Admission questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Alright, I haven't been accepted to Yale, nor have I applied. What I want to ask is judging by the info i'm about to lay out, do I have much of a chance.</p>

<p>My GPA is like 4.4 and I'm currently taking a bunch of ap and honors courses. i'm a junior in highschool. I'm involved in spring track, mock trial, marching band, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember right now. I have an acceptable amount of community service hours. My sister graduated 07 so, you know, I have alumni relation. I was born in Ethiopia, so that might help me out. What worries me is that I had a bad freshman year. Haha, i had like a 3.6 with like one honors class.
sorry, its such vague information, but judging by this brief outlook, do I have much of a chance of getting in, I want to know from people who have gone through all this highschool crap and know what Yale really wants in an applicant. I'm always hearing about Yale dropping acceptance rates and I feel worse and worse about getting a big fat rejection from the university I always dreamed of attending. So, anyway thoughts? Should I just apply and give it my best and see how it goes, or should I just forget it now?
Thanks for anyone who answers.</p>

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<p>Three things:</p>

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<li><p>Your stats are good, so I would say you have a chance, but with out knowing your SAT scores its hard to tell.</p></li>
<li><p>No one asside from the admission board can REALLY tell you your chances. almost everyone gets rejected, even the best. Once you get within thier range, its basically random</p></li>
<li><p>as a junior, what would you do if your chances are low? or high for that matter? Knowing wont help you to get in, and you cant really add anything to your application in 1 year that will really make it or break it. </p></li>
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<p>So if Yale is where you want to be, apply and hope for the best. I wish you luck.</p>

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<p>The OP is over 2 yrs old and the member is no longer active on CC. It’s fine to use old threads for information, but please don’t dig them up and post on them and bring them back to life as it confuses other members who may not check the original date.</p>