<p>Brazilian High School Junior in Connecticut
Ranked in the top 3% of my class with a weighted 4.34 on a 4.5 scale
2150 SAT score : 660 CR, 720 Math, 770 Writing
Taken all honors and AP classes including AP Chemistry, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics, and AP Spanish VI
Perfect Attendance</p>
<p>ECs:
Cross Country: ran for 4 years, 3 of which varsity (Nationally competing team/athlete)
Indoor Track: ran for 4 years, 4 of which varsity (State-level competing)
Outdoor Track: ran for 4 years, 4 of which varsity (State-level competing)
Loads of volunteering at road races and with helping younger runners (200+ hours)
Project Clear: local lake clean-up and research (60+ hours)
Numerous other volunteering activities including coat drives, local city clean up days, and march of dimes
Concert Band: 7 years of trumpet
Tae-Kwon-Doe: 5 years and second degree black belt recognition
Boy Scout: 8 years, up until 8th grade
Peer Leader
National Honor Society Member</p>
<p>i don’t think so.
is anyone trying to recruit you right now?
also your sat is a bit low
and u kinda have what the tufts admission officer calls the costa rican orphanage resume. a little bit of everything. consider reshaping your resume to show a particular focus and passion.</p>
<p>i’d say your an easy in at any school above 20 in the usnwr rankings</p>
<p>I ran a 17:06 on an extremely hilly course (Wickham) but this was coming off a major injury. In the 3200m this indoor season I ran 10:01 and obviously am a junior. </p>
<p>And yeah, I just put anything that came to mind on here just for kicks haha.</p>
<p>The best thing to do is fill out a recruiting questionnaire for cross country or track. If a questionnaire isn’t available, email the coach. If they decide to recruit you, I’d say you have a pretty good shot, depending upon who else they’re recruiting at the same time. You won’t know unless you reach out to the coach, however, and then you’ll be able to see if they’re interested.</p>
<p>To be honest, your times might not be fast enough. My son ran a 9:36 two-mile as a junior, and that wasn’t fast enough for Dartmouth. These schools have amazing kids applying! It blows me away. The fastest kid in our state got a 2400 on the SAT!!</p>
<p>Three current freshmen runners at Yale came in with PR’s of 9:35 for the 3200, and 8:35 and 8:41 for the 3000, and two middle distance guys ran 4:21 and 4:22 in high school. You’ll need to drop some major time in spring to be considered.</p>
<p>My two cents…If your question is “can I be a recruited athlete at Yale” it will depend on your athletic capabilities. I would think you need to be a state level/national level competitor. You have very good grades, SATS, and ECs, but a lot will depend on your times. My guess is the Yale track coach is primarily looking at your times not your GPA, because his focus is on the sport first. Admissions will be looking at your GPA, does that make sense? I’ll defer to others on track times. As GFG points out you have some work to do on the times. I think you have a fantastic resume. Keep up the great work. If this is what you really want, keep at it and never give up. Yale is a fantastic school, but there are other fantastic schools out there. IMO it is never a good idea to focus on one school, but it is always a great idea to focus on one goal. Good luck.</p>
<p>gregunit, GFG and others are right on. You have outstanding academic stats. To be a recruited athlete you have to break the tape in the time that fits the league and school you plan to compete in. GFG showed you the stats for the current Yale freshmen. You probably know this information is almost always available on the athletic site for each school. Just look up the roster for the team. The athlete profiles generally state the high school PRs. Short of running those kinds of times, your track and XC commitment is, sadly, just another EC, if you don’t make the recruiting list. This isn’t just at Yale.</p>
<p>HOWEVER you may be a fit at another very good school. If you truly want to run in college, and also want a strong academic school, you’re going to find a match. Just keep lots of options open- by that, I mean don’t set your heart only on Yale. I hope you’re contacting lots of coaches at schools of interest to you, if you wish to run in college. If you’re hoping to use track/XC to get in to Yale, but don’t really have the desire to train harder and run more for the next four years, don’t bother.</p>
<p>If you were a recruited athlete with strong(er) times then I would say you were in with the SAT you have. Unfortunately, a 17:06 and 10:01 won’t cut it for the Ivies. D3 (UAA) and LACs are your best bet.</p>
<p>I actually don’t think your SATs are high enough. You need to crack 700 on the verbal, which should be possible to do with a retake. You will need 700s on your SAT2s as well.</p>