How to Get Accepted at Yale

superangie
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:54:55 +0000

I got into Yale SCEA for the class of 2019. You should find something that you’re passionate about - for me, it was feminism - and do something creative with it. Start a nonprofit/event/etc - while it’s great that you’re doing a lot of activities, quality is definitely better than quantity. Your activities should be something that YOU like to do, and something that YOU are passionate about.

For academics, take as many AP’s as you think you can handle. I did not take the number of classes you’re planning to take. During my junior year, which was of course my hardest year, I took 5 AP’s, a weighted honors course, and swim. And definitely don’t take more than 3 SAT subject tests. Perfect scores and perfect GPA’s are not as important as many people think, either - although you definitely do need to be in the top percentiles.

But the bottom line is, your application has to show who you are as a person, and what you’re passionate about. I’m definitely not an admissions officer, but through my experiences at college fairs/events/my application experience, I learned that Yale doesn’t want a well-rounded person who can do everything. They want someone interesting and who would be a valuable contribution to their campus. I think it’d be fairly obvious to AO’s if an applicant is just trying to list as many EC’s and classes as possible in hopes of getting in.

I wish you the best of luck, and I’ll hopefully see you in the future at Yale! Boola boola