Yale EA chances puhleaseee tell me i hve a chance... :(

swim2daend · June 27, 2009, 6:37pm

Jewish White male

South florida

Major: Math

ACT: 31 (29R, 29E, 34M, 30S) i no it’s not that great

SAT 2s: taking Math 1, Math 2, and Chem in October. I’ll probably only send Math 2 and Chem. Been getting 770+ on Math 2 practices and 700+ on Chem practices.

IB Diploma Candidate

Rank: 8/324 as of 5/7/09

GPA UW: 3.9
GPA W: 4.975

Classes:

Freshmen year:
Pre IB World History B/A
Pre IB Biology A/A
Pre IB French 2 B/A
Journalism 2 A/A
Research I/II (Physics H) A/A
Pre IB English 1 B/B
Precalculus A/A
MAC 2311 Calc 1 A

Sophomore year:
AP Calc AB A/A
Pre IB Chem A/A
AP Stats A/A
Pre IB French 3 A/A
AP US govt/VPS A/A
IB Computer Studies 1 A/A
AP English Lang A/A
AP Art History A/A
MAC 2312 Calc 2 A
ECO 2013 Macroecon A

Junior year:
IB Math Methods 2 SL A/A
IB Computer Studies 2 SL A/A
AP/IB English Lit SL A/A
IB Chem SL A/A
IB French 4 B SL - year 1 B/B I HATE FRENCH AND MY TEACHER IS BIAS!!! >:o
IB American History SL A/A
Research 6/IB TOK A/A
AP Micro A
MAC 2313 Calc 3 A
MAP 2302 Diff Eq A

Senior year:
IB Math HL
Discrete Math/Graph Theory
IB English HL
IB Chem HL
IB French SL - year 2
IB History of the Americas HL (yes 4 HL… what was I thinking lol)
IB TOK

ECs:

<ul>
<li>September ’07- December ‘07 AP Statistics tutor
Reason for leaving: It interfered with extra curricular activities and school work.</li>
<li>June ’08 – November ’08 Lifeguard</li>
<li><pre><code>Group head in Freshmen Class Council: In charge of creating the float, which placed 3rd.
</code></pre></li>
<li>Sophomore Class Council - Sergeant-at-Arms </li>
<li>Junior Class council</li>
<li>Group head in Project Earth- Recycling Program. </li>
<li>Delegate for Mu Alpha Theta.</li>
<li>Envirothon Captain</li>
<li>Treasurer for Leukemia Inspired Fundraising Events (L.I.F.E.) club</li>
<li>Treasurer for National Honor Society</li>
<li>Created and President of ACE (Anti-Cheating Effort)</li>
<li>Big Brother and Big Sister Program participant (10): purpose of program is to motivate potential drug abusers, potential gang members, etc. under the age of 12 to use the alternative path and encourage him or her to be a good student along with an all around good person.</li>
<li>Varsity Swimmer (9,10,11): accomplishments: qualifier for district and county meets</li>
<li>Varsity Water polo (10,11)</li>
<li>Mu Alpha Theta (Math team/honor society) (9,10,11): accomplishments- attended state competition, received top score in the pre-calculus individual round at the state competition, qualified for team round at the state competition.
-Subjects competed in: 9th- Pre-calculus, 10th- Statistics and Calculus, 11th- Calculus</li>
<li>Volunteer Tutor (Algebra 1 (H), Geometry (H), Algebra 2 (H), Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, Calculus H, AP Statistics, and Statistics H) (10,11)</li>
<li>French Club (10)</li>
<li>Project Earth (9,10,11)</li>
<li>Florida Math League participant (9,10,11)</li>
<li>AMC 10 participant (9,10)</li>
<li>AMC 12 participant (11)</li>
<li>Envirothon (10,11) – Won 5th place overall in 2008.</li>
<li>Money collector for a school competition- Class that collects the most change in 2 weeks wins. All money went to help poverty in Africa. Sacrificed my lunch period for 2 weeks collecting change. (9)</li>
<li>Accepted to Law Week 2008 – Selected students were accepted to have a tour of the West Palm Beach court house and learn more about the way trials work.(10)</li>
<li>Nominated for the National Honor Society (10,11)</li>
<li>Lifeguard (10,11)</li>
<li>AP scholar with distinction since 2008- average AP score of 3.5 or higher and have at least 5 AP exams with a score of 3 or higher (10)</li>
<li>Recruited onto the Palm Beach Community College math team (11). Won 3rd place individually at the State Competition.</li>
<li>Top singer at Freeform (11) – A local talent show in the county that has been recognized for displaying the most talented performers.</li>
<li><pre><code> Princeton Book Award
</code></pre></li>
</ul>

