<p>what type of student would be a good fit at yale?</p>
<p>A student-athlete so they could hit “Toad’s Place” and get wasted every Wednesday night.</p>
<p>"So anti-intellectual was the undergraduate culture at Yale that classes vied with one another for the honor of being the least studious. In 1904, the yearbook boasted of having “more gentlemen and fewer scholars than any other class in the memory of man.” But the Class of 1905, judged by the Fisher Committee to have been the worst in recent Yale history, bested its predecessor, offering the following ditty: </p>
<p>“Never since the Heavenly Host with all the Titans fought Saw they a class whose scholarship Approached so close to naught.”</p>
<p>From The Chosen by Jerome Karabel</p>
<p>I think the better question is, what type of school are you looking for?</p>
<p>Who knows? But whatever it is, about 90% of us don’t have it.</p>
<p>^so unfortunate :(</p>
<p>that’s not true grc</p>
<p>well, they only accept 8.6% of the applicants, so 91.4% don’t make the cut in some way</p>
<p>obviously not everyone that gets rejected isn’t qualified to be a Yale student.</p>
<p>that doesn’t mean the people who get cut aren’t qualified, it just means that there literally isn’t any more space. it’s not necessarily our fault.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they just pick everyone with at least 5 vowels in their name.</p>
<p>^ lol, that’s funny</p>
<p>yeah, there are definitely more than 8.6% that are qualified, hands down</p>
<p>unfortunately, only 8.6% get in…</p>
<p>or is it 8.3% it’s 8.something%</p>
<p>Does ‘y’ count as a vowel? :)</p>
<p>it depends</p>
<p>‘y’ is an interesting letter</p>
<p>I actually have it listed on facebook as one of my interests. heh. :)</p>
<p>The local adcom emphasized the idea of a “chill” student body. So, being boring or bubbly is not going to help your cause.</p>
<p>^^^I don’t see how being bubbly is a bad thing. I think chill is more like not uptight grade-grubbers. I’m bubbly, mostly about the things that matter to me, and I can’t imagine a school rejecting me because I’m passionate about my dreams and goals and because I take life head on with a smile.</p>
<p>Bubbly just doesn’t feel like Yale. This is a subjective judgment, sure, but I don’t imagine that they’d find bubbly to be particularly appealing.</p>
<p>But I’m kind of biased and judging predominantly from my regional adcom and a single overnight.</p>
<p>oooh wow you did an overnight, miles?</p>
<p>how did you like it/when did you do it? can you tell us about it?</p>
<p>my friend’s brother was a fifth year senior (he took a year off to conduct the Whiffenpoofs on their world tour and compose a bunch of new music. he’s a freak) and my friend and I spent a night there last april. the student body was really remarkable. people had a sense of humor, but were all obviously incredibly bright. most of the floor was up on this wednesday night until one in the morning arguing over hillary v. obama and weaving all these philosophical insights into everything. it felt unpretentious and incredibly exciting. this wasn’t an ordinary night or anything, it was prompted by a debate, but still awesome nonetheless.</p>
<p>then, when my regional adcom talked about yale students self-identifying as “chill,” it made a lot of sense to me. i don’t know if they actively seek this out. i will note that this adcom did not look receptive to my fellow classmate’s inability to restrain herself from attempts at dazzling wit and enthusiasm.</p>
<p>again, this is pure speculation, but when Yale has as many qualified applicants as they do, they can pass on personalities they find abrasive. i’m not saying that this simply pertains to “bubbly” or any other singular adjective.</p>