My stats say I won't get in, but I have a hunch I will and my hunches are always righ

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>For RD,</p>

<p>This hunch is preventing me from applying anywhere for Early Decision. Also, the hunch is telling me that I won’t be getting in SCEA. This hunch I get is accurate quite often</p>

<p>This is really annoying me</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4/4.00 6.4/7.0 W [Freshman-Junior year GPA can be explained]
Trend:
Freshman Year: 3.4 [6.4]
Sophomore Year: 2.6 [5.6] [killing me]
Junior Year: 3.2 [6.2]
Senior Year: 4.0 [7.0]</p>

<p>Class Rank: Top 10% out of 550
School Type: Public, Sends many students to top schools
State: NJ</p>

<p>Schedule: Most Rigorous (9 AP, 14 Honors)</p>

<p>Grade Breakdown:
AP classes 8 As, 1 B
Honors Classes: 4 As, 8 Bs, 2 Cs</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
Physics AP
European History AP
World History AP
English AP
French AP
Multi-Variable
Psychology AP
Spanish AP
US History [Online]</p>

<p>Scores</p>

<p>SAT: 2120/2400 [May retake in December but I’m not certain if I should]
760 Math
640 Critical Reading
720 Writing [11 Essay]</p>

<p>ACT: 36 [36 Science, 36 Math, 36 English, 35 Reading, 11 Essay]</p>

<p>Subject Tests:
Bio-E: 710 [got a b in spysics honors]
Math2: 780 [Got a C in precalc honors]
Chem: 800 [Got a C in honors chem]
Physics: 800 [got a b in physics honors]
US: 800 [got a b in us history ap]
My take Lit in November</p>

<p>AP Tests:
Calc BC: 5 [AB Subscore: 5]
Statistics: 4</p>

<p>Senior Year Tests:
Physics B/C, Euro, World, Bio [self-study], French, Psych, Spanish, Eng Lit, Eng Composition, Env Sci [self-study]</p>

<p>ECs:
[ul]
[<em>] Theater (Musical and Drama): Lead Roles in all but 1 show
[</em>] Habitat for Humanity (President of local chapter): Have been on mission trips
[<em>] Tutor an Autistic Child in Math [he’s learning calculus right now]
[li] Organized a concert in a third world country, raised $24,000 which was donated to charity [I sang 5 songs as well][/li] [li] Helped special needs children at a school[/li] [</em>] Organized a cultural show [about my culture] in my area a few times to raise awareness [I was the MC, $10,000 raised to charity]
[li] Also Organized a tolerance awareness thing concerning the Israel Palestine affairs [I was the main speaker][/li] [li] Volunteer with MoveOn.org; I may do a run from New Jersey to Washington DC To raise money for a foundation[/li] [I did the charity things on my own]
[/ul]</p>

<p>Work Experience:
[ul]
[<em>] Worked at Penn as a research assistant
[</em>] Website Designer
[li] Graphics Designer[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other:
[ul]
[<em>] Chemistry Club
[</em>] Biology Club
[<em>] Medical Club
[</em>] Choir
[<em>] Green Hope Ambassador
[</em>] Gay Straight Alliance
[<em>] Badmitten Club
[</em>] AIME Qualifier
[<em>] Cum Laude Society
[</em>] Honor Roll [lol]
[/ul]</p>

<p>Misc
Teacher Recs: Great
Additional Rec [research mentor]: Excellent
Guidance Rec: Excellent
Essay: Amazing [if anybody wants to read them]
Ethnicity: Mom is half white and asian. So I’m half-white/asian [jewish]. I’m not sure what my dad is [but he went to yale, as did his step-father]
Financial Aid: Not necessary, but welcomed
Interview: Who knows, I had an on-campus interview for practice at Rochester and we spent four hours talking</p>

<p>PS: I may have said that I took summer courses at princeton, I meant Penn. I was offered two free courses for working there</p>

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<p>Wait, how did you include your senior year in your cumulative GPA? With a 3.4 that assumes you will have a 4.0 senior year, it’s a LONG shot, whatever your hunches say. Your ECs are, however, quite good, and your ACT is excellent, so I guess that you do have a chance. The legacy may help a tiny bit for SCEA…I would say you have slightly above-average chances, but unfortunately that’s only around 10-15%. Good Luck, I may be applying SCEA too!</p>

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<p>Seriously? I thought I was going to read a post with stats that made it blatantly obvious you weren’t getting in. Obviously Yale is a very hard school to get into and no one on this forum can legitimately chance you, but your stats seem pretty good to me. The odds are against everyone but you seem qualified. Lets just see if you have that bit of luck that will get you in.</p>

<p>Sirensong, his GPA seems low out of context, but he is in the top 10%. Maybe that GPA is high at his school.</p>

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<p>I have senior year grades because my schools been started. my 1st MP is almost over lol and I have </p>

