How to Get Accepted at Yale

giraffeinatree
Sun, 15 Mar 2015 02:45:11 +0000

As much as anyone would like to plan everything, it’s not that easy or else we’d all do it. Things change! So while it’s good to have a general idea of what to do, dont become so dead-set on this one plan. There is no formula to get into Yale. Colleges want to see individuality.

A couple things to note: that’s an awful lot of subject tests! Unless you do bad on one of them, or there is some credit/award to be received by a subject test, there is really no need to take more than 3. Anything beyond that will have such small marginal value, that the effort you put in to take them will outweigh the benefits. Just make sure you take them as you complete your coursework. And definitely dont take Math 1 if you do Math 2 because there will be absolutely no point. If a college sees you do well in Math 2, they know you’ll also be able to do well in lower-level math as well.

For your extracurriculars, no college wants a laundry list of membership in every club in the school. They want to see passion and leadership. And that will consume a lot of your time. Rather than sticking a toe in a myriad of clubs, fully immerse yourself in a handful, and accomplish great things with them. If you want to be a biologist, find a local professor to assist in research. If you want to be an educator, show interest in working with/tutoring children. If you want to go into business, show entrepreneurial talent.

Lastly, please consider that everything youve listed above is EXTREMELY time consuming as Im sure you already know. Know that college is not the end-all, be-all of life; that’s something I probably should tell myself, too. Make sure to live and enjoy the moment NOW, don’t just act like the next 3 years are meaningless in the grand scheme if you get into Yale, because thats not true! Work hard, and pursue your passions.