*Official Yale Wait-list Thread - Class of 2016* (if I may)

[happyhappyme]

Thanks lienad And congratz to you with Duke!

From the obsessing I've done over the older wailist threads, I'm pretty sure they call first and then send the corresponding letters (probably switch the account online too). I hear financial aid comes within the week and you'll have a bit more than a week to respond? This is all I know from cc though..

Supposedly yield is supposed to go up everywhere so Yale probably is going to take far less than the 100 they took off the waitlist one recent year but hopefully they'll notify us soon. Does anyone know where we can ask them? I don't have time to call from the west coast..

Um, I'm assuming they contact everyone they want at first, see how those people respond and if the class is filled, then maybe ask more? I have no idea really.

Kdog, just silly clarifying question, but your son at Yale, right? Hmm... that's quite interesting. And a bit discouraging maybe xD I would be taking my first four classes first semester, all general institute requirements and also pre-med reqs, under a pass/no-record system... Nah nothing is about grade grubbing. Just need to learn as much as possible when given the chance

[Kdog044]

Yes, he is at Yale and you can't take pre-med classes P/F (at least if you want to go to med school) so that strategy wouldn't work.

[entomom]

I hadn't thought about that--that MIT is P/F for first term of fr year. Premeds generally take some requirements the first semester--so what does MIT or AMCAS do for grades for those classes??

[happyhappyme]

Oh? Well, most people take at least three of math, chemistry, biology, and physics first semester and they are all requirements, even if only the most basic...

[Kdog044]

MIT indicates that classes taken P/F during fall of freshman year are accepted by medical schools but all other classes must be taken for grade. I don't know if I would want to take a chance unless all the MS's you are applying would take them. Here is what Rice says about P/F.

Q: Is it discouraged to take a class pass/fail?
Yes. Not only is it discouraged, we strongly recommend that medical school-bound students (professional school) take all courses for a grade, that includes courses that are not included in the pre-med requirements.There are a number of reasons for this stance.Many medical schools will not consider any pass/fail courses as fulfilling premedical requirements. Even in cases where there is no absolute prohibition, it is very inadvisable to take courses pass/fail.A "D" counts as a "Pass" in a pass/fail course, and a "D" is probably what skeptical admissions committee members will assume you deserved in the course.

Sorry to digress from the topic of this thread.

[onglet]

Did anyone hear of any calls yet?

[donnaleighg]

I went to Swarthmore, and Swarthmore, like MIT, has P/F first semester for all freshman. I know plenty of people from Swat who got into some of the best medical schools in the country. A med school is hardly going to hold it against you if the school's policy is that first semester is P/F. That would be ridiculous.

[Kdog044]

I would not make such a blanket statement. There may be SOME schools that will take courses P/F but there are MANY that will not and I would not take that chance. Here is an excerpt from U of L and I'm sure you can find many more SOM's just like it:

A year is defined as a minimum of 32 weeks. All science courses applied to the premedical requirements must include laboratory work. Applicants must receive a letter grade for all courses required; reporting pass/fail is not acceptable.

http://louisville.edu/medschool/admi...uirements.html

Also, here is what Harvard says ( a pretty decent MS):

Pass/Fail:
Required premedical courses should never be taken pass/fail. It is perfectly acceptable, however, to take a few other courses pass/fail.

http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/stude...medguide11.pdf

P.S. I would recommend posing the question on the Pre-med forum and see what responses you get regarding P/F.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/

[YaleGradandDad]

This is directly from Swarthmore's pre-med advising website:

Can I take courses pass/fail?

Yes, but do not take any of the premed prerequisites pass/fail, unless you are taking them during the first semester of your freshman year. Medical schools want to see that you have challenged yourself academically, so don't overuse the pass/fail option.

It is likely OK to do P/F if it is a first semester institutional requirement.

[Vlessgorian]

Aparently last year they began calling on the 9th... GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!! I am sure that, whatever happens in these two months, THAT will be the best for al of us and we should make the best out of what was given to us. A huge hug and may the odds be ever in our favor.

[onglet]

This is my only wait-list. What is happening with other top school wait-lists?

[BubbleGumSword]

@Vlessgorian I'm guessing they are starting later this year, or maybe they already have contacted someone who does not post on CC. But thank you and good luck to you as well! And I agree, we should not be too concerned about the outcome, although we are x)

@onglet I only know that MIT closed its wait list.

[stanford78]

Stanford had a 73.4% yield, will take no one from its waitlist and will enroll the largest freshman class in its history.

[texaspg]

MIT has GIRs that cover several semesters. So students would make up the required number of classes in each subject with a grade outside of the first semester classes.

MIT Course Catalog: Undergraduate General Institute Requirements

[onglet]

BubbleGumSword, thank you. I just thought that if other CCers are on the wait-lists elsewhere posting any sort of info, even if it is the same as here, would keep this threat bubbling gently