<p>I indicated I wanted to major in economics, but I think I will change to philosophy or humanities (humanities is an interdisciplinary course offered at counted universities! Just another reason for why Yale is great). I do not have any preferences for residential colleges, though, if accepted, I wouldn’t like to be in Morse or Ezra Stiles.</p>
<p>^ What about EPE? Ethics, Politics, and Economics sound perfect for you - an intersection of economics, philosophy, AND other humanities</p>
<p>I’m looking into Geology & Geophysics and either Environmental Studies or Chemistry. From what I’ve seen, I like the aesthetics and traditions of JE the most, but I’m trying not to get too emotionally invested in the school before decisions are released.</p>
<p>I would highly advise against speculation about what college you’d prefer to be assigned. Unless you have a legacy, it’s random. And then there’s that annoying “get admitted” thing to attend to as well…</p>
<p>Don’t drive yourself crazy. Keep calm, enjoy your senior year.</p>
<p>@ViridisFloe - Smart man. Yale is an amazing school and it’s so easy to get attached to it, even before the decisions are out.</p>
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Only in the number of posts. :)</p>
<p>quality over quantity y’all</p>
<p>Just did my interview yesterday. The guy told me he liked my personality but thought my answers lacked depth (yeah, that’s what he said; he has a habit of telling his interviewees how he thought the interview went in the end). The problem was that I wanted to give very comprehensive answers (with details), making my interviewer a little impatient so that he often stopped me and moved into a new question. So, unfortunately, I often didn’t get the opportunity to express the deep and more important parts I wanted to convey.</p>
<p>And in the middle of the interview he told me that he always gives each interviewee 45 minutes, no more. Ours went for about 65 minutes but still, with me lacking experience and having a different “interview mindset” than him, the whole conversation didn’t go as stimulating as I had hoped. I told him after the interview (very politely) that I didn’t lack whatever deep insights he was driving at; it’s just that he didn’t really give me enough time and that I, very regrettably, misjudged the time I had and put my focus on wrong things (Alas, I should have kept focused on the important and meaningful). Yet when I asked for more time to talk to him, he said for the sake of fairness, he couldn’t give me extra time… </p>
<p>The whole talk was cordial and nice, but due to my lack of experience, the things I had the chance to say were not as coherent and “deep” as I had hoped (he was quite aggressive as well, I have to say). </p>
<p>Dear Yale interviewers on this thread, do you think a remark on “lacking of depth” (which I’m pretty sure he will make in his report) is going to hurt me a lot? Will my essays, more coherent and “deeper”(whatever that means) help me make up for this? </p>
<p>A sense of “usefulness wasted” is haunting me now…</p>
<p>Eyyyyyy don’t worry! Congrats on getting the interview! Many of us didn’t get it yet! </p>
<p>I’m sure you did better than you think. I can totally imagine this guy you’re talking about being such a little pain in the arse. Do not worry too much, it’s not going to determine whether you get in or not…your grades will! Good luck! </p>
<p>@ProximaCentauri - That must have been rough. At least the interview doesn’t play a huge role in your admission.</p>
<p>@ProximaCentauri: Sorry you had this experience, but don’t worry too much about it. I know of someone who has interviewed for a top-tier college for many years, and there is zero correlation between the reports the person writes and who gets in or doesn’t get in. Although—very, very rarely—alumni interview reports may make a difference, they’re really just a way for colleges to keep alumni involved with the school, provide information to prospective students, and basically confirm that the student seems like a normal person. Sometimes interviewers may report things the committees were unaware of and that actually make a difference, but “lacking depth” is definitely not that sort of thing. That’s a judgment call, not some useful new fact, such as that a student arrived half an hour late and didn’t apologize, had no questions about the college, said he or she really wanted to attend another school, revealed contempt for his or her high school and teachers, etc. Those are all real examples that would potentially be red flags to an admissions committee. Most alumni interviewers try to make the students they interview feel comfortable and good about the interview; providing the sort of “feedback” your interviewer did and apparently routinely does is detrimental to both you and the college he represents. </p>
<p>Okay, so I just got an e-mail from my interviewer. After we agreed on a time and place and she gave me the adress of her office I realized she lives in another state 12 hours away from me 
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<p>P.S. I am a mexican international student </p>
<p>And notification day is on my birthday, Oh my… </p>
<p>@artgirl1216 when did u get the email about the interview? </p>
<p>@ARTGIRL1216 wow! hopefully you can skype that interview! Otherwise, that’s a long bike ride :)</p>
<p>@antgirl1216, are you sure she wasn’t requesting a Skype interview? Yale just started those this year and they do not expect applicants to drive 12 hours for an interview. I would contact her and ask about Skyping.</p>
<p>@Proxima - I apologize for the interview. That is definitely not how we are instructed to conduct them and I never give an applicant any indication of what I am going to write for them. I have interviews that last 30 minutes and some that last over an hour. Never heard of an interviewer with a strict cut off.</p>
<p>However, don’t worry about it much. Adcoms have a way of reading between the lines and knowing when there was just no “love connection” between the interviewer and applicant. What will be much more important is what your teachers and GC have to say since they have known you over time.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Applying from London - don’t wear tweed as much as the username suggests, but I’ll certainly be doing a tweed shop if the nice people of New Haven admit me. Not counting on it though, that’s for sure. Any ideas how over/undersubscribed the SCEA pool is? Doesn’t make much difference either way as they’ll only admit who they want anyway, but interesting to note year-on-year changes.</p>
<p>@TweedWearingBrit </p>
<p>If you’re asking about the number of applicants, it’s less than last year by about 50. But then again, I think last year there was an extension in the deadline (I know there was for QuestBridge applicants—EA, not sure), so that definitely helped. </p>
<p>They typically admit 15% or so of the applicants and fill almost 40% of their seats during EA.</p>
<p>@billymayshere </p>
<p>A fairly minor change then. Do Yale superscore SATs? I scored a 2090 on my first go, which is pretty average for a British student with eyes set on somewhere like Yale, but hit 770 on CR, so with the results coming out tomorrow if I can boost my other two it would calm me down about this largely unfamiliar process. As with every single EA candidate, Yale is my dream school, but I’m realistic about the competition. Just curious as to how they view SAT sittings.</p>