Yale Class of 2017 SCEA Discussion thread

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<p>OK and NM, the deep south! The term only applies to the southeast. :P</p>

<p>So, guys, some advice. I got mail recently (a week or so ago) from “the head of alumnis in my area” or whatever telling me that an alumni has been assigned to interview me, and I sent an email to the person immediately. However, I haven’t gotten any further communication.</p>

<p>I have a feeling that Ms. Assigned Alumni isn’t going to interview me. -_-</p>

<p>Half of me doesn’t want an interview. But there’s not much data on how interviews affect admissions, so I dunno.</p>

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<p>E-mail the head of the alumni association in your area to ask.</p>

<p>And I like referring to OK as the Deep South. It sure feels like it anyways.</p>

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<p>Feels like it maybe… it’s definitely South, but I have a hard time calling it deep south. In my mind, ‘deep’ refers to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. </p>

<p>@Philo, aren’t you in the midlands? I haven’t even gotten any contact at all har in der lowcountry.</p>

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<p>Yep.</p>

<p>I wonder if I’d like any Yale alumni who decided to move here after college. :S</p>

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<p>Maybe moving from Canada to Oklahoma has skewed my analysis ;)</p>

<p>Philovitist, calm down, haha.</p>

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If interviews did not affect admissions, why would they go through the time to coordinate them and read the reports – or more importantly waste the time of their alumni.</p>

<p>I’m sure whoever you have contacted is busy. Be patient, and I’m sure all will be ok.</p>

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<p>I really don’t know. But every source I find says that the interview has a negligible effect — as it should. It gives the admissions peeps more data for a difficult decision, I guess. </p>

<p>But most importantly, Yale’s promised that it doesn’t really throw a big hoohah if I get interviewed or not. I won’t stress over it.</p>

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<p>Just had my interview today in Dubai. I think it went well, so I hope that helps my chances!</p>

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<p>To all those who are stressing over the interviews, you really don’t need to worry. I think the best thing to do is to have an easy conversation. If you REALLY want to mention something, try to lead the conversation there and integrate it well. Don’t just list things that you hope will impress the interviewer. Interviewers are people too and they love conversations. My interviewer was really easy to talk to and she was genuinely interesting. </p>

<p>Chill and chat =)</p>

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<p>Noooooo! Just checked my email and my heart skipped a beat when I saw the subject line… He wants to do it at a posh club in the city somewhere, but it’s closed on Monday’s and for five days over thanksgiving, so I really only have a few day window to figure this out. Looks like a fascinating guy, though, he has a hilarious picture on his company website of him wearing a hawaiian shirt on a moped lol.</p>

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<p>How did you guys dress?</p>

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<p>Guys, I haven’t gotten any interview emails yet, and I submitted my application on October 28th…I live in the Chicagoland area–should I be worried??</p>

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<p>Swemma, do not be worried. Your ASC might have contacted your interviewer already. In Chicago, there’s even a chance that there won’t be sufficient interviewers to interview you.</p>

<p>Happy2012, I’m planning to dress business casual.</p>

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<p>My DD applied the week before and she just received an email 2 days ago. She is doing interview on Monday. We are suburban Chicago.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Long time interviewer here. The SCEA report deadline is 01-Dec. Don’t sweat it though folks. </p>

<p>For those of you who are nervous or want more info on the subject, have a quick look here
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804985-alumni-campus-interview-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/804985-alumni-campus-interview-faq.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If that doesn’t sate you, then go here
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/283957-rd-applicants-interview-advice.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/283957-rd-applicants-interview-advice.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I applied Early Action through Questbridge and am anxiously awaiting the results.</p>

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<p>@babyaztec: So did I! Glad to see another QB NCM applicant around here. :)</p>

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<p>@suluclacdna Did you rank Yale as your #1 choice? If not, in which place did you rank it?</p>

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<p>Submitted app on last possible second and had interview today. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be, could even call it fun haha.</p>

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<p>Just thought I’d drop in and express my anxiety. </p>

<p>27 days until Judgement.</p>