2009-2010 Yale University Application Thread

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Congrats to those who've received interviews!

Quick question about the application: how long did it take for your LORs and MCAT scores to be received? I submitted mine about three weeks ago and they still haven't been received.
 
got an invite this evening around 8pm. complete 7/16. i'm happy!
 
Interview Invite this evening too! First invite ever! Complete 7/21.
 
So I am kind of angry right now. I submitted June 13 and my app still says that it is not complete. I called the admissions people and they said to consider myself complete since everything has been received, but I fear that because my online status says that I am incomplete that they have yet to look at my file.😡
 
Congrats to those who got interviewed and best of luck to those in waiting. Got a quick question, what interview dates where you guys given in the email? I assumed they were starting the interview process early but not that early... I mean the latest date I had was the first week of september.

I was hoping they had dates sometime in october to allow me get some practice from safety schools. As it stands, Yale is my first interview and first choice, I just hope I don't screw up.
 
my interview dates were aug 26 31 and sept 2 and 4. wayyy too soon and i didnt want yale to be my first interview. reschedule?
 
makeshift123 said:
my interview dates were aug 26 31 and sept 2 and 4. wayyy too soon and i didnt want yale to be my first interview. reschedule?
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Same worries. Considering that decisions will not be made till next year, I don't know how I feel having to interview this early..😕
 
makeshift123 said:
my interview dates were aug 26 31 and sept 2 and 4. wayyy too soon and i didnt want yale to be my first interview. reschedule?
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oh just kidding, the interview dates go all the way to october 16th. u just gotta click on the month on the calendar.
 
makeshift123 said:
oh just kidding, the interview dates go all the way to october 16th. u just gotta click on the month on the calendar.
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Yes I was extremely nervous about the dates but then I just clicked on Sept and Oct and a whole bunch of dates appeared. I feel much better now.

Since this school is rolling a later interview date won't hurt us, right?
 
Wow. Didn't check my email until today and got the invite last night around 7PM Eastern!! Complete 7/28. Good luck to all still waiting for news.
 
Congrats to all who got interviews and best of luck to us all! I scheduled mine late September in a way that didn't conflict with any of my other interview dates. I didn't see any october dates available : ( (got invite last Thursday)
 
wow! people are already getting interviews here?? hopefully i can get this bad boy in today...
 
Just got an interview! Complete on 8/10.
 
longhorn09 said:
So what is Yale system?
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Please spend at least ten minutes on the Yale School of medicine website, the answers are all there. There is a whole viewbook and everything.
 
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jbar said:
You should spend at least ten minutes on the Yale School of medicine website before you ask this. There is a whole viewbook and everything.
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and its amazing! Made me fall in love with the school.
 
Hey All,
I handed in my supplemental and had recs and MCAT cleared and I received an email saying my secondary was in and fee was paid but I never received a "Complete" email. Did you guys receive a "Complete" email.


Thanks a lot,
 
there is no complete email. just a status check page
 
This may sound like a stupid question, but does Yale recieve mcat scores from AMCAS or do i have to send my scores through the mcat service?

Thanks in advance.
 
Trying to do my best on this one. Is it okay how long it takes, as long as I get it in well before the deadline?
 
KTNY said:
Trying to do my best on this one. Is it okay how long it takes, as long as I get it in well before the deadline?
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I would try to turn around any secondary in 2 weeks. Most secondaries should not take more than a couple days anyway.
 
actually I don't really understand how people are getting interviews. On the Yale status page it says that interview invites go out from SEPT thru March... last time I checked, it was still August.

are these current invites going out to applicants with "special circumstances" or something?

Note: sorry if someone asked about this already.... I don't have the patience to read through the thread haha
 
LAman10 said:
actually I don't really understand how people are getting interviews. On the Yale status page it says that interview invites go out from SEPT thru March... last time I checked, it was still August.

are these current invites going out to applicants with "special circumstances" or something?

Note: sorry if someone asked about this already.... I don't have the patience to read through the thread haha
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Perhaps the status page (like so many others I've encountered) reflects policies of past admissions cycles and has not been updated for this year? It looks like in the past yale sent out invites starting in September, but i can assure you they are really handing them out already despite it being only August. Shemarty remarked somewhere in this thread that yale was getting a much earlier start this year than they had in previous years...as to why, only yale knows 🙂
 
LAman10 said:
actually I don't really understand how people are getting interviews. On the Yale status page it says that interview invites go out from SEPT thru March... last time I checked, it was still August.

are these current invites going out to applicants with "special circumstances" or something?

