From An Average School- so what are my chances?

stele32
Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:12:36 +0000

I would say that you have rather low chances, but I think your case is unique. Your admissions officer could possibly make you one of his main cases, if you can convey to him the immense lack of opportunities at your school.

Are you from an inner city school (Flint or Detroit comes to mind), or are you from up north (north of the tri cities)? If you’re from anywhere besides Detroit, the adcoms take notice I think because basically, being from anywhere besides Detroit is equivalent to being from South Dakota. This year, one person was admitted from the UP; I think the person was from Escanaba or Menominee or some other town along the coast. (I’m from Saginaw, by the way. One person was admitted from Midland, and one from Bay City.)

Why do you want to go to Yale? There are plenty of other good schools that you would have better chances at, like Northwestern, University of Chicago, and of course, University of Michigan. You fortunately are an in-stater for U of M, so that will help a lot.