what is Yale looking for?
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Anonymous
| any intel? |
Anonymous
| Smart and interesting. |
Anonymous
| Huge donors and FGLI |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Super smart with national accolades |
Anonymous
| Check out the podcast. Lots of good info if you interested in Yale |
Anonymous
| Legacy |
Anonymous
| Legacy, connected kids, recruited athletes, URM and FGLI, and kids from rural areas. |
Anonymous
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$$$$
Or a 4.3 40 yard dash. Or an incredible jumper. Or a really great sob story about how hard your life has been. |
Anonymous
| From gen pop? Full pay with national awards and perfect scores. Otherwise legacy with perfect scores and full pay. URM and fgli and recruited athletes hitting somewhere in the 25th percentile area. |
Anonymous
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Community oriented
Evidence for interdisciplinary curiosity/abundance of intellectual heft, drive & rigor (they are the “and” students) Niche interests Character (evidenced by some contrarian behavior/off the beaten path) Best of my career LOR |
Anonymous
| They are the “out there” Ivy. V. Affleck is a good example |
Anonymous
| Rich, stuck up and white? |
Anonymous
| Also transgender and suffering artists. |
Anonymous
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So much on Reddit. Get off of here and move there:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/9oarwyQx8j |