I really hope they look at the whole package, because I think I might have “4.0” EC’s and essays, but im coming in with like a 3.9 unweighted…
Ahh! Lots of new people. My concern is that Yale isn’t even their first choice and they’re just applying there because of the increasing number of spots…I would hate to see someone get a spot that doesn’t really want it over someone who has had Yale as their dream school for years. December 15th is going to be interesting, haha! Especially because I have a final in one of my classes on the 15th and 16th so that could go really horribly…yay! (note the sarcasm) I can’t even seem to get Yale off of my mind these days…its been my dream school for the past two years. My school even has a UPenn ED acceptance rate of 50% and I didn’t try that because I’m so so in love with Yale.
Also, in relation to the question above, schools want to increase diversity so they’ll only take a certain amount of kids from a state. AND FOR THE PERSON WORRIED ABOUT A 3.9, CALM YOURSELF. A 3.9 is a great unweighted GPA if you’ve been challenging yourself. I guarantee they’d rather see a 3.9 with difficult classes than a 4.0 in easier ones.
How embarrassing is my username going to be on here if I don’t get in lol…I’ve had this user for the past year :-*
@yalehopeful017 bless you sir 
And I’m from CA…another super competitive state so we’ll see what happens!
Haha I’m a girl! But I’m glad to help 
Lol all of my friends refer to me as the college counselor of our group, I love this stuff so much. Except when my college career is on the line!
If anyone is applying against someone with higher stats from their school, I’ll give you a little hope. I had two guy friends in the grade above me last year that applied for the same exact major. They were the same ethnicity and everything (bc we all know they take that into account!) My friend with lower scores and better extracurricular activities was accepted. When they say admissions are holistic, they aren’t kidding.
@yalehopeful017 that is literally me, so happy now thank you
Glad to have helped!
A lot of students, who would normally have applied early at Harvard, Princeton or Columbia, will have to decided to switch to Yale, since it is admitting higher numbers of students this year.
@HenryFeddersen " It’s a shame for students, who have always wanted to go to Yale and will now perhaps not get in due to increased numbers of applications."
No, that’s not the case. Don’t EVEN put up that kind of scapegoat – you’re talking about a school that will reject 95% of applicants.
There seems to be a direct cause and effect relationship between the announcement of the new colleges and expansion of the class to the spike in SCEA applications this year.
According to the YDN article, Dean Quinlan attributes some of the increase to direct recruitment in underserved communities. But a 9% uptick is notable regardless of the reasons.
I go back and forth between “I’m strong and they might accept me!” “Eh, I’m not THAT special but I’m strong enough to be deferred” and “Oh my god there’s no hope I’ll be rejected.” But I know I put a lot of heart in that application and I think I submitted the best version of me I could and that’s that. So here’s to hoping
@Seniors.yikes.us Same!
Has anyone heard of two people from the same school being accepted SCEA?
^ IIRC, 3 students from DS’s HS were accepted SCEA. That’s from a graduating class of 100. I know for a fact that 3 matriculated, and I’m pretty sure they were SCEA.
I don’t know if this is the right place to put this, but does anyone know whether being from a heavily populated state makes it harder to get in? For example, I’m from a rural area but from a state where there are lots of research universities and private schools. However, because I live in a rural area, I don’t have some of the same opportunities like research and whatnot.
@canadant, generally, and as a matter of values, Yale tries to evaluate applicants in the context of what they had available to them. So, for example, some students had limited or no AP courses available to them, some students had to work after school to help their family financially, etc. I personally think that Yale does a wonderful job of it.
Good luck.
@IxnayBob Fantastic, thank you very much!