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

[musharraf]

lol, who in this thread has actually applied...?

(not me)

People have already applied to Yale?

Someday, I will write a passable 250 and will apply. Someday...

I submitted in late November - I figured Yale would be a Hail Mary for me any way I cut it, so I might as well end the pain early. I was lucky to have just written a short essay for a friend's newspaper about life in my city that I could edit down to 250 words. If not going over the word limit is the primary indicator of quality, I killed it and will be your next Supreme Court justice. If, for some reason, the content of the essay matters too... I even didn't like Connecticut anyway.

[bbkk]

lol, who in this thread has actually applied...?

(not me)

Not a lot, and that's probably why this thread is so quiet.

[bbkk]

All this talk about good 250s gets me nervous. I wrote about the football team I'm obsessed with. I just remember some dude posting one about his abnormally large-sized head and I thought it was so great that I went the casual route like he did.

I also really disliked that one that was posted here awhile ago - thought it made no sense - so now I'm worried I totally screwed up this 250 thing! Not like that will make or break my app anyway (i.e. they laughed at my GPA).

They might like it, you never know.

BTW i think the one who wrote about his large head didn't get in.

[062914123]

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[ejan1621]

Ah well, difference of opinion, which is always good. And I know he got rejected, but I still thought it was great!

[The-Specs]

lol, who in this thread has actually applied...?

(not me)

I have. Applied the day it opened.

[04102014]

lol, who in this thread has actually applied...?

(not me)

I have. Applied the day it opened.

Shocking

[Kimikho]

Lol who applies to Yale. The REALLY good candidates come to asha in a dream.

[The-Specs]

Lol who applies to Yale. The REALLY good candidates come to asha in a dream.

Hahahahaha dang, I knew I went about this all the wrong way.

[cee cee]

I didn't like the Korea 250 nearly as much as the drag queen crossing guard 250. I think Asha's pretty clear that there's a huge variety of approaches you can take, and more casual subject matter is definitely ok.
eta: Yale also includes a 250 about Cubs sports fans in the urm packet it sends out.

[Sourrudedude]

All this talk about good 250s gets me nervous. I wrote about the football team I'm obsessed with. I just remember some dude posting one about his abnormally large-sized head and I thought it was so great that I went the casual route like he did.

I also really disliked that one that was posted here awhile ago - thought it made no sense - so now I'm worried I totally screwed up this 250 thing! Not like that will make or break my app anyway (i.e. they laughed at my GPA).

Mine was really light-hearted and I strongly disliked all the examples they sent out.

[The-Specs]

Well, its past 9 ET. You know what that means.

The Witching Hour for Yale addmissions calls is up on us.

[04102014]

Well, its past 9 ET. You know what that means.

The Witching Hour for Yale addmissions calls is up on us.

Such a weird hour.

[HorseThief]

I haven't checked yet but it's probably around 7... (that's the length of my CV I think?)

I know I'm late to the party, but I was once told that a college graduate should only have a 1-2 page CV. Nothing you do in undergrad would warrant more than that. The longer CV's are for people with 5-10 years of work experience, several degrees, and/or lots of publications.

[ttime97]

...in!

[Kimikho]

...in!

- stats?
- app date?
- did you cure AIDS, cancer, or go to the moon?

[ttime97]

Lol none of those things. But around median for gpa, below 25 for lsat (urm). PM for details.
The Yale admissions tweet was real. I was called earlier. I'm still shocked.

[ttime97]

O and I submitted mid-November.

[milkandcheerios]

lol, who in this thread has actually applied...?

(not me)

me neither. Although I did start working on my 250 again today after taking a week off, at least i'm making some progress.

[staples88]

when asha talks about her former career, does it make any of you think she can just phone up her husband and ask him to a run a name? or is it mostly to keep applicants in line?

I didn't lie on my app about CF or LSAT prep or anything.

[FuriousDuck]

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[FuriousDuck]

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[Kimikho]

when asha talks about her former career, does it make any of you think she can just phone up her husband and ask him to a run a name? or is it mostly to keep applicants in line?

I didn't lie on my app about CF or LSAT prep or anything.

dude, just let us know what this C&F issue is already.

[phillywc]

when asha talks about her former career, does it make any of you think she can just phone up her husband and ask him to a run a name? or is it mostly to keep applicants in line?

I didn't lie on my app about CF or LSAT prep or anything.

Every time you post, I think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07KuQcnu71c


you make some SHIFTY posts

[FuriousDuck]

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