ANyone have an idea..

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>So this is such a reach it is funny but what the hell why not.</p>

<p>I am at a public school in Michigan D1 AA school. I’m trying to transfer to UM or ND in the winter but a bunch of friends at HYP and they say it is amazing. I know it is so far out there but you never know, stuff can happen in admin.</p>

<p>Did horrible in HS, 3.0, 27 act, 1900 SAT. Public school in Michigan ranked in top 250 in nation as far as academics. Model United Nations, Student Ambassador soph year to England, France, Austria, Germany and Italy. Took all ap classes but never took the tests b/c i wasn’t around with sports.</p>

<p>I was a 4 sport varsity athlete and was recruited by harvard for rowing, my best sport, but my grades were obviously not even close. Also played Water polo 2yr varsity, swam 2yr varsity, soccer 3yr varsity - state champs in each.</p>

<p>rowing was my best - 5th in North America at Royal Henley Regatta. Missed qualifying for world trials by 2 seconds. 9 state champ boats - 4 midwest silvers. 5 place at nationals soph year </p>

<p>Volunteered in HS, nothing big - 200+ hours as rowing and water polo coach. Come from a middle class catholic family of 9 kids. All from my parents none adopted and no divorce/remarriage. Both parents went to college - SMC and U of Detroit - Oldest kid so first in college the rest are going to who knows yet. HAve worked since 7th grade: caddie, paper route, rowing coach, worked for my township, retail, and in a mortgage office.</p>

<p>Ran as a township trustee this past summer as a joke with my friends and i just to see if i could get it, but i lost. Kinda a half *ss job at running, but i got about 25% of the vote so it was fun.</p>

<p>College stats - 1st semester soph- 3.92 Poli sci/Business major - BioChem Minor - want to go to law school - thinking maybe yale, harvard, ND or UM for that - um, Three student gov positions. Played water polo for a year, but i blew out my knee so i can’t play anymore. i’m the campus manager for ONE, a organization to combat poverty. PLan on an internship at a lawfirm this summer and yeah.</p>

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<p>Not super familiar with yale, i have a friend on the crew team says it is sick. A friend who’s dad is a prof there says it is sweet but transfer is near impossible and that is a known by me… Kinda just throwing logic to the wind and see if it is possible. I am perfectly content with UM or ND (two places i really want to go) but i thought what the hell.</p>

<p>give me all the criticism. kinda want an idea…</p>

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<p>anyone… any thing… shoot me down please…</p>

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<p>There’s a guy here on CC who transferred to Yale with a HORRIBLE high school record. Apparently they put more stock in your college academics. If I ever find that thread or remember it I’ll tell you…something about transfer success stories with bad high school records.</p>

<p>I hope you ARE looking to transfer and I didn’t misunderstand you.</p>

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<p>yeah transfer i just want to see what people think - any idea</p>

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<p>I think you have a shot at transferring on a sports scholarship. More kids from our school have been accepted to Yale and Princeton on athletic scholarships and not all of them were particularly stellar in academics. You have some outstanding athletic accomplishments and those schools would be interested in that even though your academics are not quite up there. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yale and Princeton don’t offer athletic scholarships.</p>

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<p>true… but they offer bundles within their fin aid - which act as athletic scholarships</p>

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<p>please bump^^^^^</p>

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<p>A guy from my high school was talking to Yale recruitors for football last spring (he’s a senior now) He has probably a 3.7ish gpa, and only a 26 ACT, barely any extracurriculars… Like others have said,… “athletic scholarship”</p>