<p>Does anyone else think it odd that Yale would take a student off the waitlist whose grades were beginning to slide? When there had to be many students without grade issues to choose from?</p>
<p>No, my son’s friend with the drug issue is not the same person as my son. The friend did end up doing well in the admissions process and is off to a good college in a few weeks. I think the timing with Yale definitely had to do with when IB scores were received and the late mailing from abroad of grades. My son is more than willing to take full blame for everything. We are hopeful as two other schools he was admitted to have indicated he may still come. So if Yale pulls the rug completely, he still has somewhere to go. Yale remains his top choice, but obviously may not be an option any more and he understands it is his fault. Clearly, he should have studied for the IB exams. We hope he has learned an important lesson - the hard way. I’m signing off CC - best of luck to everyone.</p>
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Yes, it all seems rather strange.</p>
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Somehow, somewhere there has to be a missing chapter in this story.</p>
<p>I know I’ve seen it, but I can’t locate a thread that discusses Y sending out messages to parents about saying in the RCs for graduation. Anyone remember about when that comes out? I’m thinking Nov, but don’t want to miss it. I can’t believe it’s sr year already!</p>
<p>entomom:</p>
<p>These seem to be relevant:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/929276-commencement-what-expect.html?highlight=graduation#post1064891964[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/929276-commencement-what-expect.html?highlight=graduation#post1064891964</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/605318-yale-commencement-housing-has-anyone-stayed-colleges.html?highlight=commencement+residential+colleges[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/605318-yale-commencement-housing-has-anyone-stayed-colleges.html?highlight=commencement+residential+colleges</a></p>
<p>Judging from the last thread, it seems like November is when the info is sent.</p>
<p>And good luck to your D. I know its been a long journey for both you and her.</p>
<p>Yes, the mailing comes out in November. You can find out more information at <a href=“http://www.yale.edu/commencement”>www.yale.edu/commencement</a>. Click on “Accommodations”</p>
<p>Thanks Descartesz and Clarimom!</p>
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<p>I highly, highly, HIGHLY doubt that Yale would rescind an offer just because of a total of 35 on the IB tests as opposed to scores in the mid 40s. First of all, you can only get a total of 45 points, so if mid-forties means what I think it means, you can only miss up to 5ish points? I highly doubt that. Plus, my IB scores weren’t in that range, and I didn’t have my offer rescinded.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone who’s said that it would take something super extraordinary, other than lower-than-projected IB scores and a C, for this to happen…</p>
<p>When a student’s grades drop dramatically after admission, frequently someone from the Admission’s office will phone the school and talk to school counselor, principal, etc. I can think of one young man who was really a great kid, but clearly miscalculated the second half of senior year and flunked a college course he was taking. He didn’t need the course for graduation, but it sure looked bad on his final transcript. The call came in to DH who just said - Hey, this is a great kid, etc., etc. and the school wrote a letter to the student telling him he was on academic probation but he would be admitted. Another young man was accepted at one of the Academies - with a similar outcome.</p>
<p>On the other hand - if the report is not as rosy then the outcome has been different. A school counselor IS NOT going to put their reputation on the line if they aren’t sure of the student’s maturity. </p>
<p>Hope all works out for Befuddled and her son.</p>
<p>I have a question about the PO Box. We have misplaced the piece of mail that included an application form for her PO Box. Is it possible to apply over the web? If not, can one just apply during the move-in days? We do know her assigned PO Box number.</p>
<p>A related question, I saw some pretty negative reviews of the Yale Station Post Office on Yelp dot com. What has been people’s experience with mail delivery and services?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>D1 says they are rude and not very helpful. </p>
<p>When she returned her second year they stopped delivering her mail and later said it was because she hadn’t paid for her box. She though she had, and she was never given a notice in her box saying that payment was due. </p>
<p>She sent me a piece of chocolate in my birthday card and it was delivered as ‘damaged’ and without the chocolate :(. The Y FA office sent a letter to our home address and it was also delivered ‘damaged’ as it had been opened. Both of these incidences were in the last half year.</p>
<p>entomom, Wow, the service provided by Yale Station is bad! I only want to add that:
- Often times at the end of semester, the waiting line is quite long at Yale Station.
