Yale c/o 2018 (2014-2015 Applicants) Forum

[imatreyu]

Waitlisted via e-mail yesterday. Submitted at the deadline.

Really surprised and will definitely see where this goes!

Also it's pretty funny at this point to be able to add Yale to the list of schools I've been WL'd at. (Chicago, Georgetown, Michigan) LOL. -__-

[hillz]

Rejected just now. I'm only surprised I stayed alive this long. Congrats to those admitted and good luck to everyone on the waitlist!

[lawstudent2018]

Is anyone out there still waiting for a decision?

[Luckoftheirish]

Is anyone out there still waiting for a decision?

Still waiting here, complete in late December early January. Anyone else out there?

[wheresthethesis]

Complete 1/7, still hanging in there

[jinxpoem4]

Dinged today
Complete 12/20
3.87/162 (with disability)
Proud to have made it this far, excited to be headed to Berkeley
Congrats to everyone still waiting!

[lawstudent2018]

What is the current FB group count?

[ballcaps]

What is the current FB group count?

252 right now

[lawstudent2018]

What is the current FB group count?

252 right now

Thanks!

[cc78]

Complete 1/7, still hanging in there

This is soooo very strange, but definitely not a bad thing. Your app seems to be stuck with the slowest FR grouping of the bunch.

Hope good news is coming your way soon.

[RandomDude]

Complete 1/7, still hanging in there

+1

ETA: However, this also happened last year, and it was still just WL/Deny remaining.

[lawstudent2018]

Complete 1/7, still hanging in there

This is soooo very strange, but definitely not a bad thing. Your app seems to be stuck with the slowest FR grouping of the bunch.

Hope good news is coming your way soon.

I highly doubt the wait is connected to FR. I have a suspicion that they have a stack of borderline files and are going through them to determine WL/reject and maybe a handful of exceptions that ultimately get an offer upon re-consideration/deliberation. I can't imagine that there are many people who haven't recieved decisions at this point.

[Luckoftheirish]

I would say faculty review is probably finished as well, but it is weird that my app was complete at the same time (1/7) and is still pending. Anyone else still waiting with an app complete at a different date?

[CrayonBlintz]

Hey all. I've been WL at YLS, too. However, I only sent my FAFSA info to the school after I'd gotten the WL email, which is also way after the Financial Aid deadline YLS has on their website (March 15th). Yale is my very top choice, will this reflect negatively on my application/hurt my chances at an offer off the waitlist?

[Indifference]

Hey all. I've been WL at YLS, too. However, I only sent my FAFSA info to the school after I'd gotten the WL email, which is also way after the Financial Aid deadline YLS has on their website (March 15th). Yale is my very top choice, will this reflect negatively on my application/hurt my chances at an offer off the waitlist?

Sincerely doubt it will have any impact.

[cc78]

I highly doubt the wait is connected to FR. I have a suspicion that they have a stack of borderline files and are going through them to determine WL/reject and maybe a handful of exceptions that ultimately get an offer upon re-consideration/deliberation. I can't imagine that there are many people who haven't recieved decisions at this point.

It's hard for me to understand why they would wait on a WL/ding choice if someone has gone through FR and has a rating. Extending a WL offer is cost-less for the school, because it does not become an acceptance unless the person is actually offered admission. So, the WL/deny decision should be pretty straightforward--if you have even the slightest inkling that you might like a candidate in the right circumstance, just WL them.

Your suggestion that they hold a small cache of applicants to the very end who could get the call just makes more sense to me. Of course, who really knows what the hell they are doing? My sympathies to anyone who is still waiting.

[Indy16]

Anyone have an idea of the deadline to submit the staying on the WL doc and an LOCI? I was hoping to possibly visit next weekend, which would help me write my LOCI I think, but if that's too late...

[circuitsfreak]

Anyone have an idea of the deadline to submit the staying on the WL doc and an LOCI? I was hoping to possibly visit next weekend, which would help me write my LOCI I think, but if that's too late...

Hmm It wasn't specified in the WL email, so I imagine it would de facto be to submit as soon as you can... But if I were to guess, I would say it'd be reasonable to submit these docs before their deposit deadline at the beginning of May since they wouldn't go to the WL until then, right?

[keekztresq]

Also, the WL email didn't specify, but if you are submitting additional recs would it be better to do it via email or snail mail?

[CrayonBlintz]

From one of the Ask Asha's on the admission's blog:

Over the next few months, we will periodically review the people on our wait list and release some of them, so the number of people on the wait list dwindles as we go through the summer.

What does she mean by "release some of them?" Do they just change their mind about you and take you off the waitlist without notifying you? Would they do that?

[Mack.Hambleton]

Pretty sure they'd notify you if they reject you lol

[qwertyTLS]

yale is so ridiculous.

wl'd applicants on LSN for this cycle have median lsat 173 and gpa 3.9...

[RandomDude]

Pretty sure they'd notify you if they reject you lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz9810Y7ZRw

[qwertyTLS]

did anyone receive confirmation of WL response, or some sort of acknowledgement?

[keekztresq]

did anyone receive confirmation of WL response, or some sort of acknowledgement?

I didn't (sent it via email). In one of her blog posts, Asha says not to expect a response/confirmation for everything because they only have two people working in the office...makes me cringe but what can you do I guess?