<p>You are all very supportive. Thank you.
Yale just invited me to the campus for an interview - - I am honored, terrified, and happy. Is it a common thing to interview those who are on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Huh… I still haven’t received any sort of email notifying me of any sort of admissions decision. Hah, not really sure how to feel right now. I emailed the admissions office just a little while ago and am hoping to hear back soon.
Anyone else having this issue?</p>
<p>Never received an email lol</p>
<p>They’re totally waiting to tell us we got full rides, research grants, and our special choice of housing hah</p>
<p>Did you get a response? And also, did you apply through the Common App?</p>
<p>No, last post was a joke. I did apply through the Common App, and I never received an email telling me that I was missing any forms or documents!</p>
<p>What the hell. The whole Yale transfer admission process is behind the times. No email to confirm receipt of documents, no online tracking of documents, no portal, nothing. I called to ask if all my documents were received and the woman seemed semi-annoyed that I called. “Your confirmation receipt is through the Common App.” And what about transcripts, recommendations, etc? She finally checked and confirmed my application complete but now no admission email? I’ll call Monday.</p>
<p>@angelsonthemoon I would PM you but I can’t because I’m new and haven’t posted at all. I was wondering if you’d be able to share a little about how the transition was as a Yale transfer student for you. How difficult or easy was it for you to integrate into the school, find new friends, and/or join clubs and activities? I think one of my biggest concerns is that it might suck having to “redo” freshman year of college all over again in that I will need to go through the whole process of settling in to a new environment and finding a good group of friends.</p>
<p>Also, do you have any suggestions for how to prepare for Yale as a transfer student: things you would recommend someone to do (in addition to FOCUS), forms to fill out…?</p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>@gettebowajob: Transferring to Yale has been one of the best decisions of my life. I had no problem integrating at all, and while I am sure some would not find the process as easy as I did, I certainly had no trouble making friends/getting involved right away. I think the residential college system lends itself very well to the transfer experience; right away, you feel like you have a family. Not to mention, everyone at Yale is extremely friendly and genuinely wants to get to know new students.</p>
<p>It is hard transferring of course, in that you have to meet new people all over again. You have to be comfortable putting yourself out there and being outgoing around people you don’t know–this is key to making friends as a transfer, and you will feel like a freshman all over again for awhile because you are constantly introducing yourself. But that is true of any transfer experience; I think out of all the places you COULD go, Yale is one of the easiest to feel at home in. </p>
<p>Suggestions for how to prepare… if you have been admitted, you will receive emails containing information / a packet in the mail. Definitely attend FOCUS, and this year there will also be an orientation weekend the 23rd-25th as well. Check out the transfer website: <a href=“http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/transfer-students-0[/url]”>http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/transfer-students-0</a>. Other than this, I’d say just do as much reading as you can about academic requirements/start perusing majors/look at the BlueBook when it is released for the Fall. And you could start researching activities and clubs, although there will be plenty of time to learn about activities when you get there (extracurricular bazaar in particular).</p>
<p>kgskid:</p>
<p>what was your stats?</p>
<p>@bigcloud let us know if make it!
@gettebowajob we must meet & make friend this Fall!</p>
<p>@pphamHks Congrats on your admission!!! Could you tell me how you came to find out the specific information about Yale? I mean the fact that you know specifically the resources that the Sterling Memorial Library has is very astonishing.</p>
<p>@ahnsk1229…uhm I looked it up on their site. Plain and simple (but arduous) research. But this is only because the thing im interested in is not common. I dont think Yale has another kid with my exact interest, though if there is I’ll be best friend with him/her lol. </p>
<p>Thats said this is not an innate thing, its a matter of knowing EXACTLY what u want to do/concentrate in your field and it only comes once u are an accomplished researcher (another subtle inference admit officers can make to like u more) For example, most kids apply just know about their field in general but not the precise concept or theory they are interested in. I think this is a mistake because NO geniuses are well rounded. They specialized all their lives on one thing. Milton Friedman only knew neoclassical econ, not the whole of constituional of Keynesian econ. Thus u must have a very specialized interest per se. Once u have that, u will automatically know what to look for and Yale may or MAY NOT be the right chocie anymore. In my case it was down to Yale (though Harvard and others do have somewhat similar resources). </p>
<p>So my advice is to do research with OR even without profs from freshman year to know what is it that u wanna do. there are millions things to concentrate on in any field and that WILL make your case much stronger. Instead of saying u wanna go to Yale because u like IR and Tony Blair teaches there, show a genuine interest in some aspect of British politics u wanna to study (say, talk about how he strived to reform the militant sect of the Labour Party in 1990s). Hope that helps</p>
<p>Waitlisted :(</p>
<p>Deciding between Columbia, Duke, Brown and , well, maybe Yale…</p>
<p>I’m thinking about accepting Columbia’s offer. Honestly, I like it more than Yale (NYC, don’t have to live on campus,…), but if I get accepted I might reconsider Yale. This is so hard! Any advice?</p>
<p>How do you feel about core vs open and larger cities vs midsized?</p>
<p>Love Core! It’s truly unique and invaluable. I think every college should have it.
LOVE NYC. Can’t say that about New Haven.</p>
<p>The only reason why I am considering Yale is because it might open up more opportunities (it’s more prominent than Columbia)…</p>
<p>^I was actually asking more about the schools where you’ve been accepted. Seems like C is the choice between them (from your comments about the core and city).</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that Columbia is the right college for me. 
Too bad my parents don’t agree.</p>
<p>@pphamHks Hi! I’m thinking of applying for transfer for the fall of 2014. Any advice?</p>