***Yale University Class of 2022 Regular Decision Results ONLY***

Haven’t seen any result discussion thread yet, so i just figured to post one myself

[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[/b
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SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay):
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II (subject, score):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Number of other EA applicants in your school:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Experience:

[ b]Writing (Subject, 1-10 rating, details):**

Essays:

Teacher Recommendation #1:
Teacher Recommendation #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Info/Rec:
Interview:
Art Supplement:

[ b]Other**

Date Submitted App:
U.S. State/Territory or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket Range:
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):

[ b]Reflection**

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
What would you have done differently?:
Where else did you apply?

[ b]Other Factors: **

[ b]General Comments & Advice:**

Decision Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): First time 1380 Second time 1420 Third time 1500 (no super score)
ACT (breakdown): First time 25 Second time 29 Third time 32 (didn’t submit) lol took the sat and act three time in a row within 3 month
SAT II: Chinese 800 Math II 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91%/100% (have to work 6-7 hr a day)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know… probably the top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Microeconomics 5. AP Macroeconomics 5, AP Calculus AB 5 ( All self studied)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP English literature, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, AP Computer Science, AP Econ, AP Physics, Business Leadership.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-ISSF International Student Science Fair
-Small Awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

-President and Founder of school’s Guitar Club (2 yrs)

-Vice President of Investment Club (1 yr)

-Teacher Assist for kid with special need (1 yrs)

-Web Game Script Business ( 2 yrs) wrote a script for a web game when I was in middle school, and sold out 500+ copies on internet at a price of 7.99 each.

-Toy Business (1 yrs) Import toys from China, and supply it to North America toy shops. I promote my business through cold mailing and it went pretty well. I make about 2000$/month for a year, but I stopped due to the change in policy.

-Hair Extension Business (1/2 yr) Import hair extension clips from China, and sell them to local Hair Salon. Just like how I run the toy business, cold mailing, cold calling, and I also created a website for it www.tobecomehairgoal.com
Didn’t do well on this one make about 600$/month, but since I do a drop shopping so no initial investment. Shut down now because too much opportunity cost, and as a high school boy I have no interest in Hair extensions.

-Online Tutoring Company( 1/2 yr + on going)CEO and founder of an online tutoring startup, so far pretty well, we have 33 employees, and over 60 clients coming from 6 different countries. I start with no initial investment, and we currently have a revenue of 10000$/month, still expending in a daily basis. Sorry to make this sounds like an advertisement, but I do want to take this opportunity and promote it, as we are always seeking for talent people to join our team. If you are interested in tutoring other online, feel free to email me or dm me for more detail (wjy421421@gmail.com). We are a legally registered company at Canada Ontario. I actually just made partnership with another tutoring startup from Stanford university. But that was a week ago, which was 2 days before the result comes out. !!!

YOU DON’T NEED TO HAVE A COMPANY TO GET INTO STANFORD, BECAUSE I HAVE ONE, AND I DIDN"T GET IN LMAO !

Job/Work Experience:
Internship at a Chinese Law Firm, responsible for social media and online advertisement (2 month)

Volunteer/Community service:
150 hr on Church, School Event, and Chinese School.
Summer Activities:

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App (7/10) it’s personal, but I don’t think I write it well, because I start writing it one day before the deadline lol) Supplement (6/10) I was ****. Literally did the supplements 15 minutes before the deadline.

PLEASE FINISH YOUR ESSAY AHEAD AND EDIT IT !!! I PAID MY LESSON!!
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Leadership teacher Didn’t saw it, but should be fine, as I’m close to her.
Teacher Rec #2: Math Teacher She is nice but I don’t know her really well as I’m a new student to the high school.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t saw it But I think is really good, I talk about my businesses with my counselor a lot.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 70 min great talk with a lady. I think she was impressed by my businesses
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:Economics
State (if domestic applicant): Ontario
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Asian Chinese ( I’m proud of my race)
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: 20k Low income
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College.

Reflection

Strengths: … Unique EC?
Weaknesses: Grades
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was rejected because I didn’t really spend time on my essay. Also, I think they don’t believe my ECs> …
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Harvard: Rejected, Princeton: Rejected, Yale Rejected, Upenn Waitlisted, Columbia Rejected, Cornell Rejected, Dartmouth rejected.

U of Toronto Accepted, University of Waterloo Accepted

General Comments:
Small suggestion: don’t leave your essay till the deadline
Good luck on applications !!!

Posting for my son (accidentally had posted in SCEA thread instead! OOPS!)

