@FreePariah I actually really agree with you. I only watched the video much later after I shared it lol. I found that the new video lacked the personality and joy in a kind of way that made the original one so special and probably the reason why many of us here love Yale so much. This one, I felt, focused too much on the information that we can already find on the website and is much less personal in someways. I find that this video is more or less similar to all of the other videos made by every other school admissions offices. And that’s the one major reason why it really disappointed me. I felt Kurt Schneider could have done so much more with it.
kurt schneider is a YALE graduate?? wow…i learn something new everyday
@becky7700 and @FreePariah - I thought the new video was a total snooze fest. It was way too long, too polished, and it lacked the quirkiness and charm of the original.
Wow I’ve been trying to avoid thinking about Yale to avoid psyching myself out too much for when the actual results come out. Just for some mindless entertainment I’m watching YouTube then a BuzzFeed video starts playing. Sounds harmless BUT LO AND BEHOLD NED FROM THE TRY GUYS STARTS TALKING ABOUT GOING TO YALE AND DOING THE BULLDOG CHANT. No matter where I go I can’t escape the stress
Aghhhhhhh the stress is just getting worse the closer the release date gets. I got a full ride ROTC scholarship to Yale, and I already had to send in my acceptance form for the scholarship without knowing if I got in or not. Wonder if that’ll help my admissions chances at all.
Hey all, I just had a thought right now.
Tbh, I really dislike my high school and the academic programs it offers. I was wondering if I was fortunate enough to get a Yale acceptance letter come Thursday, could I just take and pass the GED, then drop out of school? I would pursue an internship or something similar in the meantime, but tbh I just dislike school and I have a lot of personal issues going on rn (I could detail these to the admissions office). School for 7 hours a day is something that just doesn’t work well at this point in my life.
@FreePariah You’d have to update Yale, and they could potentially rescind you.
I would let the admissions office know of my plan beforehand @hope469
Hey guys, I update/check through this thread like five times a day; just wanted to thank y’all for easing my nerves a little bit! It’s nice knowing we’re in this together. I’ve literally been having bouts of anxiety marked by my heart beating like 150 bpm for hours at a time. I just wish time would pass faster!
@FreePariah - that’s the issue- whether Yale would be ok with you doing that or not.
I wouldn’t go through with it if I didn’t get the okay from them first, I was asking because I wanted to know if it was a possibility. @hope469
@amsupersand that sounds bad. I’m pretty sure situations like that indicate you are prone to heart attacks.
@FreePariah Wouldn’t be surprised, honestly. Hopefully it’ll be back to normal after Thursday haha
There’s going to be a lot of tears on Thursday. The question is whether they will be tears of joy or tears of sadness. Please tell me I’m not the only one who keeps replaying decision reaction videos and listening to the beautiful bow-wow-wows of acceptance?
@MyDogsNameIsFat ME!!! The scariest part is we’ll know as soon as we click if we got in, depending on whether or not the music plays. Has anyone seen the MTV mini series Ivy Dreams? It’s on youtube
So other schools have sent out like confirmation emails telling kids to check to see if their portal works and stuff. Did yale send an email like that out?
@amsupersand My volume is going to be turned to the max for when I open that portal. If I am met with silence that Yale hat is going to fly.
I watched part of it, then started freaking out and comparing too much so I stopped. Is it worth giving a full watch?
@YesIamthere I didn’t get anything like that, the only thing I have really received is the confirmation email with the portal info.
@MyDogsNameIsFat It actually was really fun to watch! And it was nice because the kids aren’t brain surgeons or anything, just regular, nice kids. It was also pretty funny and entertaining. I thought it’d make me feel worse but it actually made me feel somewhat better. It’ll all work out in the end!
@FreePariah Ah, I see now- good luck