Chance me for YALE

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>SATs: Math 800
Reading 750
Writing 690</p>

<p>SATIIs: Math Level 2 800
Biology 740
US History 700</p>

<p>APs:Calc BC-5 US History-5 Bio-5 Physics E&M-4</p>

<p><em>Just turned 16</em> (Does this help or hurt?) – Essay is about climbing mountain with two 23 year-olds. Guidance counselor may have mentioned I’m really tall for my age.</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.67. Got straight A’s last semester with 3/4 classes AP.</p>

<p>Amazing Yale on-campus interview</p>

<p>Good essays and reccs.</p>

<p>ECs: -Editor in Chief and Opinions Editor of high school newspaper. In first issue, was responsible for laying out 9 pages and editing other sections. Wrote for every issue and up to 4 articles in each.
-Eagle Scout, Den Chief, and Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout Troop. Eagle Project involved about 90 recorded hours of personal planning, over 100 manhours, and 18 different workers. Proposal is over 11,000 words long. Made 40 page High Adventure notebook for troop. 36 merit badges – 21 required for Eagle. Extensive community service.

  • President of the Ping Pong Club.
  • President of the Knights of Liberty.
  • Author of two unpublished novels.</p>

<p>Additional Info:
-Dad worked at Yale for two years.
-Homeschooled from the age of 4 until 11th grade (Took classes in 9th and 10th. Very unique story of virtually complete academic freedom as a child.)
-Dad author of books that made #4 and #8 on Amazon. Does this matter?
-Grew up in high-crime Chicago neighborhood (with homeschooling, topic of second essay).
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<p>What your dad does matters in that it shows he made enough money to give you every advantage, so the bar for you is high.</p>

<p>Why go to college at 16? I think colleges will see this as a disadvantage. Any bright kid can rush through high school, especially if home schooled. While you have a great math score and relatively good other scores (though very average for Yale), nothing in your profile screams kid who has exhausted possibilities and needs college now. There are no academic competitions or honors of the type you typically see in applicants to HYP.</p>

<p>I would consider a PG year or a gap year in which you really sink your teeth into something of academic depth to make yourself an attractive candidate at a very top college.</p>