Yale is "Need-Blind" so..

ekkocentric
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 21:03:11 +0000

Hello all!

I am applying to Yale through Questbridge (I’m a Finalist) and will be getting results on December 1st. I have a question…

I recently got an email from the financial aid department asking for more financial documents and to ask some questions. Them and my parents exhanged a few emails.

I know that Yale is need-blind… so would that mean that they reviewed my application already and made a decision since the financial aid officer was asking for financial information?

Also, I was thinking, and it would be more logical for Yale to first decide on who is accepted because it would be more efficient for the financial aid department to only go through ~40 accepted applicants’ financial info rather than go through the thousands of applicants. A lot of them are going to get rejected anyways, there’s no point in reviewing their financial information ahead of time.

On top of that, Thanksgiving is coming up, and I would assume, with how early Match Day (Dec. 1) is, they would probably make decisions now, because they only have three days after the week off for Thanksgiving. With those three days, the admissions office will probably send decisions to QB to get it processed for Match Day.

Assuming that decisions are made before looking into financial information of applicants (need-blind), since they are reviewing my financial information, would that mean that I am already accepted?

I’m super nervous and don’t know if this is a good sign or not. I’m not counting on this being true, but it’s a bit of hope that I’m holding onto. Can someone please clear this up for me and maybe confirm if what I think may be true?