Am I Yale Material? :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>rising junior at a crappy public high school.</p>

<p>Asian (chinese) female
Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Public high school
GPA:4.0 unweighted, 5.0 weighted
Rank: 2/571
SAT (prolly gonna retake): 780 writing, 800 math, 700 reading; 2280 (**** reading)
SAT II so far: Bio-E 740 (should I retake?), Math II 800, gonna take more
Course load: all honors and APs, 14 A+'s and 2 A's.</p>

<p>ECs:
varsity swimmer, gonna be for all 4 years and prolly gonna be captain senior year
summer swimming
science olympiad
ARML (american regions math league) (Section leader)
piano (gonna be 12 years)
student council rep (4 years)
basketball intramurals
debate team
math team
newspaper (Editor)</p>

<p>Awards:
Science Olympiad - 1st in Anatomy, 2nd in Ecology regional level
3rd in Ecology, 5th in Anatomy state level
ARML - highest achieving female, team won the national championships 2 years in a row
Swimming - most diligent swimmer award, i hold 4 team records for my summer team
Piano - lots of national and state awards and recognition</p>

<p>APs: gonna take 6 my junior year
AP Calc BC (soph year), expecting a 5</p>

<p>Community Service - hospital, piano accompaniment for chorus, teacher's aid
(going to be around 300 hours)</p>

<p>Work Experience - private swim coach, Mathcounts teacher at the community college</p>

<p>Is Yale totally out of my league? be honest please, but keep in mind that i'm not even a junior yet...</p>

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<p>Yale is NOT out of your league - you should definitely apply (in fact, you don’t even need to retake the SAT’s to have a decent shot), but there are no gaurantees when it comes to admissions at elite colleges.</p>

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<p>Since you were only a soph at the time of sitting your exams, I think you can reasonably expect another year of mental maturation (and increased vocabulary) will yield higher scores. Try the main test again next summer. Re-take the Bio only if you have a way of keeping the material fresh in your mind (AP Bio, for example, or extracurricular prep).</p>

<p>However, dan92 is correct that you would be a viable applicant with your current scores, too.</p>

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<p>You’re doing great. Just keep on track, It’ll get harder with all those AP courses and the extracurricular activities, but everyone applying has that problem. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>haha you guys make me feel a lot better :slight_smile:
any other suggestions for ECs? do you think my awards are enough?</p>