Yale Likely Letter

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Haha… I so wish I got one. But I just wanted to know if they exit for Early Action or if anyone has heard of someone getting one? I knew a girl last year who got one for Regular</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/yale1.htm[/url]”>http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/yale1.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Wow, that’s amazing. I would laminate that letter and take it with me everywhere.</p>

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<p><em>drools</em> where did she end up?</p>

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<p>It appears that she was admitted EA to Harvard, then applied and was admitted RD to Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn and Columbia.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/college.htm[/url]”>http://www.tdy-perdiem.com/rsi/college.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>She’s obviously a very talented young woman, but I can’t say that I think much of this kind of “scalp hunting.” It’s really quite unfair to other students competing for admission to these top-tier schools.</p>

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<p>dear God… where DID she end up? and what in the world did she do that was so amazing in high school? <em>dies</em></p>

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<p>RSI and Siemens i guess were huge for her.</p>

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<p>Looks like her EA school - Harvard - won out.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.pvphs.com/index.cfm?go=destinations/destinations20041.htm[/url]”>http://www.pvphs.com/index.cfm?go=destinations/destinations20041.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>All the more reason to wonder about all the other applications.</p>

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<p>oh man. those letters…im speechless.</p>

<p>wow.</p>

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<p>omg
what a lucky girl</p>

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<p>wow.
i wonderwhat stats/essay she had!!</p>

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<p>She probably found a cure for cancer, but the FDA hasn’t approved it yet :)</p>

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<p>I find it hard to fathom, but son’s hs has some girls who are applying EA to a first choice, and still plan to send out applications to the other top schools to see what happens - as well as a bunch of UCs they have no intention of attending.
When you see this happen a lot, you can understand why schools like WashU want to accept kids they know are interested in attending.
Trophy hunting is alive and well.</p>

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<p>A.S.A.P.
I find this discussion interesting. I wanted to draw you out on your opinions a little further. I think the students here are talking about the practice on the part of the U’s, not the applicants. I guess I personally see nothing wrong with an applicant appreciating his or her worth as much as a prospective school would. While many of us agree about not applying to where you “have no intention of attending” (that’s not a “safety”), I see nothing wrong with doing several legitimate applications. My D was accepted EA to Yale last yr., but she still kept a few other colleges on her list, completing those apps. Thank goodness for that: she ended up not at Yale when another U accepted her that was even a better fit. (Until then, Y was the best option & she assumed it would be Y, as did everyone else.) That was despite heavy recruitment from Y (which I assume they do for everyone accepted EA – because of their own yield concerns.) And I think she would have proceeded this way even if we did not need to compare F.A. packages (which we did).</p>

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<p>If I am accepted to Yale, I will still apply to a few schools RD, but only about 2 or 3, not the 6 or 7 I’m currently planning to apply to.</p>

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<p>gavroche - is your username based on the character from Les Mis?</p>

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<p>YES!!!</p>

<p>MY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE AND I AM SEEING THE PLAY IN FEBRUARY.</p>

<p>Sorry for that outburst. I’m calm now.</p>

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<p>ASAP,
Kids that apply EA to first choice and still apply RD to other elite schools are not necessarily “trophy hunting”. They most likely are looking to maximize their financial aid options. Even though the schools provide “100% need” financial aid, the grant/loan ratios may be reveiwed and sweetened with multiple offers.</p>

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<p>look down and see some mercy if you can…
sorry. i love les mis as well.</p>

<p>i. want. to. be. her.</p>

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<p>I’ve never seen the play. I promised myself I would read the book first, and then I read it two years ago (and reread passages again and again and again :() and it went off Broadway, but now it’s playing near me so I am psyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyched. I called up yesterday to buy tickets (the day they came on sale) and was practically in tears. I think I was more hysterical about getting the best tickets available than I have been about college admissions. Yeah, wacked.</p>