any point in applying?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<h2>Academics</h2>

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<li>Asian Male, to-be Senior, Small public high school in MA (class of roughly 110)</li>
<li>School sends 5-10 or so graduates to colleges such as Swarthmore, Williams, Ivies etc. each year
-top 10% (class ranks aren’t given out)
-unweighted GPA 3.77 (grades have been steadily improving since 9th )
-classes: all APs/Honors. I have only taken 2 APs (bio, statistics) since our school doesn’t offer them till junior and senior year. The two APs I took in junior were classes/subjects that I had to double up in 9th + 10th to get “ahead of the track”. School has a total of 9 APs or so (and all of them are senior year unless you get “ahead of the track” for sciences and math)</li>
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<p>In senior year, I plan to take AP physics, AP chem, AP french, AP calculus, honors english</p>

<p>APs- Biology 5 , Statistics 4
SATIs- 720 Critical Reading, 700 Math, 720 Writing (planning to retake again)
ACT- (planning to take)
SATIIs - 730 Bio M, 690 Chem (planning to take Math II, French)</p>

<h2>EC’s</h2>

<p>-Band (throughout high school) - 1st/2nd chair
-Varsity Cross Country (4 years- captain 12th grade)
-Varsity Indoor and Outdoor Track (4 years)
-Science Fair (9th and 11th grade - won an award from the local pond for a project on it)
-Lifesmarts, an economics competition sponsored by the Federal Reserve, our team got 2nd at states
-Varsity Math Team
-Academic Bowl
-National Honors Society (10th to 12th)
-Helped at Hershey’s Track (introduces track to youngsters)
-Peer Tutor (10th, 11th grade)</p>

<h2>Awards</h2>

<p>Placed in top 10% for National French Exam
Science Fair award from local pond</p>

<h2>Community Service</h2>

<p>Started a “Shovel for Seniors” project during the winter (10+ hours)
Other various community service work such as staffing school dances, local fair, local dump (30+)
Going to start a chess club for elementary school kids (30+)</p>

<h2>Recommendations</h2>

<p>2 good ones from my biology teacher (head of the science department) and economics teacher</p>

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<p>You have very good results and should be proud. However I don’t see anything that makes you stand out from the other 5000-10,000 apps at each school that will be similar to yours. Good luck. They are high reaches for almost everyone.</p>

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<p>youre going to have some stiff competition…3.77 is a bit on the low side for a non-college prep school and chem doesnt knock me out either. ec’s seem standard. you seem pretty decent though</p>

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<p>I plan to take French and Math II to “replace” my chem score and show that I’m more well rounded than just sciences/math (I’m positive for those two I can get 700+)</p>

<p>Thanks for the advice so far.</p>

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<p>You certainly have a chance if you present yourself well. But it is a small chance bc yale accepts ~8% overall.</p>

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<p>With your stats it’s definitely worth applying, at least. It’ll be a reach no doubt (although it is for just about everyone), but you never know. There’s nothing very impressive that stands out, but I think a lot of it rides on how you present yourself (particularly in your essays). You’ll get into a good school for sure, it just may not be Yale.</p>

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<p>did you find the cure to cancer? HIV? are you a queen of some country? is your dad the president? or the dean? </p>

<p>LOL, ofcourse you should apply…hahaha
theres no gurantee except those listed above, but it never hurts…</p>

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<p>wow, sorry, i meant KING, not queen…i skipped over the “gender” part…LOL</p>

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<p>I agree with what’s been said; you have a chance, if not a good chance. Still, if you don’t apply, you have no chance, so as long as you can afford it, go for it.</p>

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<p>bump!-------------------------</p>

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<p>Yeah, there’s a point in applying. To see if you’ll get in.</p>

<p>/sarcasm</p>

<p>Like others have said, nothing special but why not?</p>

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<p>any ideas what i should improve on? assuming i write a good essay</p>

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<p>Academics are just not good enough to really be considered. You’ll be in the top 8-10,000 applicants as someone else said before, because you have good ECs and competent academics. But Yale will take around 1800 people, and there will be applicants out there with those same ECs with a 4.0 and higher SATs. I’d apply, but don’t set your sights on Yale.</p>

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<p>milessmissiles, I actually completely and totally disagree. The OP can clearly do the work at Yale. If he can distinguish himself and prove through his essays and recs and stuff to be a passionate, interested, engaging young kid, he will be miles ahead of the 4.0, 2400 pack who do nothing besides study and ECs for college. They want people who can do the work, and this kid can do the work. They don’t necessarily want robots who can graduate Phi Beta Kappa, but aren’t people. Why do you think you hear about people with 4.0s or 2400s getting rejected all the time? It’s kids like these who take their spots.</p>

<p>OP, definitely apply. If you think you’re the kind of kid they’re looking for, the kind of kid that would do really well for Yale and at Yale and be a unique and awesome member of the community, show it to them and apply. You’ve got as good a chance as anyone.</p>