Will Yale gently tell us our fate, or will they get straight to the point?

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<p>Definitely turn the volume off, sit away from the chair, look away from the monitor, close your eyes,</p>

<p>If you've got two healthy hands, use one to cover your face and the other to cover the monitor (the center... or elsewhere the info might pop up)</p>

<p>and slowly, slowly turn your head.</p>

<p>If you see an object dancing through the corner of your slitted eyes,</p>

<p>don't open your eyes yet. Come on, have a nice smirk, enjoy the moment. Savor it... savor it. Reach for the speaker... that's it... you're hearing the music. Stay like that for thirty minutes and come to CC to brag about the most fulfilling and enlightening 30-minute concert you have had.</p>

<p>If you don't see anything other than just words or simply, like many passionately conjecture, witness a brutal canicide by a shark,</p>

<p>the convenient aspect of this practice is that you can go straight off to bed, no need to move muscles around your eyes. Well, a little. You might even hope never to wake up again. </p>

<p>Right now the first scenario looks more like a dreamy, foggy, "nah, can't be happening" fantasy, whereas</p>

<p>the second one, a strong contender of the worst de javu I have had and will have for the rest of my life.</p>

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<p>I've decided to check it with the music on. I live life on the edge.</p>

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<p>According to Yale's website, from the "Early Action FAQ":</p>

<p>Q. When do I receive an admissions decision? What are the possible decisions?</p>

<p>A. In mid-December you will receive one of three responses:</p>

<pre><code>1. You are admitted to Yale
You have a place in the next freshman class at Yale. You may accept or decline the offer at any time before May 1. You are free to apply to Regular Decision programs at other institutions if you wish.

  1. A final decision on your application is deferred
    This means that we consider you a competitive candidate, but the Admissions Committee wishes to see more of your senior year work and also to evaluate your credentials in the context of our Regular Decision pool of applicants. You will automatically be considered in our Regular Decision process unless you act to withdraw your application, and you will receive a decision from us by April 1.

  2. Your application is denied
    If you are denied admission under Early Action, you may not reapply for admission under the Regular Admission plan. Though a final judgment in our early process comes as a disappointment to applicants, we take this step so that denied applicants can focus their full energies on applications to other excellent colleges and universities.
    </code></pre>

<p>Source: Early</a> Action FAQ | Application to Yale College | Freshmen | Office of Undergraduate Admissions</p>

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<p>I will definitely leave my music on for no better reason than I have been prepping for a rejection for so long that maybe there will be no sting to it anymore.</p>

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<p>Hey, if you guys get accepted you should totally work on that whole shark thing. Then people at other top schools <em>coughHarvardcough</em> will try to copy you by having a rabid fish deliver the heartless news. Eventually, this will evolve to include half of the animal kingdom tearing your application to shreds. THEN...</p>

<p>to be continued...</p>

<p>but of course Yale's will be best.</p>

<p>And Alyaa, I know what the possible decisions are, I'm just curious as to how those decisions will be displayed. Blunt, or sugar-coated?</p>

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<p>Lol, they could put on jokes about how bad your application was.</p>

<p>Like, "You're application was so bad, I didn't dare use it for toilet paper."</p>

<p>or, "Your essays were so badly written that a drunk monkey hit keys on a typewriter and we took him over you."</p>

<p>or something similarly hilarious.</p>

<p>needless to say, the people who get rejected might get mad (unless they had a great sense of humor. xD)</p>

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<p>I believe that those who are rejected or deferred see a copy of the letter telling them so, which is later mailed. Those who are accepted see Handsome Dan, hear the music, and then see their acceptance letter.</p>

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<p>I agree with everything that was said..</p>

<p>but I think the OP was asking whether the LETTER ITSELF was blunt or sugarcoated - as in will it say "I regret to tell you that you have not been admitted to Yale for the fall of 2009" or something more like "Thank you for applying to Yale. You were an excellent applicant, but because of the limit in number of students we can admit, I regret to inform you that you have not been admitted. blahblahblah"</p>

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<p>If you use the search function you can probably find the text of all three letters.</p>

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<p>imagine the RD round, finding out on April's fools day.</p>

<p>Congratulations, the admissions committee is pleased to annouce that.... APRIL FOOLS!</p>

<p>ouch.</p>

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<p>FYI, the bulldog that comes up if you're accepted does NOT dance! I had read that last year, too. When I checked my decision and there was no movement, I thought I had been rejected! (Plus I didn't know about the music, so my sound was off!) </p>

<p>Good luck to you guys!</p>

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<p>^ Wicked rumors, spread by the four winds, rends asunder our love and...</p>

<p>wait. No Dancing Bulldogs?</p>

<p>There goes my "Why Yale" essay. xDDD</p>

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<p>Not sure if it is still this way, but a few years ago the EA rejection notice said something like:</p>

<p>"We regret to inform that we cannot offer you a place in the Class of 20XX...Blah, blah, blah...you may not reapply to Yale for RD...Blah, blah...extremely high quality pool of applicants this year...blah, blah, we appreciate your interest in Yale...blah, blah...Good luck with your other colleges."</p>

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<p>the deferral is pretty blunt and feels horrible, be prepared, it is not fun.</p>

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<p>Haha bulldoghopeful, I was thinking the same thing xD</p>

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<p>They could at least make it clever.</p>

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<p>Why oh why did you tell us that depressing news doodle lol? I was looking forward to the possiblilty of seeing a bulldog dance. Actually, I am glad you mentioned it though, as I would actually probably be really disappointed in the midst of my euphoria that the bulldog was not dancing if I miraculously got in.</p>

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<p>Random question: Is anyone else experiencing loads of trouble with the CC pages loading? :/ Hmmm</p>

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<p>^yup. Stuff about the server being really busy. </p>

<p>The Dartmouth threads especially seem clogged -- their decisions came out today :/</p>

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<p>Yale EAers,</p>

<p>Let's hold a moment of silence for our poor Dartmouth CCers.
RIP, class '13 of those classes.</p>

<p>:)</p>