Yale 2013 RD 'Pledge to Report Your Decision' List

entomom · 01-03-2009, 10:27 AM

This idea originated from milessmiles so he (she?) takes all the credit!

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Guys, I want to do a little statistics-type project here. We all know that CC is a ridiculous place with applicants and hopefuls that are well above the norm - but I don't think that we've ever gotten a good idea of by just how much. While we can look through old decisions threads, and break down the accepted/def(wait)/rejected numbers, these figures suffer from voluntary response bias. Anyone who has been on CC a lot this past year or so will certainly post if he or she is accepted, but it's not so clear that those deferred or rejected will come rushing to this college hysteria website to tell everyone. I'd like to do something that might mollify that voluntary response bias.

We need a list of applicants that gets put together well before decisions come out... with the condition that you need to at the very least report your decision. It's understandable if you don't want to fill out a whole report if you've gotten bad news, but for the sake of statistics, it'd be nice if we could get a list of 50-60 people who all report their decision. I'm not sure if this has been done before. If not, there's enough enthusiasm on this board that I think we can make an interesting push.

In order to assist me with the collation of information on participants for what could be a very large data set, I’m asking that pledges post some basic demographic and application statistics on this thread. That way, I won’t have to track down their individual “Chances” threads to find out the information. Here’s what I’d like to see, please copy the template and fill in your data:

Member name:
Gender:
State or Country:
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT:
SAT II scores:
AP scores:
Deferred EA (Y/N):

P.S. If for reasons of confidentiality you don’t want to post stats or location, you can PM me and I will add your data to the analysis.

THANKS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

findis · 01-03-2009, 11:04 AM

Member name: findis
Gender: Female
State or Country: NJ
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 790-800-780 (2370)
AP scores: Four 5's
Deferred EA (Y/N): Y

ChandlerBing · 01-03-2009, 11:10 AM

Member name: ChandlerBing
Gender: Male
State or Country: NY
SAT: 720 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing (2300)
AP Scores: 3 5's
Deferred EA (Y/N): N

Slightly screwed, but still would love to get in. I hope Yale RD won't be a TON worse than SCEA in terms of acceptance rate. My school got slaughtered SCEA, I'm glad I'm applying RD (not that I'll get accepted... but you never know, right?)

Me=pomegranate!! · 01-03-2009, 11:48 AM

Member name:Me=Pomegranate!!
Gender: M
State or Country: NY
SAT (M:CR:W) : 720:710:650: ACT=31
AP scores:Bio5 USH4
Deferred EA (Y/N):n

don't remind me that i have no chance

cinnamon9724 · 01-03-2009, 12:17 PM

Member name:cinnamon9724
Gender: F
State or Country: IL
SAT (M:CR:W) : 790:760:800: ACT=35
AP scores: Four 5's, One 4
Deferred EA (Y/N): Y

llpitch · 01-03-2009, 12:19 PM

Member name: LLpitch
Gender: Male
State or Country: Hawaii
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 34 (34E 35M 34R 33S 10E)
Rank: 1/274
AP scores: Four 5's, 3 4's. 2 5's self studied. Taking 6 APs this year, 3 in class, 1 online, 2 self studied
Deferred EA (Y/N): N

I'm expecting a rejection. Why not include rank in the basic info?

lolcats4 · 01-03-2009, 12:50 PM

Member name: lolcats4
Gender: Male
State or Country: AZ
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 770:800:750 (2320)
AP scores: None. I have taken 74 semester hours of college classes and have a 3.87 college GPA (I am home schooled)
Deferred EA (Y/N): N

rb3 · 01-03-2009, 12:55 PM

Shouldnt this include unweighted gpa on a 4 point scale?

jpd8891 · 01-03-2009, 01:01 PM

Member name: jpd8891
Gender: M
State or Country: MA
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 32 (32E, 33M, 31R, 32S)
AP scores: None yet, taking 3 this year
Deferred EA (Y/N): N

entomom · 01-03-2009, 05:15 PM

I chose not to include gpa and rank as they are very HS specific and might not be as meaningful in this type of evaluation. AP scores may fall into this category too as the number offered tends to be highly variable and dependent on the HS.

I think interviews, ECs, etc. are way too subjective to try to assess.

This effort is in no way intended to be all inclusive and I believe that standardized test scores and demographics will give us the most solid data possible for the time I am able to invest. If someone else would like to tackle another part of the admissions puzzle, please feel free to do so.

Canadianftw · 01-03-2009, 07:21 PM

Member name: Canadianftw
Gender: M
State or Country: Canada
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 800:680:740 (2220)
AP scores: n/a...IB
Deferred EA (Y/N): Y

lolcats4 · 01-03-2009, 07:27 PM

why not SATIIs?

hookem168 · 01-03-2009, 09:15 PM

Member name: hookem168
Gender: Male
State or Country: Texas
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 760:750:760, 33
AP scores: Just one (5), lol my school has its own curriculum
Deferred EA (Y/N): N, RD

If we add SAT IIs....
Lit: 800
Math II: 740

goldenratiophi · 01-03-2009, 09:31 PM

Member name: goldenratiophi
Gender: Male
State or Country: Ohio
SAT (M:CR:W) or ACT: 34 (35 E, 36 M, 34 R, 30 S, 9 E)
AP scores: N/A
Deferred EA (Y/N): N

lolcats4 · 01-03-2009, 09:33 PM

My SATIIs, in case they are needed, are 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 800 Literature, and 780 Math II