Yale c/o 2017 Applicants (2013-2014 cycle) Forum

[kershka]

So i still have not completed my 250 nor applied. Who is on the same boat?

<raises hand>

+1

[cway]

I want to ask how I can submit a Diversity Statement to Yale since there's no slot to upload one on the LSAC application. Thanks in advance

First I would refer to Asha's post on diversity statements: http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... world.aspx

If you still plan to submit one, you just submit it as an addendum. There is no specific portal for diversity statements as far as I know.

Hope this is helpful!!

[wealtheow]

So i still have not completed my 250 nor applied. Who is on the same boat?

<raises hand>

likewise. thank goodness Yale's not rolling

[gold4canada]

I want to ask how I can submit a Diversity Statement to Yale since there's no slot to upload one on the LSAC application. Thanks in advance

First I would refer to Asha's post on diversity statements: http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... world.aspx

If you still plan to submit one, you just submit it as an addendum. There is no specific portal for diversity statements as far as I know.

Hope this is helpful!!

Thank you!

[cway]

Question for everyone. Harvard's need-based policies seem to indicate $180k-ish cumulative student/parent income as the cut-off for need-based aid (http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... ytype.html), but I haven't been able to find a similar number for Yale. I've seen people refer to being in the financial "grey area" but I have no idea what that is....

Any insight?

[wtrc]

The whole Wait-To-Submit-Yale-Last-Because-Not-Rolling-And-Yale-Is-The-Dream worked for me... But now it's mid-January....

Weekends, meet Yale App...

[062914123]

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[wtrc]

The whole Wait-To-Submit-Yale-Last-Because-Not-Rolling-And-Yale-Is-The-Dream worked for me... But now it's mid-January....

Weekends, meet Yale App...

i have literally 0 motivation to do the yale app but i should really get on it gonna make myself do it this weekend too, i guess.

Bee we should do a joint application

[062914123]

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[milkandcheerios]

The whole Wait-To-Submit-Yale-Last-Because-Not-Rolling-And-Yale-Is-The-Dream worked for me... But now it's mid-January....

Weekends, meet Yale App...

i have literally 0 motivation to do the yale app but i should really get on it gonna make myself do it this weekend too, i guess.

good to know I'm not the only one with 0 motivation. I'm too busy basking in the afterglow of finally having submitted all my other apps . I just can't be bothered to work on my 250

[paglababa]

I promise to work on my yale app this sat. PINKY PROMISE.

[IrishJew]

So I don't understand this whole not gaining an advantage by applying early deal with Yale. So how does Yale review its applications? They already sent out a few acceptances. Didn't these admits have an advantage as they were not compared to people who have yet to submit?

maybe. but they probably got a much better advantage from their 4.X/180s.

Took the words out of my fingers...

[IrishJew]

So I don't understand this whole not gaining an advantage by applying early deal with Yale. So how does Yale review its applications? They already sent out a few acceptances. Didn't these admits have an advantage as they were not compared to people who have yet to submit?

I'm guessing they limit admits until they are all sent in... maybe 5 or 10 a month until deadline?

They admit very few students early on, and then the majority of students from mid February through March and into April.

YLS is unique in that three professors separately rate each application on a scale of 2 - 4. Then, those with a 12 are admitted, and most with an 11 are admitted. Since application submission date has no effect on your application rating, it doesn't matter when you apply.

Professors are used to seeing applications. They don't need to see the rest of the current year's applicant pool to put you in context.

Since there simply will never be enough 12's to fill a class, my guess is that they can admit all of those people right away. Then, they can pool the 11's and sort through those towards the end of the cycle and admit an appropriate amount given space constraints. This is pure speculation, though.

My impression is that faculty review starts early (usually a couple are admitted in December), but professors are really slow and continue working throughout the cycle.

From reading the blog, it sounds like not everyone goes to faculty review. If I recall, Dean Rangappa does an initial review and weeds out a lot of people and automatically admits a handful before sending the winnowed-down list of "maybes" to the faculty. So presumably the people who have heard already are folks with 4.0 + 180 + solid essays and LOR + >658 blind orphans saved by your non-profit foundation, folks in other words who are just hands-down definitely getting in and the Dean notifies immediately. Though I guess it's also possible that these are people who submitted early enough to make it through a full faculty review and come back with 12s as Lochner posits.

[OVOXO]

I hope I’m not wasting $100+ by applying (4.03/171)

[Nonconsecutive]

I hope I’m not wasting $100+ by applying (4.03/171)

Considering its 85$ I think your good.

[Cicero76]

I hope I’m not wasting $100+ by applying (4.03/171)

Considering its 85$ I think your good.

