<p>Weakest part of my app? Well, lots of things really, but especially:
-Started a few of my ECs in junior or senior year- i don’t really have that many activities that i have four years of committment to.
-working 20 hours a week prevents me from having significant hours in some of my ECs
-community service askldfgjalks. it’s a bit lacking, let’s just say that.
-my test scores are a GREAT MYSTERY. i took the ACT without writing (for state testing) and got a 34. I submitted that to Yale (knowing they don’t technically evaluate scores w/o writing) and an as yet to be determined October ACT score. No SAT. ho hum.</p>
<p>Enteril,</p>
<p>My son didn’t submit a resume either, just discussed his activities in the additional information section. I’m sure you’ll both be fine.</p>
<p>My SAT and my rank (due to horrendous system of my new school) </p>
<p>I have straight A’s but am 15th and the ppl above have had B’s and they’re above me in rank!!! Ugh, makes me angry.</p>
<p>Not very good at standardized testing</p>
<p>Weaknesses…there’s quite a few. </p>
<ol>
<li>Low standardized testing. Every single one of my scores seems to be a 740 except for a few, which I guess isn’t awful, but most of you guys are basically amazing so it’s comparatively average. </li>
<li>Like some of you mentioned about yourselves, none of my activities are ‘standouts.’ I have a few awards and stuff in a few areas, but I dedicate a lot of time to each EC. </li>
</ol>
<p>Those are just a few of many. </p>
<p>Enteril–I didn’t send in a resume, but I did elaborate on a few activities in the Additional Info section…I’m still kind of nervous about that though, because it’s not in their little format and such. You can still send in a resume though if you want, I would think. </p>
<p>EAD–I labeled all my stationary EASC because they said to, but it does seem pretty obvious if you’re applying early and whatnot. My friend applied early and none of his stuff was labeled.</p>
<p>Oh, another weakness that has just occurred to me:
both of my recs are written by english teachers.</p>
<p>43 daaaaysss</p>
<p>-I’m applying with a 2240 while three friends are applying early with higher scores.
-My school has two athletes being recruited, and I can’t remember a year when we got more than 2 people into Yale.
-One person got into Yale last year and turned it down for Harvard.
-The only people who got in in the past two years were legacies.</p>
<p>In sum, Yale hates my school.</p>
<p>-</p>
<p>Wait, with this talk of stationary? You mean the envelopes?! I only labelled my resume envelope, not any of the rec ones.</p>
<p>Hi guys! My name’s Natalie Zutter, hence the username (like the song, “Zoot Suit Riot”). I’m so glad to have found a whole thread of other Yale SCEA people – no one else at my school is applying early (good for me, I guess :p), so it’s nice to have people to commiserate with.</p>
<p>From what I browsed in the replies, all of your grades look awesome. My SAT 1 is a 2120 … ACT is 31 (I was told by my app prep woman that that’s around a 2200?) … standardized testing’s not my strength, so my SAT 2s are only 760…690…some 640s, 560s, and 540s (granted, the low ones were in Math and Science, my two worst subjects). My GPA’s 4.5 weighted/3.96 uw, though, and I’m sixth out of 181 kids, so I’m not terribly worried.</p>
<p>Did anyone else here have the same thoughts as the person who wrote that essay of why they chose Yale over Harvard, the expectation that Yale’s atmosphere would be really stuck up? I felt the exact way when I visited there for the first time last April. But two hours into the tour I fell in love with it 
That’s only happened with two or three other schools.</p>
<p>43 days!!</p>
<p>It makes me sad to talk about weaknesses :(</p>
<p>I think we should move to a more positive topic, like our strengths or something happy like that</p>
<p>theoneo–I’m sure you’ll be fine even if you didn’t label some of your rec envelopes…it doesn’t really seem like a big deal if you didn’t; I’m sure everything will get to your file on time for ‘deliberation’ to start.</p>
<p>vegangirl – I’m sure that it’s not incredibly terrible if both your recs are written by English teachers. I myself almost went that route since I’m taking double English this year and plan to major in it or writing. Are you in a similar situation?</p>
<p>Haha, my AP Chem teacher wrote one of my recs. That class was hell – two years of the teacher hardly ever being around due to illness and a new baby, extra nights of tutoring, oh, and tons of Fs and Ds on quizzes because Science and I just don’t co-exist well :p…but she made a good point, she can write about how I still succeed in my worst class (I finished with an A-, partly because homework/labs was weighted so much and I don’t think she graded all of our quizzes ^_^)</p>
<p>theoneo – my school is in a similar situation, though we’ve only gotten ONE kid in in the past…I want to say fifty, because that’s how long the school has been around…years, and that kid was a 3.8 (w) rower. I have a really smart class, though, so at least six kids (all my friends O.o) are applying to Yale, though I’m the only SCEA.</p>
<p>Question:
How do we find out our decisions? Are they posted online? If so, how do we get our login/access information for that?</p>
<p>Yep, through your Eli account. I think you use the same account to track your app materials. So I guess it’s the one you get in an email soon after you submitted. Can someone confirm this?</p>
<p>koena07 - thanks for the positive thinking. :)</p>
<p>Eli account? I have never heard of this. Whatever, I only submitted my application on Tuesday night…and it’s 6 freaking weeks till we get our decisions back…no point in waiting for the email. I was just curious.</p>
<p>weaknesses: one of my recs is generic but not too bad, i sent my ACT score which is much much lower than my SAT score because i didn’t want to send my third SAT II, and oh, i’m not an URM.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m not SPECIAL. That’s my worry. Great SAT scores and academics really mean nothing and that is hard to get over. I’m not a minority, I’m not an athlete, I’m not connected.</p>
<p>Is it really nerdy to be disappointed over a 780 on the SAT II Math Level 2 Test??? I just want to get some feedback from my Yale SCEA family here on this issue.;)</p>
<p>Depends. If you feel math is your subject, then sure, it’s OK to be disappointed.</p>
<p>I got a 780 back in June also, and I generally consider math to be one of my better subjects. It was mildly dissapointing, but completely acceptable.</p>
<p>MallomarCookie: 6 weeks is nothing. I have been counting down to Dec 15 since school started at the end of August. I have written how many weeks to go at the start of every week and I cross out each day with a red sharpie. Yeah. I have 7 journal entries to write for english tomorrow and a calc III test. What am I doing on CC?</p>
<p>I would kill for a 780 on -anything- …but the nerd in me understands the agony of wanting a higher grade :p</p>
<p>MallomarCookie, don’t think like that!! I was the same for the longest time (especially b/c my then boyfriend and his twin sister got 2310/2360 on the SAT), but the best thing to do is to remain calm 
If you’re applying to Yale, you ARE special – and great SAT scores/academics -do- mean something. My advice – don’t know if it’ll help – is to write some heartfelt essays and then sit back and let nature take its course. (I’m not an athlete/minority/connected, either. :p)</p>