<p>So, basically what qualifies an applicant as a slam dunk (i.e. likely letter, high acceptance chance). National Siemens/Intel? Olympiads? National piano awards? Playing at Carnegie Hall? How about Siemen’s semifinalist? </p>
<p>Just get a list of things that would consider an applicant a slam dunk.</p>
<p>I think Yale is unpredictable even for “slam-dunk” applicants.</p>
<p>Certainly a valedictorian with near perfect SATS, compelling ECs, and a URM status has a good shot.</p>
<p>^ Incorrect. There are certainly a few applicants that can comfortably say, “I will probably get in”. These include athletic recruits (process of recruitment is nearing the end), billionaire donors, and international academic powerhouses (contrary to popular belief, these people usually get in).</p>
<p>^ Also, athletes who have won international competitions? Like gaining gold in the International Under 25 Olympics for rowing? That does remind me of Rachel Flatt, an Olympic ice skater, who was waitlisted from Harvard and rejected from Duke.
Perhaps high schoolers who have had a significant head start in the field they would like to pursue in e.g. noticeable research.</p>
<p>Being one of the three stars of seven Harry Potter movies.</p>
<p>2400 Valedictorian Math Olympiad Siemens URM legacy athletes from Wyoming probably have a good success rate</p>
<p>I’m confused as to what was incorrect about my post. </p>
<p>I said Yale was unpredictable, but a valedictorian with perfect sats, compelling ECs, and a URM Status has a good shot.</p>
<p>@T2634 Haha! =]</p>
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<p>The rumor mill said that Emma was rejected from Yale, so she chose Brown - but of course I can’t vouch for the validity of that.</p>
<p>Nah. She toured but never finished her app.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure she’s at Cambridge… o.o</p>
<p>She’s at Brown.</p>
<p>Sorry, I thought this was about applicants who can slam dunk. Yale could probably use more of those.</p>
<p>^lol</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>I think that we can assume that most people here are not one of the 3 HP stars, but that would probably help…</p>
<p>To be “certain” you need to be near perfect in the things that everyone has - scores, marks, recomendations, essays etc and then have something uniques - that rowing thing, published research that is slam dunk material… Get the dribble perfect, then something to kill all questions at the end. Sorry about the metaphor. Realised after I typed it that it was ****…</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone can conside themselves a slam-dunk applicant. I know a couple of people who got likely letters (Class of 2014) from Harvard and didn’t get into Yale. On the other hand, I know a couple of people who got likelies from Yale and they were all different. I’d say that you have to give them a reason to make Yale want to give you one of its few likelies - meaning that you have something on your application that no one else has.</p>
<p>^ Guys check out her post history and her stats. That’s a SLAM-DUNK applicant right there =P</p>