<p>hey, i have similar stats to you (OP)
and i was asking myself the same thing: why rejected, as opposed to deferred?</p>
<p>we can never know. it sucks right now. in fact, i’m leaving the Yale board after tonight.
but the decision was made…and i’m just trying to picture myself at other great schools. what else can we do? tomorrow it going to be difficult, answering to my friends (and those pesky classmates who squeezed my SCEA choice out of me). maybe I wasnt smart enough, good enough at my ECs or I didnt have the highest scores. but I did my best and if they dont want me, then that’s that. i still love the school, but i just have to beleive it wasnt meant to be.</p>
<p>sorry for this long post, but it was sort of cathartic for me to write. there was no school i have loved more than Yale, but there sure as hell WILL be another I love more. and that will be the one i attend.</p>
<p>good luck on your other apps!</p>