- However, its location could not be better. So, we were still using it. This is because both UPS and FedEx are relatively far away.
- I think if you send a mail or packages using FedEx overnight, it is then OK to send it to your master’s office.</p>
<p>On another front: We stayed in the residential college during the commencement. I think it is clean. It was not hot on those days, so we did not suffer because of the lack of AC. It is always nice to get a first-hand experience on your child’s living environment. Also, it is convenient for helping your child to move out if you live in the same building. My child felt sad when he found out it was time for him to leave his wonderful 4 years behind.
BTW, after you send in your deposit for reserving the room for commencement, it almost takes forever for the custodial/housing department to inform you that you actually got the room. We called them and were told (unofficially) we should not have a problem getting a room. We rarely saw the other family who shared the same living room.</p>
<p>Hmmm…I still do not know whether we should pay the cleaning fees for my child’s room for his senior year. It appears Yale still has not charged us after the summer is almost over. Is it because they try to be particularly nice to the new alumnus? 
I also do not know when they will close our yale.edu/sis account. Last time I checked it, his account was still open. We did not receive any notice about what (if anything) we should do about this Yale charge account.</p>
<p>^macat2:
I assumed all UPS/Fedex packages could be sent to the residentail college directly. Does you post mean that they will only receive Fedex overnight packages? All others are picked up at the local UPS or Fedex office? How owuld the student even get notification that a package had been received?</p>
<p>YaleGradandDad, I asked that question myself a couple of weeks ago when I sent in the check for my Yale 2014 child’s mailbox. I called the Yale Post Office and was told that when you send a package via FedEX or UPS, you address it to your child care of their residential college including their PO Box not unike a regular letter but adding the college name. Then it goes to the Master and from there it goes to Yale’s internal mail, and finally to the Yale Post Office on Elm where your child can pick it up. They accept packages up to 70 pounds this way BUT it was recommended to me to send smaller packages keeping in mind the kids must schlep it back to their colleges and sometimes up many flights of stairs.</p>
<p>YaleGradandDad, If my memory serves me well, we are supposed to send the overnight ones only, to master’s office. We only use UPS to send large packages at the beginning of the school year, and the student can pick them up on a UPS truck parked on College St. During the school year, we use USPS. But in an “emergency” situation (e,g., laptop crashes and need a replacement quickly), we send it using overnight FedEx to master’s office. For some reason that I do not understand, for my kid’s residential college, we were told to use FedEx overnight one, not UPS one.</p>
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I think this is because master’s office is small and there is not much storage space there. But it makes an exception for the emergency case, i.e., when you shell out a lot of $ using overnight shipment. DS did pick up FedEx overnight package from his master’s office directly – But then he did not open it for several days after he had picked up the overnight package --no time to open it up. 
Why are college kids so busy these days?</p>
<p>I think it depends on the college. D was in Stiles, and was specifically told to have UPS packages (of any kind) sent to the Master’s Office, with no PO Box, using Stiles’ street address. They got there just fine, and there was always someone there to sign for and hold them. I agree that the Yale PO is not great - regular mail seemed to take forever to get to her, even when sent Priority.</p>
<p>mcat2,
Thanks for the info on staying the the RCs for commencement. A couple of days ago I called up the reasonably priced motel that we stayed in over last spring break and they’re booked already, so we will definitely try to stay in a RC.</p>
<p>entomom, We stayed in the residential college for commencement this May and it was wonderfully convenient. No worries about parking every day. We took the train in to New Haven, and were able to take the free Yale shuttle to and from the train station, so we didn’t even rent a car. Saves a lot on expenses. Not to mention it was really a fun experience to stay right on campus in the same residential college that my S had been in.</p>
<p>Vicariousparent: You can pick up an application for a Post Office Box at any post office. As long as you have her assigned PO Box number, I would fill it in, put in the check for $44 and send it off to the Postmaster at Yale Station, etc. The lines will be horrific the first few weeks and just picking up the key can be a headache.</p>
<p>Overall, in terms of mail experiences, packages, magazines, etc. can be delayed by a few days and the lines can be a nuisance. For the first two weeks, as others have said, boxes will be held at special locations (however, a package we shipped next day took a week to get put on the truck with notice sent to my son).</p>
<p>^ Thanks for that tip, stringkeymom!</p>