<p>7 days.</p>
<p>hahaha u guys</p>
<p>we have no clue as to how many transfers are being admitted to yale this year, right? we just assume in the 20-30 range?</p>
<p>good question, bnx86</p>
<p>Yale wants to have 2 new students per house. 2x12=24. Therefore, between 25 and 30 people are accepted each year.</p>
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<p>There is actually no realistic pre-established limit on how many transfers they accept. If they think you are a candidate that is qualified in their eyes, they will admit. Of course, they might have a limit somewhere in the sixties, but I suppose it is never reached because of their rigorous standards.</p>
<p>haven't they historically (i.e. last 5 years) ranged in number of admits from none to mid-60s+?</p>
<p>I don't know about 5 years ago, but I know that in the last 2 or 3 years, Yale has admitted 25-35 transfers. I've never heard the mid-60s+ esitmate before...from where did you get your information?</p>
<p>Has anyone without an interview gotten in ever?</p>
<p>Yep. My friend got admitted into Yale as a transfer last year, and she never had an interview. Honestly, I had never heard of Yale doing transfer interviews before this year. I think that there must be very few done.</p>
<p>maybe I got my numbers wrong; don't go by me.</p>
<p>A student from our philosophy department was admitted as a transfer last year.</p>
<p>The speculation that Yale would admit more people if there were more overqualified applicants is incorrect.</p>
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The speculation that Yale would admit more people if there were more overqualified applicants is incorrect.
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<p>Not really, given that two admissions officers substantiated that claim when I applied last year.</p>
<p>In fact, that was one of the reasons for why I considered applying.</p>
<p>When I applied last year I was friends with Alexis and Jamal, both on the admissions committee and friends of current undergraduates at Yale. Jamal is working there still and Alexis is at NYU law, just for reference - you can look them up. Michael Motto is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in England and also worked for admissions 2 years ago, and when I applied last year I had a very long conversation with him and a few other casual conversations with Alexis and Jamal about admissions. The Administration sets the limit on admissions at Yale, it is not flexible. In March of last year Yale had set the limit at 28, and that came straight from the Dean of Admissions (who is now at Stanford.) So, please, don't play with people's minds - it is non-negotiable, the number of seats is set and the competition goes from there.</p>
<p>Now that's what I call substantiated claim. And it is in agreement with my statement. How nice.</p>
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Now that's what I call substantiated claim. And it is in agreement with my statement. How nice.
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<p>OH right... because everyone who disagrees with you must be wrong.</p>
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When I applied last year I was friends with Alexis and Jamal, both on the admissions committee and friends of current undergraduates at Yale. Jamal is working there still and Alexis is at NYU law, just for reference - you can look them up. Michael Motto is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in England and also worked for admissions 2 years ago, and when I applied last year I had a very long conversation with him and a few other casual conversations with Alexis and Jamal about admissions. The Administration sets the limit on admissions at Yale, it is not flexible. In March of last year Yale had set the limit at 28, and that came straight from the Dean of Admissions (who is now at Stanford.) So, please, don't play with people's minds - it is non-negotiable, the number of seats is set and the competition goes from there.
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<p>I am just not sure, Brian. I distinctly remember the conversations I had with the Yale admissions officers, though this was in January of 2006, and them speaking about the low admit rate. I suppose admissions officers sometimes give contradictory information.</p>
<p>(Note that I am not being sarcastic.)</p>
<p>My conversation with the admissions officers was prompted by this article:
<a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=15999%5B/url%5D">http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=15999</a></p>
<p>There appeared to be certain schools that "feed" into Yale, and I expressed concern over whether this would hurt me, since Yale admits so few. Perhaps the persons to whom I spoke were lower in command.</p>
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And it is in agreement with my statement.
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<p>On second thought, it is not in agreement. If Brian's argument is correct, Yale only admitted 28 students. You argued that:</p>
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<p>The problem is that if a school wants to factor in yield, they will need to admit more students. This suggests that, under your argument, Yale would need to accept quite a few more.</p>
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While the annual admissions rate for regular applicants is approximately 10 percent, the rate for transfer students is usually between 3 and 4 percent of roughly 1,000 applicants, Gordon said.
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And it is in agreement with my statement.
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<p>On second thought, it is not in agreement. If Brian's argument is correct, Yale only admitted 28 students. You argued that:</p>
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Yale wants to have 2 new students per house. 2x12=24. Therefore, between 25 and 30 people are accepted each year.
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Oh no, no, no. I claimed that
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<p>Also, the ceiling was implemented this year. Before that the acceptance did vary between 25 and 30. Not everyone accepted matriculates. </p>
<p>My information was from a text. It included quotes from admissions officers from different top schools. The goal was and is to have about 24 students who matriculate.</p>