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Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:08 pm
by carlos_danger
I have strong numbers but have been WLed/will shortly be waitlisted at every school that seems to do a good amount of YP (UVA, Mich, Penn, UCLA).

Does that mean my app, beyond my numbers, is weak? Like is there some sort of flaw leading to all these YP WLs?

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:57 pm
by echonov
Did you write a "Why X" for any of the schools you mention? I'd be a little hesitant to automatically assume that a WL for someone with good scores is always YP, especially if it's multiple schools in the same cycle. Also, what do you mean by "will shortly be WLed"?

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:58 pm
by pancakes3
we're going to need some numbers before speculating on you being yield protected.

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:32 pm
by pretzeltime
bud.....you already got into harvard

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:48 am
by carlos_danger
pretzeltime wrote:bud.....you already got into harvard
You're right, I need to chill out. Just hard not to get inside your own head while waiting to hear back from other schools.

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:03 am
by Thomas Hagan, ESQ.
Dude, your cycle is over lol congrats on harvard, now go and celebrate and forget about all the other applications!! woooooo

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:45 am
by A. Nony Mouse
carlos_danger wrote:I have strong numbers but have been WLed/will shortly be waitlisted at every school that seems to do a good amount of YP (UVA, Mich, Penn, UCLA).

Does that mean my app, beyond my numbers, is weak? Like is there some sort of flaw leading to all these YP WLs?
Apparently your flaw is having an application good enough for Harvard.

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:46 am
by carlos_danger
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
carlos_danger wrote:I have strong numbers but have been WLed/will shortly be waitlisted at every school that seems to do a good amount of YP (UVA, Mich, Penn, UCLA).

Does that mean my app, beyond my numbers, is weak? Like is there some sort of flaw leading to all these YP WLs?
Apparently your flaw is having an application good enough for Harvard.
I figured I could have been admitted to Harvard on numbers but had some glaring flaw in the actual application that I was overlooking? Probably overthinking it.

Re: Does getting YPed mean anything?

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:14 am
by ArtistOfManliness
carlos_danger wrote:
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
carlos_danger wrote:I have strong numbers but have been WLed/will shortly be waitlisted at every school that seems to do a good amount of YP (UVA, Mich, Penn, UCLA).

Does that mean my app, beyond my numbers, is weak? Like is there some sort of flaw leading to all these YP WLs?
Apparently your flaw is having an application good enough for Harvard.
I figured I could have been admitted to Harvard on numbers but had some glaring flaw in the actual application that I was overlooking? Probably overthinking it.
dude you're being stupid go home