<p>Yale accepted under 15% of perfect SAT scorers. CCSniper: how you can still say a school like Yale is still not a “reach” for a 2400 scorer is hard to argue.</p>
<p>And Yale (and others) do send a hundred or so likely letters to some non-Athletic scholastic superstars. Is the OP one? Who knows?</p>
<p>To be blunt, when I applied many years ago, HYP acceptance rates were around 16%. That means my statistical chances were better back then than the 2400 scorer today – and I definitely didn’t get a perfect SAT.</p>
<p>And working CERTAINLY counts as a very strong extracurricular – much better than a dozen hours at the Yearbook or newspaper. Gildo is plain wrong. Good luck to you.</p>