I’m just curious. Is the lack of “likely” letter pretty much proof positive Yale will be passing you by? My legacy D has an application in and had an alumni interview, but no LL. Despite good numbers, I put her chances at slim to none anyway so I’m not disappointed but I am curious if I can move the idea of Yale out of my head for good…
No. Yale sends out ~100 likely letters to non-athletic recruits, so the vast majority of accepted applicants will not receive a LL.The “proof positive Yale will be passing you by” for 95%+ of applicants happened when they hit the submit button on the Common App.
Kiddo had his alumni interview last weekend. He reports that he think it went well. He liked his interviewer and they went longer than originally planned, talking about a wide range of subjects. He said, “I feel better about going to college in general now. Getting into Yale would be the best possible, but anywhere I go there will be cool people. I just have to find them.”
His interviewer was in her 20s, a resident at the local hospital. They apparently got into some pretty esoteric subjects.
College applications had receded to the backs of our minds, but the interview brought it all forwards again. So hard to believe that that date on the calendar is coming closer! So close and yet so far.
We live in a major metropolitan area with plenty of Yale alumni. Son applied RD, but was not ever contacted for an interview. He has great grades, scores and plenty of ecs (but don’t most people applying to Yale??). Should we infer he has been passed over because he wasn’t contacted for an interview?
Number of alumni not equal to alumni interview volunteers. The large cities probably have the worse ratio of interviewers to applicants.
@BKSquared Get that, but I believe other students in our town have had interviews…He applied the last week before RD apps were due.
@bettertoask, the question is often asked, but the answer is seldom believed. I would infer nothing based on getting, or not getting, an interview.
Good luck to your son.
is anyone else imagining yale admissions officers just laughing at ur application?
@rrss1919 Im 100% sure that theyre trained to weld in the +ves and the -ves to see your fit within the context of your environment and situations. They understand if there are any imperfections/“problems”. So I’m sure they do no such thing.
Well I guess that’s true…
@whatsmypassword it should be.
Always remember that no applicant is perfect, and AO know that. They don’t want to admit perfectionists, but a class that will do great in life.
@"@cat111111000" Yeah!
Btw what are your intended majors? Mine is engineering 
East Asian Studies for me
Applied Mathematics.
Chem. E or Biomedical E for me
neuroscience!
go deep into something you love and convey that. forget breadth. be yourself before you worried about getting into college. that candor will come through.
Computer science but if I get in I’m switching to physics