Friendly ED Cornell applicant here to let all of you know that you are all amazing. Everyone one of you deserves to get accepted, but unfortunately that can not happen. So I wish you all hope for not just tomorrow, but for the rest of your lives. Even if the decision does not favor you tomorrow, do not let that stop you from being the best you can be. May the games be ever in our favor!
Hi! Just wanted to pop in from the Cornell ED thread and extend to you all my warmest wishes and good luck! It’s been a crazy journey; just know that you all are extremely driven, kind, and intelligent students who will achieve great things no matter what 
I haven’t heard anything from Yale yet… 99.9% rejected?
@ZoraaaL you probably won’t hear anything from Yale until the 15th
But I guess international students especially Chinese students have to get an interview before being accepted… :-/ @Shoumei
No one from my school has ever gotten into Harvard, Yale or Princeton - only UPENN, Columbia, Brown, Cambridge, London School of Economics, etc. Do you think that would affect my chances of getting into Yale? Could I still make it?
Hey there! Just dropping by from the Penn ED discussion thread to wish you guys luck for d-day!! 
I hope you all get into amazing colleges and have the best four years of your life no matter where you end up at. Our ED/SCEA school is obviously our dream school, but it is not the only good school out there. Each year, colleges admit that they make mistakes during the admissions process. It’s not you, it’s them. You have all worked very hard to get to where you are right now, so don’t let a few words bring you down. You are more than your application and it’s a shame that some colleges may not see beyond your papers, but it’s their loss. Be confident and know that you are going to be amazing no matter where you go for college
Tuesday is nearer than you think. Just chillllll guys :))
Of course the week before decisions I get super sick
Well how formal was everyone else’s interview? Bc I remember some people saying that they had super chill interviews at like Starbucks.
Mine was so formal bc I had to go to his business office and I wasn’t able to ask him any questions until the end, and even then I was only allowed to ask one question. It felt more like an interrogation than an interview and I was super nervous
Hey guys could you help me about this issue
For instance, if I apply to Bowdoin ED2 and fortunately get accepted. I apply for financial aid too. Bowdoin says that applicants who apply for financial aid need not withdraw their applications of other colleges until they hear about the decision about financial aid package.
Guys, it means that I don’t have to attend Bowdoin if I think the financial package is too negligible and inappropriate, do I??
I apply Yale ED1 and Bowdoin ED2 but my second choice is not Bowdoin, it’s Brown or Dartmouth. But none of them has ED2 :((
I appreciate your helps
@zacle1234 If you apply ED2 and get accepted you are contractually obligated to go to Bowdoin. Even if you get in to Dartmouth or get accepted to Yale in the RD round, and even if other schools give you more financial aid. ED is a binding commitment. If Bowdoin is not your #2 choice for real and you need financial aid, do not apply ED2. Take your chances in the RD rounds and apply to more schools including some safeties.
@jk1998
My interview was really casual. We met in his office and just talked about Yale and things I do at school and on my own. He did have a sheet he was writing on, but he told me to sit back and relax and ask him questions whenever I wanted. We spent two hours though, but it went by really fast!
My Yale interview was sort of in between formal and casual…it was at the interviewer’s house. He did most of the talking (he just loved talking about Yale) but he told me I was a perfect fit for Yale! He is also a professor at Penn Medical School, which definitely was intimidating. Overall, I don’t think an interview can make or break an application. I think that most schools use an interview as just another routine check to see that you are truly interested and informed about the school. Also, I’m from a medium public school (350 kids per grade) with a pretty poor track record of ivy acceptance. Last year, only one kid went ivy (Penn), and that’s unfortunately pretty standard. We seem to have a relationship with Penn, being in the Philadelphia area, so we consistently have kids accepted there, but the last kid accepted to Yale graduated five years ago. I’m from a pretty competitive grade; we have seven NM semifinalists and more ivy applicants than my school has had in years, but luckily no one else (to my knowledge) is applying SCEA to Yale. I’m really nervous that my school will hurt my chances, though, especially being in an area with so many great private schools.
Hey guys, I wish you all the best of luck!
@Regulus7 I appreciate your help. But I think Bowdoin implies that if we don’t see the financial package given for us appropriate, we can refuse to attend???
Sorry for my parochialism
@zacle1234 If you cannot afford to pay for college then of course you can decline admission. The protocol however, is if Bowdoin accepts you ED and you get a better financial aid package from another school, then I think you can ask them to match it. If they match it, it would unethical to back out of the ED2 decision. Of course, if another school gives you way more money… but that is unlikely given that all financial aid decisions are based on the same data and all the schools use pretty much the same formula.
Well, I got my first rejection letter last night. (Yale NUS) I wasn’t at all invested in that school, and would likely have chosen one of my backups before NUS. I fully expected a rejection.
Still, it was good to go through the process of getting that email, going to the portal, opening the link, and seeing the rejection. I feel a little more mentally prepared for Tuesday, although a rejection from Yale will be significantly more painful.
Almost there, guys!
@mjstewart1224 Sorry to hear that! Did you do the “Why NUS” essay? I’ve heard that if you don’t do that it is basically an automatic rejection. Either that or it is that you didn’t get an interview. I’m sure your stats and application are GREAT! I think NUS is just looking for a very specific type of student.
Haha, @Sterben I didn’t do the essay because i really didn’t want to go. I applied on a whim, and when I researched more thoroughly I decided not to do it. So I’m truly not disappointed, just a wreck for Tuesday.