@chance11 thanks!! for the fast takes, i didn’t use complete sentences but longer phrases? does that make sense? like, i took out the verbs or whatever to make the most sentence-sounding phrases i could write hahahah
my friend is applying for this & she’s telling me to as well. do you guys think it would be worth it to apply, given the app fee is 60$ and my app would be last min?
How much does this program cost?
@frnchtoast the site says 6000+ $ for the summer! https://globalscholars.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Viewbook_2019__WEB_11_5_18(1).pdf
@alyssakim Me too! BBS 1 full aid 
I’m so excited 
see you in June!
@manstressboutuni yay!! do you know anyone else who got in yet?
@geekysandwich & @alyssakim Thank you for the response.
Hi All, The deadline on RD for YYGS is this Wednesday.
@alyssakim I just send a follow request on IG
I just submitted my application, but I realized that we can’t even go in and see our responses/whether our teachers pulled through with their recommendations? I have a teacher who started their recommendation, but didn’t finish. Now, I won’t know whether they finished or not. If anyone else having the same problem as me?
Hey! I was just curious, would you say you’re upper/middle/lower class if you’re fine with sharing? I’m in the middleish class, but I applied for financial aid because the program is pretty expensive… was the financial aid based on need or was it merit based?
I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION!
@yoonqs It’s need-based, YYGS doesn’t take merit into account when looking at applicants, it’s purely holistic.
so now we find out on march 15 right?
@ItsNami ohh ok thank you!
@cooldolphin05 Yup, the result will come out on March 15.
for the official transcript and recommendation letters, I got emails (each) from YYGS when they received them. I know I am still waiting for 1 letter of recommendation letter so I hope it went through last night.
Submitted mine and looked at this forum and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because my application is terrible compared to you guys’.
Just so you get an idea, in that section where they ask you who you’d have dinner with I wrote about my best friend whom I haven’t seen in four years. Terrible essays too. I can’t wait for March 15th to come so that I can just move on haha
Hello y’all!
I’m from India and I applied to ASE @YYGS this year. I’m really nervous about my chances so I’d be glad if someone could offer their insights.
My stats:
9th grade - all As (no gpa)
10th grade - 93% CBSE Board
Recommendations:
A decent 8/10 recommendation from my computer science teacher and a 9/10 recommendation from the school vice principal
Extra-curriculars:
Published game/software developer on the Google Play store. Recent game ‘Move’ is rated 4.8 and has 1000+ downloads.
Chief Technological Officer for an Ivy League Dartmouth College startup ‘Airfeed’, a location based innovative social media application.
Founder and president of ‘ecoDump’, a national level award winning startup, basically a smart dustbin which rewards user with gift cards, vouchers when trash is disposed.
(Only had space for three but I managed to mention other activities in my essays)
Awards:
Techfest’20 (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai) grand-finalist. Qualified into the top 15 from over 200+ teams nationwide.
Government of India nominated startup founder for the Ministry of Rural Development Startup Conclave.
Chairperson for the United Nations General Assembly in the international level ‘Indian Model United Nations 2019’.
All-rounder best student for the school in 2019.
Ranked top-200 internationally and school topper for the SOF Cyber Olympiad.
Essays:
I’m pretty confident about my essays. They were purely based on my honest experiences and how they shaped me as a person. I also brought relevance to my activities through the essays.
Views?
@neelapeela I think you have a really good shot! Your awards and activity list are amazing!
Hey guys! So I apply to YYGS session II for SGC and I was wondering if you guys can chance me!!!
Stats:
UW: 3.88
W: 5.52
Activity Lists:
- Working in my parent’s restaurant; I started working in 6th grade to help my family alleviate their financial burden. I work everyday after school until 10:30pm and on weekend is 11:30pm
- I started my own club/ program to help kid with incarcerated parents near my parent’s restaurant
- Member of my local Team Enough group( Gun-violence activism)
Awards
Mostly State and national level awards for DECA and FBLA. I also put AP Scholar with Distinction.
Letter of recommendations
10/10- My English teacher who taught me for 2 years. She was mind blown when I told her about my life after school.
9/10- My AP European history teacher and my EE advisor. My English teacher told him about my story and he was amazed by it.
(500 words essay)
I wrote about an armed robbery experiences that happened to me in my parent’s restaurant. This experience later inspired me to start a program with a local youth organization to help children with incarcerated parents near my parent’s restaurant. The robber had 2 elementary kid and his motive was to take his kid out of poverty.
( 200 words short response)
I wrote about my background and how my immigrant parents who neither attend college inspired me to work hard in school and shaped me into a resilient and independent individual.
( 2 Fast takes)
- Class: Amoy Hokkien( a special Chinese dialect I speak)
- Dinner: Angela Duckworth, famous TED talk speaker. Her speech was on “ Grit”
***I also apply for Full financial aids.
Ayyyy PLE 1, where are you from?