Edelweiss

hey I m malaysian chinese applying to yale RD and also other colleges. Just want to know my chances for yale..we follow the British edu system

GCSE O Level : 10 A1 2A2
GCE A level GPA : 3.92 W
Rank : 1/310
SAT reasoning : 1950 (M-760 CR-640 W-550 [sucks i know..was not well]
SAT subjects : Math 1c-690 Chem-760 Bio-720

Extracurric:
Christian Fellowship president for 4 years( 2 at former school, 2 at current school)
District CF Rally Treasurer
District CF rally drama director
Organiser of CF camp
Editor in chief of Church youth newsletter
Squash club auditor

Australian Monash Univ biotech project - DNA extraction
Australian U OF New South Wales English Competition - Merits
National chem quiz - merits
Trinity College elocution contest finalist
Taylors college debate runner up
State Chinese literary history quiz champion
National bible knowledge quiz commendation awards
cross country runs and relay
Higher Math project - construction of model causeway bridge
Senior year Bio project - Compilation of insect/plant species
Piano gd 8 and violin

chances? thanks!!

IntlCher

Have you applied already?

youknowme

i don't know your chances, but a lot intls i have seen have almost perfect SAT2 scores.

Lakshya M

If you've applied already - you'll get to know in about a month.

If you haven't - I suggest you take the SAT Reasoning Test again and apply for fall 2008.

foxdie!

Your SAT critical reading is somewhere between the 15th and 25th percentile at Yale. It's highly unlikely you will get in. Usually asian applicants have to score around 20 percentiles higher than a similar caucasian applicant and around 50 percentiles higher than a URM.
Bring your SATs to 750+ for a decent chance.

johnleemk

You took the GCSEs/O Levels? Which school did you go to? And how do you weight the A Level grades? (My college took the easy way out and reported my grades but insisted we don't have such a thing as a GPA...)

Anyway, your ECs are quite good, especially for a Malaysian - quite a bit of diversity. You sound like a very interesting person, so I think you stand a chance - albeit a slim one. If you are planning on applying, I think you should work on getting your SAT scores up. Most Asian applicants have a score of 800 or thereabouts for Math II, so it might be a good idea to either raise the Math I score, or take a different subject (Literature? History?). Try to improve the CR and W scores as well. ~600 for CR is pushing it, and ~500 for W is quite bad...

If you've already applied, all you can do is wait, I guess. Good luck - I'm also applying for Yale this year. I can't believe we find out the result on April Fools...I wish it'd be over now.

upandover

good luck, the both of you!

kibana

you probably have little chance
sat i score 2150 or above maybe pass first round review
but hope you lucky