My chances of getting into Yale??

StarfishSwimmer
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:06:57 +0000

Hi! I’m a high school senior and I was thinking about applying to Yale.
Do you think this is enough?

Academics:
GPA: 3.96/4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.2 (will increase by end of the quarter)
SAT: 2060 (will hopefully increase before actual application)
SAT II: (really bad) Biology (610), Physics (590)
AP Classes in previous years: AP World History, AP French, AP English Language and Composition, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Physics (didn’t take actual class and self-studied for the exam)
Senior Year AP’s: AP Macro/Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, AP English Literature
Class Rank: 2/250

Extracurricular Activities:
In School:

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

Member in 11th grade

Vice President in 12th grade

National Honor Society (NHS)

Member in 11th grade, 12th grade

Mad Scientists

Member in 11th grade
Cultural Coalescence

Member in 10th, 11th, and soon 12th grade

It’s Academic

Member in 11th grade

Baltimore County Physics Olympics

11th grade

Outside School:

Eagle Swim Team (2008-current) (takes up most of my schedule)

Volunteering:

Internship at University of Maryland Medical Center (October 2012 - May 2013)

(starting October 31) Internship at Baltimore National Aquarium

Volunteering at Newtown Elementary School (11th grade, 12th grade)

Baltimore Running Festival (October 2010, 2012)

Summer Reading Program at Baltimore Public Library (2011)

Baltimore Country Fire Department Safety Fair (October 2011) (taught CPR and Heimlich Maneuver)

Swimming Instructor for Children (2011)

Green Clean for Winterset Community (2009, 2011, 2013)

I really do appreciate all of your comments. Thanks!