Chances for getting into Yale University?

Memmsmom
Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:12:34 +0000

@writer80 I think what @gibby is trying to say is that although many colleges will see IB as impressive and something that will look good on a transcript, it is what is expected in an application to highly selective schools. It does not set you apart but brings you up to the rest of those that are also applying. I always tell people to read through the stat pages with honest eyes about how they compare. When you see all of those that are president of their various clubs, members/officers of National Honor Society, active in some kind of public service, top of their classes, NM finalists, high SAT,ACT,IB,AP scores etc… there comes a point where you see that everyone applying are pretty much the same. This is when you realize that you have to find some way to show that you are not just another highly qualified application. Its not that you gave false information. It is that many of these kids have been told their whole lives that they are a shoe in, they are the best of their school or class. Many come into this process feeling very special and are horribly disappointed in the end because compared to the thousands of others just like them, they are just another file. It is so sad because no matter how many times kids post chance me threads, it truly is a lottery in the end. Gibby is just trying to give honest and realistic expectations to the OP because the truth is that hope is one thing, reality is probably another.