Yale c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle) Forum

[Yukos]

i think its bc there is big wave coming weds/thurs/fri this wk

On what basis? The last 2 yrs of mylsn is not a great indicator given sample size, as has been mentioned.

On the basis of suck a D

[honeybadger12]

Sorry if this has been answered but does anyone know exactly what time the app is due?

[04102014]

i think its bc there is big wave coming weds/thurs/fri this wk

On what basis? The last 2 yrs of mylsn is not a great indicator given sample size, as has been mentioned.

On the basis of suck a D

[vman21]

On the basis of suck a D

haha, fair enough

[bluecouch]

fwiw, the YLS admission twitter feed indicates that, last year, Dean Rangappa made calls on the following dates:

12/9/2011
12/16/2011
12/20/2011

1/17/2012
1/23/2012

2/5/2012
2/15/2012
2/26/2012

3/28-4/4/2012

This year, she didn't tweet call nights until 1/31 (although folks were obviously called before then). After 1/31, Dean Rangappa made calls on 2/7 and... that's it (at least based on the Twitter feed).

Based on what happened last year, we should expect calls this week and then calls again at the end of March.

Although, obviously, I would be more comfortable making this prediction with more data, but... oh well.

[vman21]

Maybe if we look at the join date on the YLS fb page for new members we can get an idea -- although probably very approximate -- of when calls are going out.

Based on what I see, the join dates are pretty staggered -- 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 3 weeks ago, 2 weeks ago, 1 week ago, and some just recently, on Monday. So perhaps calls are going out slowly and steadily and there are just no tweets, because it is only a few people per call day so far (except for 2/7)?

[callmemaybe84]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

[az21833]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

isnt it just need and fafsa?

[sabanist]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

isnt it just need and fafsa?

Yeah, I'm scrambling to get it all in. You can submit them before you hear back from them.

[callmemaybe84]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

isnt it just need and fafsa?

Yeah, I'm scrambling to get it all in. You can submit them before you hear back from them.

Should we submit before we hear back? I feel like its a bit presumptuous...

[bluecouch]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

isnt it just need and fafsa?

Yeah, I'm scrambling to get it all in. You can submit them before you hear back from them.

Should we submit before we hear back? I feel like its a bit presumptuous...

I think Yale is just FAFSA. I already submitted mine with the rest of my financial aid forms. I thought it would be pretty impossible (for me at least) to submit forms as I got acceptances, so I just did it all at once. I don't think you are burdening the office by adding them to your FAFSA list.

[bernaldiaz]

Have we taken into account how late Yale's app opened this year? Historically this week has been huge, but I don't think historically Yale opens Nov. 1.

[yarsten]

Hey y'all, quick question:

Do we have to apply for Fin Aid before March 15 if we haven't heard back yet? I'm a november complete...but just wondering what we are supposed to do, I can't find any clear instruction on their website. I'd imagine we only apply if we get in, but still just wondering.

isnt it just need and fafsa?

Yeah, I'm scrambling to get it all in. You can submit them before you hear back from them.

Should we submit before we hear back? I feel like its a bit presumptuous...

I know I read somewhere (I think it was a snail mail Yale brochure) that you actually should send your FAFSA/Need Access to Yale even if you haven't been admitted yet. They expect this kind of thing, so don't worry about it. I sent all my stuff already.

[sabanist]

Yale Law Admissions ‏@ylsadmissions
In light of the problems some of you are having in reaching LSAC's website, we have extended our application deadline to Monday, March 4.

I got all excited seeing them tweet, only to be crushed that it wasn't a phone call announcement

[04102014]

Yale Law Admissions ‏@ylsadmissions
In light of the problems some of you are having in reaching LSAC's website, we have extended our application deadline to Monday, March 4.

I got all excited seeing them tweet, only to be crushed that it wasn't a phone call announcement

Such a tease.

[pacifica]

I know I read somewhere (I think it was a snail mail Yale brochure) that you actually should send your FAFSA/Need Access to Yale even if you haven't been admitted yet. They expect this kind of thing, so don't worry about it. I sent all my stuff already.

