YES-W for SCEA admits too this year?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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Does anyone know whether SCEA STEM admits will receive YES-W invitations this year too? I think it’s just been for RD applicants in the past.

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HIGHLY doubt it

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they have no need to attract you if you already applied SCEA. This is to lock in RD applicants ahead of time.

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But SCEA STEM admits who haven’t committed yet may be considering other options, even with Yale as their initial first choice, and YES-W could help convince them.

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@Planner You may be right, but if someone didn’t apply SCEA and applied elsewhere instead, Yale has to overcome that initial “______ was my first choice, so I should go there.” They don’t have to do that with SCEA admits. No one here can do anything about it, so take it up with the admissions office if it’s really that important to you.

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Just to be sure: I was being completely sarcastic when I said you should take it up with admissions. DO NOT email them asking to go to YES-W. That would just be royally annoying for them.

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SCEA conversion rates at HYPS is very high (80-93%). They don’t need to convince the other 20% or so.

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Thanks, @Bulldog2017 and @texaspg—I was just wondering. I do think some SCEA STEM admits weigh other options, even if Yale was/is their first choice, both for curricular and sometimes financial reasons. Not inviting these students seems like a forgone “marketing” opportunity—SCEA admits are usually very desirable candidates, and Yale’s reputation in certain STEM fields isn’t quite as strong as at some other schools. Extending the invitation to SCEA STEM admits would seem to make sense—probably relatively few students would accept the invitation, since their minds would already be made up and since other commitments and travel time might be deterrents, but there might well be a few SCEA STEM admits whose first choice was/is Yale but who have concerns about turning down another school with a top ranking in the student’s STEM field. Being able to attend YES-W might help alleviate whatever doubts such students had about ultimately committing to Yale. Yale may already have SCEA STEM admits’ hearts, but winning their heads too could help such students—and Yale’s yield.