I applied to Yale at the regular decision deadline and withdrew my application about a week later due to pressure from my family and guidance counselor to attend a school I had already been admitted to early action. I have been feeling regret about this for some time, and decided I wanted to reactivate my application. I contacted the undergraduate office of admissions today and they confirmed that my application had been reactivated. What impact do you think this will have on my admissions decision?
May I ask what you think about the fact that I did not do an interview, given that I withdrew before one was offered? Would that be a significant negative?
Looking over your post history, you indicated that you were accepted EA to UChicago (congratulations) and then withdrew your RD applications to Yale and Princeton.
When you reactived your RD applications to Yale and Princeton, did you tell Yale Admissions and Princeton Admissions that you had been accepted to UChicago Early Action?
It’s hard to say if not getting an interview will significantly hurt your chances. Probably not too much as you never had the chance to be offered one. It’s not like you turned one down.
If you got in early action to U of Chicago, you are under no obligation to tell another college that. You can apply to as many early action and regular decision schools you want, as long as the early action is not restrictive early action.
Thanks for your comment. I also reactivated at Princeton (not sure if you saw above comment), and they did offer me an interview within a few days of my submission, which I declined when I withdrew. Do you think that would be considered in the same light as never having been offered one (as is my circumstance with Yale), or more negatively?
I think it will be viewed the same because they know the reason you declined the interview was because you withdrew the application. Declining the interview was the only right course of action to take when you withdrew your application. I can’t imagine they will hold that against you.