Inside the Yale Admissions Office Myth Busters
- There is a lot of misinformation floating around.
- In particular, when someone is rejected, there is a tendency to create strange rumors in order to give a reason for the rejection.
- Some people even refuse to believe what the Admission Officers say.
- Just believe them, lol.
- It is not true that it is easier to get in through Early Action (EA).
- The acceptance rate is not the probability of you getting accepted.
- It is not true that if someone from the same high school got rejected last year, it will put you at a disadvantage this year.
- There are no quotas based on high schools or regions.
- Just because one person from a high school got accepted, it doesn’t make it harder for others to get in.
- It is not true that it is easier to get in from Wyoming than from New York.
- Contacting Admission Officers does not make it easier to get in.
- Yale does not consider demonstrated interest.
- (On the other hand, there are universities that do consider demonstrated interest, so it depends on the university.)
- More is not always better.
- Listing a bunch of awards is not necessarily a good thing.
- There is no need to write about a sad or traumatic experience.
- Of course, if it is important to you, it’s okay, but it doesn’t give you an advantage.
- The media only highlights those kinds of stories.