Yale Class of 2016 Calling all applicants!

Yale seems to follow a trend of sending Friday invites. I'm mostly basing this on the observation of others and on last year's thread.

I have noticed the same thing, based on this year's invites and also last years forum. I am pretty surprised at the low volume of (reported) interview invites on gmatclub thus far. It seems like either they are being really stingy on invites this year, or they've got a lot more to come soon... Lets hope the latter.

I'm cautiously optimistic that you are correct and that we should expect a number of invites in the coming weeks... but also consider that GMATClub is not an accurate representation of the entire applicant pool. The members here skew internationally, and I don't know whether domestic/international invites are sent in the same waves. Also, it could just be that it's taking longer this year since an additional layer (video questions) was added to the application process.

good point with the video component, didn't even consider that

[quote="dyaffe55"][quote="jpd5044"]I have noticed the same thing, based on this year's invites and also last years forum. I am pretty surprised at the low volume of (reported) interview invites on gmatclub thus far. It seems like either they are being really stingy on invites this year, or they've got a lot more to come soon... Lets hope the latter.

Does anyone know if they ding people before the decision deadline? I'm just wondering if I could possibly already be out, but not find out until Dec. 9.

from my conversations with staff and alumni ALL decisions, including denials, are made at the decision deadline

i've been told I cannot skip Pepe's. Any good burger place you rec??

Has anyone received Meet Yale SOM Faculty email? It seems that Adcoms really enjoy testing my heartbeats...

I did. I am so used to those emails.

Louis' Lunch is supposedly the place that created the burger

If you can make it to campus prior to your interview, it's a great way to get a feel for the school and you'll have more things to talk about / connect with your interviewer about. You'll also be less stressed about finding the right building/office since you'll already have a general sense of where the hotel is, where Starbucks/Dunkin is, etc.

Personally, I didn't visit until the day of the interview, but I'd been to the area a few times before, had already been to the admissions presentation in my city, spoken with current students and alums, etc. So, while I didn't visit the building specifically prior to d-day, I knew what I was getting into and had done some leg work to prove (or disprove) what I felt was a good fit.

I agree wholeheartedly with Aerien, but with the caveat that if you're applying in Round 2 or Round 3, hold off until after the new building opens in January. The visit program will be much more robust then.

Good luck to all!

Does anyone know when we should expect R1 interview invites by? If I don't hear by next week, does that essentially mean I'll be rejected?

Has anyone from China/Hong Kong received the interview invitation? Thanks!

Yeah, I read that interview also. The example Bruce gave was a Yale undergrad who works for McKinsey and got a 760 - pretty sure that 99.99% of the Yale SOM applicants don't fall into that category. But, as others have mentioned above, I still think that lot of invites will be sent out up until the 2nd week of November. I am not losing hope!...and Yale also waitlists applicants w/o interviews, so some might get pushed into R2.

Random question to the forum:

what is the deadline for the deposit once you are admitted for round 1?

The RD1 decision deadline is Dec-9 ... so I was wondering how long students have to secure their spot by sending a deposit. Appreciate any info on this! Is not on the site (that i am aware of)

aerien,
I have been following your advice here and you have been very informative. So thanks for that. Would you know if end of October/early November would be a crucial one at SOM for next pool of invites ?