Yale SOM Calling all 2018 intake applicants - Class of 2020 As they say, the early bird catches the worm. Where are you guys at? I am a Yale Class of 2020 hopeful and looking to feel the GMAT Club folks (read: testing out the competition). Let's here it from everyone planning early, and some profile discussions may be? Give a shout out!

Are the second round of invites out as well?

Invited to Interview on: 2018/01/18 GMAT: 770, Q50, V44 GPA: 3.9 WE: 60 months Location: United States, CA Heard back via: Email

Here's what's going to happen over the next few weeks (most probably, based on previous years/rounds) - - Yale will continue to issue invites on a rolling basis. There are no waves and there is no routine to it. This will continue till late Feb / early March. - Towards the end of Feb (some time after 20th), there will be one wave of dings which will be communicated to most applicants who haven't received an invite till then - Some interview invites may come even after the ding wave - Those interviewed, and all the rest remaining (those who have not been dinged yet) will get their verdict on decision day (officially 27th March) Basically, forget about Yale till end Feb... if you get the interview invite in the meantime, great!.. otherwise there's no point agonizing over it.. none of us will get closure at least until last week of Feb..

Really appreciate you laying this out!! I hate to be one of those people just hitting refresh on the ol' inbox, and yet I find myself doing that more and more these days. So it's super helpful to have some grasp of the timeline. Thanks!

Any logic in how they go through the interview invites? It does not seem it's in the order that the applications were received, since I applied the day of the deadline. Maybe just random as they review your package.

Many applicants have tried to hypothesize and figure this out, but so far all theories have been proven to be untrue. There seems to be no logic in terms of submission date, location, experience, industry, age etc. I think its just random.. based on when the application is reviewed.

Received an invite to interview yesterday! Extremely excited. Applied 01/05/2018 via Consortium (Round 2) Invited to interview via email 01/19/2018

What do you guys think of the send us a favorite quote requirement? What would they do with that information?

Based on my understanding it's meant to be a conversation starter, although I was asked about it towards the end of my interview (some claim they were never asked). Think of it as a tool to help channel and communicate to your interviewer the type of person you are, your passions, etc. Make sure you can explain why you picked it and perhaps more importantly its significance to you. I chose a quote from a YouTube video I watched a few years ago that stuck with me.