<p>2, and I’m from Texas, so I guess this could work.</p>
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<li>From New Zealand.</li>
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<p>3 From Pennsylvania (school in NY)</p>
<p>I am betting as stated previously that the number has to do with the number applicants with that same name prior to your application but What I think is different is that it is that number plus 1. D’s name is VERY uncommon so odds of anyone prior is beyond slim. She is a 2. Notice no one has claimed a number one yet. To Dbate with the #36, I would love for him to evaluate the commonness of his name for us.</p>
<p>My name is kind of common it is Jordon Walker, which they probably just took as Jordan.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if you are giving your exact name or a similar one, but I fed Jordon Walker into google as an experiment and MANY individuals came up. I fed D’s name in and there is no individual that comes up other than her with that name (there is a store in spain w/ her name). We might have the #36 vs #2 explanation.</p>
<p>OMT it is certainly not by first name because d’s first name is very common.</p>
<p>CollegeAddict said that when he called the admission office they said the number corresponded to which admission commitee reviews your application. If that is true then that would mean the people with the same number would be your competition.</p>
<p>Well there are a heck of a lot of #2s here. No #1s. A few #3s & #4s and then you a #36. If it is committees, I have trouble seeing a pattern.</p>
<p>dbate is that really true?
cause then i guess it should be divided up by region?</p>
<p>Here are D’s stats</p>
<p>Number: 2
Race: Caucasian
URM: No
State/Region: Massachusetts
Recruited Athlete: No
1st Generation: No
Legacy: No
Other hook: No
When submitted app: About Oct 18
Paper or online app: Online
Major: Biomedical Engineering</p>
<p>If it is by committee, what about number vs something like an academic index? It is not by date, major, geography.</p>
<p>OK one more idea to try and explain the double digit numbers. MB it is not a 36 but a 3 & 6 and designates something more. On the parallel thread someone was a #45. So there are other double digit numbers.</p>
<p>committee makes sense since both my sister (a yalie) and I received number 2. My mom also has number 2 for her Yale Pay account, which links it to my sister.</p>
<p>I was a 23… and my name isn’t exactly common. </p>
<p>Number: 23
Race: Asian
URM: No
State/Region: New Jersey
Recruited Athlete: No
1st Generation: No
Legacy: No
Other hook: No
When submitted app: Morning of Nov 1st. (I was SCEA)
Paper or online app: Online
Major: Applied Mathematics</p>
<p>Number: 2
Race: Puerto Rican
URM: Yes
State/Region: Ohio/Midwest
Recruited Athlete: No
1st Generation: No
Legacy: No
Other hook: I’m one of only two URM MOPpers in the last 10 years.
When submitted app: Dec. 30
Paper or online app: Online
Major: Mathematics and English</p>
<p>Maybe the name thing is true but it’s just initial last name.
Like how many K. Smith’s there were before you (+2), not how many Katie Smiths. I’m a 2 and my last name is very uncommon. Is your last name common pianista?</p>
<p>My name’s not common, esp. my last name…i type it into google and get no other people besides stuff pertaining to me…so would there really be another person w/ my last name and same ifirst name nitial who applied to yale the same year as me? Doubt it…so i dont think thats it…</p>
<p>I think I said in the original post how the number might designate you to a certain committee…i think that seems right. I just wonder if the designation to the committee is random or determined by some criteria…</p>
<p>Keep posting everyone! This is pretty interesting. If any of us get in, we should go to Yale and ask them what’s up with the number lol. I’ll always be dying to know.</p>
<p>I’m not liking all these two’s… Considering how many they reject…</p>
<p>Love,</p>
<p>Fellow .2er</p>
<p>I was just looking at the blue letter with the eli account info. I am wondering if the comments about the number being the applicants admissions committee is not the number on the ID but the number from the Admissions area and that two different numbers are being referred to in the conversations w/ admissions. D has a number under the admissions area portion of 10A. It would make sense if that connects to her committee. I still believe that her #2 on her ID is just the lowest number given out to the first applicant with that name.</p>
<p>It seems like there’s a disproportionate amount of 2s for it to be the committee? </p>
<p>My last name is really uncommon, first name is pretty uncommon, too. One of us should just call Yale on Monday and ask, not even give our name. :)</p>