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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by JamesBlahDeBlah » Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:39 pm

feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Haha, oh no! Put the essays away! Best not to know.
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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by feralflamingo » Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:50 pm

walks wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Too real.
Isn't it?
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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by feralflamingo » Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:50 pm

JamesBlahDeBlah wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Haha, oh no! Put the essays away! Best not to know.
I'm going to take that advice and just bury my head in reddit or something
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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by #gobroncos » Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:00 pm

feralflamingo wrote:
walks wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Too real.
Isn't it?
One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*

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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by feralflamingo » Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:06 pm

#gobroncos wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:
walks wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Too real.
Isn't it?
One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*
90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all times. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",
Sigggggggghhhhhhhhh
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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by solennita » Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:23 pm

spambot123 wrote:
solennita wrote:If you have letters that were sent directly to YLS (i.e., from a YLS professor), is it acceptable to email admissions to confirm receipt? I've been hesitating about reaching out because I know they discourage checking in and clogging up the admissions email, but I would hate to lose out even a little bit if any of my materials didn't make it in...
I'd email. Seems like a prime better-safe-than situation. Plus, it can't hurt you any. There's enough anxiety in the app process, no need to add to it.
This was good advice for anyone in a similar situation - I received a response from the Admission's office that was incredibly nice, and they requested that I email a scan of one of the letters they hadn't received yet to ensure it would be included in my file.
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Post by MonicaYoung_LOL » Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:25 pm

feralflamingo wrote:
#gobroncos wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:
walks wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Too real.
Isn't it?
One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*
90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all time. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",
Sigggggggghhhhhhhhh
I really do hope that they don't reject people based on their comma usage... that seems linguistically prescriptivist for a liberal place like YLS--particularly since people learn things differently throughout their education, even within the US--and somewhat arbitrary. If a candidate has a wonderful PS but makes a comma / punctuation mistake, I can't imagine that that would be grounds for disqualification. Who knows, I guess... but if I were WL'ed / dinged because of a comma, I'd say fuck it, that's some classist garbage right there. All of that to say: don't worry about a comma at this point, just keep on trucking!!!!

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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by feralflamingo » Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:19 pm

MonicaYoung_LOL wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:
#gobroncos wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:
walks wrote:
feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Too real.
Isn't it?
One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*
90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all times. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",
Sigggggggghhhhhhhhh
I really do hope that they don't reject people based on their comma usage... that seems linguistically prescriptivist for a liberal place like YLS--particularly since people learn things differently throughout their education, even within the US--and somewhat arbitrary. If a candidate has a wonderful PS but makes a comma / punctuation mistake, I can't imagine that that would be grounds for disqualification. Who knows, I guess... but if I were WL'ed / dinged because of a comma, I'd say fuck it, that's some classist garbage right there. All of that to say: don't worry about a comma at this point, just keep on trucking!!!!
Woot woot all aboard the truck!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by spambot123 » Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:57 am

solennita wrote:This was good advice for anyone in a similar situation - I received a response from the Admission's office that was incredibly nice, and they requested that I email a scan of one of the letters they hadn't received yet to ensure it would be included in my file.
Great! Glad to hear that worked out. Good luck!

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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by tinycatfriend » Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:42 pm

For people who've applied already (yes I am super late thank god Yale doesn't care when you apply): how did y'all format the college activities section? Paragraphs? How long?

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Post by JamesBlahDeBlah » Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:46 pm

tinycatfriend wrote:For people who've applied already (yes I am super late thank god Yale doesn't care when you apply): how did y'all format the college activities section? Paragraphs? How long?
It says list (unlike post-college which says describe), so I just bullet pointed things with quick blurbs about each. Kind of like a resume, but not in resume format.
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Post by Oneanddone? » Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:18 am

JamesBlahDeBlah wrote:
tinycatfriend wrote:For people who've applied already (yes I am super late thank god Yale doesn't care when you apply): how did y'all format the college activities section? Paragraphs? How long?
It says list (unlike post-college which says describe), so I just bullet pointed things with quick blurbs about each. Kind of like a resume, but not in resume format.
+1; I did the same.

I didn't receive any assistance in writing my application and really I hope they don't think that's weird. I feel like most people have others proofread theirs for them, but I'm the one who proofreads for all my family and friends. I really do feel confident in what I've written and am about to submit. I just hope admitting to not receiving help isn't some big red flag. :(

Totally over-analyzing all of this.

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Post by spicysalmonroll » Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:12 am

Oneanddone? wrote:
I didn't receive any assistance in writing my application and really I hope they don't think that's weird. I feel like most people have others proofread theirs for them, but I'm the one who proofreads for all my family and friends. I really do feel confident in what I've written and am about to submit. I just hope admitting to not receiving help isn't some big red flag. :(

Totally over-analyzing all of this.

So that's the reverse thinking (probably just overthinking) I went through. I did have a really close friend read my personal statement but he made no changes and just gave me verbal feedback on what he thought. It was nothing of the sort that should be noted in an application or be taken into consideration by the adcoms. I still wrote it down though because i actually thought NOT sharing your personal statement with at least one other person for feedback would be kinda weird and potentially even raise some red flags as you said.

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Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)

Post by holymolyoly » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:04 am

Should I be concerned that I still haven't gone complete yet? Submitted 12/6 and never got another email.

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Post by gotmilk332 » Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:55 am

holymolyoly wrote:Should I be concerned that I still haven't gone complete yet? Submitted 12/6 and never got another email.
I would check in with them- can’t hurt and I submitted a few days later and went complete in December.

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gotmilk332 wrote:
holymolyoly wrote:Should I be concerned that I still haven't gone complete yet? Submitted 12/6 and never got another email.
I would check in with them- can’t hurt and I submitted a few days later and went complete in December.
Agreed. The admissions office is pretty helpful, I've found. I'm sure they wouldn't mind checking for you. And it can't hurt to ask.

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Post by bubblebat » Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:26 pm

I'm wishing I hadn't sent my application off so early, because now I have to figure out how to contact Yale and update them with bad news. It is nerve-wrecking...

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Post by KENYADIGG1T » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:47 pm

So my admit package came in and...

...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.

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Post by jkander31 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:48 pm

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KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...

...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
A man can only dream for a YLS Snuggie ... Ugh I want one lol

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Post by winmore1228 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:52 pm

bubblebat wrote:I'm wishing I hadn't sent my application off so early, because now I have to figure out how to contact Yale and update them with bad news. It is nerve-wrecking...
What's the bad news?

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jkander31 wrote:A
KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...

...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
A man can only dream for a YLS Snuggie ... Ugh I want one lol
Jesus Christ that's amazing

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Post by bubblebat » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:08 pm

winmore1228 wrote:
bubblebat wrote:I'm wishing I hadn't sent my application off so early, because now I have to figure out how to contact Yale and update them with bad news. It is nerve-wrecking...
What's the bad news?
I was enrolled in a masters program but something absolutely atrocious has happened (well outside my control) and now I have to withdraw. I've been told my reasons for leaving are more than respectable and my supervisors said they'd be willing to write me a glowing letter to accompany the news, but I still feel like the second I inform Yale, I'll have shot my chances square in the face.

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Post by LSATuration » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:11 pm

KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...

...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
Anyway we can see a photo? :o

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Post by gotmilk332 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:14 pm

LSATuration wrote:
KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...

...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
Anyway we can see a photo? :o
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