an addition to the above list: his SAT is 1550
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Itās hard. But itās clear that this school has certain institutional needs itās trying to meet first. Kids got into other ivies at the high school last night but none to Y thus far.
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In the yearās past what is the percentage of students accepted from the deferred group? What are the predictions for students this year?
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they have reversed the trend starting last yr( way more rejections than deferrals )
they rejected almost 70 % , accepted, 10 % and deferred 20 %
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from MD, got deferred lol
Iām not sure, but if theyāre only deferring those they want to keep in the process (as evidenced by the small number) Iād say there is a decent chance of acceptance. Youāve already risen to the top of the EA pile (which Iāve read contains the overall strongest applications).
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My daughter was accepted.
-Neuroscience/CS/Gender Studies
-Rural Missouri
-White female
-34 ACT
-4.4/4.0 gpa
-1/40 class rank
-5 APs/5 offered
-Student Body President
-Engineering national champ + 2 top 10 finishes, state champ
-3rd place state coding competition
-Girls State 1 of 8 state level positions
-Volleyball captain
-200+ community service hours and lots of local/school awards and leadership positions
-Scholar Bowl captain
I think her essays and teacher recs were very important.
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IMO the deferreds are still in serious contention with only 1626Ā± deferred. Further, Yale has not indicated that it will be trying to cut the Class of 2027ās size. Looking at past SCEA acceptance numbers, 776 is lower than recent past years which often were 800+, creating more space for RD admits.
Even so, make sure you have your safety/targets teeād up for RD.
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Thank you!!!
Thanks @BKSquared. Thatās good info.
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I am very surprised, too, that you were outright rejected, instead of deferred, BUT this year Yale deferred only 21%, and 67% were denied, so itās clear that they are not using deferral as a āsoftā rejection to the same degree that Harvard does, where 78% were deferred and only 9.5% were outright denied. If I were you, I would make an appointment asap with your guidance counselor. You cannot see your own letters, but you need to ask the GC to go through your application (every bit of it - your essays, your LORs, your transcript, your test reports, everything) to make sure that there is neither an error nor a bad letter in there. You need to ask them if they would recommend that you get an additional LOR, and if so, then ask the GC to āguideā you by having the GC then select your two ābestā letters to send to the RD schools. But based upon Yaleās policy of rejecting two thirds of the early action applicants, Iām pretty sure that your GC will tell you that your application and LORs are great, and that you just need to ride it out. Also, time to consider whether there is an appropriate ED2 round choice for you - if you want another of your current RD schools badly enough to commit to them if they accept you ED2.
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Our kids who applied to Yale could have gotten in possibly under different circumstances and different years. They will be successful wherever they go.
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Thatās great observation and well stated. I was having the same discussion. I actually like that they (Yale) are migrating to ālowerā deferral rates. More meaningful to be deferred IMO.
Places like HarVard with 70% deferral rates is ridiculous. Make a decision and donāt torture kids any longer. There is no way they are re-reviewing 7000+ deferred applications especially when they are like to get another 40K applications as a part of RD.
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Sorry about the dumb question. Seeing some great profiles here that were either rejected or deferred. Did the school you applied to matter? I just cannot imagine your app (essay + LOR) could have been that bad? Concerning for sure
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You do not apply to a major but select areas of concentration interested in. We come from one of the top counties for education, high competitive dense area, and we are in an over represented population in colleges, also no hooks so disadvantaged.
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If the applicant had high academic stats (e.g. top 5-10% of class, 1500+ SAT, rigor) and was deferred, I suspect the essays and LoRās were good, but the candidate was in a large sub-pool of similar high academic students (geography, SES (higher), typical ECās) and just could not break through this round ā the average excellent. For the high academics who were rejected, maybe the essays and LoRās, while not necessarily bad, were too generic especially compared against a large equally qualified sub-pool. I do think it is worth the effort as suggested upthread to get the GC to look at the essays and LoRās to see if they think there is easy room for improvement, especially if they spot a not so great LoR.
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Last year, D22 was also denied at Yale with very similar stats to yours and a slightly weaker overall profile (not valedictorian, no impressive sport EC), and yet her RD acceptances included UVa and Rice. You have a fantastic profile and will have lots of great opportunities in RD. Hang in there!
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Denied. 4.0/4.7 GPA, 1530 SAT, Top of class, varsity baseball 3 yrs, not especially long list of extracurriculars, but significant time spent doing them. No interview offered.
Onward! Congrats to all on your achievements!
Forgot to add: White male, 12 APs, Southern CA, Public school 2,100+ students, Econ-focused
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not all hope is lost! I dont know a single kid from this state who got accepted. Best of luck!
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