Eli Whitney Students Program 2009 - Page 2

8675309 · 04-05-2009, 05:34 PM

Hello all people:

I've been reading this post. I am applying to yale as well. Military, non-traditional, here: Just seeing what everyone has to say.

Thought i could comment on some things -
*willard -- great job. Good story.
*annalo -- how cool is that? Art? Wow!
*mikel -- pretty impressive but does it make for a story?
*megtaylor -- you seem a little rich?
*pushin30 -- why you so against publishing your stats but insisting willard email a transcript to prove anything? That's strange, right?
*ilivefree -- i think we are in the same boat; i love nh, the libertarian state; i also went to a city college in nyc.

I have seen lots of war; and i mean lots; i'm ready for peace and education.

Gpa: 4.0; hs: 4.0 (private catholic)
i'm gay in the military; it's okay though; it's not that bad. There are other people here too. We just can't ask or tell about it.

I also did sales for a long time.

ilivefree · 04-05-2009, 05:55 PM

right on 8675309; here's to liberty and community college.

i'm gay too. if we both get in to EWP, we'll def. have to hook up for some beer and chit chat.

what did you sell? what branch of the military were you in? i completed basic in ARMY as a 95bravo (MP), but then my back wigged out and I was sent home on an annulment discharge. i forgot which chapter it was, but it's like i was never there. hooah.

willard · 04-05-2009, 06:10 PM

We took a class called legalism together. I'm going to have to give him trouble about this video. But it's funny.

YouTube - "You Got Rejected" (On Harvard Time Music Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUcwGMwc2E

This one is funny too!

I have my chin-up now!

Here's the direct link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1n7I47cBQ

ilivefree · 04-05-2009, 06:20 PM

"we're sorry, this video is no longer available"

willard · 04-05-2009, 06:35 PM

I have my chin-up now. Thanks to everyone for being so cool! Good luck to all.

Oh, hey, ilivefree:

YouTube - "You Got Rejected" (On Harvard Time Music Video)

Here's the direct video link.

I am really going to email him or facebook him and say like, hey, that's not funny! But the funny part is when somebody says, you'll never get to pee on my foot. That's so funny. It's so out of place. Other than that, the video could actually be considered offensive. Oh, I'll have to give him a hard time!

Off to Kirkland House to grab dinner with a friend, maybe i'll see him there. LOL. I'll ask for a donation.

_ken · 04-06-2009, 12:45 AM

Current School: Local Community College

GPA: 3.97 w/ 59 credits after this semester + 4 more after summer. I'll have completed Calc I, II, III, Gen Chem I and II, Bio I (summer), a year of English, a year of History, yadda yadda..

ACT or SAT score: Not taking. I think my college work is a better indication of my academic ability than a test designed to predict my academic ability... I'll probably come to regret not taking it though, since it's supposed to be strongly recommended..

Uniqueness or Hook: None, White Male / lower end of the middle class totem pole..

Life Experience or Work Experience: One of my recommendations was from the person I worked for during the election season. I believe he wrote me an absolutely amazing recommendation. My life story isn't really that exciting..

Other Applications: Brown RUE, Georgetown, Hopkins, Carolina.

Why EWSP: I like the idea of a program for non-traditional students, the full integration with the rest of campus, they have a specific major I can't get at any four year school near me, and a professor who does research into something I'm very interested in.

Not sure I'm competitive, some of the comments about Yale wanting people with a hook they can publish something about is rather discouraging.. I'm not an olympian, never cured cancer, never walked on the moon, etc.. Just a hard worker interested in a top notch education in a specific field and looking for places that will accept me despite my status as non-traditional

ilivefree · 04-06-2009, 02:15 AM

Ken, what's your major? What research is the professor doing that your interested in? (That's me being curious.)

Regarding a hook, come on, everyone has a hook. Being in sales for many years, I came to see that everyone and everything has something that differentiates them. You just have to think about what that is. It sounds like you have some cool interests and have done interesting work; if you think back to what got you in those fields, or what motivates your curiosities, that may lead you to a hook of some sort. We all have one.

_ken · 04-06-2009, 02:17 PM

At Yale, I'm interested in their Cognitive Science program.. and as far as the research, I'm interested in memory.

I really don't have any hook. Honestly. My life story isn't exciting, I'm not someone who has done anything exceptional with my life up to this point. My only "ins" are that I have specific interests that Yale (and very few other schools) are able to accommodate, I've done well where I am, and I have good relationships with my professors.

I suppose the fact that I was offered a PT faculty position at the school by a department head due might be somewhat of a hook, but I didn't have a chance to get into that because of the word limit on the personal statement. Hopefully the recommendation they wrote for me will include it, but I don't know if that will make any kind of difference.

It seems like the more I learn about this program, the more it seems like they're looking for people with stories they can publish something about - like willard's - in addition to someone with academic potential on par to the rest of Yale's student body.

ilivefree · 04-06-2009, 03:25 PM

Ken, put that on your resume. There were somethings I couldn't slip in to my statement because 600 words isn't much to work with; but I put those ECs on my resume instead.

Memory, interesting.

_ken · 04-06-2009, 03:28 PM

I didn't include a resume with my application, although I believe I listed it as 'employment' on some part of the application.. I filled out enough that they all kind of blur together at this point.

Pushin30 · 04-06-2009, 03:36 PM

Ken,
Have you read Wilber's Spectrum of Consciousness? I am fascinated by the Cognitive Sciences...I think everyone on here has a shot at Yale and like Ilivefree said in a previous post, we are all winners for having the gumption to apply.
You can't win, if you don't play!

AnnaLo · 04-06-2009, 03:59 PM

Hi all: Just heard that you will hear from EWP office if your application is not complete. I think otherwise, there is not much communication.

pressurewave · 04-06-2009, 04:29 PM

Hey guys, just wanted to add my stats up here. I applied to EWSP for Fall 2009.

Current School: Community College
GPA: College: 4.0, high school: 2.7 (bleh)
ACT or SAT score: 2110 (Crit. Reading - 790, Writing - 710, Math - 610)
Uniqueness or Hook: Published Writer, Honors Society Officer/Community Service Advocate, have studied Film and English already, musician with a number of record label releases, etc.
Life Experience or Work Experience: Educator at a tech school (for 6 years), also spent time working as a military training subcontractor (2 years).

Other Applications: Brown, Columbia GS (Accepted), Cornell, Oberlin (Rejected)

Why EWSP: I felt I was going to have a better chance with EWSP than as a general transfer candidate, and there are a number of REALLY great writers at Yale that I would love to study with. And, anyway, as a person who has a career already, need to have my life experienced viewed in a positive light, right?

Pushin30 · 04-06-2009, 04:37 PM

What reason did you give for transferring?

pressurewave · 04-07-2009, 02:12 PM

I said that I need a challenge, I want to study with their professors (named some specific profs, one of whom goes way back with one of my current profs, which reminds me... I should go email him again), and said that I had gone as far as I possibly could with my current educational ventures... CC ends now, and its time to get down and dirty with this business.

I know it isn't anything thrilling like "I was implanted with this dream by visitors for neptune, who told me that the world will end in 2013 unless I get a chemical engineering degree from Yale and design a new core for the earth!"... but, ya know... you are what you are, in the end. Hehe.

I know they can sniff out fake, so I was really conscious about being blunt and honest if not brutally so... in the end the admissions decisions aren't a personal critique (though they undoubtedly feel like one for a while)... they're a consideration of the possibility of the student enriching the campus life or finding a leadership place at the school. That being said, I still have my fingers crossed all day until Mid-to-Late May because I want this like... I don't even know what to compare it to.