Chance a junior

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<p>I am a junior who is recently interested at Yale. Can you guys check out my stats and leave me some comments ?</p>

<p>Intended majors: economics, sociology, or history. </p>

<p>here are my stats:</p>

<p>9th grade GPA: 8.0/10 (it's considered A where I went to)</p>

<p>My GPA in sophomore year was 9.2/10</p>

<p>Junior year GPA: 4.0 (unweighted, my school does not have weighted GPA)
No ranking but I think I am in top 5%</p>

<p>Repeating junior year at a academically rigorous small private school, one of the best ones in the region.</p>

<p>Score this year so far: AP Cal BC: B, AP Physics C:Mechanics: B-, Spanish 1: A+, English 11: A, Biology: A, Choir: A, Wind Ensemble: A.</p>

<p>AP Cal AB score: 4 (Too bad)</p>

<p>Aim SAT score as 2150 (PSAT is 168, really bad). SAT II will be Math II: hope will be 700 at least and about 2 more, have not decided yet.</p>

<p>Extra curricular:
Soccer team of class: 6,7,8,9,10
Soccer Varsity:grade 11
AFCVN soccer club: grade 10
News translator
Club In Vietnam grade 8,9,10
Young leader club:grade 10
Singing club:grade:10
Choir:grade 11
CATCH program:grade 11
Piano class:8 years
French horn: 1 years
FIRST Robotics: grade 11
Community service club: grade 11
Community service trip to Costa Rica: grade 11 (Feb 2009)</p>

<p>Awards:
Best GPA at school : Grade 10
Best final exams record: Grade 10
First Prize at School's English Olympiad: Grade 10
Victoria scholarship: grade 10
High honor roll: grade 11
Best Physical project in Science Fair:grade 11
Highest honor in Chemistry:grade 11
High honor in Maths:grade 11
Nominated for National Honor Society: grade 11
Nominated for National Young Leader Conference: grade 11</p>

<p>Leadership: Head of School's Youth Union:Grade 10</p>

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<p>Anyone ??</p>

<p>I did actually take it and got 2100 in Jan. I copied and pasted the stats from my document so I have not updated it yet.</p>

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<p>Write some killer essays, keep doing well at school, and you have a good shot (:</p>

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<p>Thanks. Any more comments ?</p>

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<p>Any suggestions ?</p>

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<p>I agree with IndiaRubber, sounds like you’re doing great :)</p>

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<p>Get some leadership positions. I.E. president of student gov
Keep up the athletics. Nj
Umm… keep up the grades.</p>

<p>if any awesome opportunity comes up go for it!</p>

<p>Try and get a job too if you want.
You’re looking really qualified. But no one can tell you a really accurate chance since we dont know what the applicant pool is looking like or its size. GL!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I will try that.</p>

<p>What if I end my years with 2 Bs ?? Will it kinda close my door to Yale ?</p>

<p>I wish I could get a job but I could not since I am not a citizen.</p>

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<p>^ Google: Yale Interview Scott Clark.</p>

<p>He mentions that there really isn’t a huge difference between all As and a few Bs.</p>

<p>Don’t get a crapload of Bs though.</p>

<p>Just keep doing what you’re doing. If there’s anything this year/these chance threads have taught me, it’s that no one but the admissions officers can say whether anything is for sure.</p>

<p>What we * can * say is keep up your hard work, and try to work even harder. Commit even more time to your ECs, but DON’T BURN OUT.</p>

<p>Those ECs should be things you love doing, not things you want colleges to love you for doing. </p>

<p>Have fun, relax. Date a cute kid in your school, don’t overwhelm yourself. Don’t underwhelm yourself either.</p>

<p>Your highschool career should scream : I was/am quite whelmed. </p>

<p>Note: Whelmed. Whelm. Underwhelmed. Underwhelm.</p>

<p>These have no red squigglies under them, and are thus words. But OE hwelfan means exactly what we mean when we say “overwhelmed”, so I’m tempted to say the actual form is “whelm” and modern English just puts an “over” as a filler prefix.</p>

