What are my chances of getting into Yale

Are you In the URM category? What is your estimated family EFC? What % of the kids in your school go on to college?

The top schools do give leeway for students they deem disadvantaged and also look for URMs for college community and classroom diversity. That can put you in a special pool. In that pool, what is city is whether you are prepared well enough to succeed doing college work at that school. It means having 4 years of English, Math, Science and foreign language. Especially if it’s available. It means taking those AP classes offered. It means doing well in those classes.

The kids I’ve seen accepted to HYP with your test scores and even lower grades came from very rigorous high schools where they showed they could digest the material. Or they had higher test scores and grades at schools that offered little in the way of rigorous courses. They did the best they could in their environment.

I don’t see either in your resume. You are in a school that offers the AP courses. You aren’t taking the hardest courses. But then I don’t know your grading scale and a whole lot of other information.

I certainly think you should apply to Yake and any of the most selective schools Do work on your essay and the LORs you will be sending, making sure that the recommendations include all the info you want the college Adcoms to know about your activities. It’s impossible to assess them just from your short narrative. Maybe an extra REC from one of those involved in those activities.

I know you love the law courses and program, but I agree with the others that it’s just fun stuff. It isn’t going to lend any weight to your app unless we are missing something big here.

Most importantly, focus on getting an affordable school wrapped up early. One that will certainly take you and have the resources you want. It’s easy to pluck Yske and other name schools off the lists. Not so easy to get those safeties that are affordable.

I know and have known a number of kids with a very similar academic and EC background and numbers that were actually top students at their schools. Not URM but from disadvantaged backgrounds and area. None of them got into the most selective schools and they did not look hard to get realistic choices on their lists and overlooked some schools that would have worked well for them. Instead had a last minute scuffle to go to local schools or CCs because Dorming at State U which was their safety was not affordable. I see this every year.

Hi, thank you so much for your advice.

I am a URM, I am Hispanic, more specifically Cuban. I immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10.
Since I made the post, I was able to raise my SAT Math score to a 690, putting my SAT score at 1450 when super scored.
This year I am taking AP Computer Science, AP Spanish Literature, AP US Government, AP Studio Art, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, Physics Honors, and Executive Internship Honors.

Hey everyone, I wanted to let you know that I ended up applying to Stanford REA instead of Yale… and I got in. Thanks for your advice, some of it was very helpful.

Well done, @Eric2002!