To the deferees, rejectees, etc.

chinchilla
Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:35:17 +0000

I agree: Yale EA was my first application (and by far, my worst). In fact, I think my apps got progressively stronger as I sent them in, with my last app being the strongest. I don’t think that’s why the “turnarounds” happen though. Different schools will look for different things. Also, I suspect that there’s more politics involved in the early around anyway (legacies, private schools/schools with strong connections to Yale, recruited athletes, etc.). RD is the plug-and-chug round. Good luck to all.