Yale Admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

It wasn’t a single high school, obviously. When you’re an adult, you’ll have friends whose kids attend a number of different schools

Of course, but you were asked to name the high schools (plural) and year.

lol. No decent person outs a kid on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy(12% of undergraduate) or being Jewish(12%) really increase your chances. At some of the other Ivy League the percentages get in to the 20-25%.

Where is there backup for saying Jewish helps?

Legacies get a preference. Being Jewish does NOT give you any advantage. If anything, it hurts an applicant.

[Anonymous]

lol. No decent person outs a kid on this forum.

lol, no one asked for names. That poster is full of crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy(12% of undergraduate) or being Jewish(12%) really increase your chances. At some of the other Ivy League the percentages get in to the 20-25%.

Where is there backup for saying Jewish helps?

Legacies get a preference. Being Jewish does NOT give you any advantage. If anything, it hurts an applicant.

DP: I agree, but many of the legacies are Jewish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC, neither a legacy nor an athlete, was admitted.

This isn't helpful. What are your DC's stats and ethnicity?

1550
4.0 unweighted from one of the better private schools in DC
Not a recruitable athlete
No legacy
Strong recs and extracurriculars
Not a person of color

What types of strong ECs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

It is definitely not about 7 or 8 figures. Our legacy (1 parent) along with $500 - $1000 donations most years, but not even all years, was enough.
HS are very different and Yale may know/think that your kid's school is not very rigorous so first in class means nothing really.
Quit making excuses for your kid. Not all legacies are admitted. Sometimes their ECs are Tier 4 (varsity this, varsity that, participate here and there type of thing is not enough, this is Yale. Eagle scout is nice, but nothing to brag about really)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

It is definitely not about 7 or 8 figures. Our legacy (1 parent) along with $500 - $1000 donations most years, but not even all years, was enough.
HS are very different and Yale may know/think that your kid's school is not very rigorous so first in class means nothing really.
Quit making excuses for your kid. Not all legacies are admitted. Sometimes their ECs are Tier 4 (varsity this, varsity that, participate here and there type of thing is not enough, this is Yale. Eagle scout is nice, but nothing to brag about really)

Yes. My white MC kids were admitted to some Ivies and not to others. No hooks. Most kids at the Ivy campuses were white and Asian. To the other posters, please stop spinning this political propaganda that URMs or certain ethnicities are getting in in droves while the poor white kids get iced out. It's just not true. Either someone has bought into fake news because they are hurting for their kid. or someone is an active political (paid?) poster here. This is the next frontier for the political trolling I guess. First emails, then fb/IG, now chatboards about college. Very tired of people stoking some reverse racism notion. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

It is definitely not about 7 or 8 figures. Our legacy (1 parent) along with $500 - $1000 donations most years, but not even all years, was enough.
HS are very different and Yale may know/think that your kid's school is not very rigorous so first in class means nothing really.
Quit making excuses for your kid. Not all legacies are admitted. Sometimes their ECs are Tier 4 (varsity this, varsity that, participate here and there type of thing is not enough, this is Yale. Eagle scout is nice, but nothing to brag about really)

Yes. My white MC kids were admitted to some Ivies and not to others. No hooks. Most kids at the Ivy campuses were white and Asian. To the other posters, please stop spinning this political propaganda that URMs or certain ethnicities are getting in in droves while the poor white kids get iced out. It's just not true. Either someone has bought into fake news because they are hurting for their kid. or someone is an active political (paid?) poster here. This is the next frontier for the political trolling I guess. First emails, then fb/IG, now chatboards about college. Very tired of people stoking some reverse racism notion. Ugh.

+1000

[Anonymous]

I live in New Haven and have an odd perspective on this. Everybody here gets into Yale! It’s viewed as almost shameful because of all the parental connections. At the leading private k-9, roughly one in three kids ends up at Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in New Haven and have an odd perspective on this. Everybody here gets into Yale! It’s viewed as almost shameful because of all the parental connections. At the leading private k-9, roughly one in three kids ends up at Yale.