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<p>2 Bs in AP Physics and AP Cal BC will be kinda acceptable right ? </p>

<p>Yeah. Thanks for your suggestion.</p>

<p>About the date a cute kid in my school, it’s a big problem for me. I have never dated anyone before.</p>

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<p>The door is never closed until you get an F, or your grades average all C’s.</p>

<p>But even then it’s not closed… you could be development? :D</p>

<p>Edit: Now don’t get me wrong when you start to get more than a couple of C’s your chances get close to annihilation</p>

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<p>No. Seriously, I could punch myself right now because of having these Bs so I will not try to get some Cs. Bs are bad enough for me. It’s just because I have been struggling after moving to this new school. I am doing well in most of my classes except my two AP classes.</p>

<p>What do you guys think will be the most important part of the application ? interview, essay, scores,… ??</p>

<p>What is the life at Yale like ? I mean social life, school spirit, sports,… ? I just want to have a general sense about Yale’s students.</p>

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<p>Ok I’ll answer your question in an analogy.</p>

<p>Hmm video games, rampaging elephants, capitol hill, school. I’ll go with video games.</p>

<p>Think of admissions like a first-person-shooter. In order to win or be admitted, you have to complete each level.</p>

<p>Level one is the starter level, and is pretty easy to get past. Here you are first evaluated on subjective things. You’re weapons are your grades and SAT scores.
In order to advance, you are screened for acceptable grades.
And so on it continues at different levels. Each level being more competitive.</p>

<p>Moral: Each part of the app is important. Some parts are important at different times. You’re grades are said to be the most important part, but when you’re up against someone equal in grades- the essay could be the most important part.</p>

<p>For example the essay probably isn’t important for the initial screening of applicants.</p>

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<p>You need to stick to your EC’s. You should keep it up, and make sure you kill this Summer. Make the best of it, and read books. Finally, your essays should make you “jump out of the paper” as in the movie 21. </p>

<p>You will do well. Do not worry about anything at all</p>

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<p>Indiarubber… your backwards emoticons annoy the hell outa me. Good thing you’re so tolerable :P</p>

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<p>This summer I think I will study SAT more to improve my score, practice some tennis. I wish there is a short summer program that I can join in my country but I don’t think there is any. Will it be a bad thing in my application then ?</p>

<p>What else should I do this summer ?</p>

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<p>^ If you don’t have opportunities available, no admissions committee will penalize you for it.</p>

<p>ex: Kid in Fresno, California near a UC has classmates that excel in the Intel Talent search - he * will * be judged against them, because feasibly, if they were doing that, with the means/resources available to them, he could’ve as well.</p>

<p>Kid applying from Sarajevo - won’t be looked down on because his ECs aren’t top notch. I mean seriously, NATO bombed them, the Serbian Christian radicals bombed them, the Croats bombed them, the Bosnian Muslim radicals bombed them…</p>

<p>Different circumstances are judged differently. That being said - try to do as much as you can!</p>

<p>If you have the resources, consider a summer program outside of your country (Most schools/unis have them; I recommend the Cornell summer program.)
Could you study at a local college/uni for the summer? If that’s not available, and your opportunities really are limited, try some self study through the internet.</p>

<p>If that’s not available, I can’t really think of anything, and an adcom won’t likely hold it against you.</p>

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<p>I don’t think a summer program really shows anything other than you have a lot of money to spend on things to make your college application look good.</p>

<p>Getting a part time job or doing volunteer work in my opinion would say more about you as a person. As would just taking the time to pursue a hobby which you could then write about in an essay if it’s relevant.</p>

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<p>I hear you guys.</p>

<p>I would love to do more tennis practice this summer to try out for varsity next year. My school’s team is ridiculous. They are ranked 7th in the country despite it’s a super tiny school.</p>

<p>I will try to seize some opportunities if they pass by.</p>

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<p>I disagree portuguese ninja - if that were the case, no opportunities that came in part or in whole by merit of wealth would be considered by schools.</p>