Early Yale Applicant: Chances

osu4eva
Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:11:29 +0000

Guten Tag! What are my chances? I vant to apply to Yale early.

GPA: 3.8 (My English is not 2 good since I moved from Germany)
Rank: 13/400ish because of those damned overachievers (btw, i support publik edukateion)
PSAT Commended or Semifinalist
New SAT: second try 2290 (800 M, 760 W, 750 V), first try 1840
SAT IIs: 760 (Math II), 800 (German), 740 (Biology)
APs: Physics B (5), German (5), Chemistry (3)
Quite rigorous courseload with 4 AP’s senior year

Sports:
Water Polo (JV, vill make varsity this year)
Crew (one year, hellish experience waking up so early in mornings)

EC’s:
Yearbook co-editor

Founder and Prezident of the “Wildlife Club” at my school
Regional winner and national finalist in the EPA’s “Save the Animals” essay contest
Zoology Camp at Oregon Zoo (summer of 9th)
Currently I have a summer Internship at Oregon Zoo (I vant to be a zoologist) researching a rare disease of the Ornithorhynchus Anatinus (duck-billed platypus)

I play the bass pretty well in a band and will send a CD of my skillz

Third place in sausage eating competition at the Northwest Oregon OctoberFest '04 (I will not mention this is the actual application but this will be the subject of my essay most likely)

Hooks:
Not a legacy, not a minority, not dirt poor, not very rich, nothing really except that I am from Germany and tri-lingual (I study Spanish in school), i vill have pretty good recommendations at least

Tell me what you think!