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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 12:31
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Just checked the Yale message board, and someone posted at 3pm saying something like, "I interviewed over a month ago and thought today was the deadline. I haven't heard anything yet, what gives?"

And the ad-com person wrote back, "We're making all our final Round 2 decisions today, everyone will hear by the end of the business day today."

I know a couple people on this forum, a handful on the BW forum, and then some others on the Yale discussion board, so I imagine there are a lot of others too that happen to not be glued to these forums. It's crazy with all these people waiting that they're going to make all decisions in the next hour and a half. I assume that means that there are only a few spots left and they'll make a few phone calls before emailing out a ton of dings?
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 12:38
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This reminds me of what happened last week at UCLA. There were a good number of people at BW forums waiting on the last day of decisions and UCLA has rolling admissions. Weeks leading up to the decision day, a number of people were dinged, waitlisted, and admitted, so there were mixed opinions about was going to happen. A barrage of dings went out about 1 PM (west coast time) and a trickle of waitlists. I don't know about any admits, but I don't think anybody posted an admit.

Hang in there, bud. Yale's probably just trying to manage yield.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 12:41
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Good luck johnnyx9!

Yale's method is so random, I doubt anyone has it figured out.

Nsentra, you are also waiting, right? - good luck!
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 14:03
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waitlisted.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 14:25
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Good luck with the waitlist thedude1.

Just received a ding from Yale. Horrible feeling.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 14:30
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sorry johnnyx9. that's rotten.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 14:34
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Sorry guys, I know the feeling. Yale was tough this year.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 14:38
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Sorry.

I know how you feel. But know this. Next week you won't care about these dings. Life goes on.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 15:37
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Thanks guys. Yeah, I'm ready to shake it off and move on. It's been great seeing how other people have had setbacks, like dings at their top choices, but then something else comes along, like a big scholarship at another one of their schools, or after being dinged at their top choice they go to the admit weekend of one of their other schools and find out that they love it there.

So I'm feeling pretty good that I'm going to get my Hollywood ending from Stern (I don't belive in "jinxing" things so I don't have a problem saying that)!
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 15:52
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Johnny, you did way better than I did! They digned me so quick - without interview - that I think they just waited a few weeks as part of some kind of etiquette. You know, like not calling for 3 days after a date.

Glad to hear the good attitude, Johnny. It'll come through.

Yale has been a tough tough nut this year - we're hoping for the relatively small number of places left after you factor in all those folks from last year who deferred.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 15:52
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Nsentra, you are also waiting, right? - good luck!
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Thx Egirl, I've been waitlisted a while back so nothing new today. Welcome to the club dude1!
johnny, good luck at NYU!
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 16:05
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Thanks...the waiting continues...

Johnny, good luck with NYU. I am flying there next weekend to interview.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 16:07
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Aaudetat, Nsentra, thanks. Yale did indeed seem tough this year.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 17:53
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johnny, sorry to hear! Good luck with NYU - did you interview there?
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 18:23
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Johnny, hang in there man. I trust NYU should come forward. While the situation may be slightly different because we are approaching the end of R2, look at my case: I had 100% dings in R1 (and had to live with the horrible ding mood for almost 4 months) and then everything worked out fine. I sincerely hope it's the same for you.

Cheers. L.
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No Word From Yale 05 Apr 2007, 21:05
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EconGirl, Lepium - Thanks.

I interviewed at Stern last week. (Again, no fear of jinxing) I thought I totally nailed the interview, so I'd be shocked if it didn't work out. I'll keep you posted!
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No Word From Yale 06 Apr 2007, 06:30
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That really sucks Johnny. Yale must have received a ton of highly qualified applications this year. Keep your chin up and sniper in on NYU. Weren't you accepted at a back-up school somewhere?
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No Word From Yale 06 Apr 2007, 07:41
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GMATT73 - Yep, got a full ride to Boston University, and accepted at Boston College. If I get into Stern, I'm not sure I'd pick that over BU. Passing on a full ride to BU and the increased cost of living in NY make Stern about $85K more expensive. The BU program I was accepted to is a dual degree, you graduate in two years with an MBA and a Masters in Information Systems. Which would be valuable if I end up in healthcare consulting as I'm currently leaning towards.

I guess passing on Stern (if I get in that is) would mean the top consulting firms would no longer be options for me, but that isn't exactly Stern's strong-suit anyway. I don't know, I change my thoughts on this stuff all the time.