Yep, I’ve checked my spam. This really stings as Yale’s been a goal of mine for years now. Guess I’ll have to move on. If this means I’m an auto-reject, I’m a little scared about future schools, haha.
I’ve heard someone from my area (East Asia) got an interview over the past weekend (also prob within this week?)
Hello, thank you for all those useful infos about Yale!! I’m just wondering if you know there’s anyone has applied to Yale as a theater and performance studies major? Seems the information is pretty limited about the major, and I only saw approximately 1-2 students on the official Yale class of 2029/2028 IG that mentioned they want to major in theater. They mostly did a lot of ‘commercial’ acting, but most things I did are on the other track, like criticism, professional playwriting, dramaturgy, etc. (not on the acting side), and I still didn’t get an interview from Yale (as an international applicant). I don’t think I’m an auto-reject if evaluating on EC and stats 
. btw, even though we all know that Yale mentioned it does not accept ppl based on major. Are those majors that with fewer applicants got less competition （？）compared to those majors like English, bio, econ, or so?
I have no experience with theater majors. I do know that as Yale is extremely selective, it is even more so for international applicants.
Remember also that Yale prides itself about being a liberal arts school and generally wants students that will embrace a wide ranging education. While having a specified interest is fine, Yale is looking for students who will take advantage of all the other courses and activities it offers. A lot of students try to “game” the major, but I don’t think this really comes into play until they “shape” the class later in the process. Further, Yale assumes most students’ interest will change during their 4 years, so they are not admitting by major but by “best available athlete”. Even then, if there are only 10 “tuba players” finalists, there is only 1 tuba player spot. IMO, if you are going for a very specialized “pointy” spot, you better be the best.
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I did have interest in other areas lol (though prob still within social sci/humanity side as I selected in my 2nd&3rd intended major ), and those are implied through my essays and ecs, but theater is my primary interest. But anyway, this rly helps! Thank you again for this!!
Haven’t gotten an interview for yale rea either yet, kinda feel like it’s a bit late to receive one now before the 17th. Surprised I didn’t even pass the pre-screen though I definitely thought my olympiads and decent stats/ecs were enough for at least an interview. guess i was a bit overconfident.