Chances for Yale EA

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>SAT: 2300 (800 Math, 760 Reading, 740 Writing)
SAT II: Math 2 - 800, Chemistry - 790</p>

<p>Taking 5 A-Levels and 1 Pre-U (about the same standard as AP)
Top 10% out of 262, where 30% of students go to Oxford, Cambridge or Ivies
There is no GPA in England.
Never got below an A+ in a Math, Science or Music course.
Never got below an A in a English, History or Foreign Language course.</p>

<p>ECs:

  1. House Captian
  2. Founder and Secretary of the American Society
  3. Secretary of the Film Society
  4. Music [more about this in awards section]
  5. British Maths Olympiad stuff [again see awards]
  6. Rowing - Coxing (4 years)</p>

<p>Awards:

  1. 5x SMC Gold Certificate (the British AMC-12)
  2. 4x BMO1 Qualifier (the British AIME)
  3. 3x BMO2 Qualifier (the British USAMO)
  4. 2x ASCAP Morton Gould Competition Finalist (The Major National Composition Competition)
  5. 1x Pike’s Peak Young Composers Competition (Also a National Competition but gets less entries than ASCAP)
  6. 5x School Composition Competition Winner
  7. 6x School Academic Merit</p>

<p>Other:

  1. I’d be 3rd generation at Yale.
  2. I have a letter of recomendation from Dean Blocker (The Dean of Yale school of Music)</p>
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<p>There’s no reason why the would reject you.</p>

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<p>Yank: what do you think YOUR chances are? From what you know of yale admissions, how do you think you stand? Frankly, your post is very puzzling in its purpose to me.</p>

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<p>you’re as close to a lock as you can get. Your stats, ECs, and awards alone are good enough to give you a GREAT chance of getting in. The legacy and letter of recommendation from one of the deans make this automatic.</p>

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<p>The purpose for my inquiry back to you Yank, was that while what you’ve posted is indeed commendable (congratulations for your achievements to date!), if one posts just to get pats on the back, then one should be careful that a sense of entitlement doesn’t seep out.</p>

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<p>The reason that I’ve posted is because while I recognize that I have achieved quite a lot, I do not know the strength of the EA Applicant Pool. And as I do not know anyone applying to Yale EA I have no means of gauging myself against other applicants, however others on CC probably will thus this thread.</p>

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<p>“I do not know the strength of the EA Applicant Pool”</p>

<p>The EA applicant pool doesn’t change drastically every year…
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/616404-official-yale-2013-scea-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/616404-official-yale-2013-scea-results-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If you want a more quantitative summary of last December’s pool, there is also this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/616854-scea-returns-so-far.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/616854-scea-returns-so-far.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Your stats and awards suggest a good-but-not-certain chance of success, but take care with your essays and letters of recommendation. Your essays should complement but not reiterate your achievements and your letters of rec should be from two teachers. If Dean Blocker has taught you, then that letter qualifies as one, but if not then you should consider the letter a strong but supplementary third letter.</p>

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<p>getting into Yale EA is pretty much like winning a lottery since everyone is essentially the same. not sure if its true, but from these past forums i’ve seen that most EA at Yale is for those who have connections, are athletes and those that significantly stand out either through their hooks or essays. I would say, think about another great school thats slighly less competitve than Yale during EA. Maybe georgetown, chicago, MIT or Stanford? I think if you applied regular, you would get accepted and stand a better chance.</p>

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<p>You basically have as much of a shot as everyone else does. There’s no formula to adhere to and your accomplishments are clearly strong enough to make you a strong contender. This does not make you an automatic shoe-in, it does not make you and automatic reject. It means that you are qualified to apply to whatever school you want in whatever round you want. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t want to apply to Yale EA and there’s no reason for you to have ever doubted that you were a strong contender for Yale EA.</p>

<p>Yale EA is for people who a) really want to go to Yale and b) feel comfortable with their accomplishments up to senior year to apply early. Yes, the EA pool seems to be made up of a lot of recruited athletes only because recruited athletes need to apply EA basically in order for sports to really help them. In terms of hooks, while I really take issue with the idea of hooks, it will help you no matter what, EA or RD.</p>

<p>Point is, apply in whichever round you want. Your chances don’t change drastically in either round.</p>

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<p>If by third generation at Yale, you mean that one of your parents graduated from Yale as an undergrad, you have a very good chance. You have very good stats, a legacy hook, and achievement outside school (composition awards, etc.). Check out the SCEA results thread noted above, and you will see that this combination is often (but not always) successful.</p>

<p>I’d just like to add that although we sometimes suspect a student is fishing for compliments, I think it’s hard to overstate the uneasiness even the most qualified students have about the admissions process these days. After all, the OP was only a Morton Gould Finalist, not a winner…etc., etc., etc.</p>