfortunately it’s not.</p>
afterwards. You know, for comical effect. This internet sarcasm thing is really hard to get.</p>