<p>Yale never contacted me when I was missing forms (my SAT scores)… rather, I had to contact them. I was finally able to solve the issue literally 7 days before the decision came out (by which point I’m sure they had already decided my fate).</p>
<p>Financial aid forms matter EVEN LESS than regular application materials. Your financial aid information doesn’t really get taken into account when they decide whether or not you get in. </p>
<p>My friend (Oprah! for those of you who are familiar with the Stanford forum) got a likely letter from Columbia and Dartmouth and they were missing half of his materials (ACT scores and midyear reports and transcripts). Sooooo yeah.</p>