Bad boards, good ECs, HELP!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I really want to go to Yale, and am applying SCEA. I don't know exacly where else, I've got so far: Yale, Princeton, Middlebury, Colby, Tufts, U Vermont (any other ideas?)</p>

<p>Boards:
GPA: 3.88, 5 APs, unranked class of 60 students, Private high school</p>

<p>ACT: 28
SAT: 1920
Verbal: 620
Math: 630
Writing: 670
SAT II:
Lit: 650
Math II: 630
French: 700
(I know my boards are kind of weak, but I make up for it in ECs)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular Activities:</p>

<p>Community Service:
- Over 500 hours of community service work since freshman year.
- 2006, 2007, Red Feather Development Group: Volunteered to build a straw bale house on an Indian Reservation. Through Red Feather’s numerous awards, I have appeared on the Oprah Show and The Evening News with Tom Brokaw.
- 2004-Present, Wilderness Outdoor Survival School
- 2005, Summer Youth Camp, Instructor
- 2005, 2006- Montana Teen Wolf Tracking Expedition, Instructor
- 2006, Youth Advanced Camps, Instructor<br>
- 2004- Hollywood Hill Association Community clean-up
- 2004- YMCA Earth Service Youth Corps<br>
- 2004- Crossroads Meals on Wheels </p>

<p>Sports:
- 4 years, Varsity Soccer: Freshman year- 2nd in state; sophomore and junior year- state qualifier. Starting forward 4 years. Senior year-leading team scorer.
- 4 years, Ultimate Frisbee, Sophomore year- league champs </p>

<p>Clubs:
- 2004-Present, Diversity Club president
- 2006-Present, Diversity Committee, student representitive
- 2006-Present, Yearbook Photographer</p>

<p>Theater:
- 2006-Present, Black Box Thrusdays, founder of a monthly cabaret and variety show.
- 2005, 2006, Mr. and Ms. Lakegridge “Pagent,” Crowned Ms. Lakeridge<br>
- 2006– South Pacific
- 2005– Guys and Dolls </p>

<p>Choir
- 2004-Present, Lakeridge Chamber Choir<br>
- April, 2005 Days of International Choir Music, Verona, Italy. Placed 5th of 34 international choirs </p>

<p>Publications:
- 2007-Present, Litmag, Editor</p>

<p>Hobbies/Other:
- 2005-Present, Spoken Word Poetry Recorded a demo CD with the help of Pearl Jam’s Litho studios, played 5,000 audience-member theaters
- 2005- Mock Congress with Congresswoman of Washington’s 45th District</p>

<p>Job Experience:
- 2006-Present, Myown Backyard, Inc. Created a children’s interactive field guide series. Raised $10,000 in capital</p>

<p>Travel Experience:
- Spring 2007, French Exchange: 6 month exchange program with a school in Toulouse, France. Fluent in French
- Summer 2006 – G-11 Trail, Walked 560 miles through the Pyrenees of Spain
- April 2006 - Italian Exchange, 2 week exchange in Florence</p>

<p>Do you think I'll make it?</p>

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<p>EC's help you get into Yale if you have the stats to back it up. HYPS use EC's to distinguish between all the 2200+/Top5% students that apply there. </p>

<p>rejection from Yale/Princeton
High reach for Tufts
Don't know too much about the other colleges</p>

<p>You should try retaking the SAT/ACT. Study big time/get good scores (2200+/33+) and you'll have a chance at Yale/Princeton. Otherwise I just don't see you getting it with those stats.</p>

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<p>I'd say Tufts and Middlebury are big reaches too -- your stats just can't stand up there when yo udon't hav ethe grades to back them up -- you need to re-think your list and find schools you LOVE that you can get into with more than a 30/70 chance.</p>

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<p>for yale and princeton, mediocre rank. terrible test scores, great ECs like you said</p>

<p>it's tough, but i think you have a 50 50 shot at yale and princeton. can't you retake the SAT in the fall?</p>

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<p>So I actually applied with these stats 2 years ago. I got in everywhere except Tufts. I'm currently matriculated at Yale and will be a junior there in the fall.</p>

<p>SATs and Boards in general don't really matter all that much. I have a lot of friends at Yale who did not do so well on their boards, but rather got good grades and had amazing experiences and leadership potential. It seems like everyone on CC is so worried about boards that they don't take into account who they actually are. I work for the admissions office at Yale, and they always are saying how they are looking for students that do fabulous things, not those who score highly on tests. Keep that in mind, it's really important.</p>

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<p>hey!!! another "experiment"! i'm glad that i gave you a 50 50 shot... </p>

<p>take into account though, 2 years ago is still less competition than next february when adcoms decide admit/reject...</p>

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<p>i think you have a shot
hey you have a 0% chance to get in if you dont apply so might as well apply... you never know</p>

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<p>your scores are too low for ivies
sketchy= tufts
in at the rest</p>

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<p>He's full of it.</p>

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<p>EC's should be considered, but not highly important. Because daddy bathes his children in a bathtub of cash, his children don't deserve to get into better colleges.</p>

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<p>Wow, you were lucky to have gotten into Yale. If you had applied this year or next year, you definitely would've gotten rejected.</p>