<p>An interesting thing I heard from my college counselor is that the college admissions officers are not complaining to her this year about the inundation of applications. Who knows maybe there won't be so many Yale EA apps this year. <em>crosses fingers and prays!!!</em></p>
<p>yeah, instead of applying to harvard and princeton, all the smartest kids in my area (i know them from clubs and such) are applying to yale this year. Then they will apply to other Ivies anyways and take up even more spots to good schools lol.</p>
<p>Chidimma, check your mail :)</p>
<p>For those who have heard back from Yale concerning there app status, how long did this take after you mailed it in???</p>
<p>thanks sooooo much, newt!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'll echo newt:</p>
<p>Chidimma, check your mail :)</p>
<p>It took them about 2.5 weeks to send me an e-mail regarding my status. Maybe a few days later I got my letter in the mail with my PIN number.</p>
<p>I FINISHED MY PERSONAL STATMENT AND MY ACTIVITY ESSAY! YAYAYA! No short answer though.</p>
<p>i sent my application a week ago.. when do i get confimation!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?</p>
<p>do u guys have themes within your essays?</p>
<p>I think I'm finally done with my personal statement. It stinks though because it only works for Yale, and I'm going to have to write more essays for the other schools I'm applying to (in the likely event that I'm deferred/rejected :() I definitely have themes within my essays...I just have to shorten my "why yale" and I'm ready to go</p>
<p>by that i meant... a universal theme within ALL your essays</p>
<p>I do davidrune. Mine center on my experiences over the past 8 years at a summer camp (fun, volunteering, counseling, etc). I think you might have read mine on the essay forum.</p>
<p>I sent off my application today. Woo! Now I can sleep. Not really, but anyway... I'm so glad it's done, b/c homecoming is tonight. Now I can have fun!!!!!!! :) Davidrune, my essays dont have a universal theme. (I think...) the short answer and personal statement are connected somewhat though.</p>
<p>My essays aren't really connected either. I chose to do stuff that was fairly different so that way I could show more than one side of my personality.</p>
<p>I also did different topics, for the same reason as you, Flachica. Depending on whether the person who reads our app is in a good or a bad mood, we'll either come across as multi-faceted or inconsistent.</p>
<p>WOOOO I finished one essay. Now I have to start the other and finish it all today. LOL!</p>
<p>oi, and i thought i was a procrastinator...
lol
good luck athlonmj and everybody else who is still writing their essays</p>
<p>Ahhhh good luck Mitchell. </p>
<p>At least everyone else is done, so we'll be here to cheer you on.</p>
<p>LOL, that's a good way of looking at it.... I should really get off this site :)</p>