<p>I think the decisions probably aren’t complete until like…the 13th or so. Just a guess, but I think they’ve barely started making decisions.
Our fate is decided in mere minutes. Let’s hope for some good minutes. :)</p>
<p>my alumni interviewer was like, they first split up the files into three sections: “amazing,” “needs to be discussed,” and “rejection.” The amazings are then left to be untouched, and the needs to be discussed are discussed for like up to 10 minutes, and then decided. bleh.</p>
<p>wow he told you all that?</p>
<p>juniorinhs, glad to hear your interview went well, and lunarchik and littlesis-hope yours rock out :)</p>
<p>theoneo, thanks a lot for finding that…I just read a few, and wow, does it seem like some of the people who were accepted RD were a bit less competitive than some of those who were deferred/rejected early? That’s just my brief impression, but it’s kind surprising, based on statistics and such. </p>
<p>stupak, that sounds harsh and scary… :(</p>
<p>15 days gahh</p>
<p>stupak, that just made me incredibly nervous… gosh. Also, I wouldn’t freak out too much about the supplemental stuff. My regional admissions rep called my counselor and had me send my second teacher rec today (it didn’t make it there the first time, evidently) and they were very understanding and friendly about the whole thing.</p>
<p>ahh 15 days has never seemed so far away</p>
<p>15 days. This is sick.</p>
<p>I had my interview over the holiday. It ran a little over an hour. Decent.</p>
<p>The admissions committee is starting to meet next week. This is what they told me when I called to enquire about my ACT score debacle.</p>
<p>oh… so they haven’t even started making decisions yet?</p>
<p>So if I only had an on-campus interview, would that explain why I didn’t get an alumni one? Is this going to be detrimental in any way?</p>
<p>just going to throw this out there- chances threads are getting really old.</p>
<p>Agreed.</p>
<p>My regional admissions officer came to my high school to talk to some of us a couple months ago. She told us that the regional officers do the preliminary decisions, that they’re supposed to act like time managers to tell the committee how much time to spend on each applicant. So basically they go through each applicant in their area and decide whether they’re an auto-admit (I’m guessing that’s rare), auto-reject, or deserve a closer look. Then when the committee convenes, they present each applicant and share specifically what they think everyone should discuss and how much time to spend. I’m guessing the committee only meets for the last 2-3 days of the process, so they won’t have met yet. Regional officers are probably reading through everything right now. That might be why interview reports are due so late - they’re more important for the committee meetings than the regional officers’ pre-reads.</p>
<p>I have heard something different. What I have heard is that the applications come in and they are opened up and they are initially tagged for legacies, recruited athletes, development cases, special talents ect. Then the applications are given to the regional reps who read them and make comments on them ect. There are several others who also read them and also make comments. Then all the admission officers meet. There is a first read and very few are accepted in that first round. These are for the most outstanding applicants. Then there are several rounds in which applicants get discussed. The regional rep advocates for all the applicants in his or her region and presents the applicants in his or her region, and then the committee votes. The actual discussion of each candidate is not that long because by the time the application gets to the committee the a lot of comments have been made. I dont think the interivew report is more important than the regional rep, because an interview is not necessary for acceptance at Yale.</p>
<p>Oops. Typo. I meant to say the interview reports are more important for the committee than they are for the regional officers.</p>
<p>I’m not claiming that what I said is exactly what goes on. That’s just what I got from what my regional officer told me.</p>
<p>That probably is true</p>
<p>Word elsewhen… I don’t know why there are so many all of a sudden…</p>
<p>Probably because everyone’s getting more and more nervous as we get closer.</p>
<p>I avoid thinking too much about the inner workings of the admissions office. It doesn’t help any, and I’ve got too much work to do. Thanksgiving break was difficult for me because I didn’t have schoolwork or applications due right away. Now I do, so I don’t really have time to think about my Yale application. It’s a relief not to have to think about it anymore. It’s not in my hands anymore, all my work is done, and all I have to do is wait.</p>
<p>Heh all this analysis of the decisions process is making my feel insecure. It’s in 2 weeks. Crap.</p>
<p>Just a quick question: today I decided to drop a distance learning course in multivariable calculus in exchange for AP Government second semester. Do I tell Yale now, since I applied EA, or do I wait unti the school report goes out? And if I do tell them now, how would I do that?</p>
<p>Oh if only my school offered AP Gov… I would switch out of Chem in a flash… :-(</p>