I have a FANTASTIC rec from my english teacher I had for both freshmen and junior year. I went from getting Bs in her class freshmen year to all As junior year and an A on my IB internal assessment. She is like my best friend and she went to Brown, UVA, and UMichgan.

I went through a lot my junior year. Including finding out about an affair my dad had with many many people, which was an issue even after we found out. he got caught 3 more times after. Also, i almost moved midyear, which caused stress and some how we got called by the Department of child services saying i was getting beaten and I wasn’t… It was strange, but more stress. Threat that my brother had cancer. more stress…

FANTASTIC rec from my guidance counselor! I love her!! lol.

My grades freshmen year sucked for reasons tht i dont think matter because yale doesnt look at tht right??

i think i put everything??

silverturtle · June 27, 2009, 9:42pm

Your ACT score is too low for you to have decent chances SCEA.

yellowismellow · June 27, 2009, 9:51pm

retake act in september.
don’t bother putting insignificant things like french club on your resume if you only did it for one year and didn’t have leadership in it.

TheShiningSun · June 27, 2009, 11:46pm

I see a whole lot of stuff, but I want to know what your substance is. Of all those myriad of things you do, what is your heart at, what dreams do you chase, what is your passion? Don’t get me wrong, you have done quite a ton of stuff, but quite a few of my friends didn’t get in even with 3-4 president positions in clubs such as NHS.

I think what really determines if someone gets into Yale ISNT mostly grades, ISNT mostly test scores, ISNT mostly numbers, but your passion. If you can show them your vision, and show them that you are willing not only to dream but also to live some answer to those dreams, then you will have a shot of getting in. If you show them instead that you did a lot of stuff but fail to show them why you did them, then your chances are no better than anyone else who has applied to the school.

As it is, think deeply and reflect on why it is that you did the Big Brother / Big Sister program, or why you lead tutoring, or why you are involved in NHS. Is it because you love to help others? Is it because you enjoy organizing for causes, is it because you want to devote yourself to something that is bigger than yourself? Whatever the reason, hopefully it is not because it looks good on college resumes. Maybe it does for some schools, but not for HYPSM. If you look at their final admissions rate of 7-10 percent, that means even assuming that half of the people who applied were not qualified (which is a huge assumption to make in my opinion), your chances are still no better than one in five to get in randomly. They have the ability to look for the minutae of not only what you do, but WHO you are.

Show them your dreams and beyond that your drive to achieve those dreams, and you raise your chance significantly, otherwise with just numbers, in general on CC theres like a what 20% admissions rate for SCEA? I would not chance any better until then

swim2daend · June 28, 2009, 12:55am

To be honest, I will def think bout which ECs to put on my application. I just copied and pasted what I have on my resume. My passion is math and music (minor). I want to be a math professor. Tutoring math inspired me and I found out what I love about math isnt the application, but the theory. Why one rule has exception and why some dont. i rly enjoy it. More than anyone can imagine. As for music, I’ve never let out until this year that I could sing. I was almost embarrassed, but I now love it. I performed at this local tallent show thing and was so nervous because I never let it out. My essay is about me leading up to my audition. It’s my new love. And I promise all of you that my ECs were not “college builders”. I cut out everything I was not passionate for (stuff i only did or like one year). Thank you so much. I really want them to feel my passion for this. i will try my hardest!! I rly will. :)

swim2daend · June 29, 2009, 11:59pm

bumpppppppppp

Yale EA chances puhleaseee tell me i hve a chance... :(

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