<p>Physics AP - 100
European History AP -92
World History AP -97
English AP - 92
French AP - 91
Multi-Variable - 95
Psychology AP - 100
Spanish AP - 94
US History [Online] - 99 [completed]</p>

<p>heh go figure compared to what I had before [now that what happened during my 1st 3 years is out of the way]</p>

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<p>My resume say I’m not an admissions officer, but I have a hunch that you will get in and my hunches are always righ</p>

<p>good chances. now work on essays</p>

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<p>Sends many students to top schools</p>

<p>This is a pretty serious statement. If you are in such a school, then getting into Yale with such stats is a long shot.
This means that you will have to write your essay. From my friends in the 2013 forum (I miss it!!), their essays sent them to other schools like Duke and WUSTL, but not Yale. I cannot tell you that your stats are ABSOLUTELY BAD, but I can say that if your GPA from a rigorous course load is not high, there are others who have higher GPAs and test scores. </p>

<p>College admissions is a fierce competition!! Do not forget this. I see that your ECs are pretty strong, and if your essays (which should NOT talk about hw your ECs are this and that) can explain why you are in the Gay and Straight Alliance and the Bio Club at the same time, then you are def fighting with the top guys and girls from private schools and etc. Do not forget, there are so many applicants and very limited spaces.</p>

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<p>It’s kind of impressive that you got C at honor math and chem but still got great SATII scores. How did you make it?</p>

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lol</p>

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<p>well freshman year I caught chicken pox and caught an infection afterwards, i was out for 3 months</p>

<p>sophomore year i catch mono; I’m out for two months</p>

<p>junior year my parents are talking a potential divorce [caused more psychological problems] I was doing well first semester</p>

<p>I knew the material, I just got screwed over by certain events</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>I hate chances threads.</p></li>
<li><p>You are not going to get in SCEA. You shouldn’t even apply then, because you might well be rejected. You probably shouldn’t be applying anywhere early. You have a chance RD. You need to focus on colleges that will definitely accept you, though, and that you would be happy attending. Despite your hunch, and despite the fact that great senior grades could make you a competitive candidate, it is not very likely you will be attending Yale </p></li>
<li><p>DO NOT take any more SAT IIs. No college wants to see more than three, and it jusst looks weird if you keep taking them. Plus, you don’t even want to send any of your SATs to anyone if you can get away with just sending your ACT, unless you can use score choice to avoid sending your SAT Is.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t bother self-studying for AP tests, either. It won’t help you get in anywhere if you are taking the tests after admission, and it won’t give you meaningful credit at most colleges. Concentrate on your grades, you really want to nail this semester.</p></li>
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<p>JHS, when you say self-studying won’t help… it’s because he’s already a senior, right?</p>

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<p>JHS is exactly right. I think Yale is an extreme longshot for you, because of your grades. There’s no harm in applying to Yale, but you need to have a realistic list that includes matches and safeties. I also agree that your best bet is a place where you can rely on your ACT. Don’t take the Literature SATII–you got a 640 on SAT CR, your lowest score.</p>

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<p>Your hunch is wrong.</p>

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<p>ignore these detractors. </p>

<p>But first, let’s address some questions you brought up. 1. Send in you ACT’s. 2. You may want to send your SAT’s as well because your SAT II’s make a strong argument for your competence, despite your letter grades. 3. Have your guidance counselor write a letter outlining the difficulty you have faced. 4. Spotless senior year grades will certainly help your case to admissions officers. 5. Since you may send in your SAT II’s and Yale does not accept scorechoice, your SAT I’s will show up on your score report as well. You may want to then retake your SAT I’s</p>

<p>I have a concern that you took 9 AP’s but will only list 2 scores. This indicates that perhaps the others weren’t that great. Am I right or wrong? </p>

<p>I like your EC’s because they aren’t completely disjunct. You somehow managed to incorporate your theater work into your community service. But what about your research? What was it on? And badminton club? You have to tailor down your list of EC’s to maybe two of three focuses. </p>

<p>Nobody here can tell you whether you can get in. But, apply RD and see what happens!</p>

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<p>Ivy league schools like their legacies I hear. 3rd generation Yalie is interesting. Does your hunch have anything to do with an influential family member?</p>

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<p>I’ve taken 9 AP Classes, but they are mainly in senior year</p>

<p>I took us1ap at my school, but they didn’t allow taking the ap test until 2 years. I took the 2nd year online.</p>

<p>Technically I’ve taken 2 real AP Classes</p>

<p>nah my family members aren’t really that influential</p>

<p>I’m not even positive if my grandfather counts because we aren’t blood relatives because my father was adopted</p>

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<p>Adopted children are treated exactly the same as natural children for such purposes.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, my legacy status to UPenn won’t be nearly as helpful when I apply RD.</p>

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<p>heh i got in =]</p>

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<p>Was that to Duke, Emory, Swarthmore, or Penn? </p>

<p>Musta been that “weegie” board essay.</p>