Some admission questions, misconseptions

captainbrohab
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:34:03 +0000

Sorry entomom, I didn’t mean to say that they weren’t savvy enough, just that not all of them will apply SCEA due to various reasons such as applying somewhere else early, etc.

As to the quote you have from the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, I agree that those accepted early are qualified and would be accepted in the spring, but not all people that “should” be accepted spring actually get accepted. Sometimes extraordinary people fall through the cracks. The logic in the increased chances might lie in the possibility of being considered in a smaller pool where the applicant is possibly considered more carefully and qualified applicants may get deferred and thus another chance at consideration vs being rejected or wait listed regular decision where the chance is rather low. I am not sure how much truth there is in that logic as I know that if one is not qualified in Yale’s eyes then Yale will not accept them.

Thankfully its easy for me, as I know I love Yale, and am willing to take a chance early to get in because I know I would go there over anywhere else. I would rather just take a chance to get a decision to get in on Dec. 15 rather than April.