@luv2sk8 Thanks for checking 
Looks like decisions have been made or they are just starting committee
@nandroida it did the same for me too. I think it’s to stop applicants from uploading any last minute materials?
@fdizzle Jeez louise, that’s dedication but why did you apply to so many?
Lol it seems they made a mistake - early action decisions?? But yeah, probably to stop people uploading any material last minute.
I got the same screen when I tried to login last Thursday probably just before 10am EST
@autismproved because my thinking is, if I’m a competitive applicant then my chances of going to the ivy league increase if I apply to more schools
I’ll be at work during the decision date time frame so hopefully that distracts me. I just hope Yale likes me D:
The yale checklist website is shut down…does that mean decisions will come out sooner than April 1?
Well, they’re coming out 3/31, but to answer your question: I doubt it.
@fdizzle No safeties?
Of course I applied to safeties! Well… U Mich but I got into Mich during the first round of EA decisions. I was also accepted to Wash U St. Louis
@fdizzle, UMich and WashU are nothing to take for granted. Good for you.
@LegacyMom Thank you! Let’s hope the Ivies turn out the same way, especially Yale!!
just curious what did u guys and gals write about for the yale short essays? (if you don’t mind sharing of course) XD
It will give us something else to talk about rather than worrying
@pedestrian I wrote a poem
For the essay about anything we wanted Yale to know, I wrote about how I tried to teach myself Italian for five years before realizing that I need to discuss things to learn. This led me to become a better independent learner. I know it’s a very academically-focused essay, but language and conversation are very important to me.
For the disappointment essay, I wrote about how my soccer coach only focused on developing the skills of the best players on the team, and how I reacted by working hard to improve independently.
For the question about being better at something, I said I wish I could speak louder because my voice isn’t always heard in loud, passionate discussions, and I love to add to them.
(I know that’s not all of them, but these were my favorite.)
I’m so nervous; no matter how much I prepare myself by anticipating it, a rejection from Yale is gonna be crushing. I shouldn’t have let myself become so invested lol. Literally won’t even have to think twice about going if I am accepted here.
I’ve just had a friend’s friend who was accepted to harvard but her family couldn’t afford it, and they’re not poor enough to get any need based aid. She is so devastated. I hope it won’t happen to anybody here.
@fizzy110 same! I’ve done too much research on Yale (the residential colleges sound spectacular) to not care about going… I keep telling myself that statistically, I have a very tiny shot, but I won’t listen to myself!! I’ve definitely gotten my hopes up too much.
@nomatterwhat, 
what a shame. I won’t be surprised if many find themselves in the same position every year, 50,000 is a COLOSSAL amount to fork out for an education per year. But she is still undoubtedly going to great places in life - Harvard wanted her for a reason!!!
@alpaca97 sigh, a lot of crying is going to be involved. I have gone overboard with research about Yale too, I don’t know why I’m doing this to myself. I almost don’t want decisions to come out so that I can keep on living in this limbo where I am potentially going to Yale next fall. I’m a lunatic.