Chance Me Please! Class of 2016

entomom
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:36:52 +0000

I know that I don’t have the best grades, but i plan on getting them up.



You’re going into your Sr year, mid-year grades are not enough to bring up your gpa substantially. Also, why are you taking AP Stats rather than AP Calc? AP scores? Rigor of coursework?



Your ACT is good, but 3.0 is actually a tad low.



Where are you getting your data? Check last year’s Results threads, also the 25:75 ACT range at Y is 32:35:

[College Search - Yale University - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](College Search - BigFuture | College Board)

3.0 is significantly low, not a “tad low”.



If your interview goes well, your chances are probably going to be pretty high.



Alumni interviews have relatively little impact on admissions.



Plus, everything you have is great especially since you’re African American. Not to play the race card, but the admissions officers do tend to give more leeway to us minorities.



URM admissions is much more complex than this. And particularly at a highly selective school like Y, competition is strong no matter what your race or ethnicity.