Chance a girl for Yale

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<p>Stats:
-American caucasian female junior
-State: California
-School: Private Christian college prep school</p>

<p>Tests:
SAT: 2300
SAT II:
-- Math II: 760
--US History: 780
--Literature: have not taken yet</p>

<p>School:
--GPA: weighted- 4.4, unweighted 3.8
--High honor roll, deans list</p>

<p>AP's that I have taken: European History-5, U.S. History, don't know yet; next year I will be taking AP Calc, AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Bio</p>

<p>Classes: 4 years of math, enlgish, french, history, science, and bible</p>

<p>ECs:
-I am an elite figure skating and have been skating for 12 years, I am nationally ranked, am on Team USA, and I have been sent to international competitions is places such as Italy, Austria, and France; I practice 25 hours a week on the ice and multiple other hours supplementing my skating with ballet, pilates, conditioning, gym, etc. I have basically dedicated my whole life to ice skating.
-Senior President of the Junior Board for my ice skating club; I was elected in a club containing over 800 members. I am in charge of many activities from fundraising to hosting charity events. I have been a member of this board for 4 years.
-I play the piano and violin and have been doing these since I was five
-I also participate in fencing, kickboxing, and tennis
-oil paint
-Senior Founding Member of the Genocide Awareness Club at my school
-other things that I can't remember at this time</p>

<p>Awards:
-hundreds of skating awards over the years; four medals from internationals where I podiumed
-award from my skating club for best performance of the season
-7 first prize awards for my art pieces featured in a southern california exhibition
-French award for having the top grade in my class
-high honor roll and deans list every year so far
-I have passed through all of my figure skating tests which take about ten years to complete (There are sixteen)
-NHS</p>

<p>Community Service:
-I have dedicated over 100 hours to my club through volunteering at skating competitions
-As president of the junior board, I have organized ice shows, increased our income through fundraising by over 300%, help the club become more active in numerous ice rinks throughout southern california, held a special event where we have a show, throw a party, and teach kids who come from abused families how to skate- I am in charge of all of this; I have also set up adopt-a-family programs with my club as well as clean the beach projects and set up a holiday ice show where the admission cost was to bring a toy for Toys-for-Tots
-I work with kids from the Junior Foundation of the Blind as well as teach them how to ice skate because I believe that everyone should be able to experience the joy of it
-volunteer at the Red Cross once a week
-play the violin at homes for the elderly
-bring my toys that have been thrown on the ice for me to the local children's hospital</p>

<p>Work Experience:
-manager of a law office</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
-training for ice skating
-traveling to France for a French immersion program and community service project
-after being sent on my international competitions I always stay extra to go sightseeing through visiting museums, stc.
-maybe attending summer at Yale this summer, I have not decided yet
-next year I will be going on a service trip with a group from my school to Costa Rica (build houses, teach children english, etc.)</p>

<p>Sorry it was so long Thanks, please give me some feedback!</p>

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<p>In a word: AMAZING</p>

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<p>in 10 char</p>

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<p>wow those are some outstanding accomplishments. You’re definitely in, especially if they recruit for ice-skating (do they?)</p>

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<p>Wow. You’ve got a really good shot – all you need to do is write killer essays and get great recs. You are amazing.</p>

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<p>Vom on my sweater.</p>

<p>Kudos you, Kudos.</p>

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<p>really impressive!</p>

<p>you were the manager of a law office?</p>

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<p>vitt, if your intention is to be anonymous you might want to limit the amount of personal detail you share. Your internet profile is high enough that it does not take long to deduce exactly who you are.</p>

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<p>Good advice. Particularly true for strong SCEA applicants with unique accomplishments.</p>

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<p>Let me add that while you have fabulous credentials you still might want to consider presenting them in a focused way. Perhaps grouped as athletics, arts, and leadership? I think you should let your athletic achievements speak for themselves but be careful to bring forth other aspects of yourself so that you do not give the impression that you expect your standing as a national-level athlete to be the main (or only) thing Yale would like about you.</p>

<p>And “manager of a law office” does elicit my skepticism. This suggests you had supervisory and hiring/firing authority over law office staff. Did you? If not, be a little more precise in what your responsibilities were. Any employment is a strong item to have on your application and you, in particular, need not overclaim.</p>