Do I stand a Chance at Yale?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Hmm, so…do you think I can get in? I attend a middle class school in Fairfield County. I’m a white male, age 16, who skipped a grade.</p>

<p>Rank: 5 / 329 in an absolutely cut throat class (With the new weighting system that my BOE is about to put into effect, I will likely rise to 1 or 2)
GPA: Unknown, but probably somewhere near 3.8, 3.9
SATs: 710 CR, 740 Math, 730 Wri
SAT IIs: 790 MathIIc, 760 USH, 640 Lit (need to retake Lit badly)</p>

<p>Class load:</p>

<p>Freshman year:</p>

<p>Biology Honors
Phys Ed
Spanish II
Algebra II Honors
Health
English I Honors
World Studies Honors
Wind Ensemble Honors</p>

<p>Sophomore year:</p>

<p>Chemistry Honors
Phys Ed
Music Theory
US History Honors
English II Honors
Precalculus Honors
Wind Ensemble Honors</p>

<p>Junior Year:</p>

<p>Physics Honors
Phys Ed
Foreign Policy Honors
US History AP
English III Honors
Calculus AB AP
Music Theory AP
Wind Ensemble Honors</p>

<p>Senior Year:</p>

<p>Physics B or C AP
Health
Statistics AP
Calculus BC AP
English AP
Spanish III, or potentially V AP
Civics
Independent Study in Music Composition</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Marching Band - 9 10 11 12 (Saxophone Section Leader, Drum Major)
Jazz Band - 10 11 12
Winter Percussion - 10 11 12
Pit Orchestra - 9 10
Theatre - 11 12
Math League - 10 11 12
AMC - 9 10 11 12 (11th School Winner)
AIME - 11, potentially 12
NHS - 11, 12
Model United Nations Club - 11, 12
Founding next year the METS club (Math, Engineering, Technology and Science), most likely will be president
Men’s Acapella - 10 (No longer in existence)
Studio Voices - 11, potentially 12
Class Council Delegate - 9, 10, 11, maybe 12</p>

<p>Honors / Awards:</p>

<p>1st Honors all years
Top Honors in Foreign Policy Honors
Top Honors in Physics Honors
Second Honors in English III Honors
Robert William Kee Merit Award (Given for outstanding performance in mathematics)
Cornell Book Award
Rensselaer Medal for Mathematics and Science
All-Region Orchestra grades 10 and 11 (first chair oboist grade 11)
All-State Band - 2nd oboist
Winner of the Connecticut Young Composers Contest grades 10 and 11
Invited to NSLC
Invited to CSLC</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:</p>

<p>Stratford Community Band (3 hours of rehearsal a week, regular performances at nursing homes and town events)
Milford Community Band (3 hours of rehearsal a week, regular performances at nursing homes and town events)
And I plan to volunteer at the library this summer, and potentially tutor next year.</p>

<p>So, what do you think? Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>White male from an over-represented state. Good ECs but could use more leadership. Good, but not great scores and grades. You’re in the pool with 18,000 other qualified candidates. Can you get in? Yes. Will you get in? 1 in 20 chance.</p>

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<p>if you cant calculate your own gpa you have a problem.</p>

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<p>Our school uses a very convoluted system to calculate GPAs that they won’t disclose. I could figure out my unweighted GPA, but I can’t exactly recall all of my grades.</p>

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<p>yep, I got in and I’d say you have a chance if you retake the SAT II lit. I’d like to see more APs around sophomore year, but you can’t change you’re school’s AP policy. Remember that Yale is majority white, so it’s not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. It would have been better if you were Native American, but so what? One more thing, Calc BC junior year might have helped - again no big deal.</p>

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<p>Yeah…our school is mighty odd. You can’t take any APs until junior year, unless you do summer studies, and you have to take Calc AB before BC. In addition, no AP sciences before senior year. Believe me, I wish I could’ve taken more APs.</p>

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<p>I think if you can do something big over summer and work hard on your apps and essays, you will stand a chance.</p>

<p>BTW, how did you apply for Renssaeler and Cornell Book Award?</p>