Oh ok how does it work when there is no dedicated alumnus association for the state
And does it mean the students application is not being considered seriously if an interview has not been offered.
There may (or may not) be alumni who have volunteered to be interviewers in an area not currently covered by a local group. Whether or not they are being utilized is another question.
Yale answers the question. You can believe what they say or not.
Local alumni associations (social organizations) and the Alumni Schools Committee (alumni volunteers organized by the AO) are not connected. I would be shocked if there are no ASC members in Nebraska, but there may not be one in your area who indicated that he/she can do interviews during the SCEA round.
I am hearing that there is no ASC in Nebraska. I might be wrong.
The ASC website indicates that all 50 states are covered.
Does anyone know what would be the latest date for an alumnus to reach out for an interview in the REA round? My son hasnât received an email yet. Also, are the applications screened so that the offer of an interview is based on the applicantâs merit? My son would love to have an interview, and I hope it works out for him!
@bookcheer I donât have the answer to your question, but Iâm assuming soon? I just got contacted for my interview today and he asked that we try to get it done by the end of November. I donât know if thatâs just his preference or Yaleâs. Also, keep in mind that even if an interview is scheduled late, thatâs not necessarily a bad thing. Iâve heard of some who have later interviews and then get deferred; some people donât get an interview and get accepted. The interview wonât make or break your sonâs application, so donât worry if he doesnât get one.
Interview reports are due Dec 1 for SCEA candidates. However, I wouldnât read too much into having received an interview or not.
Thank you!
thank you @bk
My s got his interview email yesterday. Thanks all for addressing my previous concerns.
Has anybody submitted an update to their application and attached a file? If so, when it sent you the confirmation email, it didnât confirm that a file was attachedâŠ?
iâve updated but with no file sorry
@skieurope saw a comment you made on the harvard REA thread about subtracting around 225 spots from the early pool to account for restricted athletes. ik itâs less at yale, so subtracting around 175 for RA and 50 for questbridge out of 6000 2023 applicants, would you say a more accurate acceptance rate for an unrecruited applicant is around 10% this year? very interesting and i hadnât thought about it like that before
@dreamthief001 Probably lower when you back out legacy. Other users on this site have done the Yale math,and the concensus seems to be that there is not much difference (at least enough to be significant) for unhooked applicants SCEA vs.RD.
May I ask which state you are in? We are in California and are still waiting anxiously for an interview invite. Thank you.
what percentage of SCEA legacy are Asian? Is there data somewhere?
happened on this in the context of an interview. As others have said, there are not enough interviewers to go around. We volunteer, and tend to have limits on our time - I wonât do more than 3 myself. Theyâd like us to do video, but I wonât, and I donât think thatâs unusual. So the take I get is that they wonât hold the lack of interview against you. I can dream up hypotheses where it matters, but they are just that - hypotheses. And I frankly wouldnât worry about it.
I will say that getting into Yale, or another top school, is hard, and people should try not to bomb the interview. And if you rock it, that will probably help a bit. But an average interview is unlikely to hurt you.
@cherax I submitted a creative writing supplement as an update. My confirmation email didnât say anything about a file being attached, it just said the update type and the update description