Interview with a Former Admissions Officer from Yale on the College Admissions Scandal
Interview with a Former Admissions Officer from Yale: Reactions To The College Admissions Scandal The recent college admissions scandal has taken the news by storm and raised many questions about how admissions officers make decisions when selecting students for their universities. We talked to Susan Shifflett, one of our Former Admissions Officers from Yale, about […]
What I Loved the Most About Being a Yale Student
What I Loved Most About Being a Yale Student Yale is one of the oldest undergraduate institutions in the United States. And while “old” often correlates to prestige among US schools, there’s one key way in which the value of “old” is often overlooked and under-discussed, in my opinion. What I loved most about being […]
How to Write the Yale Supplemental Essays 2017-2018
How to Write the Yale Supplemental Essays Most supplemental essays are carefully selected to help an admissions officer learn if you’re the right fit for their school, and not in terms of grades or test scores. What kind of person are you? What occupies your mind on a daily basis? What motivates you? What do […]
Harvard vs. Yale – Which Top-Ranked School is Better?
Harvard vs. Yale In light of the impending football game, it is only appropriate to compare Harvard vs. Yale on a more holistic basis. Let me start out by saying that I went to Yale, not Harvard. My wife went to Yale, her father went to Yale – it’s safe to say that I don’t […]
What Yale Looks For in Applicants
What Yale Looks For in Applicants The answer to “what Yale looks for” is one that thousands of high school applicants consider every year. If not “what Yale looks for,” then they ask “what Stanford looks for” or “what Carnegie Mellon looks for” or what any other dream school seeks. When I was admitted to […]