orangutan

Hey guys, I'm applying to Yale ED with the following stats, and I'd like to know if I have a chance. Thanks for all your time.

School: 2500 enrollment Public School in Wisconsin; Most National Merit Scholars in the state of Wisconsin

GPA: 3.92 UW; for my one year at private school, 4.25/3.92 (W/UW)
School does not rank

Curriculum: Very Rigorous

AP Testing: 5s in Calc AB and AP Latin: Vergil

SAT 1: 2300 (750 CR 750 M 800 W)
SAT 2: Latin - 800 and Literature - 740 (I intend to retake Lit, should I also take Math II?)

ECs/Activities:
Singing in boychoir (outside of school) since 4th grade: tours to Texas, along Mississippi River
Cross Country and Track
Latin/JCL including a school 1st VP Position
Mock Trial
Independent Studies in Ancient Greek, Old English
Guitar

Accomplishments:

LATIN

1st Place, 2008 NJCL Academic Decathlon (Top Academic Prize of $500)
• Most Valuable Player, 2008 NJCL Competitive Certamen Championships (Upper Division)
• Captain of 3rd Place Team, 2008 NJCL Competitive Certamen Championships (Upper Division)
• 3rd Place in Academic Points in 2008 NJCL Convention Sweepstakes
• Top 2008 NJCL Convention Scores in: Academic Decathlon, Academic Heptathlon, Greek Derivatives, and Mottoes, Quotations, and Abbreviations.
? For Level V, 1st Place in previous contests and Latin Literature; 2nd Place in Latin Derivatives and Reading Comprehension: Prose; 3rd Place in Reading Comprehension: Poetry; 4th Place in Latin Grammar, Latin Vocabulary, Mythology, and Roman History; 5th Place in Roman Life; 6th Place in Greek Life and Literature
• 1st Place, 2008 Wisconsin JCL Overall Sweepstakes (Academics, Certamen, Creative Arts, Graphic Arts)
? In Advanced Level, 1st Place in: Pentathlon, Latin Derivatives, Vocabulary, Mythology, Roman History, Latin Literature, Roman Private Life, Mottoes, Greek History, Literature, and Life; 2nd Place in Reading Comprehension and Grammar; 3rd Place in Imprompromptu Essay; 4th Place in Team Sight Reading; 5th Place in Greek Derivatives and Vocabulary
• 1st Place (Level HS 3), 2007 California JCL Sweepstakes in Overall Academics
• One of Ten Top Prizes ($250), 2008 CAMWS (Classical Association of the Midwest and South) High School Latin Translation Contest
• Captain of 1st Place Team, 2007 California JCL Competitive Certamen (Level HS 3)
• Perfect Scores in 2008 National Latin Exam (Level V+) and 2006 National Latin Exam (Level I); Gold Medal in 2007 National Latin Exam (Level III)
• Captain of 1st Place Team, 2006 Wisconsin JCL Competitive Certamen (Novice Level)
• Score of 5 on the AP exam in Latin: Vergil (Independent Study)



Finalist for the Nation's Student Writing Prize ($250)
2nd Place in the Ayn Rand Anthem Essay Contest ($500)

Various debate awards, mock trial placings
Performed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Opera's productions of Mendelssohn's Elijah and the Secret Garden (in Middle School)


What I'm really trying to figure out is if the big awards in Latin can compensate for the relative lack of breadth in terms of extracurricular activities, and the decent but not spectacular GPA.

Thanks again.

grc061390

Who knows what Yale's looking for? You have great stats and I think having a couple really great/important EC's is better than having a ton of little ones. You have a good shot. Good luck!