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Thanks for the response. I appreciate it.

Just called again -- they still have the recorded message that they will reopen on Monday (yesterday). Time to resort to email!

thederangedwang wrote:

admisionquestion wrote:Can someone give me a brief update. I applied early and have not heard a thing (and thankfully have avoided following this thread until now).

some people got in, a lot of people didnt, some people who applied early are still waiting

Quite simply the most succinct, most complete summary of this thread to date.

adam1 wrote:

admisionquestion wrote:I guess I am not familiar with the timeline of yale's admission process. Are things winding down at this point or are there still lots of seats?

When is the latest I will hear an initial decision accept/reject/wl decision?

Is it good news that I have not been rejected yet? (or some less stupid question).

The chances of being admitted at this point with out a WL are very low and decreasing. Early applicants who have survived seem to have a fairly good shot at WL.

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

According to the TLS stats that have been floating around for a while, early applicants have about 50% chance shot at a WL; of course, Asha regularly derides the TLS data as unrepresentative, so take it with a grain of salt.

For late submitters, there is no good news until you're accepted.

cogitoergosum wrote:

Twit wrote:

Fo realz?

Only because they can't possibly string this out much longer; the May 1 deposit deadlines are only three weeks away.

Also it looks like from LSN that this is historically the week for WLs and more rejections

If it helps, the FB group is at 212 right now (including a handful of admins and current students).

roguewave19 wrote:If it helps, the FB group is at 212 right now (including a handful of admins and current students).

Which means, if history holds true, there are about 40 more admits that need to be called. The YLS facebook groups from last year and the year before both had around 260 when they finalized the class.

brown822015 wrote:

roguewave19 wrote:If it helps, the FB group is at 212 right now (including a handful of admins and current students).

Which means, if history holds true, there are about 40 more admits that need to be called. The YLS facebook groups from last year and the year before both had around 260 when they finalized the class.

40 more initial admits or 40 including waitlist admits?

We've had crickets for days....

a.psu wrote:We've had crickets for days....

My uninformed guess is that most of us will hear an initial decision on Friday, but it looks like in some past years people were receiving initial decisions as late as 4/25. Another two weeks would be awful.

PKozi wrote:

a.psu wrote:We've had crickets for days....

My uninformed guess is that most of us will hear an initial decision on Friday, but it looks like in some past years people were receiving initial decisions as late as 4/25. Another two weeks would be awful.

I'm just going to hope for this Friday. What makes me nervous is the trickle of admitted calls stopped...but then again not everyone is on TLS.

Two people were accepted on 4/9 per LSN.

wharever wrote:Two people were accepted on 4/9 per LSN.

Oh good to know! Sorry >.< I was judging off the posts here.

I was sure I wouldn't get accepted at this point, but I got the call at 4:49pm today! My application was completed Jan 11, 3.83/177. Good luck everyone! There's still hope!

sb512 wrote:I was sure I wouldn't get accepted at this point, but I got the call at 4:49pm today! My application was completed Jan 11, 3.83/177. Good luck everyone! There's still hope!

Congratulations! When you gain access to the YLS Facebook group, you might want to check out some of their recorded webinar sessions with current students, etc. You can also download a PDF of the admitted students' binder from there while you wait for the hard copy.

Just got the call. Unreal....

poultry wrote:Just got the call. Unreal....

OMG, I am so proud of my alum right now.. I think you break the record set by our neighbor

poultry wrote:Just got the call. Unreal....

nice!, submit date?

poultry wrote:Just got the call. Unreal....

Wow Poultry, it's been a HUGE few days for you!

Also in as of 10pm! 173/3.87, URM, 2/16 submit, 2/29 complete.

Congrats to all the new admits! It's fun to relive the excitement of getting that phone call through reading your posts.

This wait is awful.

Yeah, pretty intense. I had a very weird cycle. The fact that YLS and SLS scheduled the ASW for the same week adds more stress. Now even the fact that New Haven is a cheaper city and I could afford to have a cat is marginally at play in this crazy decision making process....
Not that cats are important...just a taste of how boggled my mind is right now.
P.S. I submitted early Nov. 2011

beevs wrote:

poultry wrote:Just got the call. Unreal....

Wow Poultry, it's been a HUGE few days for you!

Also in as of 10pm! 173/3.87, URM, 2/16 submit, 2/29 complete.

poultry wrote:Yeah, pretty intense. I had a very weird cycle. The fact that YLS and SLS scheduled the ASW for the same week adds more stress. Now even the fact that New Haven is a cheaper city and I could afford to have a cat is marginally at play in this crazy decision making process....
Not that cats are important...just a taste of how boggled my mind is right now.
P.S. I submitted early Nov. 2011

If poultry submitted in November, they must be opening the gates to release us from Early Submitter Limbo. Let's hope good news awaits.

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Dinged via email.

174/3.95

Sent: 2/14
Complete: 2/29

dinged via e-mail

3/1 submit, 173, 4.04