Then your batting average is pretty high considering that only 6% of applicants get admitted.
My son had a very good interview that went well over any reasonable āallottedā time! LOL. He learned many details about the school and New Haven that you donāt tend to hear from Admissions. It only re-affirmed that this would be a fantastic opportunity for him if by some miracle he were accepted. But his interviewer was very honest: she has about a 5% hit rate (small sample size). No idea whether these were RDās or SCEAās but it might not matter as sheās around the overall accept rate. He was also just advised by a well-connected Yalie to expect a deferral. So heās hopeful, but realistic.
thanks for sharing @MA312 . it becomes more and more competitive.
There looks to be another thread that was started on Nov 9 just covering SCEA for Yale which is trying to handicap acceptance rates if anyone is interested.
@MA312 would you mind posting the link to this thread? Canāt find it on search
Sharing from an email I received from the YDNāāFor the second straight year, Yale received a record number of early action applications. The 6,020 early action applications for the class of 2023 amounts to a 5 percent increase in the number of applications from last year, the previous record.ā Congrats on setting a record, '23!
I havenāt received any emails about an interview yet. Should I be worried? One person from my school was contacted earlier this week.
@paxfobiscum , Iāve been doing this since the late 80ās when the admissions rate wasnāt so crazy! Been Oāfer the past 5 years, although I had to recuse myself for 2 of those.
@BKSquared wow. do you find that disheartening as an interviewer, knowing itās unlikely any of the kids you are meeting with will get in?
I used to interview for Columbia. None of my candidates got accepted.
hi guys, this is my first CC post. I just had a question. I really want to pursue art at Yale, and wanted to ask what weight will my art portfolio carry in the application process? (assuming itās really impressive) Can I get in with an impressive portfolio and average SAT scores? Thanks so much guys, this community is really supportive of each other 
A strong art portfolio may help a strong application, but it will not make up for deficiencies elsewhere. So I guess it depends on what you mean by āaverage SAT scores.ā Keep in mind that art portfolios are not evaluated by admissions. They send a select percentage to be evaluated by a faculty member,but you would need to make the GPA/scores cut first.
@dreamthief001 , itās not so bad. I do get to meet a lot of really great kids. The strong ones almost always end up at fabulous schools.
@BKSquared #221 thatās very interesting. My daughter is a recruited athlete and her interviewer told her she is a perfect candidate for admission at Yale. He also said Yale is attracted to students who are active in the community and remarked, āyou have that in Spadesā. She was flying high after the interview. I was thinking how unusual that he was so effusive in his praise, and wondered if this was normal or prudent.
Hereās the key difference @ShanFerg3
That trumps whatever an interviewer says. Assuming the coach has promised her a slot and she got a positive pre-read, even if the interviewer said that she was not a good fit, and she insulted him and dumped a pot of coffee on his head, sheād still get in. OK, a bit of dramatic exaggeration, but stillā¦
For the unhooked applicants, read nothing into what an interviewer comments.
@skieurope Lolā¦got it. Makes sense.
Nebraska doesnāt have a Yale alumnus association. Does that mean there will be no interviews offered in Nebraska .
No, thatās not what it means.