<p>According to the admissions website, Yale had extended their deadline for the postmarking of transfer applications to March 11th. What im wondering is what might this tell us. Did they receive a much smaller amount of applications than they expected? Have they done this in the past? What do you folks think?</p>
<p>Perhaps they received too many freshman applications?</p>
<p>Did any of you guys receive anything from Yale admissions, confirmation number, status check, letter? I got my confirmation from Harvard, Gtown, Middlebury, Mt Holyoke so far :)</p>
<p>i was thinking that they may have recieved much less applications than usual--we can only hope.</p>
<p>nspeds, i would think they would just put off looking at transfer apps until later if they did in fact recieve too many frosh apps. it seems that extending the deadline for transfers would only mean more applicants and thus put them further behind schedule. plus, from what i've heard, they've recieved less frosh applicants this year than last. </p>
<p>something else that could support the smaller transfer pool thesis: this latest buzz over harvard offering better fin aid packages. perhaps more people than usual transfered out of yale this year and less than usual applied to transfer for that reason?</p>
<p>then again extending the deadline by 10 days at the last minute doesn't seem like an effective way to get more applicants, if that is what they were going for, so who knows</p>
<p>I didn't get any info back from Yale. That probably means that they're backed up from Freshman apps, me thinks.</p>
<p>i didn't get anything either. i think i remember reading something on the web site not to expect them until april b/c of all of the freshman</p>
<p>I remember reading that Yale received a high influx of freshman applicants due to the early-action program.</p>
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then again extending the deadline by 10 days at the last minute doesn't seem like an effective way to get more applicants, if that is what they were going for, so who knows
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<p>I agree.</p>
<p>It would sound odd to extend the deadline for transfers if they are burried with frosh apps. But who knows...lest hope the competition is not that fierce this year :D</p>
<p>Yale Daily News:</p>
<p>There were six applicants for Yale's Transfer program; seeking to maintain its harsh admissions rate, the dean of admissions decided to only admit one applicant in an effort to demonstrate that minuscule application numbers does not equate to better opportunities for others. The latter five applicants filed a lawsuit, but were dealt with shortly thereafter when Yale unleashed their top Law Students upon them. No injuries were reported.</p>
<p>What the .... ? LOL :D</p>
<p>i called them the other day. they said that they are in the process of sorting the apps into files. apparantly the file complete/incomplete letters should be sent within the next week or 2.</p>
<p>as for the reason for this extension, i really hope that efs is right. the less applicants the better.</p>
<p>Although I think indeed, it shows a lower application response...it might also indicate that they perused through the applications are were not impressed.</p>
<p>I mean, even if there were fewer applicants...if we were all rockin' our applications, they probably wouldn't have extended the deadline</p>
<p>right?</p>
<p>just a thought.</p>
<p>unless they just wanted some sloppy last minute applicants ( i was thinking of throwing something together last week when i saw that columbia's deadline was the 15th) to reject so their acceptance rate would be lower and they would look better</p>
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<p>Peruse: To examine or consider with attention and in detail.</p>
<p>From dictionary.com </p>
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Usage Note: Peruse has long meant to read thoroughly and is often used loosely when one could use the word read instead. Sometimes people use it to mean to glance over, skim, as in I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly, but this usage is widely considered an error.
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<p>Not that I wish to digress, but it is a common error that even professionals commit on an hourly basis; surprising, is it not? Interestingly enough, due to its rampant misuse, we are currently witnessing the transformation of a word into its opposite form!</p>
<p>newhaven, i see your point, but i would think if they had really even begun looking at quality of applications, they would have sent out complete/incomplete file letters already.</p>