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<p>If that wasn’t a hook to them I don’t know what is. This kid was good.</p>
<p>it was just frustrating, because I see too many loopholes with the argument. and I guess I have sort of a short temper… eh. like I said before, sorry if I came off as too antagonistic
i’m just very, very skeptical of this situation happening. and I dont think the OP is writing it as a joke. read his/her prior posts</p>
<p>as someone who was deferred, i’m very skeptical of this too</p>
<p>i’m not skeptical of this at all, but i am skeptical that yale would, 1) tell this to a high school, and 2) phrase it like that. it’s fully believable that yale would initially get a group of what they thought were the 1,000 best EA applicants and then narrow them down to a comfortable amount. it’s not like in that pool of 5,261 there were 730 students who were clearly going to be admitted. it’s definitely a whittling-down process for them, whether or not that happens to be them with 1,000 apps all in one room making cuts of them divided into regions with separate cuts there.</p>
<p>I agree with chair2. I think it’s definitely possible that Yale has its eye on a couple hundred students they will proobably admit later (after comparison with other RD applicants) but I find it doubtful that they were originally in the “ACCEPTED” pile and then moved. It was probably a “we like x number of students but can only accept x-y number of them” and so they picked the best among that stack. IE, a whitting down process, as chair2 said.
I don’t, however, think that being in the whitted pile guarantees you admission RD, just that it means you’re among the top pool in RD and have a good chance of being admitted.</p>
<p>^yes, it is totally believable that yale would whittle initial acceptances down. that is part of how the admissions process works at highly selective universities. but i don’t think these people have guaranteed spots. and i agree that they wouldn’t tell ANY high school.</p>
<p>EDIT: although if there was a separate pile for highly-qualified-but-didn’t-make-it-in-early deferees, practically all of you CC deferees would be on it. 
you guys are like the most highly-qualified applicants imaginable.</p>
<p>Ok let me clarify</p>
<p>what i was saying is that the accepted pile had like 1200 students until the day before admission decisions came out. then yale pretty much went like “crap, this is way too many” so they removed 500 of those and “deferred” them. But they kept note as to the fact that they were initially accepted. As a result, they will be given way more priority than any other applicant come regular decision</p>
<p>also it’s only 500, which is only a small chunk of the total deferrals</p>
<p>i mean i dont think its surprising that yale told a counselor of a school, the problem is that way to many counselors just femalebodypart out and are afraid to call these big schools to ask questions</p>
<p>while these top high schools do this all of the time, ec: high tech</p>
<p>^ THAT is what I’m skeptical of.</p>
<p>^me too. you’re saying that yale admitted almost twice the number of students it usually admits, and then just deferred them? c’mon now.</p>
<p>^they had to defer 500 of them because by accepting them it wouldn’t look as good for the school because it would show some statistic inconsistency between rd and ea</p>
<p>if i attend yale next year, i will work in the admissions office. maybe i’ll do some investigating. i am interested… (but incredulous).</p>
<p>i mean, why wouldn’t they know how many students they should accept? why wouldn’t they have this kind of problem every year? are you telling me that this year there were a freakish number of qualified apps? because i’m not inclined to believe there were more than any other year.</p>
<p>^ i think tres elefantes is saying that in no way would yale ‘accidentally’ admit 500 more before realizing it was too much.</p>
<p>if this entire situation is true, thanks, spectravoid, for telling us about it to quell our (deferees’) anxiety. i understand how so many people are skeptical, as am i, but i’m sure you can understand our reluctance to quickly believe it. you would, too, right?</p>
<p>and @ tres elefantes: i know!! working in the admissions office sounds fun 
haha discover the secrets of ivy admissions :D</p>
<p>^It’s true as long as the students from that high school are saying the truth, which i think they are</p>
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<p>But think about it from an outsider’s perspective… if you didn’t know any of these people, would you believe it if you read it on a random forum? Especially when there’s all these issues with the “moving 500 apps randomly” thing?</p>
<p>@tristan: that’s what i’m trying to say. and YES! i am working in the admissions office no matter where i go, if the jobs are available. and as a tour guide. i’m thinking of being an admissions officer after graduation for a while, to be honest… i’ve always wanted to do admissions, and MFA programs are often expensive. not to mention i might well be in debt.</p>
<p>i don’t know what to believe. i guess it isn’t that big of a deal. if it’s true, RD round will be rough for the highly-qualified applicants who apply RD.</p>
<p>skeletons in the closet!!! yale literally has the skull and bones!!</p>
<p>Tres Elefantes’ comment made me think- if this is true, then Yale can only accept 100 or so students out of the RD (not applied early) pool. Which seems rather ludicrous, considering that a TON of qualified applicants come from the RD pool after getting deferred or even accepted to top tier schools like Stanford, UChic, MIT, etc etc. Would they really only leave themselves 100 students - a super thin margin - for RD? Doesn’t seem plausible to me…</p>
<p>^whoa! that’s worse than i thought, lol. good point.</p>
<p>i wish i could have a ---->YALE 2014!!! in my location =[</p>
<p>in fact, i will put that but have “deferred” next to it =]</p>