African American Male, Chance Me PLEASE! Yale EA

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Personal Information
Location: Washington
School: Large Public
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Male</p>

<p>Academics
ACT: 35
PSAT: 210
AP Scores
10th grade- Calculus BC (5)
11th grade - Bio (5), APUSH (5), English Language (5), Statistics (4)
12th grade- AP Lit, AP Government, AP Physics (Self-Study)
**Will have taken all AP’s availabe at school
Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Classes
Freshman
-Pre-AP FR Science
-PE
-Advanced Algebrag
-Pre-Calculus
-Northwest History
-Pre-AP English
-Sports Medicine
-Nutrition</p>

<p>Sophomore
-Pre-AP Biology
-Pre-AP Chemistry
-AP Calculus BC
-Pre-AP World History
-Pre-AP English
-Spanish 1
-Spanish 2</p>

<p>Junior
-AP Language/Composition
-AP US History
-AP Statistics
-AP Biology
-Spanish 3
-Photography
-High School 2 Life</p>

<p>Senior
-AP Literature
-AP Government
-AP Physics (Self-Study)
-Not sure about rest of classes</p>

<p>ECs
-ASB Freshman Rep and Vice President
-National Honor Society President
-4 Year Varsity Swimmer (Captain)
-Swim for Club Swim team
-Advancing Leadership Youth (Community leadership program)
-MLK Jr. Leadership Summit Delegate for my High School
-Camp Counselor
-Swimming Instructor and Lifeguard</p>

<p>Recs:
One from my PreCal, AP Calc, and AP Stats teacher. He has also been my advisor all throughout high school. GREAT recommendation. The other is from my APUSH teacher who I travelled to Europe with during the summer after my sophomore year for a study program. Also a GREAT recommendation.</p>

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<p>See this thread for some similarities & discussion:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/954813-african-american-applying-yale-ea-help-me-out.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/954813-african-american-applying-yale-ea-help-me-out.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You’re in! :)</p>

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<p>^ That’s a little optimistic, considering less than 10% of the applicants are accepted.</p>

<p>You are definitely qualified, but it’s impossible to determine whether you will make it or not.</p>

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<p>are you going to try to swim for yale? that might help. your chances are good but not guaranteed. my neighbor had very similar stats also black except he went to a private school and played football. he was waitlisted and is going to dartmouth in the fall. make sure your essay is good.</p>

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<p>He’s got a very good chance, almost an in for sure, depending on his essay</p>

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<p>Any extracurricular activities?</p>

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<p>Isn’t there a section titled “ECs”?</p>

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<p>Don’t believe the “you’re in”. You should definitely apply, but don’t take anything for granted. Write excellent essays, make sure your recs are perfect and don’t forget to apply to safeties!</p>