@AdmissionsAddict would it help for her to still share her “request for help” so that Yale has her story on the outside chance that her interview sends back a report that the student/interviewee was unreachable? Sounds like you know this process well, and I am completely on the outside
Yale knows that thousands of applicants who want interviews don’t get them. The lack of an interview report is not read as a lack of interest in Yale. If the student has been trying to reach the interviewer through an email account the interviewer definitely uses, it is almost inconceivable that the interviewer would say the applicant was unreachable.
@fizzy10 - there is as much integration as you want it to be. People are people and they tend to hang in groups that are comfortable to them. Yale is a microcosm of the real world and with that comes real world problems.
The football players hang together - based more on being on the team than racial identity. LGBT students belong to organizations that cross color and gender lines. Artsy people like to hang together - does that mean they never hang with non-artsy students? I think not. My AA daughter likes to hang out at the Latino house and the Asian House, both with roommates and students she met at Cultural Connections. Then some days she hangs with her roommates who are international or with her non minority friends on the blog that she writes. She has many different kinds of affiliations, all of which serve a purpose in her life. So you can be as inclusive/integrated or not in your non academic life as you feel comfortable with.
It is only March 6. Though the stated deadline for interviewers to turn in reports has indeed past, the AdComs will be working until the last minute to pull the class together. There is plenty of time left if a request is made for an interview to be done. There are various reasons why interviews are done late so do not read too much into it. I have done interviews up to almost the time for decisions to come out.
My admissions officer just email me saying…
“Dear _________
My name is__________ and I serve at the Yale admissions officer responsible for reviewing applications from the southeast. I am writing to ask if you would be interested in supplying the Yale admissions committee with a self-report of scores from any Advanced Placement (AP) exams that you have taken…If you chose to sit for the national exams in these subjects in May 2012, 2013 and/or May 2014 and would like to report your exam scores, I think the admissions committee would find the information useful. Reporting these scores is entirely optional.”
Did anyone else or has anyone else received these types of emails before? Does anyone know what this means IF it means anything at all hahaha I don’t want to over analyze. 
@princplease21 Well, it means your application is still alive! Most applicants provide their AP scores on the CA, especially if they are strong, so perhaps they are interested to know if there is a reason you omitted yours?
@princeplease21 I agree with proudmomx3. I would definitely report some scores if you have them. They are considering you and would like to see your scores.
@Tperry1982, thank you so much for your thoughtful replies!!
@PrincPlease21 the head of admissions at Princeton and a Stanford admissions officer both told us that they want to see that an AP exam was taken for any AP course on the transcript. I realize this is Yale, not S or P, but I would imagine it also has that preference.
^^ PrincPlease21 was accepted to Princeton, so their preference wasn’t a requirement.
So, do the folks who were deferred from SCEA in December stand any chance in regular decision? Curious how the stats from accepted students in early action will compare to stats for those accepted in regular decision…though I’ve never seen any college post stats like that.
SAT 2250, 4.0 UW, 4.4 Weighted, 10 APs (with 3 5s, and 3 4s from APs taken junior and sophomore years), captain of varsity team, tons of ECs, URM, commended scholar, CTY, and, of course, deferred in early action. Oh well, I can dream, can’t I?
Hahaha @TheGuidingLight, aren’t you a parent?? Our chances are all the same now, a slim to nothing 6.3%
@fizzy110 Yes, I am a parent. Just reflecting on my DD’s stats. I am hoping she gets in, though she has many other schools she is interested in. I think she and I would love a 6.3% chance because I think the range is more like 0-2%. We shall see… Good luck to you fizzy110.
@TheGuidingLight, just quoting last years acceptance %! And good luck to your daughter too, we certainly all need it!!
For EA, the applicant pool also includes athletes who are “slotted” - each team has a certain number of athletes they may support through admissions - and QuestBridge match students - that Yale proudly announced is the largest number ever this year. So the % accepted is higher, but it doesn’t necessarily equate to “easier” to get in.
A few things we learned through the process of tours, information sessions, a friend who is now a freshman and just calling to ask.
- You don’t have to have an interview- you don’t have to have a follow up either. My daughter’s friend applied, never heard again and was accepted last year. She was all the same stats as everyone that seems to post so it does happen. Her only “hooks” were her location (down south) first gen student and she did a student program at Nasa one summer.
- Those deferred EA will be treated as if they did not apply EA. They get put back into the regular pool. This way they are only compared to the pool and not compared to what was already accepted. To be deferred means that they found you to be an acceptable candidate, just not one of the strongest accepted EA. My daughter was deferred from Harvard and rather than be upset she was honored because it meant she did not waste her time applying. They agreed that she had a strong enough file to apply in the first place. Think of it that way.
- They will have approximately 2 min each application to state your “case” and explain to the board why you stand out over everyone else. This is where your essays, letters, EC’s and updated materials come to play. Unfortunately if you have the same EC’s, the same basic letters and quality of essays, you will not stand out as much as you had hoped. Sometimes this is when it boils down to demographics, hooks and as my daughter puts it “if the orchestra needs a female that plays the bassoon then they will pick her over the one that plays the french horn”
- We were told by someone that works for Yale that they are in discussions now. The files are all being presented now. Adding things at this point may not be added to your file. If they feel there is something missing they will ask but it is not a good or bad sign, just a sign that they feel something was needed before they present your file.
- There are SO MANY FILES to present- after a while they will all sound the same. To be rejected means nothing about each student but more about how the student’s file looked when presented.
6.Good luck to everyone. My daughter is taking it all with a grain of salt. I am much more nervous than she is. At the end of the day she has done all she could and will land where she is meant to be. She didn’t do all of this to be in one specific school- she did it all to be in a good school.
@Memmsmom - Great info - thanks for sharing! It’s interesting that the deferred candidates are put back into the regular pool (vs. compared to previously accepted students). My DD did add a couple of items to her file about a month ago. The good news is that she has already been accepted to some really good schools, but she’s hopeful (as am I) for Yale. It can only get better from here as we wait for a few other schools and “Ivy Day.” Good luck to your daughter as well!
Thank you, memmsmom. That is one of the most helpful posts I have read. I especially loved item 6.
@theguidinglight I too am hopeful for Yale as its the only in state school she applied to. 
Personally from what I have read, she will fit in better at Yale than some of her other top schools she has applied to. I just wish we had any clue as to where any of them stood in the decision process. So many of the scholarships she wants to apply for require intended school to attend and they are due the same day as the decisions come out- in some cases earlier. It is so frustrating.
I’ve heard this same explanation from just about every college that DD has applied to. Why would Yale interview the student who sits next to her in AP English Lit but not DD? Both students have pretty much the same GPA, standardized tests, and ECs. The only difference is the one not interviewed does competitive sports and the one who was interviewed does debate. Both are ORMs. They have the same guidance counselor. The review each other’s essays. They go to the movies together. No legacy hook.