the SAT scores are low and its long, i know...but do i have a decent shot at yale EA?

<p>BACKGROUND: White, Jewish, Male, rising senior, attending ULTRA competitive Florida suburban public high school…block schedule (8 classes per year)</p>

<p>STATS:
GPA: 3.979 UW, 4.864 W
Rank: 19/607 (possibility of moving up 2 or 3 spots in rank due to summer college courses)…top 3.1%
PSAT (soph.): 63 CR, 76 M, 71 W (210 overall)
SAT-I: 650 CR, 720 M, 620 W (1370/1600 ; 1990/2400)
SAT-II: 750 USH, 630 Math II-C, 580 LIT</p>

<p>COURSE WORK:</p>

<p>Freshman—
Eng. 1 H A/A
Algebra 2 H A/A
Geog. H A/A
Bio 1 H A/A
Span. 3 H A/A
Journalism 1 A/A
PF/Health A/A
and some mandatory class at our HS A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore—
AP World Hist. B+/A (3 on AP exam)
Eng. 2 H A/A
Trig. H A/A
Chem. 1 H A/A
World Hist. H A/A
Newspaper A/A/A/A (full year)
Entrepreneurship A/A</p>

<p>Junior—
AP USH A/A
AP Calc AB A/A
AP Lang. A/A
Chem 2. H A/A
USH H A/A
Calc AB H A/A (AP courses are paired for full year ^^^)
Financial Ops. A/A
Financial Planning A/A</p>

<p>Senior—
AP Environ. Sci.
AP Lit.
AP Gov/Econ
AP Calc BC
PE
Financial Ops
Financial Acctng. (part of Academy of Finance ^^^)
and a college course at comm. college</p>

<p>ECs:
2004—Varsity Ice Hockey Team
Sports Editor position on high-school newspaper
DECA
National Honor Society
2005—Varsity Ice Hockey Team (division champs)
National Honor Society (Assistant Academic Coordinator elect)
Students Against Cancer
DECA (Parliamentarian elect)
Future Medical Professionals of America (Corresponding Secretary)
PRES Club (Historian)</p>

<p>WORK:
2003—Twice a week camp counselor
2004—Full-time first-year camp counselor
2005—Managers Aide at local sports card store
Junior Camp Counselor
2006—summer intern at Ruden-McClosky law firm</p>

<p>AWARDS:
2003—BCC Sorority Award of Excellence (highest GPA and most service hours freshman year)</p>

<p>2004—First Place, DECA Districts, Business Plan
Sixth Place, DECA Districts, E-Commerce Team Event
Fourth Place, DECA States, E-Commerce Team Event
Competed, DECA Nationals in Anaheim, California, E-Commerce Team Event
Various Sun-Sentinel Awards for entire HS newspaper staff
HS Underclassmen Journalism Award</p>

<p>2005—National Honor Roll recognition
National Merit recognition (i think)
Fourth Place, DECA Districts, E-Commerce Team Event
Fourth Place, DECA States, E-Commerce Team Event
HS Underclassmen AP American History Award
Broward County Brain Bowl HS team 2nd Place (tie)</p>

<p>Unless you raise those scores significantly - that is, both the SATI and your two low SATIIs - your chances stand at around zero. I’m really not trying to be cruel here… just honest (I’m a Hebrew brotha myself so your best interest is mine :slight_smile: )</p>

<p>First, I suggest you wait for the RD round, for two reasons:</p>

<p>a) This will give you time to raise some of those scores.
Prep over the summer and retake the SATI in September. Retake the math and Lit in October, plus any other test you are SURE you can score 730+ on.</p>

<p>b)The EA applicant pool is significantly more competitive. In compared to them, you are (I’m sorry to say) considerably weaker. The RD round will give you a better shot.</p>

<p>On your application, I would suggest you focus on your evident passion for sports. Highlight all the acitivities that directly and indirectly (e.g. sports editor) into this field and write damn good essays that illustrate this passion and your personal character.</p>

<p>I do not know whether Yale has a hokey-team, but if it does - perhaps you could get recruited?</p>

<p>Finally, get good recommendation letters; these are probably the most over-looked tool in the admissions process.</p>

<p>I wish you all the best!
Behatzlacha! :)</p>

<p>P.S.
feel free to private-message me with any questions.</p>

<p>Yale has a division 1 program for hockey</p>

<p>Yale Hockey is Divison 1 and most players have a year or 2 of junior hockey under their belt after high school before entering, so you could contact the coach but it is doubtful you would be a recruit as soley a high school grad</p>

<p>Even as a recruit, you would probably have a tough time with those stats.</p>

<p>aww the people on these boards seem to be either totally sweet…or utterly vicious haha</p>

<p>Unlikely…</p>

<p>People are either delusional or realistic.</p>