What is THE Yale Admission Factor?

annelise
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:36:24 +0000

Most, (but not all) of the many Yale students I know can be characterized as follows: (I have given this some thought.)
Who gets in?
Yalies have “something extra”, a special “depth”… a quirk…an additional real talent, besides the one they are pursuing academically. This “other” talent is often something rather offbeat. Almost all have done serious independent, creative work out of school. They travel, a lot. They are funny and serious.
They are people people. They are multifaceted. They are a little neurotic.