Yale Chances

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<p>What should I do to be better? Also, should I apply RD, EA, etc?</p>

<p>Class Rank ~40/800
WGPA 6.12/6.89
UWGPA 3.6</p>

<p>Mock Trial - Attorney (9th-10th), Team Captain (10th) - At least 10/week practices, at least 5/week at home memorizing/compiling speech/cross/directs.
Student Council - Chair - Give up lunch bell every day plus ~15/week
Key Club - Regular Participant (10th) - 5/week plus meetings and planning.
Academic Team - JV “Player” (10th) - 5/week (Considered sport, get athletic varsity/jv letter!!)
German Club - Regular Participant (9th-10th)- 3/week… sort of a fun club, not rigorous academics.
Math Club - Regular Participant (10th) another fun club, math competitions. Slow so far, later in year it gets busy.</p>

<p>Projected: Academic Team Varsity 11-12
Model UN Regular 11-12
Key Club 11-12 Sec/VP/Pres/Treas (One Junior Year, One Senior Year)
Math Club Pres 12
German Club Officer 11, Pres 12
Student Council Chair 10-12, Executive 11-12 (First Junior to ever be considered for executive council!!!)
Mock Trial Team Captain 10-12, (Just my group of the team, sort of like a Squad Captain?)
Entire Team Captain 12</p>

<p>HOBY Leader - Hugh O Brian Youth Leadership thing… I was chosen in a group of eleven out of >800 sophomores, then I had to write an essay and beat the other ten people chosen.
3rd - German Culture Exam - Local
1st - Outstanding Attorney - Local
I spearheaded a relief effort for tsunami victims two years ago and raised over 1,200 dollars in clothes, medical supplies, and monetary donations.
9 APs projected by graduation.
By the way, my GPA is low, but… 8th grade Algebra (High School Credit), I got a C in one quarter. I had eight teachers for that class, no lie, no exaggeration. It was hard learning the different styles of teaching for each person. I ended with a solid B average.
I then went to high school and got a C in Geometry first quarter. This was because of deficiencies in the stuff that my eight eighth grade math teachers taught.
I had one more C, but I can’t say anything about it. I missed a B by one point in History.
Passions include Mock Trial, Student Council, and Rigorous Courseloads.</p>

<p>Pre-High School High School Credit Courseload:
8th Grade-
German I (A)
Honors Algebra I (B)</p>

<p>Freshman Courseload:
Graphic Arts (A)
Honors Classical to World Enlightenment (B)
Honors Geometry (B)
Honors Physical Science (A)
English I Honors (A)
Gym I *(A)
Civil War/Reconstruction (A)
Legal Issues (A)
German II * (A)</p>

<p>Sophomore Courseload**:
Honors America/Global Community (A)
Honors Advanced Algebra (B)
English II Honors (A)
Honors Biology (B)
German III (A)
Gym II * (A)
Health * (Next Sem, A Projected)
College/Career Prep Honors (Next Sem, A Projected)
Psychology (Next Sem, A Projected)</p>

<p>I’m only a sophomore, so these are projected!</p>

<p>Projected Junior Courseload:
AP Government
Honors Physics
Honors Chemistry
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors German IV (It becomes Honors after third year!)
AP US History
English III Honors
AP Psychology</p>

<p>Projected Senior Courseload:
AP German (Unsure Yet)
AP Physics
AP Calculus
AP Euro History
AP English
AP Chemistry
Study Hall (Comes with AP Chem, alternates days, M.W.F. we have lab, T.Th. we have study hall, cannot do anything about it)</p>

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** Grades as of Completed First Quarter</li>
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<p>Are you taking Calc AB or BC?</p>

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<p>well. since yale is the only one out of HYP that still HAS early action…id suggest going early at yale. unless you wanna go early at stanford (i think they still have early?)</p>

<p>what to do better-dont get B’s? develop “passions” in ur extra curriculars. pick one or two to reallly focus on. show leadership.</p>

<p>i wish when i was a sophomore someone told me to develop my ECs. thats my main weakness…oh well.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure… I know it’s full year, we take Pre-Calc then go straight to AP Calc, whichever it is. I want to say BC but I honestly don’t know.</p>

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<p>Also, add this to my list: I was selected and I am in a Leadership “O” Program. It basically takes the top 1% of people in our school for leadership, and then gets us to do more leadership stuff.</p>

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<p>Will one B in an honors or AP class really hurt thata much?</p>

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<p>will one B hurt your chances?
of course not!
Now, a transcript with tons of B’s could work against your favor. Not everyone who gets into Yale gets straight A’s throughout high school. </p>

<p>Will Yale deny you admission solely because you had one B in the tough class, probably not, as long at it was honors. Even a couple probably won’t hurt you. Try to get all A’s, but if you simply cannot do it, don’t stress yourself out over it.</p>

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<p>I found out it is Calc BC and we are trying to get AB into our curriculum.</p>

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<p>maybe that came out the wrong way. i didnt mean that having B’s will ruin ur chances…but just that trying to get all As is a good plan. transcipt is one of the most important things</p>

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<p>You have a moderate chance of getting in, seeing how you project your academic progress.</p>

<p>Don’t take this the wrong way, you seem like a great student, but…you are reaching a little bit for Yale. Just a warning.</p>

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<p>okay… thanks!</p>

<p>is there any other advice?</p>

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<p>anyone ?</p>

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<p>? .</p>