<p>So iv always thot tht i was a nice person who is really hard working and iv always felt tht ill end up doing great things in life. well i want to anyways. I love every activity that i do and i actually like learning at school. I have good grades and stuff but its not like my life revolves around them. I have other passions like dance ,poetry, basket ball and politics and iv pretty much been obsessed with those things for the past 6- 13 years or so.
I had never really thot about college until juniorish year when my parents started harassing me to look at web sites and stuff. My parents aren’t American so they know almost nothing about us education .They know Harvard and for some reason the university of Salem- but they didn’t even know Yale (don’t worry they know ALLLL about it now). Al they knew was that colleges in our home country suck and as a result they want me to go to college in the states… and graduate and get a good job and live happily ever after away from the corruption and the unfairness of our wonderful motherland…
So i looked at a gazillion colleges and i found it really hard to find the perfect fit. At one point i decided that i wanted to go to Julliard but becoming a ballerina doesn’t seem exactly fulfilling.
I found nootthiinnggg - Im not even that picky but the fact is i need fin aid and many of the good colleges don’t give intels fin aid or bluntly say FINAID FOR INTELS IS VEEERRRYYYY COMPETATIVE! ya… somewhat discouraging.
well i got a prospectus from Yale, and I loved every thing I saw + I had heard amazing stories. it was perfect and finally was happy with my choice. so i applied to yale scea…and like all of u ii hope i get accepted.
now i kinda feel dumb tho cuz why would yale want to take me into their consecrated haven (litteerllyy) of a college. i mean even tho im proud of myself and what iv done throughout my life i don’t see them looking at my app and being all like wow we r impressed- for one thing my sats are an embarrassment…truly all of them well except for the language ones but anyways…
i donno, why im writing this but i guess tht this is the yale board and i never posted on here b4 so i wanted to introduce myself to all of u amazing unhumans (not in 1984 sense) and just to see if any of u ever feel the same way… ?</p>
<p>Sure, it’s humbling hearing the ridiculous scores and stats of all of our fellow ccers and yale applicants. Although it’s hard to believe, plenty of “normal” people get into these elite schools, including yale, every year. Not every yalie or yale applicant discovered the cure for a disease, started a company, or spent their whole lives doing community service while editing the school newspaper, taking 50 ap’s, and juggling three varsity sports. However intimidating it may seem, Yale looks for more than just high scores, they want to see how you as a person might fit in. You can never tell.</p>
<p>yea i never did any of those things above or anything like it, im not a URM or legacy or recruit, and i got in</p>
<p>Thanks conwoman, that’s reassuring. 
I’m normal too.</p>
<p>that original post is way too…dont expect many more people to read it</p>
<p>im not really… i just rambeled on about a random topic for a bit
sory…</p>
<p>You sound like a very intelligent person. Good luck!</p>
<p>for some reason right now, i’m not feeling that nervous. It could be because we’re pretty far away from decisions time. But i’d like to think it’s because my app was, to the best of my ability, as good as it could be. I didn’t feel like my app misrepresented any aspect of me. So if Yale doesn’t accept me, yea i would be really sad, but at least I won’t feel (o darn i knew i shoulda worked harder junior year, or on that essay). Reading the stats from last year’s accepted, or more so the deferred and rejected, is really daunting. There’s nothing we can really do right now except sit back and relax, and know that there are 4000 people in the same boat as us right now.</p>
<p>you all do realize that there are no many normal people at the ivy leagues?</p>
<p>ok, i take that back.</p>
<p>the elite ppl are in the skulls and arte gonna be controlling this country.</p>
<p>that is what sucks at the ivy, you still have to sort yourself out from the normal people.</p>
<p>Conwoman, I wouldn’t exactly consider a 1580 and 4 800’s normal…</p>
<p>lol…are any of us normal? lol.for godsake… we’re on a college forum and obsessing over college.
I’m not normal, and I’m completely proud. lol</p>
<p>Im proud too 
this board is a godsend!!
wrathofgod64: i completly agree w/u!!</p>