Re: Yale c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018)
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:39 pm
Haha, oh no! Put the essays away! Best not to know.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
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Haha, oh no! Put the essays away! Best not to know.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
Isn't it?walks wrote:Too real.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
I'm going to take that advice and just bury my head in reddit or somethingJamesBlahDeBlah wrote:Haha, oh no! Put the essays away! Best not to know.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*feralflamingo wrote:Isn't it?walks wrote:Too real.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all times. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",#gobroncos wrote:One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*feralflamingo wrote:Isn't it?walks wrote:Too real.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
This was good advice for anyone in a similar situation - I received a response from the Admission's office that was incredibly nice, and they requested that I email a scan of one of the letters they hadn't received yet to ensure it would be included in my file.spambot123 wrote:I'd email. Seems like a prime better-safe-than situation. Plus, it can't hurt you any. There's enough anxiety in the app process, no need to add to it.solennita wrote:If you have letters that were sent directly to YLS (i.e., from a YLS professor), is it acceptable to email admissions to confirm receipt? I've been hesitating about reaching out because I know they discourage checking in and clogging up the admissions email, but I would hate to lose out even a little bit if any of my materials didn't make it in...
I really do hope that they don't reject people based on their comma usage... that seems linguistically prescriptivist for a liberal place like YLS--particularly since people learn things differently throughout their education, even within the US--and somewhat arbitrary. If a candidate has a wonderful PS but makes a comma / punctuation mistake, I can't imagine that that would be grounds for disqualification. Who knows, I guess... but if I were WL'ed / dinged because of a comma, I'd say fuck it, that's some classist garbage right there. All of that to say: don't worry about a comma at this point, just keep on trucking!!!!feralflamingo wrote:90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all time. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",#gobroncos wrote:One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*feralflamingo wrote:Isn't it?walks wrote:Too real.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
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Woot woot all aboard the truck!!!!!!!!!!!MonicaYoung_LOL wrote:I really do hope that they don't reject people based on their comma usage... that seems linguistically prescriptivist for a liberal place like YLS--particularly since people learn things differently throughout their education, even within the US--and somewhat arbitrary. If a candidate has a wonderful PS but makes a comma / punctuation mistake, I can't imagine that that would be grounds for disqualification. Who knows, I guess... but if I were WL'ed / dinged because of a comma, I'd say fuck it, that's some classist garbage right there. All of that to say: don't worry about a comma at this point, just keep on trucking!!!!feralflamingo wrote:90% of my education was received in China, and so I was never told that the American rule for commas and periods adjacent to quotation marks were to put them within the quotations at all times. eg) "cronuts," as opposed to "cronuts",#gobroncos wrote:One part of my resume definitely says “freshman” when I meant (and clearly should have used) the plural “freshmen” which all could have been avoided if I just did the progressive, gender-neutral thing and put “first-years” *sigh*feralflamingo wrote:Isn't it?walks wrote:Too real.feralflamingo wrote:I'm at the point where I'm reading AskAsha and freaking out over a comma.
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Great! Glad to hear that worked out. Good luck!solennita wrote:This was good advice for anyone in a similar situation - I received a response from the Admission's office that was incredibly nice, and they requested that I email a scan of one of the letters they hadn't received yet to ensure it would be included in my file.
It says list (unlike post-college which says describe), so I just bullet pointed things with quick blurbs about each. Kind of like a resume, but not in resume format.tinycatfriend wrote:For people who've applied already (yes I am super late thank god Yale doesn't care when you apply): how did y'all format the college activities section? Paragraphs? How long?
+1; I did the same.JamesBlahDeBlah wrote:It says list (unlike post-college which says describe), so I just bullet pointed things with quick blurbs about each. Kind of like a resume, but not in resume format.tinycatfriend wrote:For people who've applied already (yes I am super late thank god Yale doesn't care when you apply): how did y'all format the college activities section? Paragraphs? How long?
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I didn't receive any assistance in writing my application and really I hope they don't think that's weird. I feel like most people have others proofread theirs for them, but I'm the one who proofreads for all my family and friends. I really do feel confident in what I've written and am about to submit. I just hope admitting to not receiving help isn't some big red flag.
Totally over-analyzing all of this.
I would check in with them- can’t hurt and I submitted a few days later and went complete in December.holymolyoly wrote:Should I be concerned that I still haven't gone complete yet? Submitted 12/6 and never got another email.
Agreed. The admissions office is pretty helpful, I've found. I'm sure they wouldn't mind checking for you. And it can't hurt to ask.gotmilk332 wrote:I would check in with them- can’t hurt and I submitted a few days later and went complete in December.holymolyoly wrote:Should I be concerned that I still haven't gone complete yet? Submitted 12/6 and never got another email.
A man can only dream for a YLS Snuggie ... Ugh I want one lolKENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...
...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
What's the bad news?bubblebat wrote:I'm wishing I hadn't sent my application off so early, because now I have to figure out how to contact Yale and update them with bad news. It is nerve-wrecking...
Jesus Christ that's amazingjkander31 wrote:AA man can only dream for a YLS Snuggie ... Ugh I want one lolKENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...
...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
I was enrolled in a masters program but something absolutely atrocious has happened (well outside my control) and now I have to withdraw. I've been told my reasons for leaving are more than respectable and my supervisors said they'd be willing to write me a glowing letter to accompany the news, but I still feel like the second I inform Yale, I'll have shot my chances square in the face.winmore1228 wrote:What's the bad news?bubblebat wrote:I'm wishing I hadn't sent my application off so early, because now I have to figure out how to contact Yale and update them with bad news. It is nerve-wrecking...
Anyway we can see a photo?KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...
...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.
^^^LSATuration wrote:Anyway we can see a photo?KENYADIGG1T wrote:So my admit package came in and...
...it comes with a YLS snuggie. You read that right.