<p>So my eyes glazed over reading that list.
My GPA, test scores, and number of AP classes are higher than yours. But I have pretty much zero extracurriculars/demonstrated passion, and it’s hard for me to believe that any good college would pick me - a regular, generic kid with too much time on her hands to study - over someone who has a specific passion and has done 20,000 significant things related to it.
Still, pretty much no one gets into Yale. I’m pretty sure you’ll be successful in life, but it won’t be because of Yale. It will be because of you.</p>