Chance a hopeful Yale applicant! Happy New Year, all!

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Applying RD to Yale.</p>

<p>-Male, Middle Eastern, Illinois
-QuestBridge finalist
-Low-income (40,000K)
-Turkish (if that matters?, lol) speak it fluently. even though it's still considered white on the common app.
-Major: History
-First Generation College Student</p>

<p>Academics
-3.70 Unweighted GPA (yeah i know). my school's pretty elite though. top 100 hs. 4.55 Weighted. school doesn't rank. but i have the "most demanding" course-load and if i had to guess i would say top 15%
-taken all honors and ap whenever available. school offers 20 ap's. i'll graduate having taken 8. i took 1 freshmen year, 2 sophomore year, and 5 this year. (Chem, Euro, US, Enviro, Macro, Micro, Lit, Gov) and self-studying Psych</p>

<p>Freshmen Year= 3.8, 3.8
Soph= 3.72, 3.76
Junior= 3.61, 3.69</p>

<p>Cumulative= 3.70</p>

<p>Mid-year report
I have 2 B's and the rest A's in 5 ap classes and 2 honors. </p>

<p>Tests
-ACT (33-- 35 E, 32 M, 34 R, 30 S)
-AP's (Euro and US- 4 both)
-SAT II (770 US History, 710 Math 2) </p>

<p>Recommendations
-English teacher last year who likes me
-Science teacher of 3 years who has seen my strengths/ weaknesses in science
-Guidance Counselor Rec- meh, generic, i would say. i haven't seen any of my recs, however.</p>

<p>Essays
-Talked about my experience living in the city.. it's not as cliche as it seems. my english teacher liked it.
-Why Yale was generic though lol (but it was only 500 characters, right?)
-My other Yale essay was nice and to-the-point</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-lots of community service. plan to attach a resume.
-history intern, 2 varsity sports, tutor children, habitat for humanity, student government
-political campaigning, election judge
-worked as a paper boy in 2007
-turkish club president
-president of other 'smaller' clubs at school
-i would say my EC's are good and i have participated in them extensively </p>

<p>Awards (weak)
-school awards
-QuestBridge finalist
-Illinois State Scholar</p>

<p>Other stuff
-Taken courses at Univ of Chicago summer program and have gotten A-'s in them. will that help? i'm sending a transcript
-Taken a course at a c.c. and got an A
-I really want to attach a resume explaining my community service. will this be looked down upon? </p>

<p>Thanks, guys! Will chance back, too.</p>

2

<p>Your stats are strong but Yale is an extremely competitive school so your GPA and ACT may hurt you (esp since your GPA trend is decreasing). Your ECs are “okay”. Yale is a reach but you never know with the Ivies. Be sure to apply to some safeties though</p>

3

<p>Your ACT is right in the middle. Your gpa is below the average accepted. Your EC’s aren’t spectacular; EC’s and Awards should go hand-in-hand.</p>

<p>Yale will be a tough reach, but don’t get discouraged. There are plenty of schools out there that would gladly take you. Also, the essay brings in another wildcard in this process. </p>

<p>Chance me back if you have time! <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839847-harvard-stanford-penn-impossible.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839847-harvard-stanford-penn-impossible.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4

<p>School rank and downward trending GPA are going to hurt your chances, I’d say Yale is a pretty high reach.</p>

5

<p>I agree with the others. It would definitely be a high reach. I’ve seen people with 4.0 GPAs, almost perfect SATs, and better ECs that were deferred EA (myself included)</p>

6

<p>Yale is a high reach, thousands of Valedictorians try and don’t make it. It’s one of the most competitive schools in the country, so I would have backups.
Best of luck, you never know. (:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839527-chances-university-washington.html#post1063822898[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/839527-chances-university-washington.html#post1063822898&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

7

<p>Keep in mind that Yale’s acceptance rate for regular decision is dismal (only about 6%). With 6/100 being accepted, there is no room for holes in the application. “Okay” essays are what begin to hurt. Every grade and ACT point matters. That being said, a girl from my school (36 ACT, spent summer at MIT) got deferred in EA. It’s a crapshoot, but I would keep your backups lined up. I would say it’s a high reach.</p>