<p>Hi RejectedFromMIT: funny to be resurrecting a thread from last season’s admissions cycle. I have to say however, that I see the problem in a different light. From my personal interaction w/Yale admissions people, they speak plainly about how at pains they are to have to reject so many excellent applicants – due to physical limitations of the university. Obviously, the university gains from having such an excellent pool – that goes w/o saying. Even so, the University is looking to spend $600M (yes, that’s six-hundred million – more than most school’s entire endowments) to expand two additional Residential Colleges – all to bring in more students.</p>
<p>But back to the question about the “bs” that Yale is subjecting their applicants. I speak as an alumni interviewer but also a dad of a future wannabe Yalie (she’s eleven but I’ve indoctrinated her well). What is Yale doing that you object to? Isn’t it the market place? How is Yale SUPPOSED to handle the onslaught of applications? Cut back on recruiting? Not take the common app? Only recruit at private schools? Yale can’t help the fact that it’s become popular and now internationally sought after. </p>
<p>You need to state what a more “kinder” treatment Yale (or similar schools like yours, UPenn) can do. Your unsupported statement leaves me unsatisfied.</p>