<p>“Siemens Semifinalist” - Is just that, not a winner.</p>
<p>If he had won the grand prize and Yale rejected him, it would have been a story since Yale usually admits Siemen’s winners.</p>
<p>All of the other pieces listed are subjective.</p>
<p>Rule of thumb - It is VERY HARD for a school to reject 50,000$ + prize winners. They need to find something that they don’t like in the app.</p>