<p>Accepted :)</p>
<p>anyone know how long decisions will be up for? (planning on waiting till finals are over at the end of the week, then looking)</p>
<p>How the heck are you resisting the urge?!</p>
<p>Congrats to all those accepted! And for those who were deferred/rejected, Iāve been impressed with how gracious youāve been to your fellow posters. My son got deferred as well, as did all the other students from his school who applied EA/ED to Yale, Harvard, MIT and Stanford. I know most of them and they are a terrific bunch of kids. Iām a little sorry my son used his early action choice for Yale, but Iām really proud how well he managed this application process himself and I know heāll find a spot where he belongs.</p>
<p>@Sculpting, I echo your sentiments about graciousness. My sonās school has had generally good results this year, better than in most years, but Iāve been touched by how considerate and supportive the kids (among them some normally brash, loud, 17-year old tough guys) have been to their classmates. It reminds me of how surprisingly protective young kids who no longer believe in Santa can be of the feelings of younger kids who still believe.</p>
<p>Re your sonās use of his early action choice: it is difficult to know how these things will play out. Whatever happens, it will probably be a little cloud of dust in his rear view mirror before he even realizes it. Any kid whose application to Yale is not a prank is headed for a great education/life at Yale or elsewhere.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any rough numbers for sceaā>rd admits (although my hopes arenāt too high). The email said it was about the rd rate. Is that higher or lower?</p>
<p>^^the RD rate will be around 6% or a little less, so it is lower than the SCEA rate. Once deferred, you are in the RD pool so the RD rate applies.</p>
<p>Thanks for your post, @ixnaybob. I have been pondering the numbers in terms of what it means for next yearās class and beyond at my sonās school. Itās an excellent public school, but the guidance councillors are overworked and inexperienced, so itās traditional that the top students apply to one of only 5 or 6 choices early, and then when most of them donāt get in, they apply to our regional schools. </p>
<p>Last year, at the schoolās book awards, I was amazed to hear of some really outstanding accomplishments by various kids, and think they would have been viable contenders for some of the competitive scholar programs at places like UNC and Davidson, to name a few. The students donāt know about them, or think they should apply to just certain schools, and it seems like a wasted opportunity. I think I may make up a list to help the guidance councillors out next year. :)</p>
<p>^^^ My son goes to a school with GCs with a reasonable workload. They vary in capability, but most of the academically strong kids are matched with the stronger GCs, and even the āweakerā ones are not bad. </p>
<p>In the past, one of my older kids went to a school that didnāt seem to care. The GCs were not overworked, but it seemed that they applied for the job because the DMV had no openings. </p>
<p>Iām afraid that, as wrong as it is, a large part of the job still falls on the kids and their parents. Not wrong that they have work to do, but wrong that they get so little guidance and sometimes it is actually 180 degree wrong advice. I know a parent who was told by a GC that is was better to get an A in an easier course than risk getting a B in a rigorous course; unfortunately the parent believed them because ātheyāre the experts.ā I better end this before it becomes an outright rant. </p>
<p>On a more positive note: all best wishes to your child.</p>
<p>My D got accepted! Opening the link was the most stressful thing in the world yesterday but well worth it. She is not applying anywhere else and had just applied to her state school (University of Maryland, College Park) along with the Yale app.</p>
<p>Best of luck to those that were deferred and for those that did not get in, the sky is still the limit. I am sure your parents have already told you this.</p>
<p>@thelemonisinplay
Itās hard to pinpoint one thing. For sure, my scores were not all that impressive (but not bad). I think I showed a strong passion for science/engineering and just told my story in my common app essay. Word of advice: try to show them ALL of who you are. I know many kids who just write about how great they are at math or science or piano or whatever. I think one of the reasons my application was different was because I wrote about how bad I was at a no-cut varsity sport I did and how much I loved it anyways. It was a different side of me that wasnāt academic, which is always nice to know too.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in. I hope to see some of you next year.
To those who were deferred or rejected, donāt let this get to you. Admissions at these schools are so unpredictable and kind of like picking a name out of a hat. This decision does not change you at all. You are not any less qualified. Good luck and I know you will end up somewhere you will love. Just hold on a little bit longer.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who got in! On another note, I need to get this off my chest. Itās killing me.<br>
I discovered that I made a grammatical mistake in one of my essays (used was instead of wereā¦I know, shoot me) Do you think I would have automatically been deferred because of this? Iām thinking that my essay in general wasnāt too strong.</p>
<p>@westsidestory - I highly doubt it. If your typo did not detract from your main message, I believe it will be ignored. Admission officers donāt have a lot of time to read each essay, so they have to modify their focus, and I donāt think your āwasā vs āwereā was that much of an error. I hope this is comforting in some way, shape, or form.</p>
<p>Good job to everyone. I wish you much luck during the last portion of the college chaos season! 
Second semester will be tough with all the exams, but at least we wonāt have apps at the same time.</p>
<p>@westsidestory I had 2 typos (wrote starting feeling instead started feeling and I forgot to put with before a word argh), but I was still admitted. Good luck RD.</p>
<p>@westsidestory @viv I reread my essays last night and found 2 grammatical (and one was really noticeable) errors in my common app essay. And I got in. You are not automatically deferred or denied if they find an error.</p>
<p>I got deferred. Iām really stressed, and I really want to get in. I have a 2400 on the SAT. Will this help?</p>
<p>
Your SAT scores will not hurt, but clearly it was not the only thing they looked at. Everyone who applied presumably really wanted to get in. I hope that you eventually get in, but you should make use of the time remaining to apply RD to other wonderful schools (and maybe a safety or two).</p>
<p>@SpoolMan that sounds great! Congratulations again on your acceptance, you truly deserved it 
as for me, Iām moving on. Iāve actually fallen in love with several other schools on my list- theyāre also more attainableā¦ Hope I get in!
Good luck to everyone else as well!</p>
<p>@thelemonisinplay Good to hear. Best of luck to you.</p>