<p>I'm in the 9th grade and I know this is early but maybe rather than chancing you can tell me what else could help me out
I really love Yale and would be thrilled if I could go there</p>
<p>Caucasian
income bracket <100,000+>
location:MN</p>
<p>9th grade private school
3.8 GPA (but there's lots of grade deflation at my school...hopefully I can bring it up I'm not sure how it all works I have all A's just a few A minuses because of being sick and missing days of classes that are mostly note based)</p>
<p>classes this year</p>
<p>british literature</p>
<p>world history</p>
<p>algebra 2</p>
<p>chemistry</p>
<p>religion (parochial school)</p>
<p>studio art 1</p>
<p>music consortium (basically just a strings ensemble)</p>
<p>french 1</p>
<p>There are no AP classes at my school and all of their honors were filled up before I was accepted into the school :(</p>
<p>I think I want to transfer next year though seeing ad how I don't like the school I'm in. probably to a public school with a really good debate team. </p>
<p>next year I'll be in pre calc just to clarify (I've already taken geometry)</p>
<p>Obviously I don't have my test scores but I've always done really well I was in the 95th percentile for the SSAT that I had to take to get into my school (sorry I don't know the actual score just the percentile) so I'm not really that worried about it</p>
<h2>Extra-curriculars</h2>
<p>Theatre</p>
<p>30+ community theatre shows lots of small awards for acting but nothing of great importance
chairman on the advisory board for a local theatre</p>
<h2>2 shows (so far at my school) I'm likely to letter this year and end up on the theatre council</h2>
<p>Volunteer work</p>
<p>Hospital (a relatively new activity)
100+ hours</p>
<p>16 trips to New Orleans since hurricane Katrina to work in a mental health center as well as rebuild elderly persons homes</p>
<p>2 trips to Haiti working on Research for Georgetown university comparing rural and urban Haitian Orphans</p>
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<p>Miscellaneous other activities</p>
<p>Debate team (just started but I'm hoping to compete at state seeing as how I really like it and have been consistently placing)</p>
<p>Second degree Black belt in tae kwon do as well as assistant instructor at studio</p>
<p>Violin for 11 years (mostly just playing in orchestras for school as well as my violin studios orchestra)</p>
<p>skiing club (mostly just recreational have been doing so since I was very little not really important)</p>
<p>avid scuba diver?</p>
<h2>also last summer I went to MITY (minnesota institute for talented youth) I'm not sure if that really helps at all though...</h2>
<p>I want to study political science so this summer I'm volunteering on Amy Klobuchar's campaign for re-election (she went to Yale) I know her as an acquaintance so I think if I work with her she'll write me a letter of recommendation which I think should be helpful</p>
<p>also my uncle went to Yale and he can also give me a letter of recommendation</p>
<p>I know this might seem really obnoxious but I always thought it would be fun to try out a chance thread even though there isn't much chancing that can be done for me yet!
Yale is kind of an exception because otherwise I'd like to just got to the U of M
thanks anyways guys!</p>