Chance me at Yale

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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Deciding between ED to Penn & EA to UChicago (safer option) or taking the risk and going for the Yale SCEA.

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 780 CR/W, 24/24 essay (highest section scores)
ACT (breakdown):-
SAT II: 770 Biology (M), 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Unavailable
AP (place score in parenthesis):Bio (4), BC Calc (5), AB Subscore (5), Computer Science (4), English Lang (5), Chemistry (5), Latin (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Physics C, College Level (Advanced) Latin Class, Advanced Math Class (College Level), Advanced Research Class
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMSF, State Science Fair 1st Place Winner, State Speech Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Varsity Tennis (4 years, Captain 11-12)
-Varsity Soccer (4 years)
-Speech (4 years, Captain 10-12)
-Business Club (4 years, Leader 10-12)
-Student council (4 Years)
-Varsity Math Team (4 Years)
Job/Work Experience:Research Assistant in High Level Lab at Local Medical School (4 years). Executed Own Project.
Volunteer/Community service:Particpated/Helped in founding of outreach educational program for South American Students
Summer Activities:Research

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: -
Intended Major:Biochemistry/PoliSci
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Private/Prep
Ethnicity:Indian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:-
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

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I think all the answers you received from your Harvard chance thread is equally applicable here.

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If, as you indicated elsewhere, Yale is your first choice, apply SCEA there.

I would never recommend that anyone with your stats apply ED to a school that isn’t their first choice, presumably for the additional bump that it gives.

Good luck.

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@ThinkOn @IxnayBob The reason I’m so hesitant about any SCEA is because our school has a stronger relationship with Penn and Chicago. We’ve consistently failed to have students admitted to HYPSM. You all don’t believe this would be a reason to ED?

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@wolfie1010, I think that ED is appropriate when you have a clear-cut first choice and are not nervous about FA. I’m a bit dogmatic about that.

My wife, some 40+ years ago, applied ED to Vassar. She was accepted, and every now and then wonders aloud how things might have been different if she had applied to Bowdoin. Don’t set yourself up for coulda, shoulda, woulda.

Conversely, you might not get accepted to Yale SCEA, and wonder if you should have applied ED to Penn. In that case, I’d remind you that Penn and Yale are very different schools, and I doubt that you’d fit equally well at both. DS’s school had a stronger relationship to Penn than Yale (8% of DS’s graduating class matriculated at Penn, 3% at Yale), but you should apply early to your first choice.

Early should be about preference, not likelihood. Just my 2 cents.