Official Yale 2013 SCEA Results Thread

[amciw]

Yale wasn't very kind to fiction writers ea lol

Stanford wasn't either, although it was just writers not restricted to fiction.

[Ephemeral2]

^ My application hinged on me being a writer/journalist (not a fiction writer) and I got in.

[southeasttitan]

I thought the same thing, amciw. Sigh.

[toomuchtime]

Sick in bed so I accompiled the following stats for all those who posted on this thread and submitted SAT Reasoning Test scores:

Admitted (34): SAT I average = 2315.59
Deferred (54): SAT I average = 2265
Rejected (17): SAT I average = 2182.94

For what's that worth! Clearly scores aren't the only criteria for admission. Good luck to all.

[sartorialiste]

ephemeral, that's why I qualified it as fiction writers. Journalist/editor ECs did seem to fare much better.

[iluvyale]

my family's on welfare... what's wrong with being poor

not my fault you didn't get in

[milessmiles]

ephemeral, that's why I qualified it as fiction writers. Journalist/editor ECs did seem to fare much better.

I find it hard to believe that this particular subtlety would make or break you. Sometimes it's dumb luck.

[southeasttitan]

She's just saying fiction writers didn't do well in the admissions process. She's not saying it's because they were fiction writers that they were deferred.

[alizarda]

Thanks tkd2009! seriously that made me happy . There were so many amazingly qualified candidates though

[southeasttitan]

lol @ iluvyale, thanks for brightening this uber-depressing thread.

[chocolategurrrl]

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 1950
• ACT: didn’t take
• SAT II: 650 on Spanish, 800 on math I
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1 (I really screwed up junior and sophomore year)
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17 out of 109
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 on AP calcalus, 4 on Spanish language, 4 on prob and stat, 5!!!! on us gov
• IB: none
• Senior Year Course Load: logic and reasoning, accounting III, Calc BC, computer programming two, ecology, Ap US history
• Major Awards: national debate award, african American national achievement award, basketball all-regional, captain
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars: debate club president, basketball captain, African American association president, break dancing club founder, diversity club founder,
• Job/Work Experience: various “restaurants” :/
• Volunteer/Community service: community organizer, campaign volunteer with barack obama (wooooooo!!!! ) , inner city tutor at Detroit Southeastern
• Essays: rocking essays, counselor said best she’s read in a while.
• Teacher Recommendation: i read one, which was effusive and very me. other one is probably positive but less descriptive.
• Counselor Rec: realllllly goooood.
• Additional Rec: none.
• Interview: interviewer loved me: called me “spirited” and said I was “very bright”
Other
• Applied for Financial Aid?: yes. I think full ride because my family is not very wealthy.
• Intended Major: African American studies, mathematics
• State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
• Country (if international applicant): america
• School Type: public school, really crappy one…
• Ethnicity: black
• Gender: female
• Income Bracket: less than 40,000
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): black, first generation college

Reflection
• Strengths: really spirited, hard working, diligent.
• Weaknesses: I have a crappy school, and my test scores didn’t really reflect what I think I know.
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I deserve it.

[bizzyjudy]

i like your attitude, chocolategurrrl. congratulations! pray for me to join you this coming spring (RD decisions).

[southeasttitan]

^ Your (chocolategurrrl) posts seem suspicious to me. i just wonder why yale would admit a 1950/3.1 because they're obviously not choosing based on race (thewerg and princessbell for example). plus how did you already get into stanford and yale? whatever. if you're serious, good for you, you must have had some really stellar essays. i hope you didn't violate scea protocol though. because that would be slimy.

[hookem168]

^ trolllllllll

[webster177]

...hookem168 I find that really mean of you to say. I'm pretty familiar with the college admissions process and the thing is with SCEA is that the rules don't really apply if there are financial considerations involved, as seems the case with chocolategurl. Maybe she applied early to Yale, and after sending everything in, found that stanford offered more in financial assistance...don't just assume the worst in people...