LSAC CAS fee bro

[drawstring]

Prof lectured about Cicero in a philosophy class today. All I could think about was Yale.......

[The-Specs]

So, I know that all of the other rejections on LSN for this cycle are mistaken carryovers from last year but could there be any truth to this one?

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/Listedatnasdaq

[Nonconsecutive]

I hope I’m not wasting $100+ by applying (4.03/171)

Considering its 85$ I think your good.

LSAC CAS fee bro

Isn't Yale's app 60$ + 25$ for the CAS? I only paid 85$ when I applied.

[Cicero76]

I hope I’m not wasting $100+ by applying (4.03/171)

Considering its 85$ I think your good.

LSAC CAS fee bro

Isn't Yale's app 60$ + 25$ for the CAS? I only paid 85$ when I applied.

Point taken, I didn't bother checking. I was too busy lecturing on philosophy.

[Nonconsecutive]

Point taken, I didn't bother checking. I was too busy lecturing on philosophy.

Oh I wasn't so much trying to make a point as much as I was suddenly worried I had done something incorrectly.

[HorseThief]

So I don't understand this whole not gaining an advantage by applying early deal with Yale. So how does Yale review its applications? They already sent out a few acceptances. Didn't these admits have an advantage as they were not compared to people who have yet to submit?

I'm guessing they limit admits until they are all sent in... maybe 5 or 10 a month until deadline?

They admit very few students early on, and then the majority of students from mid February through March and into April.

YLS is unique in that three professors separately rate each application on a scale of 2 - 4. Then, those with a 12 are admitted, and most with an 11 are admitted. Since application submission date has no effect on your application rating, it doesn't matter when you apply.

Professors are used to seeing applications. They don't need to see the rest of the current year's applicant pool to put you in context.

Since there simply will never be enough 12's to fill a class, my guess is that they can admit all of those people right away. Then, they can pool the 11's and sort through those towards the end of the cycle and admit an appropriate amount given space constraints. This is pure speculation, though.

My impression is that faculty review starts early (usually a couple are admitted in December), but professors are really slow and continue working throughout the cycle.

From reading the blog, it sounds like not everyone goes to faculty review. If I recall, Dean Rangappa does an initial review and weeds out a lot of people and automatically admits a handful before sending the winnowed-down list of "maybes" to the faculty. So presumably the people who have heard already are folks with 4.0 + 180 + solid essays and LOR + >658 blind orphans saved by your non-profit foundation, folks in other words who are just hands-down definitely getting in and the Dean notifies immediately. Though I guess it's also possible that these are people who submitted early enough to make it through a full faculty review and come back with 12s as Lochner posits.

Fwiw, a few months ago I tried to send an update to my application, and they told me that they could add it to my file, but that it wouldn't affect the review process. I got the sense that some profs may have already read over my application, so I probably have a score since I applied so early.

[bbkk]

So, I know that all of the other rejections on LSN for this cycle are mistaken carryovers from last year but could there be any truth to this one?

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/Listedatnasdaq

Internships sound impressive!

Internships at Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, PwC and Mckinsey.

The whole Wait-To-Submit-Yale-Last-Because-Not-Rolling-And-Yale-Is-The-Dream worked for me... But now it's mid-January....

Sigh.. same here. I haven't even submitted my apps for others schools. I plan to work on my 250 after that.

[politics89]

So I submitted this week!

Does Yale not even have a status checker? Are they that much of a black box? 'Cause the What to Expect thread had nada info.

[neprep]

So I submitted this week!

Does Yale not even have a status checker? Are they that much of a black box? 'Cause the What to Expect thread had nada info.

As some of you start getting antsy awaiting a decision as the end of admissions season approaches, you might have read my first BIJ post from last year, which exhorted you not to call or write to check on your status. I was admittedly grumpy in my second trimester (perpetual nausea will do that to you), and while most of you appreciated, and even found solace in, my tongue-in-cheek humor, it's probably worthwhile giving a more lucid explanation for why status checks don't jive with our admissions process.

Simply put, we only have two statuses (statii?) for applicants: Under Review and [insert your final decision here]. I've detailed how our admissions process works elsewhere, but suffice it to say that if you haven't heard from us, your file is in the pipeline somewhere, being read by someone (a.k.a. Under Review). We can't give more detail than that, so a call or email really just results in frustration for all parties involved since we don't have much to tell you.

That being said, there are plenty of schools whose application-assessment processes don't jive with status checkers and update them perhaps once in the entire cycle (Columbia, UVA, Stanford, and so on), but still provide the tool to placate the neurotics.