@yerin2021 Thank you for the tips! I’m guessing you’re a senior now, so good luck for the uni applications 
@yoboy0101 may I know which grade you were when you attended the program? Thank you for your opinion on the program~
Do you guys have any links to essay samples? I want to apply for BBS, so should my essays be around that topic?
Hey guys! I am in the midst of finishing my application for the politics, law, and economics session this upcoming summer! Does anyone have any advice on how I can increase my chances of being accepted into the program?
hey guys. also got waitlisted last year. I really hope I can get in this year. btw has anyone completed the application?
hey guys, i went to ple this past summer so hmu if you have any questions. btw yeah you shouldn’t really go for the sake of learning because it’s ridiculously expensive and isn’t very rigorous–go bc you’ll meet a lot of really interesting people from all over the world. it does slightly increase your chances of getting into yale bc i’m told they keep a short summary of you that they can refer to if they want to do so during admissions, but that isn’t significant to go for the sole reason of getting into yale
Hi! I was a BBS last year too. Contrary to the other alumni responses, I highly recommend this program (strictly based off my experiences). Although the rigor isn’t what they actually make it out to be, I still did learn a ton, and I agree I met tons of absolutely amazing feeling. It is expensive but I wouldn’t have traded those two weeks for anything last summer. PM any questions if you have any. And @cidrastyles only one of my essays actually mentioned anything related to science, and it was about public health haha. Your essays dont necessarily have to be all sciencey, but if science can be used to showcase you then that works as well
Hi guys!
I’m from Brazil, 16 years old and just ended my 11th high school year (school here ends on November).
I’ll probably be applying. I applied to YYGS Beijing 2017 and received the results today… Didn’t make it. So, I don’t know for sure If I should apply to YYGS New Haven 2017 or not because I didn’t get accepted in YYGS Beijing.
Still, I’m very happy I applied to this last one. I was very afraid at the beggining because here in Brazil we use a totally different system to enter college: basically there’s this national standardized test that you have to do and depending on your grade you choose which course you want to do and which university you want to go. Although, I ended up learning a lot from the whole application process.
You know, I prefer knowing that I did my best and failed to never knowing if I would be succesful on my objective or not.
@ACGarcia00
Don’t give up! It’s alright that you didn’t get into YYGS Beijing. My understanding is that program is targeted for American and/or Asia Pacific students anyways. Even if it’s not, don’t give up! The acceptance rate for YYGS New Haven is a little over 30% and about 1500 students get in whereas only about 80 students ( I may be wrong on this number so don’t quote me) get into YYGS-Beijing. You should definitely apply! The worse thing that happens is that they say no, but there’s a great chance you’ll get in!
@CIRCUITDEBATER
That’s the spirit man! I think it’s always better to try and give your best rather than not do it.
I didn’t know that the YYGS New Haven had a higher acceptance rate and that much vancancies. In fact, I thought exactly the opposite.
Well, now I got my whole summer vacations to try again and do my best. I actually saved all the stuff I put in my Beijing application in a Google Docs document, so that should make things a little easier. Thanks for the support!
P.S.: 80 is the exact number of students that get into YYGS-Beijing.
Hi! I am applying to PLE but I have never applied to a summer school in the USA before so I don’t have a resume. If you or anyone else could give me some guidelines of what it should include and how (the structure) it would be really helpful. Good luck to everyone :-*
I attended PLE last summer, my best advice that I noticed is that YYGS prioritizes geographical diversity or diversity in experiences and stories. They love international kids. They want a global community, so really stress how you differ from people in your area if you live in a populated city such as ca, ny, boston or if you live in an underrepresented area or international: stress that experience. I wouldn’t say that they prioritize grades and test scores that much over what you have accomplished, what you write, where your from, diversity. This is definitely not a program that accepts simply on the basis of grades/scores. GL!
hi ! i’m from India and I’ll be applying to FMS. Anyone else applying in this program?
mee @Thatnerdgirl373
got waitlisted for ASE last year so I hope I get in this year. and I’m from Nigeria
That’s cool ! What are your grades though?
Mine are CGPA-10 topped all India secondary school examination
@Thatnerdgirl373 Grades are horrible - a 3.4 GPA last I checked (which I don’t believe) but my ECs are okay - math and chess competitions.
@gigichuck what are your SAT scores? (I didn’t gave any SATS)
I don’t have any either. Too expensive