can a white girl with a 2230 SAT get into Yale?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>profile:
2230 Sat (800 verbal, 720 math, 710 writing)
subject sats: US History 750/ Math I 730/ Spanish 670
Valedictorian- cumulative GPA weighted: 4.38/ unweighted: 4.0
Rank: 1/486
awards: National Merit pending Finalist, President’s Volunteer Service Award, first alternate Girls State, Excellence in Vocal Music, Principal’s Honor Roll
APs currently taking: AP Physics, AP English Lit and Lang, AP Gov, AP Econ
past APs: AP Stats (5) and AP US History (5)
ethnicity: white</p>

<p>ECs:
Youth With a Purpose vice president (religious club) (4 yr. member)
Youth Commission chairperson (advisory body to city council) (2 year member)
Journalism editor-in-chief (2 years on staff)
dance (1 yr.)
advanced drama/ musical theater productions (3 yrs.) (Best Actress Award) (lead female roles)
audition-only Bella Voce Show Choir (4 yrs.)- chosen for Regional Honor Choir
Freshman Class President/ Sophomore Class Secretary
tutor
piano teacher
active on political re-election committee for city councilman
volunteer on church worship team and local food bank </p>

<p>Hooks: i’ll be sending in a professionally mastered recording of my voice; i am passionate about my intended major (ethics/politics/econ) and opportunities in musical performance as well!</p>

<p>CAN I GET IN WITH THIS PROFILE AND AMAZING ESSAYS WHEN I’VE READ SO MANY POSTS ABOUT CRAZY MATH-A-THON WINNERS AND 16-YEAR-OLD-FORTUNE-500- FOUNDERS??!!</p>

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<p>i just want to know if getting into the ivies is as much of a complete crapshoot as it looks! Any parent/experienced students’ comments?</p>

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<p>you’ve got a shot girl</p>

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<p>of course you can get in.
not everyone founds fortune 500 companies…only CCers.</p>

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<p>Yeah, you have a shot. Unfortunately it really is a crapshoot for the majority of competitive applicants. But you do have a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot! Write your essay’s to show how your passion for vocal music/music in general or drama experience has affected your life or others. Be creative. Show Yale why they should take you. Yale loves singers and they have a lot of them. Your application should all fit together showing who you are.</p>

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<p>i wouldnt be at all surprised if you got in. In fact, you have done nothing wrong, and there is nothing left to cram in now, so just go for it and hope for the best. That being said, if you want to compare yourself to poeple with similar GPA and SAT - i think Yale excepts around 20% of applying valedictorians.</p>

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<p>Thank you- i am feeling better now :)</p>