Chance me Barnard, Yale, UPenn

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

I’m curious about my prospects of getting into Barnard, Yale, and UPENN with an intended double major in Theatre and Business.

My stats are as follows:

  • I attend a high school in New Haven, CT
  • Valedictorian
  • I will be going [test-optional]
  • GPA weighted: 4.636
  • GPA unweighted: 4.201
  • Theatre major at my high school
  • Letters of recommendation will be done by my AP Lang teacher, my AP gov teacher, and my counselor. As well as Yale alum, Titus Kaphar.

My extracurriculars are as follows:

  • New voters with [Harvard] Student Leader
  • Youth Leaders Council New Haven Treasurer (Work with mayor of New Haven to combat race inequities)
  • Started a High School Democrats chapter
  • NXTHVN Apprentice (my apprenticeship focuses on arts management)
  • Curated a professional exhibition in New Haven, CT
  • Lead and writer of a touring anti-bullying musical
  • Red Cross Blood Drive Host
  • Created my own student Ted Talk
  • Student Council member
  • National honors society president
  • Thespian honors society member
  • Published on Teen ink

College list:

Emerson College
Marymount Manhattan College
Muhlenberg College
Pace University
Suny Oneonta
Temple University
University of Vermont
Western CT State University
Swarthmore College
Carnegie Mellon
University of Pennsylvania
Tufts University
Northeastern University
Yale University
Barnard College
Fordham University
Boston College

2

I am not going to chance you because at this point, you have 2 weeks or so until decisions start to come out. I know the stress and anxiety start going into overdrive but you have done all that you can do. Try and find things to do to take your mind off the waiting. Hopefully, you also have an affordable safety school that you would be excited to attend, just in case. Good luck :four_leaf_clover:!!

3 Likes
3

Thank you so much:) I appreciate this!

4

If this is the list, you already got into some. You applied to a lot of safeties.

The last three you are asking about are what they are - reaches - and you’ll know soon.

5

You have great stats, and interesting ECs - further helped by your class ranking. They seem to be in line with students that have been admitted to Barnard College at Columbia University in the past, including my daughter.

Of course, with Barnard’s holistic admission, every year there are also many students with top grades, that are not admitted in favor of students with lower stats. And this year, the percentage for RD applications to Barnard could very well be around 5%. Beyond that, with the bar set this high for everyone, there really is no way to “chance” anyone in a meaningful matter.

I seems you have really stepped up and at this stage, just should be proud to have done everything in your power to increase your chances. So I do hope one of those reaches will work out, but at this point it’s a waiting game for everyone.

6

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.