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT (breakdown): C 35 M 36 E 35 R 35 S 34 (one sitting) - can’t remember essay but it was meh
SAT II: Physics 800 Math 2 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank by academics alone but top 3 in class of 75
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (5) APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP CS, AP Chem, AP Calc AB, Honors Latin 4, Art of the Essay (1 trimester) Literature and Neurology I and II (2 trimesters), Independent Research project (ongoing)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS, US Presidential Scholar candidate (did not finish application to go on), Elks MVS State, Yale Book Award, Cum Laude Society (since Jr. Year), NLE Gold x2, NLE Silver.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
JV/Varsity Basketball 2 years (Coach’s Award 2015)
JV Soccer 1 year, Varsity Soccer 3 years (Coach’s award 2018)
Varsity Swim 2 years (won championships 2017 and 2018) (Coach’s award 2018)
Varsity Rowing 3 years (co-captain 2 seasons), State champions 2016, (MVP 2017)
Club Sculling, 3 years, various regional medals
Winter Erg Camp, 2 years
SWAT leader (similar to Yale Freshman Counselors, VERY selective leadership role) 2 years
Honor Committee 2 years
Peer Tutor 3 years
Co-Founder Fall Crew team (HUGE accomplishment since it was originally against school policy to have two seasons of one sport, so he and his co-captain had to work with admin and coaches to make it work)
Big Buddy
National Latin Honor Society member
Mock Trial (captain 2017), State Finalists 2015
Many more leadership activities were mentioned by his GC on the LOR but he only listed some of them on his Common App

Job/Work Experience:
Soccer Referee (4 years, summers only)

Volunteer/Community service:
Too many to count, but only listed Peer Tutoring, SWAT, Honor Committee, Summer Club volunteer (through our homeschool co-op), Food Pantry holiday food distribution (2x a year, 4 years - since toddlerhood, actually, since this is something we’ve done since he was old enough to walk), and a few other service projects he was part of

Summer Activities:
Club Sculling, 3 years
Rec soccer, 3 years

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay 10/10 - learning about culture through crossword puzzles with grandma
Engagement in community 8/10 - his role in some ECs
Write about something you would like us to know 9.5/10 - how “little moments” in life are what makes it meaningful, and how he intends to take that outlook into college as he experiences life outside his “bubble.”.
Why Yale? 10/10 in 125 short words, he was able to capture exactly what it is about Yale that fits perfectly with who he is as a person.

Short answers
What inspires you? 9/10
Who would you invite to speak? 9/10
Create a class: 10/10
Why do these (majors) appeal to you? 10/10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Waived FERPA so did not read, so these are just assumptions
Teacher Rec #1: Latin teacher, mentor 10/10 (he’s known him all four years and they share deep, mutual admiration and respect)
Teacher Rec #2: Precalc/AP CS teacher 9/10 (probably closer to a 10, but she can speak first-hand of DS’s passion for Math/Physics and his self-motivation to learn beyond the classroom as well as his desire to help others by spending countless hours tutoring peers on his own, outside of the peer tutoring program)
Counselor Rec: She LOVES him, so I’m assuming it was amazing! She interviewed faculty, coaches, and administrators to get quotes from them as to who DS is as a person.
Additional Rec: None

Interview: I think this was the CLINCHER!!! His interviewer is a very influential person and was an expert in the field of a course my son is helping to pilot at his school. They spent a LONG time talking about this. His interviewer also was the alumnus who chose the book for DS’s Yale Book Award, so that was a pleasant surprise! It went REALLY REALLY well and I suspect his interview carried a lot more weight than the average alumni interview due to the person’s status. Just a hunch…

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:A BIG YES!!!
Intended Major: Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Private Day
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~ $65,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection: Since I’m writing for my DS, I will share my personal opinion: I originally did not think his essays were that strong. I had serious doubts and we had in fact discounted Yale as a possibility altogether. Going back, especially after reading the letter of admissions where it talked about the community aspect of Yale and how important it is, I realized his essays, LOR, and his lifelong pursuit of meaningful community engagement made him an ideal fit for Yale! It does often feel like it’s a crapshoot, but after going through the process with DS, I can definitely see that there is a method there that we aren’t always aware of. Colleges are definitely looking for something specific - something even they themselves don’t always know, let alone those applying! But when they see it, they recognize it, and it makes the difference between a YAY and a nay I also became acutely aware of how difficult rejection is - after all, DS did get a couple of dream schools, and they stung, A LOT. And yet, again, looking back, I can see that they weren’t the right fit even though we thought they were. Would he have thrived in those schools? Most likely - most kids do even when the fit isn’t perfect. But when you’re talking about these ridiculously low admit rates, fit often times becomes the ONLY thing that distinguishes one candidate from the tens of thousands of others. I did not fully understand that as I do now on the other side of the process.

Strengths: ECs, essays, LOR, interview all tying together showing a great fit for Yale, URM (not foolish enough to think that it doesn’t play a role, even a tiny one)

Weaknesses: Lack of national awards?

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think it came down to being a qualified applicant who lived out the Yale philosophy in life, long before Yale was even considered, and that came through in the application

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted - Colby, UDelaware Honors, Hamilton, WPI, Boston College
Rejected - MIT (deferred EA, then rejected), Princeton
Waiting to hear back - Tufts

General Comments :
Be yourself! Do not change who you are just because you think it will get you into college. Everyone is looking for a “way in” instead of just being who they are and just letting things come naturally. DS had a strong work ethic from childhood and he always worked to do his best in all areas of life. He also valued others greatly and made people and connections a priority. This is who he was at age 2, at age 17, and everything in between. Faculty, counselors, interviewers, and peers would all paint the same picture of who he is because he is genuine. And that’s all you have to be - just be genuine and stop thinking so much about what you need to be to fit. Instead, think of what school will fit who you are naturally, and you’ll end up at the perfect place for you!