<p>my last name’s very uncommon. I’m guessing that’s what it means (.2 is the lowest).</p>
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<p>That would make sense, because j.walker is probably a very common combination, so it’s probably likely that there were 34 or more other j walkers. i’m curious if it’s in one admissions cycle or all admissions cycles, but it’s most likely all. i’d also like to know the name for the highest eli number. i would guess j.brown or j.smith.</p>
<p>I agree - I think it’s just what # person you are with your specific initials. I have a somewhat generic set of initials? for an asian, lol, and I’m a .9.
My friend, though, has a really unique last name and she’s a .2.</p>
<p>That does make sense. My last name IS pretty common, though my first name really isn’t.</p>
<p>perhaps, my last name is VERY common, and I’m 45</p>
<p>Number: 4
Race: Asian American
URM: Kind of, sort of.
State/Region: Massachusetts
Recruited Athlete: No
1st Generation: Yes
Legacy: No
Other hook:
When submitted app: Dec. 28
Paper or online app: Online
Major: East Asian Studies</p>
<p>I’m a .2</p>
<p>The number DOES NOT have anything to do with rejection. Just yesterday I faxed in my missing document- a required one. So how could they have reviewed anything yet? </p>
<p>It has nothing to do with hooks so far as I see. .2’s are URM’s and asians with nothing special.</p>
<p>Not by region… there’s people from all over the country.</p>
<p>NOT BY NAME being a repetition. I have a very unique last name- possible its repeated but highly unlikely. For concrete evidence- I have 2 friends applying, one is a smith, and the others is something like Diserali-Mavaras.</p>
<p>By initials? No way there can be this many 2’s with so many applicants unless it’s including middle.</p>
<p>I’m going to compile all the results…</p>
<p>I think this is probably the answer. Makes the most sense, for sure.</p>
<p>Based off first initial and last name.</p>
<p>For this year? Or for all years? I doubt there’s 23 people with the same first initial and last name as me, even in the past ten years.</p>
<p>[.2]
Race: [White: 5 ] [Asian: 0 ] [Hispanic: 2 ] [Black: 2]
URM: [URM: 4 ] [Non-URM: 5 ]
State/Region: [WI: 1 ] [TX: 1 ] [FL: 1 ] [AZ: 1 ] [MA: 1 ] [MT: 1 ] [Canada: 1 ] [Germany: 1 ] [OH: 1 ]
Rec. Athletes: [Recruited: 0 ] [Non-rec: 8 ]
1st Generation: [First gen: 1 ] [Non: 7 ]
Legacy: [Legacy: 0 ] [Non-Legacy: 8 ]
Date of Submission: [Late December: 7 ] [>Month Early: 1 ]
Type of Submission: [Online: 8 ]</p>
<p>Majors: [English: 1 ] [Biology: 1 ] [Undecided: 1 ] [Int. Relations: 1 ]
[Poly Sci: 2 ] [Biomed Eng: 1 ] [Math: 1 ] [English: 1 ]</p>
<p>[.23]
Race: [Black: 0 ] [Asian: 1 ]
URM: [URM: 0 ] [Non-URM: 1 ]
State/Region: [NJ: 1 ]
Rec. Athletes: [Recruited: 0 ] [Non-rec: 1 ]
1st Generation: [First gen: 0 ] [Non: 1 ]
Legacy: [Legacy: 0 ] [Non-Legacy: 1 ]
Date of Submission: [Late December: 0 ] [Very Early: 1 ]
Type of Submission: [Online: 1 ]</p>
<p>Majors: [Applied Math: 0 ]</p>
<p>[.3]
Race: [Black: 1 ] [Asian: 1 ]
URM: [URM: 1 ] [Non-URM: 1 ]
State/Region: [TX: 1 ] [China: 1 ] [NY: 1 ]
Rec. Athletes: [Recruited: 0 ] [Non-rec: 2 ]
1st Generation: [First gen: 0 ] [Non: 2 ]
Legacy: [Legacy: 0 ] [Non-Legacy: 2 ]
Date of Submission: [Late December: 1 ] [Very Early: 1 ]
Type of Submission: [Online: 2 ]</p>
<p>Majors: [Mechanical Engineering: 1 ] [Economics: 1 ]</p>
<p>[.4]
Race: [Asian: 1 ]
URM: [URM: 0 ] [Non-URM: 1 ]
State/Region: [MA: 1 ]
Rec. Athletes: [Recruited: 0 ] [Non-rec: 1 ]
1st Generation: [First gen: 1 ] [Non: 0 ]
Legacy: [Legacy: 0 ] [Non-Legacy: 1 ]
Date of Submission: [Late December: 1 ] [Very Early: 0 ]
Type of Submission: [Online: 1 ]</p>
<p>Majors: [East Asian Studies: 1 ]</p>
<p>***If only some data was provided in a post it was still added</p>
<p>Mal77 - In the assumption of based on last name w/ first initial, the premise also includes that 2 is the first number assigned. As you stated, you have a very unique last name which would then be a 2. Your friend Smith would have a lower number if they applied earlier than if they applied Dec 31 since other smiths might have applied between and your friend Diserali-Mavaras would in all likelyhood be a 2 because the name is unusual. What are their numbers and on the Smith, how early of late did he/she apply?</p>
<p>Some more information:
I’m .23, and I was a SCEA applicant, so in fact my app was pretty late. I DID apply as an applied math major and I was accepted.</p>
<p>Could you also include information about (un)common first and last names?</p>
<p>I’m a .5 …anyone else out there? LOL</p>
<p>yeahh i’m a .5!!</p>
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<p>You seem to give contradictory messages here. Considering the fact that you’re asian, it’s quite likely that many others will have the same last name (unless it’s some crazy combination). Since your first name’s just an initial (W?), coupled with the fact that I know a number of Asians whose first names start with W, it would be quite likely. I am Asian and there are even two people that I personally know who would have the same moniker and applied to Yale.</p>
<p>Unfortunately some of this reinforces a pessimistic idea that we are mere numbers.</p>
<p>Number: .2
Race: Black
URM: ^^Yup
State/Region: West Coast
Recruited Athlete: No
1st Generation: nope
Legacy: Nope
Other hook: nothing really (1st gen natural-born american?)
When submitted app: Dec. 31
Paper or online app: Online
Major: Biology</p>
<p>oh and I have an uncommon last name, FWIW</p>
<p>i was a .5 too! yeah and i have kind of a common last name.</p>
<p>Renaissance- I do have a “common” last name, in that I’ve met several others who were unrelated but had the same last name. It’s not one of the top 20 most common asian last names, but asian last names- unless particularly uncommon- are still pretty repetitive. But even though it’s relatively common, it still wouldn’t make sense that such a combination would appear 20+ times in a short span of time.</p>
<p>way too much time on your hands …</p>