Congratulations!!
Accepted MSTP off the waitlist +1...Now confused with what to do..
+1. We can all use a prolific and compassionate writer in our class!
@Kelilah and @FriendlyFH, you are much too kind to me. (Didn't your moms ever warn you, "Don't encourage her or she'll never stop!" ?
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omg. that's so great! I hope you choose "wisely" and be my classmate!!!
So Yale poached you from Chicago?? Congrats.
Poached from washU pending decent fin aid lol
I believe that is correct @Cubsfan15 (or should I say John Snow, please tell me you've seen the clip of john snow at a dinner party).
much appreciated Dr. Lacrosse ! Its been a long and crazy ride but I'm ecstatic with where I'm ending up.
Yes Kelilah, i believe that to be the case!! (as long as I'm not strapped with ridiculous loans here)
Crossing my fingers for good fin aid for you. 🙂
Thank you for the superstition, it worked ! I got some decent aid so now its official!! I will be heading to Yale this August!!
@Willy38, I am so delighted for you! Congratulations!
@Dinitrophenol, I know how hard the choice must have been. Like everyone else here, I wish you joy and success at the school you chose--and thereafter.
Know it is tough, @WedgeDawg, but it sounds as if you considered deeply. I will be looking for you in New York!
I read the threads from previous years pretty carefully--I find that process very helpful. I gather that this is not an interview at all, but merely a courtesy (and it really is!) to let candidates get a realistic idea about their chances for a last-minute admit. I have known lots of folks who were, in the past, Tier 2 waitlisted and never got the "come here!" call. During my Yale interview, the students said "Lots of people in the class came from the Tier 1 waitlist. Realistically, being in Tier 2 is a long shot. . .don't make plans based on getting to matriculate here if that's where you end up." This advice seems very realistic to me. It would be flattering to be asked to matriculate, but I don't think that so many people turn Yale down or decide to defer. I don't want to sound discouraging, but I am thinking of the call-in as a way that Yale can consolidate all the anxious calls into a single set time. I have also been told (very small sample) that when Dr. Silverman says that you have a shot, it is way too early to get elated. On a previous year's thread, someone describes being told that he was just 3 or 4 names down when he called in. He was elated, and surprised that he never got off the WL. Then at the school where he matriculated, he met two other people from his class who had also been told that they were just 3 or 4 names down when THEY called in the same day! It is very, very difficult to say something that amounts to, "Don't hold your breath, Buster!" or "If there is a plague that pinpoints prospective Yale students, you stand a very good chance." Bad news is really tough to break. I'm not planning to call in. I'll be out of the country. . .and I already have a pretty fair idea of my chances. ("What? It's freezing over? Your pig sprouted wings?")
No, but at least I know my "call is important"...
Thanks for sharing the good news and the words of encouragement.
