With these ECs, what grades/ACTs/SATs would I need for Yale College?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>As title. </p>

<p>Full IB Diploma candidate.</p>

<p>ECs and activities:</p>

<p>-Two years of being varsity volleyball captain, one year of being junior varsity captain, and two Most Valuable Player Award as well as one Coach’s Award.</p>

<p>-Two years of co-coaching Middle School volleyball teams.</p>

<p>-Competitive martial artist (Arnis): undefeated locally (at my age group), once scored a point against Europe’s second highest ranked fighter (not my age group).</p>

<p>-Skipped a grade (6th). Ranked first in both junior and middle school (but not high school, yet.)</p>

<p>-Legacy: both parents did their Ph.D. at Yale. Father contributed significantly to a Yale Professor’s Nobel prize.</p>

<p>-Low handicap golf player.</p>

<p>-Accepted for an Internship with the Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. Congress in the summer between Junior and Senior year.</p>

<p>-International applicant: part German, part Danish. Currently studying the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Munich, but spent time in the Danish, German and American school systems.</p>

<p>-Fluent in three languages with passive knowledge of another three.</p>

<p>-Avid rock climber.</p>

<p>-Competitive bodybuilder.</p>

<p>-Two years of working as a fully-salaried translator at a local, highly regarded research institution (translating press releases).</p>

<p>-Worked in the PR department, Chemistry and Biology labs at the same institution during my Work Experience (sophomore year).</p>

<p>-One of the highest Economics and Business & Management test score averages in the history of my high school.</p>

<p>-‘Business @ School’ extracurricular Business classes and presentations.</p>

<p>-Worked 50+ hours with an autistic child for community service.</p>

<p>-Glowing teacher recommendations as well as a recommendation from the Head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Congress.</p>

<p>-Taking French as an extra-curricular subject, and four Higher Level courses at the IB. (Schools do not allow more than four, three is the norm.)</p>

<p>-Member of various school committees and boards, namely new student greeting and grade retreat committees.</p>

<p>-Going to be a member of the Debate and Swim teams, senior year.</p>

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<p>There’s no formula Aze. Your entire profile will be judged: GPA, transcripts, personal statements, recs, ECs.</p>

<p>The single most important thing you can present is that you have show very strong academic achievement in as tough a schedule as possible</p>

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<p>T26E4. thanks for your post. I appreciate that fact yet I would still like some objective opinions on the validity of my ECs.</p>

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<p>Nice internship with US Foreign Affairs! How’d you land that one?</p>

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<p>Double legacy can’t hurt. Are you good enough to be recruited varsity Vball? Seems like you might be.</p>

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<p>embeezy, I knew a Congressman personally (he sadly passed away this February) who informed me about the opportunity. I applied (on my own) and got in ^^ </p>

<p>SaltLick, I’m not really sure about that one, but my coach tells me I have quite the potential. Perhaps if I put in more time, I could. I’m a bit on the short side though (6 ft. 3 inches) but then, the current Yale roster is quite short as well.</p>

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<p>please don’t tell me you are just about to be a freshman…</p>

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<p>Senior, actually =&lt;/p>

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<p>Well the internship will definitely help, as well as your strong stats. Haha, in non-sport world, 6’3" is most definitely not short. But I guess it’s all relative.</p>

<p>I actually wondered if you were a freshman too, just because you included the junior high info.</p>

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<p>Those are some nice ECs. Just keep up the good work and you’ll have a decent shot at getting in. As others have said, there’s no formula for who they pick, but as long as you make yourself stand out, and write some good essays, you’ve got as good a shot as anyone else.</p>

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<p>Your ECs need to tell a story about you. To me, they seem all over the place and not cohesive. And I doubt anyone will care that you skipped 6th grade. Try to narrow and focus your ECs to a clear picture of who you are and what you have to offer the school. My son got into Yale SCEA with ONE extra curricular, but it was a strong one that helped define him to the admissions office. You need to use your ECs not to show how much you’ve done, but who you are.</p>