When does the admissions committee start reading the applications?
At the deadline or a few days before the deadline.
Ahh Questbridges decision come out on December 1st, that’s less than a week away
That’s crazy! So you think they’ve started reading applications already? @y90y90
lmao they probably started as soon as they were first submitted haha
Lol only two kids from my school applied early last year but of course a ton more applied early in my year…luck of the draw I guess?
no interview 
super nervous
No interview means you won’t get the chance to make yourself look like an idiot.
Is it a plus if you come from a European country from which only few student (1 to 3) go to attend Yale each year?
@hhjjala good point
Hello all! Stopping by from the Princeton EA Tread! Hope everyone is faring well in anticipation of their results. What drew you all to Yale?
does anyone else keep wavering between they’re gonna accept me for sure lol to no way not in a million years
I feel you @tomatox1
@NotIvyYet I am an applicant from Nepal from where people get into Yale (or Harvard, Princeton or other top schools, for that matter) once every two or three years. I didn’t even know about Yale until last year. (and I mentioned that in one of my essays. I regret it now.) I knew about Harvard though 
. Harvard’s popular there.
Physics dude I am, I looked up into schools with good undergraduate physics programs. I found that Princeton and Williams were certainly better with awesome Physics/Math programs and their focus on undergrads. But I had also taken an OYC (Open Yale Course) Physics course by Shankar. Man, I loved it. So I looked into Yale, and it was just prettier, nicer, and, you know, amazing. Also, in the Class of 2020, there was a Nepali applicant to Princeton but not to Yale. That really doesn’t help, but I chose Yale anyway for SCEA.
As far as my application goes, I have debated in national level, and I have participated in an International Science Olympiad (Though I performed the best among the Nepalese participants, I didn’t win an award.) My essays are not all that good. I wrote essays on how I started a much needed public speaking in the school, and how I’d like to live a day as Newton to see the tides slosh, or how I had an internet speed of 128 kbps and, for us, it was still a fast connection. (Yale’s short takes (essays) are the best!!!) I then wrote a personal essay about my conversation (or should I say, a FIGHT) with my mother on a religious practice, and how I tried to convince her, and the family, to abandon it.
I did CIE A levels. Got good grades. But my tests are a little embarrassing. I literally rolled out of bed to take the TOEFL and got a super super nice score. Spoiled, I tried to pull off that stunt with the ACT too , but I messed up very nice and well. Talk about guilt, phew. Now I don’t know how my (Nov 5) SAT Subject Tests scores will turn up, but certainly expecting 800s.
Also, I literally messed up my common application’s activities section. I wrote “what I learned” from the activities but left the notion of “what I actually did” unclear. Then, to patch that up, I sent an updated activities list only on Nov 16 or something. I must have pissed the AOs. Not my fault, my friend pointed that out later. LOL
Having submitted the application, I read articles, explored CC, read answers on Quora, and all that. It dawned on me that admissions to Ivies, especially the holiest of Ivies like HYP, looks very very sacred. An applicant like me who applied just casually probably has no chance. All in all, only after submitting my application, I realised I was a not a Yale material. So I haven’t even sent my financial documents. A 30 in the ACT, oh my! Too many grounds to have me rejected.
I remember when I first went to my current school to inquire about the A levels, the director had said “We have sent a kid to Harvard.” I remember telling myself “Woah, harvard!! What is that?” Then I went home and watched the “Anything could happen in Harvard” video on YouTube. Dear oh dear, Harvard was then “the” Harvard. But, with time, I learned to scratch the surface. Harvard fetish slowly dried off. But I never thought I’d end up applying to Yale. Regardless, it was a nice experience. I’d have loved to go to Yale, but I don’t obsess over it, except for trying to dig out every goddamn information on Yale’s catalog, hunting for as many class profiles, reading all the YDN articles, being happy over Yale’s win in The Game, thoroughly reading the Yale’s catalog, watching all the Yale-related videos on YouTube. LOL. But hey, that’s just normal. I am just a kid. But in all honesty, I don’t deserve it. I think, you just don’t get to go to Yale. You have to earn it, or you have to be kind of gifted? I don’t know for sure.
oh and by the way, Yale >>>> Princeton @NotIvyYet . Who even applies to that preppy school? LOL But awesome physics program, man.
Interesting reading your journey @nyawaj You’ve certainly put a lot of effort and thought into your Yale application with less support than many others, which in itself is a valuable life experience. Your argument with your mom sounds like something my son would have with his grandmother. Good luck with your college search!
@nyawaj Amazing story friend. You sound like a truly unique applicant; I hope you were able to reflect that in your essays. As far as your experience with Harvard v Yale, I had a similar one with Yale v Princeton, only I still feel strongly about both schools. I certainly plan to apply to Yale RD
@NotIvyYet I “fell in love” when I visited early junior year. Visiting other schools has solidified my commitment. I knew I wanted liberal arts, and the distribution requirements seemed to perfectly present that. It’s not everyone taking the same classes but everyone is mandated to step out of their comfort zone so they become educated, not trained.
Most importantly, though, was the community aspect. A lot of schools give lipservice about community but I really felt it at Yale. I come from a rather trusting school, and a school where if I see someone struggling on a subject I’m confident in, I’ll offer help. Or where I’m comfortable turning to the kid behind me in calc asking for a quick fact-check. Honestly, before visiting several schools, I didn’t realize how unnatural this was. My school is tiny (my class has 74 and it’s public) so I wanted a school where I could feasibly know many people on site (I didn’t apply anywhere really over 10k except one SUNY). There were other tiny factors, like being an hour from home, near city-ish space, suites, etc, but those were the icing for me.
@seniors.yikes.us Interesting perspective. Funny, I have a very similar background, tiny public (88 kids in my class). Hope you the best of luck with Yale! I plan on applying RD so who knows, maybe one day we will meet!
33 kids in my class. Most of them can’t tell you the difference between international and domestic… yikes! Military brat so the school is pretty small. My friend is #4 in the class and doesn’t qualify for automatic admission for UT… lol.
@auntyji Hey, are you from an Indian family? 
@NotIvyYet But I am hoping to meet you at Princeton But Princeton’s long essays are a little cumbersome