Chance a Junior!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Thanks in advance guys. Any insight would be highly appreciated</p>

<p>SAT: 2310 - 780M 800W 730R (one sitting)
SAT2: MathII800 Chemistry790
will take: Bio(expect an 800) USHistory (expect low-to-mid 700s, might skip this one)
ACT: 35 (35M 35W 35R 36S 10essay)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2@end of this (junior) year (major upward trend; all As and A+s in all AP classes this year)
absolute most rigorous courseload at every stage in the game, first junior to ever take (the following) five AP classes together as a junior according to guidance counselor
AP scores: will have Bio, Chemistry, CalcAB, USHistory and Lang after this year, expect a 5 in all of them</p>

<p>Senior Courseload: AP Physics, APCalcBC, APGov't, APLit, APStatistics, APEconomics, HChinese4</p>

<p>Awards: Finalist (top 5) in state chemistry competition last year; 4th place in 3 events at a state National Science Olympiad; AP Chemistry Scholar</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: EMT, will have 400-500 hours of service by application time -- Captain/President of National Science Olympiad team 3 years -- piano and dance on and off, no awards, may not include these -- National Honors Society -- ADAP YLC (very special drugs and alcohol group i've been a part of for 4 years); executive board member this year</p>

<p>Summers:
Freshman--Summer at Yale (a program called Explo)
Sophomore--200hrs of EMS service
Junior--intense apprenticeship/research internship with professor at yale doing very groundbreaking research</p>

<p>My two main recommendations will come from my APBiology and APCalcAB/BC teachers; both are incredible writers and are known to frequently write outstanding recommendations, and both like me a lot.
My third will come from my biology teacher from freshman year; we have become very close friends, and she has really acted as a mentor to me throughout high school. she knows me in a very different way from the other two and can add a very different flavor to my application. Her fianc</p>

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<p>bump567890
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<p>Well your stats are on par but with now less than 7% acceptance rates it all depends on what Yale is looking for in the freshman class. A science major would probably be a slight boost. Make sure you do your due diligence with your essays as they are very important.</p>

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<p>I really appreciate that you actually gave me feedback!
It’s crazy, and I’ve made peace with the fact that even if I am a qualified applicant, my chances, just like those of everybody else, are very, very small. I do intend to major in some kind of science (at the moment I’ve only taken chem and bio and prefer bio, but I’m very abstract and math-y so I feel like I’m going to love physics), so that’s good news. And everyone says that the essays are extremely important. I’m going to start them at the very beginning of the summer so I have a great amount of time to brainstorm, write, re-write, polish, and perfect them.
More opinions definitely welcomed :)</p>

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<p>Oh… One other thing I was going to add was that I fully intend on applying to Yale EA.</p>

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<p>Don’t waste your time getting an “alumni letter” from your teacher’s fiance. Also ask your guidance counselor if he/she thinks it is worth it to submit three science LOR’s. Yale and most schools only want two LOR’s + the GC letter and they are overburdened reading thousands of applications. Many suggest teachers from different disciplines. The adcoms don’t appreciate extra letters that don’t significantly add to your application.</p>

<p>If only I had a dollar for every kid who was going to start their college essays the beginning of the summer and didn’t start until September or later. Good luck on that since your goal of slowly crafting the esays and polishing them is a good one.</p>

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<p>Again, thanks for the actual feedback. This stuff is so much more helpful than the two word responses I was getting before and is really what these types of threads are about. </p>

<p>I understand your reservations as far as getting 3 stem (two science, one math) recommendations, and may actually end up having my english teacher from last year write one if I have him again in AP Lit next year (didnt want to ask him otherwise as they prefer recommendations from junior year teachers). However, each of these three teachers knows me in a different kind of way than the others: my Calc teacher knows me in a setting where I have been able to show off my logical problem solving skills and mental quickness; my AP biology teacher knows me in one where I have shown myself to be good at applying knowledge and in a hands-on labwork sense; and my freshman bio teacher knows me more holistically - our relationship has really developed more into a friendship than a student teacher relationship, and she can offer a lot about my character and work ethic. She also knows about all of my extracurricular pursuits in-depth, as she is the teacher advisor for the club I am president of and as we discuss my EMT work frequently (within legal privacy-policy limits, of course :slight_smile: ). Also, I will have both my calc and apbio teacher again next year, which is even more a reason for them to write on my behalf. </p>

<p>More thoughts welcomed :)</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>

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<p>Don’t submit three letters of rec. That’s just wasting their time. Pick two. </p>

<p>Your chances are as good as they can get. You’ve done your job, now just hope you get lucky.</p>

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<p>If I have the professor I intern with at Yale write one (I imagine I will, it seems very silly not to), should I have that be a third (assuming I cut out one of the three already mentioned), or should I cut yet another one and have it be a second?</p>

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<p>You should have two teacher recs, and then you can have 1-2 extra curricular recommendations in addition to that.</p>

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<p>I’d advise reading Ys website on Supplemental materials:</p>

<p>[Supplementary</a> Materials | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary]Supplementary”>http://admissions.yale.edu/supplementary)</p>

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<p>thanks, that link definitely makes it clear.</p>

<p>any other thoughts?</p>

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<p>Your stats look very good…just curious what is “National Science Olympiad”?</p>

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<p>[Home</a> Page | Science Olympiad](<a href=“http://soinc.org/]Home”>http://soinc.org/)</p>

<p>It’s a science competition. First round is regionals, if your team wins there it moves on to Nationals, which is in a different place every year (this year it’s in Orlando… wish we’d won :frowning: )</p>

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<p>Anyone else? Thanks :)</p>

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<p>You’ll probably get in</p>

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<p>Wow… burningflame, your stats are amazing. You people really don’t know the benefit of being in high school in the United States. If you attend high school where I live,you have to dig really hard to find ECs. Especially if you are a foreigner, you have no chance. </p>

<p>Never mind my unnecessary ranting… :)</p>