Yale GEPN Applicants 2013

kdiem · Oct 13, 2012

thanks for the help! i will send to the PO Box then. jp999 -- how long did it take for yours to be received? i live in california... so new haven is a bit far...

JP999 · Oct 14, 2012

I don't remember exactly, but I think it only took about 3-4 days for them to get there and processed through their system so that my online application indicated that they had received them. But I was only sending them from Massachusetts, so it might take longer...

JustD16 · Oct 14, 2012

Just to double check: all we need in the packet we mail are our transcripts and letters of recommendation if the recommender did not submit one electronically. The essay and resume only need to be uploaded to the online application. Correct?

kdiem · Oct 15, 2012

Yeap! I'm only submitting my transcripts in my envelope. I wish we could have just sent this directly from the college/university's transcript service.

the healer's art · Oct 15, 2012

kdiem said:
Yeap! I'm only submitting my transcripts in my envelope. I wish we could have just sent this directly from the college/university's transcript service.

Just got an email from Yale this morning that says:

"Transcripts may be collected by the applicant and forwarded to our office, or sent directly from the institution of higher learning. Just be sure it remains in the signed, sealed envelope. "

JustD16 · Oct 17, 2012

Starting to stress a little...still waiting on transcripts I ordered a month ago and just reordered last week and one letter of recommendation. Anyone else still waiting on stuff?

hollysf · Oct 17, 2012

I am still waiting on one letter of recommendation. It is really stressing me out. She didn't submit my Penn letter on time and so I had to go with my back up recommender. Unfortunately for Yale, I don't have a back up recommender. Ahh, it's so frustrating when things are outside of your control!

kdiem · Oct 17, 2012

Yeah, so sad, I read that message after I had already ordered them from the transcript service. Their old application last year wanted "everything" in a packet so I was working off of those instructions and ordered my scripts at the end of August -.-

hi616 · Oct 20, 2012

Glad to see so many other people on here! I'm applying as well for FNP.

I just wanted to let everyone know that materials must arrive to Yale by November 1st, not be postmarked by November 1st. I didn't know that before. One of my recommenders won't be done writing my letter until October 29th, so I'm going to have to pony up the extra money to send UPS 2-day.

StudentPartera · Oct 21, 2012

All of my stuff is finished and submitted. I feel so relieved that it is all there well before the due date but now starts the waiting...

atomicgirl · Oct 22, 2012

samdaman,

sorry for the late response. mine is done, although im not 100% satisfied. If it were up to me, I wouldn't have asked the questions in that order. It was especially hard to transition from balanced assessment of personal characteristics to responsibilities you expect to assume during school...oh my. What is your specialty BTW? I'm applying to psych NP.

How about everyone else? What specialty are you guys applying to?

And a word of advice...DO NOT use USPS to send your materials!!! I'm applying to 7 schools and they have lost 1 package already. Even with delivery confirmation! And once it was lost, no one there seemed to care to find it...*sigh* Use UPS or Fedex instead...

Good luck everyone!!

hopefulnurse24 · Oct 23, 2012

atomicgirl - this happened to me as well when my transcripts were on the way to JHU. From there on out, I sent them via USPS but paid for certified delivery... and nothing has been lost since then! That also allows you to track your mail with a tracking number.

Edited to add: OOPS, I didn't see that you said that you used delivery confirmation! I'm sorry! I can't believe that happened. But yes, when my first package was lost, it was very upsetting and nobody helped me.