re-apply after taking a gap year?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hey all. I was obsessed with Yale, and applied early decision only to be deferred and ultimately rejected. I was ok with this, because Yale was definitely a reach school... however, in the end I was waitlisted at Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and accepted to my last choices -- Wesleyan, NYU Gallatin, and some others. </p>

<p>I decided to accept NYU's offer of admission but also request a gap year (so that I would be entering the class of '11), and now I'm debating whether to re-apply to my top choices come March of next year. </p>

<p>Besides the ethical "wrongness" of applying to other colleges, would this make for an even worse chance of being accepted (to Brown and Yale)? My hooks in the application process were a GREAT art portfolio (1x international, 2x national recognition, solo exhibitions and a lot of regional awards) 16+ years of viola, violin, and erhu, and creative writing; I feel that the first two could be vastly improved upon in the coming year, making for even better music/art portfolios. Also, during my gap year I will be studying in Paris at a University there... not sure if that would also help, but it would show that I'm not just taking a year off as a "break", but more as a continuation of my academics in a foreign country.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'd love to hear what you all think. I'm completely ignorant as to how colleges respond to an application re-applying after being waitlisted/rejected and after taking a gap year.</p>

<p>btw, if anyone's curious... art website is <a href="http://www.wi-ch.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.wi-ch.com&lt;/a> (yay for shameless self-promotion right? ;p)</p>

<p>-ww</p>

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<p>Hmm...I hate to say it but that sounds pretty dodgy to me. What you should probably do is apply as a transfer student to Yale from NYC as a freshman.</p>

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<p>I totally sympathize with your Yale obsession...but there are two scenarios that are pretty stetchy: One, if you explain that you are taking a gap year, you are implicitly acknowledging that you already applied and did not get in. By not explaining that you've accepted at another university, you could get in trouble. Two, I wonder if Yale would still consider you a transfer-applicant since you're studying in Paris. Just some thoughts.</p>

<p>I agree with honeyhazel02. Good luck.</p>

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<p>And your art is really good. I'm impressed by your archived paintings.</p>