<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>