be brutally honest, do i have a chance?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>im a black female at a top public school in Minnesota. im a junior (senior classes are what im planning to take) and havent taken the sats yet, but and taking them soon. if i get a decent score on the sats do i have a chance? be honesy and be brutal! </p>

<p>gpa: 3.8 (unweighted)</p>

<p>9th grade classes:</p>

<p>hon. english
hon. american citizenship
earth science
algebra 1
french 2
choir
phy. ed</p>

<p>10th grade: </p>

<p>ap us history and literature
hon. geometry
hon. biology
french 3
journalism
public speaking
phy. ed</p>

<p>11th grade:</p>

<p>ap lang/comp.
ap europe history
honors algebra 2
honors chemistry
french 4
photography</p>

<p>12th grade</p>

<p>ap. american gov.
ap literature and compositon
hon. funcitons statistics and trig.
ap physics
advanced french literature and compostion
reaseach papaer
intro to college compostion
broadcast journalism </p>

<p>extracurriculars:</p>

<p>varsity debate
varsity speech
managing editor of literary magazine
editor-in-chief of school newspaper
secretary of national honors society
photographer for the yearbook</p>

<p>volunteer work:</p>

<p>united hospital
childrens theatre
minnesota fringe festival (arts festival in the summer)</p>

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<p>Looks like good EC’s & rigorous academic course load.
So go for it!</p>

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<p>thanks, i hope it’ll be enough. anyone else have an opinion?</p>

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<p>and one more question, i havent taken calculus or pre-calculus. will this, even by the slightest amount, hurt my chances?</p>

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<p>What’s your intended major?
Having Calc or not is partially dep on that.</p>

<p>Although showing the strongest academic record ALL AROUND
(that you can amass) will be a definite plus.
Yale also has a quantitative rqmt for graduation so if you can take Pre-Calc or AP Calc, that would show that you can handle college level math.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>What do you mean by decent scores on the SAT?</p>

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<p>I am curious. What school do you go in Minnesota?</p>

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<p>eastview high school</p>

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<p>and what i ment about decent sat scores is just a good enough score to be accepted to yale</p>

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<p>I never heard of that school (I am in Minnesota). Where is it?</p>

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<p>I am also african american female with similar stats and 2250 on the SAT (790,790,670) I’ll let you know how i do early admission and maybe it will give you an idea.</p>

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<p>its in applevalley, where do u go?</p>

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<p>sam3391:</p>

<p>Why you don’t disclose your SAT scores?</p>

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<p>umm, not having calc will hurt you. especially if it is offered and if it is an AP. also, you’ll need like 5s on the aps and at least 750s on each subject. this may be a tad excessive, but better safe than sorry</p>

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<p>It’s hard to tell, as you are a junior. However, if you keep your grades up and take hard classes through junior and senior years, you should be in good shape. Your location and minority status are definite plusses, but it sounds like you have the merit to back it up.</p>

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<p>dropping math is extermely a no-no take stats or something! not taking pre-calc doesn’t look good</p>

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<p>True. I believe Yale (and most other elite colleges) recommend 4 years of math. And when a place like this says recommend, it means you probably should.</p>

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<p>I am a freshman in high school and taking these…</p>

<p>9th Grade:</p>

<p>Honors Geometry
Honors Biology
Honors History
Honors Spanish 3
Honors English 1
Journalism
P.E.</p>

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<p>I go to Wayzata High School in Plymouth</p>

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<p>Hey, I have friends at Eastview! My church is in Apple Valley but I live in Prior Lake. Is Eastview really a top school?? Guess I don’t know much about rankings…</p>

<p>Lemonjello, what do you mean by her location being a definite plus?</p>