<p>thank god someone started this thread.
lucy- yeah me too. I’d rather KNOW. If im rejected well then too bad… but the deferral would be killer. </p>
<p>everyone given their SAT’s?</p>
<p>Ok, that makes sense. I would say Yale is my top choice right now, so it makes sense to apply SCEA.</p>
<p>Yale is definitely my top choice but… </p>
<p>I honestly think I don’t have much, if any, chance against you people (i.e. silverturtle and the like). </p>
<p>However, I’m assuming that the chances of getting in SCEA and RD are similar (quality of the pool vs acceptance rate) anyway, and that in case I am defered, I would be considered again in the same way as the RD applicants anyway. </p>
<p>If I get rejected, I’ll be pretty upset, but I would be prepared. If I do get accepted by some miracle, well that’s fantastic. If I get deferred… well, I guess that means I’m not too horrible of an applicant. Unlike many of you, I’ll be fine with anything other than a flat out rejection. Or so I think for now.</p>
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<p>I feel the same way! Although I think it is easy to compare test scores and the like, but it is not so easy to compare ECs, essays, etc which are all really important for admissions.</p>
<p>It would be pretty miraculous if I got accepted to Yale. No one from my school has ever gone there, so it would be a first.</p>
<p>@ impetuous & imagodei: I think it is important to remember that not all Yale applicants come from this site. I am an occasional visitor to this site and am too a bit dismayed when I see the credentials of many of the rejected students. I think it’s important to remember that Yale accepts plenty of normal, albeit bright students. You needn’t be a multi-national award winner, 2400, 36, 4.0, and have 400 hours a week of volunteer work. These things will obviously help you, but Yale is looking for smart, motivated, devoted, and genuine students, not superheroes. My mentality is to be optimistic yet realistic. I know that there is a chance I will be accepted, and that would be great, but I understand that there is probably a greater chance that I will be rejected. Some of it is not in my control; plenty of qualified students get rejected every year. To be honest, it requires a good deal of luck along with hard work and determination to get in. Anyone who wants to go to Yale (myself included) or a similar institution can only do so much. After that, one must hope for the best and accept whatever decision comes in December (or April, as the case may be). If you are realistically considering this caliber of school, you will end up somewhere good. No matter where you go, I’m sure that you’ll be successful and happy. Contrary to popular belief at CC, success in life is not determined by whether or not you go to an Ivy (or MIT, Duke, Stanford, or Caltech). I realize this seems kind of preachy, but it really is the truth. Don’t let this process consume you (as I have at times).</p>
<p>@ pkm2232: Thanks!! Yeah, I would love to go to Yale, but I am not hinging my identity on it. I am going to give it my best shot, but there are plenty of other schools that I would be happy attending.
And about the process not consuming me, I’m working on it. Up until this past year, I did not really do anything explicitly for the purpose of colledge admissions, I did the activities I did because I wanted to do them and enjoyed it. And I think that’s the best way to go. Good luck to all of you though! It would be great to meet everyone at Bulldog Days.</p>
<p>If a lot of us get accepted, it would be hilarious to have a CC tshirt with your username on it so we can find each other. THAT would be funny. And somewhat nerdy.</p>
<p>@ imagodei</p>
<p>I agree with everything you said. It was spring break for me when I started visiting colleges when the “what if I don’t get in?” question started to get me all worked up.</p>
<p>I know what you guys mean. This summer has been really hard researching schools and then realizing that despite all of the hard work I’ve put in, and I’m sure all of you have put in, there is a very good chance I won’t get in. I have to realize that this doesn’t affect my self-worth in any way and that just as many people like me also didn’t (or in some cases did) get in. It isn’t the end of the world. It may feel like it is the end, but remember it is only a beginning. By the time you have your second or 3rd job, the fact of the matter is that very few people care when they are hiring, where you graduated from. They care more about your work experience at that point.</p>
<p>Thank you pkm2232 !</p>
<p>You cheered me up a bit (a tiny bit tho)
anyway I would absolutely love to go to Yale. And I will make sure that I won’t have any regrets even if I don’t get accepted.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, i’ve never wanted anything so bad in 17 years, since I was born.</p>
<p>when are you guys going to submit your applications? and have you guys already started writing essays?</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get it in by mid-October, but I always procrastinate. That procrastination tendency also means that I haven’t started my essays yet.</p>
<p>I would like to send in my application early to mid October, although that brings me to a question. Is it in any way beneficial to send in my application early? My goal is to have the bulk of my essay work done in August, so I could technically have my whole application together by September. That’s in theory, though. =)
However, is it really beneficial to send in your application early?</p>
<p>Not unless you are an athlete or some other type of outstanding candidate who will get a likely letter.</p>
<p>Smytty, I think you misunderstood his question. He asked if sending in the application way before the deadline (say, October) would be beneficial compared to those who submitted their application on November 1st, the due date.</p>
<p>It totes does not look like he she misunderstood the inquiry, camera.</p>
<p>No, I think Smytty is referring to the Early Action admissions process. To me, it seems like imagodei is asking if sending in your application three weeks before another applicant would put you on a competitive edge. </p>
<p>It’s a moot argument until imagodei can come and clarify his or her question.</p>
<p>I’m going for SCEA, as well. I was working on my essay today in the Starbucks on Chapel and High… Thought I would be able to draw some inspiration from being close to the university.
^^ And I think imagodei’s referring to sending the application early as in before the Nov. 1 deadline.</p>
<p>I was saying that there is no benefit to sending your application in early unless you can expect a likely letter.</p>
<p>does legacy count more Early? if both parents went to grad school at yale, is it a better idea to apply early?</p>
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<p>And why would that be? I’m pretty sure there aren’t any likely letters send out for the Early Action applicants…</p>