Chances, do great awards make up for weak grades?

gibby
Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:58:35 +0000

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mykMBbtquQIJ:admissions.yale.edu/node/2040/attachment+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjXr-Jqk8GIh14UrKT_fAQmS_ubh94vSNFt3RdsURBSjeqttQPb_zCqPsE3pXJFE3V1ij-DrLViA88txeHl5NrTNlPsfA7DD4apxfNtCDpcUGI-znUcnzUInTCex6GueninctHy&sig=AHIEtbSHFHwKbI8w25tOVUQk48ER41nUkg

According to the above Google Doc of Yale statistics for the class of 2016, 95 percent of admits were in the top 10% of their class. So, based on just those numbers, statistically you’re fine. However, as the MIT blog points out, there isn’t any one thing you can do to be admitted – it’s a combination of little things adding up to a fat envelope.