Note: sorry if someone asked about this already.... I don't have the patience to read through the thread haha
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Part of the reason (good news for all of you) is that Yale is considering interviewing a few extra candidates this year. I think this is contributing, at least in part, to their earlier start to the interview season.
 
camaras2480 said:
Part of the reason (good news for all of you) is that Yale is considering interviewing a few extra candidates this year. I think this is contributing, at least in part, to their earlier start to the interview season.
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how do you know this?
 
for the list of activities, how many do we put in? cuz it says most important..can we just put ALL of them in..? 😕😕
 
CdnHopeful said:
for the list of activities, how many do we put in? cuz it says most important..can we just put ALL of them in..? 😕😕
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i think i just picked 6 or 7... don't sweat this kind of stuff.
 
CdnHopeful said:
for the list of activities, how many do we put in? cuz it says most important..can we just put ALL of them in..? 😕😕
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How many do you have? And were they all significant? I would put down anything with prolonged time comittment and/or related to medicine. I don't think people want to read about 40 activities if a bunch of them are things that you did for an hour a week for three months freshman year.
 
they're referring to the activities you listed in AMCAS... don't talk about activities that you didnt list
 
CdnHopeful said:
for the list of activities, how many do we put in? cuz it says most important..can we just put ALL of them in..? 😕😕
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I picked 3. I tried to have one "representative" activity for research, teaching and volunteering. It did not come up in my interviews though. In fact, both of my interviewers went through every detail of my file. Interviews at Yale are long. They scheduled 1hr for each, but mine took even longer than that.

Congratulations to all invitees! I am sure you will have a terrific time interviewing there. I really enjoyed visiting Yale!
 
So quick question. I submitted my AMCAS back in the beginning of July I think. I just completed this secondary last week. On the status page it says they haven't recevied my MCAT or my LORs from AMCAS. Shouldn't they have received them from AMCAS in July when I originally submitteed? It said the status page isn't updated in real time, but really a month of electronically delivered stuff seems like a long time.

Edit: I mean I was verified and AMCAS was sent to schools in early July, not that I submitted it for verification.
 
my status page says everything has been received but under "complete and in review" it still says NO... 🙁 how long of a lag is this supposed to take? i know it says the page isn't updated in real time but..
 
Just send in secondary today, working full time in summer, hope it is not too late, MSTP.

Congradulation for all those having interviews.....!
 
Interview coming up next week! Probably was not the best idea to schedule for early september, but hey at least it will be over with right? 🙂
 
jla314 said:
Interview coming up next week! Probably was not the best idea to schedule for early september, but hey at least it will be over with right? 🙂
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Good luck at the interview! Your application looks very strong, and I'm sure you'll do very well this cycle 🙂
 
Interview Invite today... complete 8/15
 
How many days in advance should I arrive for an interview? I was thinking at least the day before so I can explore the campus. What's the usual? Do people usually stay the with students the night of their interview or night before? I bet this site has a interview FAQ which im probably missing ..lol thanks guys!
 
wolfiemd said:
How many days in advance should I arrive for an interview? I was thinking at least the day before so I can explore the campus. What's the usual? Do people usually stay the with students the night of their interview or night before? I bet this site has a interview FAQ which im probably missing ..lol thanks guys!
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Usually, students arrive the night before the interview, stay with the host overnight, interview the following morning, and leave that night.

It's hard not to stay overnight the night before the interview unless you're from the east coast or take a redeye.

When I interviewed last year, I sometimes stayed an extra night just to explore the area, etc. My job was very flexible 🙂 But you'd have to ask the student host well in advance whether this is okay, because most of them have signed up to host under the assumption that it's for 1 night.
 
No complete email since I submitted in Aug 11 but everything was just now complete Aug 26th (status listed as incomplete 26th at 11pm but complete 27th at 10pm) and an interview invite today. That was fast. Either they're interviewing not just a few more but almost everyone who submitted a secondary or that's the fastest turnaround I've ever seen! :laugh:
 
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On the status page, are all of your letters of recommendation marked "received" on the same day? All but one of my letters were received on Aug 25, and I'm not sure why that might be the case since I was under the impression that letters are uploaded electronically from AMCAS? Thanks for your help.
 
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