sydyen09

also is it easy to get an A there?

merlin900322

LOL see... I'm getting a D...66%...

So that's the problem.

bmwdan13

Okay, here's another question:

I've heard a lot about the "alternative lifestyles" at Yale, with all of the theatre programs and the whole "one in four, maybe more" saying. Is this an intrusive part of campus life? I am not bothered by it really, but I am wondering if it is really loud and active at Yale.

Jules Winfield

meh...
suburban midwest public
good test scores (I: 1600, II: 800x3, like 18 aps w/ 5s)
college courses for two years
high school gpa was meh (not top 10%? not sure - no official rank)
some leadership in school activities, nothing overwhelming
not urm, legacy, athlete, etc.

Raise it. Seriously. But don't worry too much about the gentleman's C if that's the only one.

Active, yes. Loud? Not particularly. They're very comfortable in their homosexuality and Yale is tolerant enough that there's not much reason for them to assert their presence in an obnoxious fashion.

chicagoboy12

Jules-

Does Yale have many small town kids, or is it mostly comprised of private schoolers and people from good public schools? I am from a small town in PA that has sent one person to a "big three" ivy in the last 30 years. I feel like I am as intelligent as anyone, but will be looked down on by the admission committee because I am from a small unknown town.

Also, if I get in, will I be overwhelmed with work? I have maybe an hour of homework every night, and its wuite easy to get a 100 on a test without studying here.

eixenelyam

I have a question...
Does Yale accept AP credit? Or can it only go towards placement....

JohnC613

anyone have any other reasons why they think Yale is better than the other ivies (well, Harvard and Stanford and Princeton basically)

Jules Winfield

There are a high percentage of people from east coast cities (boston, new york) and from east coast prep schools, but that's more because they're also the people most likely to apply to Yale. A lot of my closest friends went to small unknown publics.

The ivy league loves rural kids. They're a hot commodity and treated like an underrepresented group (since they are). They definitely won't look down on you, and might even excuse shortcomings in your apps.

As far as I understand it, you can use (some) AP credit to accelerate 1 or 2 semesters, but you can't use it otherwise for credit (ie: to lighten your load over 4 years or to fulfill distributional requirements). You can definitely use AP scores for placement, but some departments give their own tests instead.

I think all Yale kids will say the same thing: student happiness and school spirit. There's the canonical "Cult of Yale" article from the Harvard Crimson, and the Princeton community is fractured because of eating clubs and a much harder drinking culture. Stanford is too large both in size and population to have a cohesive student body.

As Montgomery Burns once proclaimed: "Well, I say let Harvard have its football and academics. Yale will always be first in gentlemanly club life. Why, every friend I have, I've made right here."

caffinefree826

I was deferred ... I'm so disappointed. Could anybody tell me why I was deferred? I wanna know what I did wrong.

Academics:
SATs: 740CR-780M-770W (10 essay)
SAT2s: 750 Math2, 750 German, 730 Physics
First in my class of 78 at a public school where no one's ever even applied to Yale
National Merit Semifinalist
5 AP German, 5 AP US Govt, 4 AP Eng Lang, 4 AP Phys B
Yale Book Award / Bausch&Lomb Science Scholar

Extracirriculars:
Was a year-long foreign exchange student in Germany in 10th grade
Varsity cross country
President of this year's record-setting United Way (service) Club
Treasurer of Key Club
Founder of Model United Nations Club at my school
Winner of Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest
Academic Challenge Team (Top3- was on TV)

JohnC613

caffinefree... you didn't do anything wrong. plenty of people who "did everything right" get rejected each year at a place like Yale.

you have a couple impressive EC's. and you "did things right" with your scores and grades. I'm willing to bet you'll get in regular decision. from what I've heard that's not uncommon

QuixoticRick

What friends? Burns doesn't have friends.

social_nerd

Lol. good one quixoticrick

QuixoticRick

What can I say? Harvard reigns supreme!

posterX

"One thing that Yale has that no other top school has (as far as I can tell) is a class of really brilliant people who are socially competent and actually friendly!"

Having spent a lot of time at almost all of the top 50 universities and colleges in the U.S. (and many abroad), I would definitely agree. Other campuses have friendly students also, of course, but you just don't get the same sense of openness and camaraderie that you do at Yale. I think part of this has to do with Yale's campus layout, however. The fact that all the students live within a 2-3 minute walk of each other is a distinguishing characteristic of Yale, one that no other university in the country can really claim to match, and one that greatly reinforces the sense of community on the campus. In addition to Yale students being generally outgoing, friendly, thoughtful, courteous and intellectual, you will also find that Yale's campus is buzzing with activity 24/7. To be honest, most other campuses look dead by comparison.

bmwdan13

Amen to that! ^^^