Hey guys! I have a question about the admissions status portal. For the box that says Common Application, mine says the status is received, but there is no green checkmark. Instead, there is a little picture of what seems to look like a word document/resume. What does yours look like?
@collegegirl25 If you hover over the document, there should be a tooltip or message that will say received. I think you should be okay. 
@collegegirl2507 that’s what it should look like, so you’re good
Gosh ok first ever comment on here but might as well… considering there’s only 11 days to go! Feels surreal, doesn’t it?
Are you sure about that @YaleGradandDad ? I haven’t seen figures for Yale but I was under the impression that deferred EA applicants had admit rates on par with RD applicants. A Yale admissions blog from a few years ago touched on this: "the chances of being admitted after a deferral are historically comparable (and sometimes higher) to the admissions rate of students who are first time applicants to Yale under the Regular Decision deadline."The Yale RD admit last year was only 5 percent.
I haven’t looked up specific figures for Yale, but I’d bet only single digit percentage of those deferred in December get admitted in March. For example, a 2015 article says Harvard’s admit rate for deferred EA kids was only 2.3 percent.
Those rates are not encouraging. I would counsel those deferred to brace themselves for rejection and move on. Of course, everybody will start citing cases of exceptions of deferred kids who ultimately were admitted, but those anecdotes are just that—exceptions. For the vast majority, a deferral is just a prelude to a no. By all means, submit your letters of continued interest and keep showing your love if deferred–but more importantly get busy on plan B.
Stanford seems to be the EA exception: it rejects many more kids in December so those deferred really do have better admit rates than the regular RD pool.
Nobody should take HYP deferral as an encouraging sign. A few of those kids will get good news in March, but only a very small few.
I hate to quibble, but I just don’t want to raise false hopes among kids.
Hi everyone! I’ve heard the time “5:00” thrown around for a notification time on the 14th. Can I count on this being an exact time or can it be before/after?
^I was wondering the same thing
@oldschooldad, yes I am certain about that historically. No doubt the vast majority of deferred students will be rejected and the deferral to RD yields a single digit chance of acceptance. My point is the acceptance rate of SCEA deferred students exceeds the acceptance rate of straight RD applicants. I can’t speak for H or P numbers. You are correct that Stanford REA does seem to defer very few and your chance of getting a firm December decision is very high unlike in HYP. My guess is that because of this, a non tippy top Stanford REA applicant is disadvantaged applying REA since admissions can search deeper into the pool during the RD round and put kids on the waitlist who were not clear admits REA. The only disadvantage to non tippy top HYP SCEA applicants is the lost opportunity to EA or ED elsewhere.
Sounds kind of stupid, but I am a bit superstitious. So, after I submitted my REA app, I promised myself I wouldn’t go back on the portal until the day the acceptances/deferrals/rejections come out… So far, I’ve stuck to it, but would there be anything on my portal that I’m missing out on, or if there are any changes, would they email me too?
Also, does this most likely mean that the admission officers have their decision, or is this geared toward the Questbridge people who were matched?
https://yalecollege.yale.edu/new-students/welcome-2022-early-action-students
@worriedgal I think as of now it is directed toward Questbridge matches, but probably also SCEA admits once admissions are released?
Anyone wish they could just fall asleep and wake up December 14th at 5:00?
I’m struggling to do homework without looking at CC every 5 min :))
@FreePariah I feel you… I honestly should block this website lol.
Am I the only one whose thoughts about my competitiveness keep changing? I feel like, one moment, I think about all the strengths of my app and can easily imagine how an admissions officer would defend my application to the committee. The next, I’m stressing about what I’ll do if I’m rejected instead of deferred. Sometimes, I’m convinced that the focal points of my app will impress them, and other times, I wonder if they’ll care at all. Ugh!
@writergirl0316 you’re definitely not the only one who feels that way 
I do too, and I understand what you mean but at this point, they’ve probably reviewed our applications already (which is such a scary thought) so the best thing to do is try to forget about it…
@writergirl0316 Saaaaaammeee
Im just a mom of a Yalie checking in to see how you are all hanging in there. So close and exciting but so stressful. I remember the stress of the last two weeks when she was going through the process. She was deferred Harvard SCEA and accepted Yale RD.
Here are a few tips for the last days you are waiting:
Stop stressing about interviews. My daughter had a short interview in her guidance office. She was one of a handful that her interviewer did in one day. He asked a lot of strange questions like if she could read in her dreams. I am pretty sure her interview was only 15 min long or so. She was one of 2 female students that were accepted from her small regional HS graduating class. In fact several of her friends on campus say they never had an interview or that they went poorly. It is not going to decide your application so just relax.
You are all coming from a place in your life where you can control outcomes. How well you do. How hard you work on something or how well you prepare for something. You do not have any control this time and that is very hard to accept. Just breathe. Trust in the process. They have been doing this for a long time and you may not get the ins and outs of their selection process, but its their process and not yours. It truly is a lottery. Nobody is guaranteed and many will be shocked by their results good or bad. Prepare for both.
SCEA is rough because you were limited as to how many other places you could apply but apply to some other schools that offer free applications just to feel like you are getting somewhere. Call it a safety or fall back or call it a smidge of sanity knowing that you were accepted somewhere. The hardest part for my daughter was watching all of her friends get accepted to their schools and having that long wait to the March decisions.
My heart goes out to you all- don’t let this define your holiday season or senior year. Get sleep, go to holiday events, work hard and stay focused on your day to day. Binge a silly show. Just take a deep breath. It wont be “almost over” for many of you and you should focus on that scenario instead of a date mid December.
Have any internationals from Asia (particularly in the Southeast region) received interview requests?
first comment in this thread lol, but it’s so close to 12/14 might as well…ahhh im so nervous 12/14 is literally the opening night of my dance show. everyone keeps telling me not to check until afterwards (which i should probably do) but i honestly don’t know if i’ll be able to do that…oh well im fully expecting to be rejected anyway
I’ve been trying to work on my regular decision applications to get my mind off of Yale, but it’s difficult!