Yale c/o 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

linguafranca90 · Post by **linguafranca90** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:22 pm

benwyatt wrote:
linguafranca90 wrote:But seriously, am I the only one for whom the application isn't available on LSAC?
No, it doesn't seem to be available at the moment.

Don't sweat it.

Admissions says it'll probably be up tomorrow.

Euthyphro · Post by **Euthyphro** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:06 pm

https://twitter.com/ylsadmissions/statu ... wsrc%5Etfw

Application opening delayed for a week

Cue to me wasting like 8 hours re-reading my application once a day knowing full well that I won't change anything.

scone · Post by **scone** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:18 pm

Euthyphro wrote:https://twitter.com/ylsadmissions/statu ... wsrc%5Etfw

Application opening delayed for a week
Cue to me wasting like 8 hours re-reading my application once a day knowing full well that I won't change anything.

Darn it. Thanks for letting us know!

darlenealderson · Post by **darlenealderson** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:48 pm

Actually kind of relieved that the application is delayed, that way I can submit Day 1!

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:52 pm

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salander · Post by **salander** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:21 pm

benwyatt wrote:Yale application will be available tomorrow according to the LSAC website.

Dun dun dun...

darlenealderson · Post by **darlenealderson** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:11 am

And...it's up!

Ensalada · Post by **Ensalada** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:15 pm

Checking in! Thanks for the Saturday gift, Yale (:

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 1:46 pm

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salander · Post by **salander** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:20 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:The Yale app is kind of turning me off this idea. We need to submit something about college activities, that's separate from the resume. Mine is gonna look so lame. "I was an athlete. That is all."

But it's well-known that athletics take up a lot of time!

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:52 pm

I had no idea that Yale's app fee was only 60 bucks. What are Stanford and Columbia doing?

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:59 pm

Also, is everyone using their 2 page personal statement? I have a four page one that I wrote for Berkeley, and I figure that I'll use it if I can. Thoughts?

benwyatt · Post by **benwyatt** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:13 pm

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basedvulpes · Post by **basedvulpes** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:09 am

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whacka · Post by **whacka** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:14 pm

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James.K.Polk · Post by **James.K.Polk** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:33 pm

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salander · Post by **salander** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:16 pm

basedvulpes wrote:Just popping in to say I'm jealous of you guys writing 250s because they seem really fun, but it's not worth me throwing away $100.

"Really fun" is not how I would describe writing the Yale 250s

That's what I used to think, but not anymore.

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:41 am

I had fun with the 250. I just talked about how handsome I was. Hilde can attest to that

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How are you all structuring the college activity portion? I haven't been able to find anything about it. I'm probably not going to do the post-college one, since I reworked my resume for Yale's one page suggestion and put all of my military stuff on it.

Hearts everyone!

MistakenGenius · Post by **MistakenGenius** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:26 am

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Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:40 am

MistakenGenius wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:Also, is everyone using their 2 page personal statement? I have a four page one that I wrote for Berkeley, and I figure that I'll use it if I can. Thoughts?
I've never seen anything anywhere about YLS banning the use of a four page personal statement. That said, I probably wouldn't do it.

And to your most recent question, I did mine in the form of very short essays just telling what I did because I hate bullet-points and wanted to have more background than just listing stuff, but I don't think the format of that one matters as much.

Thanks! That really helps.

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:50 am

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Ensalada · Post by **Ensalada** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:47 pm

Dcc617 wrote:How are you all structuring the college activity portion? I haven't been able to find anything about it.

A lot of similar resume wording, easy-to-read formatting, and a short description for most activities. Also including my 1pg resume even if it's a bit repetitive ... gotta show that professional CV flair. Explaining post-college activities in a half-page narrative form.

Anxiously refreshing my email waiting for my last letter of rec to come in (they promised to send it yesterday) so that I can submit. Not wanting to submit before the letter in case reference noticed something wrong in my PS or resume. Fingers crossed for Monday/Yale Submit Day.

EDIT: He submitted literally 2 minutes after I posted this. There is magic in this forum.

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:02 pm

So my Yale application is done, ready for submission. But I think I'm going to sit on it for a couple days.

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:13 pm

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Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:17 pm

Hildegard15 wrote:
Dcc617 wrote:So my Yale application is done, ready for submission. But I think I'm going to sit on it for a couple days.
Why are you waiting?

Maybe I'll get a fee waiver?

No, but there is no benefit to submitting now versus in a week or two. My goal is to be complete on all of my apps by the time I get out of the army (about a month). So I may as well sit on the Yale app to see if anything pops into my head as a good addition. Yale and Stanford are the two schools I'm applying to where everything besides my numbers kind of matter. And I had to rework a lot of stuff for my Yale app in a way that I didn't have to for Stanford.

What are you waiting on madame?

EDIT: Apparently there is a bump for applying early. Asha lied...