<p>It’s scary knowing people are reading my application and deliberating about it. They’re actually going over it all in their head and making a decision about whether or not I should be accepted. It’s creepy.</p>
<p>But who knows… maybe they’ve already accepted/deferred/rejected me. Or maybe they won’t do that until December 2nd at 4:00PM. Gah… I’m guessing they’re still weeding out the applicants that are definite rejects, and the applicants that are obvious acceptances. And then the rest of us get put under a microscope.</p>
<p>FINALLY got contacted by my interviewer, wanting to schedule for tomorrow night. Unfortunately, I’m leaving for a Model UN conference overseas tomorrow at noon, going straight to California for Thanksgiving, and won’t be back home until the 29th…I really hope he’ll be able to reschedule and this won’t affect my chances in any way!</p>
Whether or not you HAVE an interview doesn’t affect your decision. However, assuming you DO, indeed, have an interview, then the course of that interview can definitely have an impact on the decision.</p>
<p>Oh oh oh, me me pick me! I can answer that!</p>
<p>…Ahhaha, okay, maybe a bit overeager :), but I remember the anxiety this caused me last year as well, so I’m glad to be able to contribute some form of post-admissions-cycle experience.
So long as you know it was sent, I can almost guarantee that you are fine. If it frazzles you significantly, you can probably make a call and see if they can give you confirmation; I just remember that, of all the schools I applied to, Yale was the absolute last to post my fee waiver’s receipt. In fact, they took forever. And ever! Maybe my memory exaggerates, but I think it was about a week before decisions came out that it updated from “pending” to “received.”
(If I dug through my past posts I could probably find the actual time frame.)</p>
<p>Brrr, I can’t believe those early December decisions are already so close. I feel nervous for you all. I wish you all good luck (keep those chins up, no matter what happens!) and look forward to reading my potential classmates’ results!</p>
<p>Yale sends out roughly 100 Likely Letters annually to non-athletic recruits – i.e. academic superstars. This group is specifically targeted and courted by Yale. You don’t think these are obvious acceptances? They definitely exist.</p>
<p>I interviewed one who also had a Likely Letter from Harvard in hand. When I met her, it was obvious she had already decided H. She ended up being a Rhodes winner.</p>
<p>i think i finally understand the nature of admissions now.</p>
<p>every incoming class consists of athletes, legacies, minorities, academic superstars, people with special talents (e.g. musicians, writers), and ‘normal’ overachieving applicants, not necessarily those with the best grades and standardized testing, but those who differentiate themselves with interesting personalities that that convey through essays and stuff.</p>
<ul>
<li>athletes are chosen because they bring home athletic victories</li>
<li>legacies are chosen to maintain good relations with powerful alumni</li>
<li>minorities are chosen so that diversity can be claimed, and stats look prettier (e.g. our incoming freshman class was X% of colour, and Y% from podunk states)</li>
<li>people with special talents are chosen because they attract publicity and give the school a good reputation (kinda like athletes)</li>
<li>academic superstars are chosen they ensure the school can claim Nobel Prize winners and Rhodes scholars in the future.</li>
</ul>
<p>So why are garden-variety overachievers with interesting personalities admitted? Because they are like beautiful decorations that embellish and liven up the campus, and the improve the college experiences for the athletes, legacies, academic superstars, minorities, and people with special talents. They are like geishas that entertain important people, or, put more crudely, like strippers hired at a bachelors party to ensure everyone has a good time. My theory explains why those with high grades and testing are not necessarily admitted: because the future of Yale’s academic reputation is already ensured by the academic superstars they sought out.</p>
<p>Good luck all of you guys!! I remember when this was me last year, anxiously biting my nails and pulling my hair and all that. But it’ll be over soon, I promise :)</p>
<p>I read my essays again since I still have to apply to a few more schools…</p>
<p>and I’m really really regretting applying early to Yale. (well technically, not spending enough time to improve my essays) How could I have written such a bad essay? I mean how stupid I was 3 weeks ago?</p>
<p>Well I guess you can’t change that now. At least it will be a wakeup Should improve them for other schools I guess. Any of you having second thoughts?</p>
<p>^I haven’t read my essays since I submitted. I may end up using them for other schools, but I know that if I found a mistake on my essay now I would agonize over it until December 15…I’d rather live in blissful ignorance for the next 28 days of my life =)</p>
I wish you all good luck (keep those chins up, no matter what happens!) and look forward to reading my potential classmates’ results!</p>