Yale, Dartmouth, Harvard

southeasttitan
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:31:31 +0000

If you say something as lame as “I am geniune in my care for the world,” I don’t think you’ll get in. Honestly, that’s just…yuck.

Other than that I think you should only list the ECs you were involved in for more than a year so colleges don’t get distracted by how thinly spread you are. I think Yale is a crapshoot for you as it is for everybody else, your chances are probably at about 20% or something–saying stuff like “I’d be surprised if you didn’t get in” isn’t fair to you. Students way better than you get rejected (and ones that have equally good and even lesser stats than you get accepted sometimes too).

Honestly, I personally think that the 2.3 GPA sophomore year will hurt you. Being depressed over a lack of opportunites and whatnot does not constitute a valid excuse for a grade drop. If anything keeps you out it will be that.