<p>I think one reason that Y accepted fewer ED applicants than peer schools is the fact that President Levin is de-emphasizing athletics at Yale and giving fewer Likely Letters to athletes. LL recipients are all generally accepted in the ED round.
So on the bright side, Yale has more available spots in the RD round.</p>
<p>Waiting until April 1 is going to suck the most out of all of this…
I appreciate the sentiments from everyone in this thread, but I’ve pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I’m not getting into Yale. Which I am fine with…I have 9 other apps out there.</p>
<p>Choices 2/3/etc anyone? Mine are Columbia and UChicago.</p>
<p>I am torn about how to feel emotionally. I guess the emotional roller coaster leading up to my decision took all my emotions lol.</p>
<p>On one hand I am really glad I applied EA to Yale, they are my first choice college still and I love Yale a lot more than Harvard and Princeton. On the other hand, based on stats I can’t help but run the what ifs about applying to the other two. H and P will probably be a lot tougher now for RD while Yale will be a little easier because they can and will accept more. Bleh, I wish I could wear college gear and get to bash my best friend who got into H. Instead I get to finish all my apps lol.</p>
<p>My 2 and 3 are Stanford, MIT, and uChicago. I had wanted to go to Stanford since 5th grade until last year so all my friends are telling me getting deferred from Yale was a sign.</p>
<p>This really is a cruel, cruel waiting game. I don’t know about all of you, but I feel that its as if I applied early and waited for no reason…Still, given the high quality of most of the deferrees, I feel that many of us stand a decent chance. As for 2 and 3, Brown and Northwestern/Columbia</p>
<p>To me, the high quality of the deferrees suggests that RD is going to be just as much if not more of a crapshoot than SCEA. </p>
<p>Reconsidering my decision to only apply to two Ivies. I’d like to get into at least one of them…</p>
<p>Very unhappy overall. I really don’t know what else I could have done… I read my recommendations so I know they are good, and a Harvard adcom told me my essays were among the best she’d read, so I just don’t know.</p>
<p>takashisaito: There is still time to apply to more Ivies but there are many other non-Ivy selective schools which will give you all the opportunities you need.</p>
<p>sniperseas: I know you wondered whether to apply SCEA to H or Y. Assuming similarly competitive applicant pools, it looks like H was easier (and P even easier) to get into this year. It is a bit ironic that H and P dropped EA/ED programs 5 years ago because they philosophically thought it was bad for certain applicant pools and as soon as they reintroduce the program they embrace it with a vengeance admitting so large a percentage of their classes that way. Your objective stats are so strong that usually we would wonder if your essays or LORs were your downfall (but you think otherwise with more personal information than most). There is nothing more you could have done but you may have more success in the RD round. Good luck.</p>
<p>Yes, in retrospect applying to Harvard early would have been the best idea - even here on CC something like 60% of the pledges were accepted. My counselor called the Yale regional adcom Friday, hopefully she can shed some light on what happened.</p>
<p>My 2/3 choices are Johns Hopkins and third is a tie between SUNY Binghamton and Wesleyan. I also applied to Harvard and 2 other schools (so that’s 7 total) but I’m only really considering my top 4. I didn’t expect too much from Yale so I did all of my applications well ahead of time. Now I have months of sitting back and waiting for decisions. I’m really glad I wasn’t rejected though. Someone from my school who applied to Yale was rejected and it made me realize how good it felt to have another chance.</p>
<p>snipersas, definitely keep us updated!
I was really surprised by your outcome as well…</p>
<p>My n.2 and n.3 are Harvard and Princeton/Columbia/Amherst. I am really NOT sure about 3. On one hand, I really like Princeton, but I think it is a bit too…hm…preppy (?), so I am not sure whether I will fit in. Columbia is the best balance between academics and internship opportunities. Amherst is small and really focused on undergrad tuition, so it also appeals to me quite strongly. </p>
<p>I am definitely not giving up Yale though. It is my dream. I have the power and will to show the adcoms that I could thrive in Yale, so a list of what I am going to do next already exists. 
Hopefully, April will deliver better news.</p>