Can I Get Into Yale

Applying to College
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<p>chances? </p>

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<p>yo</p>

<p>I recently visited colleges and i like harvard, upenn, brown, and yale. Im a junior.</p>

<p>I would apply to yale early if i thought i had a decent chance of getting in.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7-4</p>

<p>ACT:30 without prep plan to take again</p>

<p>SATs: no results yet</p>

<p>I take the mostly the hardest classes my school offers</p>

<p>Junior year:2 aps, calc ab and spanish language</p>

<p>Senior year plan to take 4 aps: calc bc, spanish lit, english lit, economics</p>

<p>I go to a competative prep school and i am in the top 15% if not the top 10%.</p>

<p>extra-cariculars:</p>

<p>Senior Class President
Proctor
Honor Council
Spanish Honor Society
President of Debate Club
President and Founder of Young Democrats of America at my school
Philosophy Club
Epycs
Childrens Lit Tutor
Heros
Gold Key
Big Sib
Staff writer for student newspaper
i play the bass for the concert choir
Freshman Class Vice Prez</p>

<p>Varsity Lax and Varsity TEnnis</p>

<p>My real interest however lies in my T.V. show</p>

<p>In the summers i direct, produce and host my own tv show on public access tv. I fund the show with the money i make directing other t.v. shows. To date i have interview a senator and a few famous journalists.</p>

<p>Summers:
Summer school at Philips Exeter Academy: Honors marks
Work on T.V. show
This summer i have arranged to work in the senate.</p>

<p>my dad went upenn undergrad and yale grad if that helps </p>

<p>i am a white male, i live in colorado, and i have adhd</p>

<p>im interested in politics, communications, and business</p>

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<p>it's possible</p>

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<p>yale is such a toss-up, i would say if you EDed to Penn, you'd have a really good shot, especially with your dad as legacy</p>

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<p>I don't think going to the school's grad school counts you as a legacy.</p>

<p>No offense, but that list of ECs you listed will count for very little.</p>

<p>Film-making/journalism will help a lot though, bring it out in your essays!
Heck, submit your footage to the school!</p>

<p>You want chances? Ask an admissions counselor there...</p>

<p>The only thing I can tell you is 8.6% overall for class of 2010</p>

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<p>make sure you do their "optional" essay, i made the mistake of bypassing that</p>

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<p>No matter how great you are qualified these top school will be a reach. Just make sure you write a great personal statement and hope for the best</p>

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<p>I'd say only if you're an atlhletic recruit. Taking only 2 APs at a competitive prep school junior year and barely top 10% just isn't close.</p>

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<p>Unlikely at best. Although with admit rate <9%, that could be said for most candidates. Yale is rejecting most candidates in the top 2% with 2200+SAT. Save your ED quiver for something you've a better shot at.</p>

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<p>It all depends on your essays and recommendations. If they're top-notch (and that gets into a longer discussion; see some of my other posts) you will have a chance. </p>

<p>If they are average, I'd say your chances are minimal, which of course is true of most applicants given that Yale is the most selective college in the country.</p>

<p>Also, you will need to spell everything correctly on your application. In addition to recs and essays, your application needs to look really good (like, no typos and very neat).</p>

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<p>Definitely a reach but anything is possible. They might have a need in TV production, or they might have a need on their lax or tennis teams, especailly if you are any good.
Make sure you apply to others (besides Harvard, Brown, and Penn). You found the reaches, now look for the good fits and safeties.</p>

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<p>You should definitely try! Bring you ACT score up to a 33 or higher if possible (only 3 pts, a little practice should do it) and you have a likely chance at admission! But while you're at it, research some other schools are are less competitive b/c schools in that tier can sometimes be a crap shoot, have you thought about Duke, Penn, Williams, Amherst, Brown? Or even Georgetown as you're seem to be active in politics...?</p>

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<p>The last part of this post refers to your interests, so read the whole thing.</p>

<p>If you were part Native American, African-Am or Latino, then with your resum</p>

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<p>Your theory fails when you consider that many if not most of the best writers, columnists, reports and "journalists" actually graduated from top liberal arts schools like Yale, Harvard, and Amherst (and even places like MIT) not "journalism" schools. You definitely don't need to attend "journalism" school to be involved in that field.</p>