Yea send it. The NeedAccess directions for YLS specifically says they'll just ignore your forms until you've been admitted (in nicer words of course)

[vman21]

3 ppl added to YLS fb group 4 hrs ago, not that that means anything...

[az21833]

i guess calls are going out then. darn

[ManOfTheMinute]

I don't think see... They seemed committed to that whole tweeting thing beforehand I thought

[robot_socrates]

i guess calls are going out then. darn

I don't think we can necessarily claim that calls have gone out just because three people joined the facebook group. Is joining the facebook group really what people do as soon as they get into Yale?

[vman21]

I don't think we can necessarily claim that calls have gone out just because three people joined the facebook group. Is joining the facebook group really what people do as soon as they get into Yale?

That is a fair point -- except that it has been more or less like clockwork that every few days for some time now 3-4 new members will join. Somehow it seems unlikely that stragglers from 2/7 would join FB so systematically. I think we can infer that calls are trickling out. Perhaps they plan to admit tiny groups every few days instead of large groups this year, or - maybe more likely - they plan to do both, and will only tweet prior to large #'s of calls. Who knows?

[bbsg]

So not to jinx anything here, but just in CASE I happen to be so-ridiculously-fortunate:

I'm interviewing for a scholarship at NYU in early April. By April 10th I should know if I received it. However, I'm only submitting my Yale app tomorrow. I don't anticipate they'll have reviewed me by April 10th? The NYU scholarship has a firm 3-day timeframe to accept. If I do get the NYU scholarship, is there absolutely nothing I can do at that point if I'm still pending at Yale?

If I knew the details of the NYU bit and the quick turn-around on it, I certainly would have applied to Yale earlier. Gah.

In a worst case scenario I receive neither. My second-worst case scenario, though, would be withdrawing from Yale (my dream school) because NYU ties my hands up here...

[vman21]

So not to jinx anything here, but just in CASE I happen to be so-ridiculously-fortunate:

I'm interviewing for a scholarship at NYU in early April. By April 10th I should know if I received it. However, I'm only submitting my Yale app tomorrow. I don't anticipate they'll have reviewed me by April 10th? The NYU scholarship has a firm 3-day timeframe to accept. If I do get the NYU scholarship, is there absolutely nothing I can do at that point if I'm still pending at Yale?

If I knew the details of the NYU bit and the quick turn-around on it, I certainly would have applied to Yale earlier. Gah.

In a worst case scenario I receive neither. My second-worst case scenario, though, would be withdrawing from Yale (my dream school) because NYU ties my hands up here..

You can accept NYU scholarship and also accept Yale -- Asha's blog posts might help you out here:

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... rency.aspx

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... power.aspx

[bbsg]

So not to jinx anything here, but just in CASE I happen to be so-ridiculously-fortunate:

I'm interviewing for a scholarship at NYU in early April. By April 10th I should know if I received it. However, I'm only submitting my Yale app tomorrow. I don't anticipate they'll have reviewed me by April 10th? The NYU scholarship has a firm 3-day timeframe to accept. If I do get the NYU scholarship, is there absolutely nothing I can do at that point if I'm still pending at Yale?

If I knew the details of the NYU bit and the quick turn-around on it, I certainly would have applied to Yale earlier. Gah.

In a worst case scenario I receive neither. My second-worst case scenario, though, would be withdrawing from Yale (my dream school) because NYU ties my hands up here..

You can accept NYU scholarship and also accept Yale -- Asha's blog posts might help you out here:

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... rency.aspx

http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/admissi ... power.aspx

Oh wow, that was an excellent read. Thank you so much!

[LSATSCORES2012]

I don't think we can necessarily claim that calls have gone out just because three people joined the facebook group. Is joining the facebook group really what people do as soon as they get into Yale?

That is a fair point -- except that it has been more or less like clockwork that every few days for some time now 3-4 new members will join. Somehow it seems unlikely that stragglers from 2/7 would join FB so systematically. I think we can infer that calls are trickling out. Perhaps they plan to admit tiny groups every few days instead of large groups this year, or - maybe more likely - they plan to do both, and will only tweet prior to large #'s of calls. Who knows?

I'd imagine people have to request to join, so this makes perfect sense, actually - over the period of a few days, admitted students request to join, and every few days some admin approves their request.