^Actually you have to volunteer to be an interviewer. It’s an opt in, not an opt out. There are no tea leaves to read and obsessing over meaningless things is a waste of energy. You will know for sure next week.
Good luck to all!
@Euler6 Congrats on your choices! You cannot go wrong either way but I would go with Oxford. Unlike Ivies, Oxford speaks a lot about your academic potential- cannot say the same about US colleges.
@Euler6 Hi, congratulations on your acceptances! Personally, I would go with Yale. This is because you’ll get to explore, and experience, a lot more. If I recall correctly, Oxbridge forbid working, you have to attend dinner in a suit etc. It’s very, very formal and you get to study math and cs only, instead of learning about other interesting stuff too. Furthermore, if you choose Yale, you get an extra year in undergrad in which you can learn more and maybe study abroad (perhaps even at Oxford ;-)). If you do study abroad at a university like Oxford (meaning you only take courses that deal with math and cs only), you get the best of both worlds. Of course you could also do the reverse (i.e. attend Oxford and do your study abroad in the US), but you’d miss a lot of what Yale offers, I think. However, you cannot go wrong with either university as they are both some of the absolute best in the world and I’m sure you’ll do great at whichever one you choose!
Good luck 
admits.yale.edu
Anyone tried this? I get an error.
I don’t know which of the universities is stronger in your field (though i am inclined to say Oxford), but I will make the point that one of them is, it is just a matter of finding out which one. Remember to consider how engaged the faculty is with their students, the size of the department, the funding, etc. If you want to go on to grad school, or even just land a good job, you will need to rely on these professors to not just write you a letter of recommendation, but to go ahead and personally call the institution on your behalf. Also consider where you want to live after studying. Studying at Oxford might be more advantageous if you are looking to make personal connections to people in Europe and other parts of the globe, while Yale I would see as more American (but certainly still “global”). You might also wish to consider your politics/morals and how they might compare to those expressed in the UK/EU or in the US. Also of note is just simple things like the weather and food: if you are a fan of getting cheap Mexican food and relaxing on a warm sunny day…well, Oxford might not be optimal in that sense.
The UK system is, as you probably know, more advantageous for those already set in what they want to study, whereas Yale would benefit you if you later realized you wanted to study the Classics (as one of my acquaintances did).
Yale is, of course, a serious school; but Oxford (like Cambridge, the University of Chicago, MIT, and others) always seemed a bit more so – maybe it’s just the stigma.
As others have said, be assured that deciding between Oxford and Yale is – to those not familiar with the individual merits of institutions (such as people outside of academia) – similar to deciding between using a shovel or a spade to garden.
Additional Note:
For those interested: a shovel – with its bent handle – is used for removing material, while a spade – with its straight handle – is used for digging.
@worriestoomuch @skieurope @kesarasara @Tomas1355 @18YearsASlav WOW! I did not expect this much input! This is amazing. Thank you all. This gives me a lot of things to consider and I will now speak with people at both schools to get a better feel of what life is like as I live quite far away in Singapore ahah. I am 99% certain that I will study Math + CS, but I have never been in a position where that is all I will be studying. At this stage prestige is not my concern - I just want a place where I will thrive. I am leaning towards Yale but was slightly concerned by the strength of the CS programs and whether there is a ‘STEM’ culture on campus which Stanford, Chicago, Princeton etc enjoy. It doesn’t need to be as heavy a STEM culture as MIT, but that sort of feel would be nice.
@MaybeHarvard2022 I tried the link and also got an error. So rip i guess? How did you find out about that link?
@yalie21 a friend who was admitted SCEA
I tried the link and got a 403 Forbidden. I don’t think it is anything though because they haven’t even updated portals yet
It would be best to try it on decision day though. Ppl tried the same thing when UChicago came out and it worked for me 4 hrs before decisions were released.
I’d rather not risk getting them upset somehow lol @MaybeHarvard2022
The link returned an error for me as well
got the 403 error. i doubt this means anything since the decision date is relatively far away, might work for a few hours before, but i wouldn’t think that they already have the portal updated
Hopefully it means nothing, but it still feels like a shot to the heart
Did it work for anyone? Error here too.
Can someone who received a likely letter try it?
Tbh, I have confidence it isn’t working for everyone because @MaybeHarvard2022 got an Error too, and he’s sort of like a god getting accepted everywhere lmao
lol @afterthought i know right? @MaybeHarvard2022 congrats on all your acceptances.
To everyone who’s been talking about the link previously posted, it’s a link to the accepted students website. I received a likely letter from Yale last month and can access it. I wouldn’t read too much into the error message though, Yale’s not the type of college to make students “read the tea leaves”. And I highly doubt the portal is updated for regular RD admits yet (especially on a weekend and so far away from the date).
Kinda dumb ?, when is the error message, pre-login or post-login?
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