<p>Does anyone have the link and can tell me about the Blue Marble site and how to find/use data?</p>
<p>I can’t help you. I just Google’d “blue marble college admissions” hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” and now I’m back here again.</p>
<p>fogfog, Blue Marble is data exclusive to the Yale Admitted Student website. Once a student has been admitted to Yale, in either December or March, their Yale ID allows them to access the site. The Blue Marble is just a little part of the admitted student website. It is a globe with little tiny Ys indicating the location of each admitted student. If students wish, they can identify themselves so that others can see who they are, and whether they are planning to attend. Additionally, one can click on states or countries and see the number of people admitted from each area. As students release their personal information, they can also see each other’s names. This information is not generally made available except to admitted students from each particular class. </p>
<p>The information you’re seeing on the Yale website must have been provided by an admitted Yale student who decided to share.</p>
<p>It lets you find out how many people were admitted from what regions, and I think the main purpose is to see people from your region. It only lists their name and link to their Yale profile, but it’s only accessible to admitted students.</p>
<p>^^
Thanks Riverrunner</p>
<p>I think its really cool that Yale is using this type of thing–It helps the kids see something about their class thats harder to pinpoint…</p>
<p>I googled B.M. and got all kinds of businesses etc so perhaps there is a platform created thet Yale is using.</p>
<p>beyond other googled options like biking/treks etc :o;</p>
<p>The term “blue marble” originated with an astronaut’s description of the appearance of Earth from space. The reference is to the little Y’s on the globe, also known as the “blue marble”.</p>
<p>That is so cool!
Wish Stanford did something similar</p>
<p>Our Yalie2015 is liking this Blue Marble app. Likes that the new admits can post profiles, blog, chat etc. Its a really nice feature.</p>