help a rising junior get into Yale?

shrey96
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:03:39 +0000

Well, my SAT should rise like crazy, considering the last one was from frosh year and I’ve done lots of coaching and studying since then. GPA-wise though…freshman year may have completely screwed me over. It’s rising slowly, as I nearly had straight As sophomore year, but I don’t know if junior year will be enough to get it to the level of a average Yale applicant’s.

I’m not just focused on padding my apps, though. Each one of my extracurriculars mean a lot to me (especially Chinese). I’ve shown this through various leadership roles and obvious involvement in activities. Hopefully, I can get some bigger awards, but I think I’m pretty well-rounded (except for my GPA, of course)

This is, of course, in my completely biased opinion ahaha. Thanks for the advice everyone!