Chance me-- it's a reach!!!

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>White female, upper-middle class, from Minnesota
large public school</p>

<p>-ACT:32
-WGPA: 3.7 UW: 3.6
-WRank: 43/802 UW: 101/802</p>

<p>(AP’s were only offered beginning junior year)
Freshman year:
Honors English
Advanced Algebra
Band
Social Studies
Science
French 1</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Child Development
Honors English
Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry (1 class)
Health
Honors Biology
World History
French2</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Honors English
Precalculus
PE
Honors Chemistry
AP/CIS American History
French3</p>

<p>Senior Year:
AP/CIS Gov
AP Calc AB
AP Psycology
French</p>

<p>Classes taken at local community college (simultaneous w/hs classes):
U.S. Politics
Intro to Fiction
Shakespeare
Mass Communication
Macroeconomics</p>

<p>-EC’s:
Newspaper (11, 12) Senior Writer, 12 (Given to 3 writers on a staff of 8)</p>

<p>Science Club (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>3rd-Grade Teacher’s Assistant (10, 11, 12) +100 hours</p>

<p>Student Aid in school office (deliver papers, do paperwork) (10,11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer at summer library program (11,12)</p>

<p>Customize and sew for Asian Ball-Joitned Dolls since I was 13 years old (paint faces on dolls, make doll clothes. I pay for my hobby by selling doll clothes) >> Should I send a cd w/ samples of my work? O.o</p>

<p>Research paper on the influence of conflict between Catholicism and Buddhism in Vietnam on American religious roles in 1960’s-1970’s submitted to the Concord Review (student research journal)</p>

<p>Research paper on disillusionment and disabuse as themes in 1950’s literarure submitted to the Lincoln Heights Literary Society.
^^^ Both papers written outside of school, not for credit.</p>

<p>** I’ve been uber-Lutheran since I was a baby; I want to major in religion. </p>

<p>-Academic Honors:
2nd place round draft of paper, regional science fair
Honorable mention, regional science fair
NHS</p>

<p>-Instruments:
flute; taking banjo lessons. Play in church choir.</p>

<p>-Travel:
England 2005, raised $ through fundraising
Cruzando Lutheran Youth Gathering in San Antonio, Texas, 2006, raised $ through fundraising</p>

<p>I know I’m a looooong shot. Should I even bother applying?</p>

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<p>i say apply right a killer essay and hope for the best…</p>

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<p>Sunflower, this is the second time you’ve posted your stats on the Yale page. To me, this means that you really want encouragement to apply. My answer on your chances is the same as it was last time. I think you really want to apply, so you should.</p>

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<p>REJECT. /<em>you’re not going to harvard</em>/</p>

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<p>Well, the Yale supplement is not particularly hard to do, so it’s just a bit of time plus the price of the application. Since you are so interested in Yale, I think you will regret it in the future if you didn’t apply. They really might not look at a CD with pictures of the Asian dolls, but maybe you could send in an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet with 4 or 6 color photos of them as a supplemental piece. The ACT score of 32 is in the top 1%, right?, and the Asian ball jointed doll project is unique. As Sheed30 said, write a great essay. Also, have great letters of recommendations. It is hard to know who they will accept. Give it a try.</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>AdmissionsAddict: Not really-- I’ve been getting a lot of nudges to try applying, but I’m really not sure if I want to unless I’ve gotten some feedback; hee, I’m a little too proud to ask for it anywhere but from strangers online. <em>blush</em></p>