Yale- Huge Reach?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Wondering if Yale is a realistic option for me</p>

<p>Junior- competitive public school
IB Student
3.75uw 4.23w
top 5% of class
African American</p>

<p>SAT
730cr/650m/620w=2000 (only first try)
<em>will be taking SATII’s later</em></p>

<p>Awards/Honors
1st place regional history fair for 3 consecutive years (attended state fair)
Most Outstanding Regional History Project 11th grade
2nd place regional science fair 9th grade
1st place regional Foreign language fair last two years
Youth in Government Most Outstanding Delegate 10th grade(state)
Youth in Government Most Outstanding Delegate H.Mention 11th grade(state)
Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs Finalist 11th grade(national)
…plenty of others but those are the important ones</p>

<p>EC’s
Youth in Government- Lt.Governor elect (state position), Chapter president (county position) </p>

<p>Senior Class President Elect</p>

<p>Vice-Chairman of city’s MLK Day committee</p>

<p>Teenage Republican’s Treasurer</p>

<p>Varsity Academic Team</p>

<p>Tomorows’s Leaders Program- chooses top students from schools across county for 7 days of leadership seminars 11th</p>

<p>Track and Field-9th 10th</p>

<p>MC for my city’s NAACP Banquet</p>

<p>NHS</p>

<p>Bunch of Community Service</p>

<p>Summer Activieties</p>

<p>Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs 2006</p>

<p>This summer:</p>

<p>Chosen to go to Boys State
Chosen to attend Youth in Government Conference on National Affairs
Chosen to attend Youth in Government Governors Summit
Attending JSA Summer School at Georgetown</p>

<p>Is Yale in my reach?</p>

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<p>Yes. You will need to tell the adcom about your personality, interests, work ethic and leadership ability though (through your essays and recs), not just give them a list of stats/resume. And in the first round of cuts, they only will look at your app for a few minutes.</p>

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<p>This is somewhat offtopic, but you’re in YIG? And you got to go to CONA? Thats awesome. Are you part of Florida yig? If so, I might have met you at the last conference in Tallahassee. </p>

<p>Oh, and I think you have just about as much a chance as anyone, depending on how you fill out your app, your essays, etc. </p>

<p>Goodluck!</p>