Yale YES-W Experience?

3puppies
Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:54:37 +0000

My daughter got the likely-letter Yes-W call a few hours ago, followed by an e-mail inviting her to the weekend. She is thrilled (as am I). She did not expect to get in, which I didn’t understand, as she is top of her class, perfect SATs, NHS, dozens of awards, etc. and she has taken 15 AP courses, getting straight A+'s. Her sister applied 3 years ago (with nearly similar stats) and was wait listed, then rejected, finally going to Wellesley (where she is very happy).
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She had her interview last week and was terribly nervous, but the gentleman who met her was terrific - showed her an article he had just gotten and he asked her for her initial thoughts about it. It was a perfect opportunity to start a conversation, it let her show she is smart, inquisitive, but still respectful, and most of all she can think on her feet, and communicate.

They actually told her they haven’t gone through all of these yet, but they were calling to let some of the people know they were excited to see her application. They only invite a really select few (100 students) as they want to show off the new stuff Yale has to offer.

My husband thinks that she was a shoo-in as she is a female applicant with a STEM interest. I think it is more a luck thing - pretty random - but maybe something about her essay showed her passion for learning about computers science.

I am wondering what I can do as I will not send her to visit there completely on her own. Suggestions?