I grew up next to Penn campus and it was much the same.To this day I have a hard time taking Penn academics seriously because we were sneaking into their frat parties at 15.

Maybe didn't see the best side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy(12% of undergraduate) or being Jewish(12%) really increase your chances. At some of the other Ivy League the percentages get in to the 20-25%.

Where is there backup for saying Jewish helps?

Legacies get a preference. Being Jewish does NOT give you any advantage. If anything, it hurts an applicant.

DP: I agree, but many of the legacies are Jewish.

Jew here. No that is absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

My kid is at Yale and I can attest that there are plenty of white and Asian kids from privileged backgrounds walking around campus

what a stupid, moronic response. PROVIDE STATS if you are going to contribute here.

Actually, PP is right. The demographic information is easy to find online:

https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

It is definitely not about 7 or 8 figures. Our legacy (1 parent) along with $500 - $1000 donations most years, but not even all years, was enough.
HS are very different and Yale may know/think that your kid's school is not very rigorous so first in class means nothing really.
Quit making excuses for your kid. Not all legacies are admitted. Sometimes their ECs are Tier 4 (varsity this, varsity that, participate here and there type of thing is not enough, this is Yale. Eagle scout is nice, but nothing to brag about really)

Yes. My white MC kids were admitted to some Ivies and not to others. No hooks. Most kids at the Ivy campuses were white and Asian. To the other posters, please stop spinning this political propaganda that URMs or certain ethnicities are getting in in droves while the poor white kids get iced out. It's just not true. Either someone has bought into fake news because they are hurting for their kid. or someone is an active political (paid?) poster here. This is the next frontier for the political trolling I guess. First emails, then fb/IG, now chatboards about college. Very tired of people stoking some reverse racism notion. Ugh.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our experience as legacy families, it is all about money and in terms of BIG BUCKs. like 7 to 8 digits. We never could afford to give that much and SURPRISE DS didn't get in as a EA applicant and triple legacy

That’s on your kid. It can’t be all about legacy and 7 or 8 figures. The legacy pool isn’t that wealthy.

No, it wasn't. first in their class. 36 ACT. etc. etc. etc. Eagle scout. He had everything but our family can't afford donations like that. He was a legacy through me at Harvard. Triple legacy at Yale, including faculty (tenured) and tenured faculty advocating with admissions. Didn't help They don't want white kids from an alleged "privileged bACKGROUND". HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS?

It is definitely not about 7 or 8 figures. Our legacy (1 parent) along with $500 - $1000 donations most years, but not even all years, was enough.
HS are very different and Yale may know/think that your kid's school is not very rigorous so first in class means nothing really.
Quit making excuses for your kid. Not all legacies are admitted. Sometimes their ECs are Tier 4 (varsity this, varsity that, participate here and there type of thing is not enough, this is Yale. Eagle scout is nice, but nothing to brag about really)

Yes. My white MC kids were admitted to some Ivies and not to others. No hooks. Most kids at the Ivy campuses were white and Asian. To the other posters, please stop spinning this political propaganda that URMs or certain ethnicities are getting in in droves while the poor white kids get iced out. It's just not true. Either someone has bought into fake news because they are hurting for their kid. or someone is an active political (paid?) poster here. This is the next frontier for the political trolling I guess. First emails, then fb/IG, now chatboards about college. Very tired of people stoking some reverse racism notion. Ugh.

+1

New poster: I don't think URMs are getting in "in droves" over whites or Asians BUT I do think they have an edge. My proof is what happened with S.Ct case...the schools admitted they do. If they didn't, there would have been no fight on the schools' parts to protest to removing the racial identities to the non-essay parts of the apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM honestly needs to have one master thread related to Ivy‘s, and them trying to sneak URM in (or worse the black people trying to trick the Supreme Court by writing their essay in AAVE), even though these schools don’t have more than 8% Black students.

We exhaust the same conversations and flawed arguments. it seems like I already read this thread and I see that it was just started yesterday.

Actually, Yale only has 6.9% black students. Dcum makes it sound like 30% of the class is black. SMH.

https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts