Thank you! It worries me because it says that 95% of the admitted students were in the top 10% of their class. I don’t know if this is “by chance” or if this is almost “a requirement”. Have you started working on your Common App essays?
Also, do you think you’ll apply REA to Yale in the fall?
Most likely. I haven’t been obsessed with Yale all my life. I preferred Uchicago Berkeley and Penn before but recently I have been in love with the idea of going to Yale. Not in the shallow way of loving the name and prestige, but for the amazing education. Yale is excellent for poli sci econ english and all areas I am considering and I love how the social scene seems. I would be naive to say that I know it’s the school for me for sure, but it definitely feels right when I think about it.
I have put thought into what I will be writing but I don’t like what I write every time I try lol. I honestly feel like I will change my essay topic up until the day I have to submit it. I plan to put a lot of time into the essays and application process at the end of the month so that I am not doing it all during school. But yeah, you just really will have to show a unique personality and adept writing skills. Everyone will be lackluster in one area; it’s just a matter of how well you make up for it in other ways.
Wow
Stats??
@jakea33 wrote:
I have it on good authority that as many as ** fifty percent** of Yale admits got below average test scores. Can you imagine that?
lol. I’m just kidding w/you!
Obviously one needs to have good grades and test scores to get into a school like Yale. Extracurriculars are also very important. However, admissions officers can tell the difference between truly well rounded applicants and those who are doing stuff just to have a one up on their application. The essays and interviews are very important because they show personality and diversity, which is what is most schools want. Be yourself, don’t try to make yourself look like something that Yale might want because odds are, that won’t work. If you still aren’t accepted, then maybe it wasn’t in the cards for you and move on. If you work hard at it, you can be successful anywhere. With that said, Yale is a great school and anyone would be lucky to get accepted.
Are you applying to Yale this year?
I don’t think I have any chance. Will I get in if I have no extracurriculars but great scores and GPA? I am an international applicant.
Just heard of this model un summer camp at Yale, but i’m not sure if a camp like this is really worth going to or will help me get in. Anyone else heard of this/been to it in the past? It’s called YMUN Institute
I’m a sophomore and I’ve dreamt of going to Yale for as long as I remember so any help or advice on this camp is appreciated
Extracurriculars are important. My advice would be to make yourself sound interesting in your essays (but make sure to be genuine), and if there’s a reason why you couldn’t do many extracurriculars (i.e. maybe you had a big responsibility at home), I would definitely talk about it.
@yalehopeful11 No summer program at Yale will enhance your eventual chances as a Yale undergrad applicant per se. YMUN is the purview of a student organization, Yale International Relations Association. Yale rents its facilities to several organizations who hope to capitalize on the Yale brand such as this one and some other for-profit summer ventures. They are not official Yale events.
You could easily attend the summer program at your nearby college – and it’d have the same effect – which is almost nil.
One last bit of advice, as fantastic as Yale is, don’t fetishize Yale or any single school. You’ll only set yourself up for disappointment and be blinded to tons of other great schools extant.
Is anyone applying as an English major?!
@yalehopeful017 I am!! 
Ooh! May the best English major win then 
Unlike a lot of schools,Yale does not make students decide on a major until the end of sophomore year. Therefore, you can change and what you put on your application is less important than some other places. It will make some difference however, if you say you want to be a chem major and your high school transcript is light on hard science courses. On the other hand, my D wanted to be a Classics major at first (is now a Literature major) and her high school transcript did not have physics or calculus on it. Each and every student is an individual and Yale is very committed to holistic admissions. Good luck to all of you!!
@Tperry1982 I thought it was kind of funny that despite this attitude (which drew me to Yale) they still make you list three majors (no more, no less, though undecided is an option) and justify why you’re interested in them.
Yes they do ask you to list a major and it is actually one of the few bits of information that alumni interviewers have on their applicants. I guess it does help them to get a sense of whether or not your high school class choices jive with what your intended major will be. I am sure that most people stick pretty close to what they first stated - STEM stay STEM related, more liberal artsy type stay in that realm. What is so wonderful about Yale is that when students get there they are exposed to so much that they often gravitate toward majors that they never even considered.
@Tperry1982 I meant more the supplement about them than the listing. (Not that it’s a big deal in the grand scheme of things.)
I have a 3.97 UW GPA and 34 ACT (35 superscored), and great ECs. Do you think I have a chance? I did REA