<p>Has anyone else gotten an email to attend one of Yale's Information sessions? I got one this morning and I signed up for the session in Hackensack on September 18th :D</p>
<p>tens of thousands get emails or postcards to attend Yale info sessions. I assume you’ve not followed my advice in this post, eh?</p>
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<p>@ronandearth , I’m usually an optimistic guy, but if you’re reading something into that email about the info session, as the saying goes, that email and a token will take you uptown. </p>
<p>People at that session will be very friendly, but don’t mistake that for anything other than their being polite. Your stats are a million miles from suitable. Please devote your energies to a productive search for appropriate schools, prepping for your retake of SATs, etc.</p>
<p>I’m not following your advice because I’ve already decided that Yale is my first choice, regardless of my GPA and SAT scores. I highly doubt everyone at Yale has a perfect 4.0+ GPA and a 2400 SAT score.</p>
<p>ronandearth, if you’re serious and not pulling our legs, you really need to get and heed some good advice. There are some people with characteristics that Yale wants–like recruitable athletes, minorities, legacies, really rich people–and Yale admits such people with lower than average grades and scores. At present, however, your grades and scores are significantly lower than those possessed by the people with those special characteristics.</p>
<p>Look, apply to Yale if you want. They will take your money, and almost certainly will send you a polite rejection letter. If you have some super-impressive characteristic that you haven’t shared with us, maybe they’ll accept you. But you really, really need a much more practical approach to applying to colleges that are more likely to admit you.</p>
<p>@ronandearth - you are correct. Not everyone at Yale has a perfect 4.0+ GPA and a 2400 SAT score. However, very few have a 3.3 GPA and 1700 SAT score. Those that do are almost certainly “hooked”. As @Hunt said, feel free to waste your time and money. </p>
<p>@Hunt I am president of the newspaper club and vice president of the film club at my school and I’ve been active in them since freshman year. This summer I completed an Earth Ecology Program for rising seniors at Rutgers University. I know I’m not a “perfect” student (I’m a URM) but if Yale looks upon my transcript, they will see that the only C’s were from my freshman year. By my sophomore year I had mostly B’s and by junior year I got all A’s. That’s significant improvement and that’s what they want to see. </p>
<p>ron: you should no longer feel any compulsion to explain yourself to any poster here on CC. You’ve stated your position, many of us have stated ours. Your newspaper club presidency doesn’t seem to translate into practical research or analytical skills however. We’re not going to try to sway you any longer – do as you see fit. I meet students like you in every single information session that I give on behalf of Yale. I hope the best for you.</p>
<p>It was you who originally came here asking about your viability as an SCEA applicant. I heartily say, if you apply to Yale at all, PLEASE do so as an SCEA applicant. It will 100% be the best thing for you in the long run.</p>
<p>@T26E4 I’m still contemplating if I will apply as EA or RD</p>