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<p>Yes.</p>
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<p>Why not?</p>
<p>It’s absolutely optional. It’s just strongly recommended that you accept it if you are offered one.</p>
<p>thanks guys
so are interviews arranged on a first-come first serve basis (based on the order the applications are received)?</p>
<p>^I believe they are</p>
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<p>Best approximations from known score values representing the 25th and 75th percentiles:</p>
<p>CR/M/W – (690-780)/(690-790)/(690-780) (Source: College Board)</p>
<p>The means in the below figuring will be assumed to be halfway between the numbers contained in each of the above parentheticals:</p>
<p>CR:</p>
<p>P(X < 780) = 0.75
P(Z < (780-735) / s) = 0.75
phi (45/s) = 0.75
45/s = phi inverse 0.75
s = 45/(phi inverse 0.75) = 66.8</p>
<p>Let the 40th percentile be f</p>
<p>P(X < f) = 0.4</p>
<p>P(Z < (f-735)/66.8) = 0.4
phi ((f-735)/66.8) = 0.4
(f-735)/66.8 = phi inverse 0.4
f = 66.8(phi inverse 0.4) + 735 = 718.1</p>
<p>M:</p>
<p>P(X < 790) = 0.75
P(Z < (790-740) / s) = 0.75
phi (40/s) = 0.75
40/s = phi inverse 0.75 = 0.674
s = 40/0.674 = 59.3</p>
<p>P(X < f) = 0.4</p>
<p>P(Z < (f-740)/59.3) = 0.4
phi ((f-740)/59.3) = 0.4
(f-740)/59.3 = phi inverse 0.4
f = 59.3(phi inverse 0.4) + 740
f = 724.4</p>
<p>W:</p>
<p>P(X < 780) = 0.75
P(Z < (780-735) / s) = 0.75
phi (45/s) = 0.75
45/s = phi inverse 0.75
s = 45/(phi inverse 0.75) = 66.8</p>
<p>P(X < f) = 0.4</p>
<p>P(Z < (f-735)/66.8) = 0.4
phi ((f-735)/66.8) = 0.4
(f-735)/66.8 = phi inverse 0.4
f = 66.8(phi inverse 0.4) + 735 = 718.1</p>
<p>The three hypothetical scores cannot be simply summated for a total composite. The score at the fortieth percentile would be a bit higher than the aggregate sum of the three derived scores, which suggests that my original approximation is bit over. The estimations are by no means precise. An exercise like this necessarily entails assumptions that the data, means, and standard deviations are accurate, that the distribution is normal, and that the summative composite across the three sections is roughly in accordance with the reasonable estimation. Even so, it gives a sensical answer that I could not imagine being too far deviant from the actual scores. For the sake of providing a better calculation, and as a basis for simplicity, I utilized the CR and W figures in the above figuring and plugged in 710 as a section score that might best correlate to an aggregate score of 2140. So:</p>
<p>(710 – 735) / (66.8) = -0.39</p>
<p>Using a standard normal probability table, a z-score of -0.39 will contain 36% of a distribution. Therefore, an estimated aggregate score of 2140 would roughly correlate to the 36th percentile of students currently attending Harvard for whichever class the College Board data represent.</p>
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<p>It would place you slightly north of the fiftieth percentile of students attending.</p>
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<p>What if you are in a third world country on a gap year and don’t have access to ~30 minutes of internet?</p>
<p>app is sent~
only four more months now…</p>
<p>Mifune, your post scares me. I don’t think I’m getting in. My slight hopes have been destroyed.</p>
<p>Would it be better to have long, detailed or succinct yet equally helpful recommendations?</p>
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<p>Haha me too!!!</p>
<p>Unconfidential, I think it’s best to have details in LoR. They help the adcom get a real sense of who you are as a person and a student, rather than just saying “so-and-so is an awesome student.” However, obviously conciseness is a plus, and a long, rambling rec won’t do you any favors. But keep in mind that succinct and long are not mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>Thanks quomodo. My teacher informed me that he had written a rather short one, probably 3-4 paragraphs.</p>
<p>I think this is my first time posting in this thread, because I’m a little Yale-crazy right now (SCEA), but I just had my interview, and it was great. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>You just had your interview? It’s the 11th… and an Yale alumni interviewer here confirmed that the internal deadline was the 1st.</p>
<p>mifune: Thanks for answering my question and taking the time to post that</p>
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<p>I interpreted sd6’s post as meaning that he or she just had an interview for Harvard.</p>
<p>^Yeah I think that’s what s/he meant</p>
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<p>You interpreted correctly. =P
Sorry for my ambiguous post, Nikkor. I had my Yale interview way back on November 8th I think.</p>
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<p>He. =D</p>
<p>what does it mean if they haven’t contacted you yet for an interview?
:0</p>
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<p>Nice catch… I spend so much time on the Yale Hopefuls thread I assume all hopeful threads are the Yale one LOL</p>
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<p>Definitely not a big deal, it just means they either don’t have enough alumni interviewers or they just haven’t gotten to your application yet. It doesn’t, in any way, reflect your chances, and there’s still plenty of time.</p>