<p>rooster7: I think legacy only counts if your parents went to Yale College as undergrads</p>
<p>@Nikkor50mm: They can’t technically recruit athletes, so they send SCEA likelies to them instead (But I thought that they came before the apps were due). Other than that, there aren’t any likely letters though.</p>
<p>thank you pmk for that optimistic post! It really did make me feel better.
I haven’t even started work on my essays, and it is starting to scare me a little. </p>
<p>Oh and does anyone know if athletic achievements would get the same consideration if an applicant us from another country?</p>
<p>Haha. It’s funny reading through the posts and being referred to as both a he and a she. I’m a she.
Yes, I was referring to that. Do they read the applications as they come in, (if I sent in my application October 15, for example, would I be read earlier than one that came in October 30?) or do they begin reading the applications November 1? Is there any benefit to getting your app read early? Or should I just send it in close to the deadline? Thanks for any insights!</p>
<p>Debating between this and Stanford REA.</p>
<p>kaira07- I wouldn’t be too stressed about starting your essays yet. I know I’ll have a very busy year and I want to get mine done early, but plenty of people have gotten them done in August/September/October and been fine. Good luck =)</p>
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<p>At the risk of being an enabler, I’ll go ahead and point out that the answers to these questions are at the tippy top of the Early Action FAQ page on the Yale Admissions web site. In case that’s still not spoonfed-enough, it’s under the heading “Important Note.”</p>
<p>While it is true that some admission offices have created web sites that seem better designed to protect state secrets than inform applicants…the Yale web site, by contrast, is actually very forthcoming, with plain English answers, covering practically everything an applicant could reasonably want to find out. People who intend to apply might discover that the web site is worth consulting.</p>
<p>Yale is by far my first choice so I will be applying SCEA.</p>
<p>I think I’ve decided to apply SCEA too after my visit yesterday.</p>
<p>I had an awesome visit too, and I will definitely apply SCEA. Only 4.5 months until December 15th! (See how nervous/anxious/excited I am?)</p>
<p>^ I know its crazy! In like 4.5 months… we will know whether or not we have been accepted to the best school on earth haha</p>
<p>I want to apply for Yale SCEA, but Yale’s my second choice. It’s the only school that I am applying to with an early program.</p>
<p>If I apply to Yale SCEA and get accepted, I’ll only apply to like Princeton and Stanford.
However if I get rejected (which is likely, because of the low acceptance rate) I’ll get so worried about every school rejecting me!</p>
<p>That’ll be my reaction too, takeapicture. Hopefully I’ll be waitlisted, if not accepted. My top is Princeton so hopefully a yes from Yale will be followed by a yes from Princeton.</p>
<p>@takeapicture and tolalvtweety, I noticed your comments about applying RD only to reaches should you happen to get into Yale SCEA. This makes sense to me, and I was planning on doing this, but we would find out about our Yale admission around December 15 and the RD applications are due January 1. Will this “last-minute” application look bad to RD colleges?</p>
<p>@sd6…I don’t think applying early (in terms of “before due date of RD”) has any affect on whether or not you accepted, but I may be wrong</p>
<p>Well, I’ve definitely heard that colleges like to see applications sent in early. I doubt that this affects admission, but I don’t like to take chances.</p>
<p>hello friends, i´m jumping ship.
i hope you all come out fantastically, and i´ll see you deferral-folk in RD.
GOOD LUCK!!</p>
<p>^ Why?</p>
<p>I am in Love with Yale but I am going to have to do Yale RD because SCEA is too competitive. That is the wisest option for me.</p>