Chance Me for Yale RD?

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<p>Greek-American
1st Generation College Student
GPA (UW) - 3.828
Ranking - 9/228
SAT (Super Scored) - 2000 (720 CR, 680 M, 600 W)
SAT II - 700 US History, 660 Chemistry
ACT - N/A
AP(s) - 5 Amer. History</p>

<h2>Senior Year Course load </h2>

<p>AP English (I)
AP English (II)
AP Calculus (AB) (I)
AP Calculus (AB) (II)
Sociology
Psychology
Spanish I
Spanish II
Physics</p>

<h2>Extra Curricular Activities</h2>

<p>Junior Varsity Tennis Freshman Year
Varsity Tennis Sophomore Year
Varsity Tennis Junior Year
Varsity Tennis Senior Year</p>

<p>Varsity Academic Team Sophomore Year
Varsity Academic Team Junior Year
Varsity Academic Team Senior Year</p>

<p>National Honor Society Junior Year
National Honor Society Senior Year</p>

<p>Self-Taught Guitarist since Sophomore Year</p>

<p>Members at Large (Student Council) Junior Year
Members at Large (Student Council) Senior Year</p>

<p>Varsity Mock Trial Junior Year (Our first year)
Varsity Mock Trial Senior Year </p>

<p>Volunteer Advisory Board Freshman Year
Volunteer Advisory Board Sophomore Year
Volunteer Advisory Board Junior Year
Volunteer Advisory Board Senior Year</p>

<p>School Newspaper Sophomore Year</p>

<h2>Accomplishments/Leadership</h2>

<p>Captain of the Varsity Academic Team (Senior Year)
Captain of the Mock Trial Team (Senior Year)
President of the Junior Class
Nationally, city wide, locally recognized article on coyote encroaching population problems
Student representative to the school board to argue in favor of funding for Mock Trial
Student representative to the school board to argue in favor of funding for Latin
Chosen speaker to the sophomore class to encourage students to do well on state testing
500 Club - (Comprised of approx. 10 members) Students who scored higher than a 500 on state tests
Outstanding Attendance Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Year
Excellence in Algebra I
Excellence in Modern American History
Excellence in Geometry
All-conference Academic Award Freshman/Sophomore Year (Straight As during a sport)
Member of the SAGE Team who won the National Championship 2010-2011
Organized a class for AP Amer. Govt - We stay after every Monday to discuss a chapter from our AP Govt. book.</p>

<h2>Work Experience</h2>

<p>Legal Adviser for Alpha Technologies
- Helped convert Alpha Technologies to a full-time business
- Answer any and all legal questions</p>

<h2>Intended Major</h2>

<p>Philosophy </p>

<h2>Intended Career </h2>

<p>Lawyer/Government/Policy Maker</p>

<p>P.S.
School has never sent a student to an Ivy
School doesn't offer many AP classes to those who aren't science based. (Calc AB/BC, Chem, Physics, English, Amer. History, Art)</p>

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<p>I would say you are an average applicant, and Yale is probably a reach. That being said, you should make your essays and application extra special to compensate for your low SAT and lack of outstanding ECs.</p>

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<p>Also, your senior course load looks very weak. Yale expects students to take as rigorous of schedule as possible their senior year. For example, my son and incoming freshman, had 4 AP classes and a 3rd year language for his last year out of the 5 possible classes. He already took another AP class his junior year (the school only offered 6 classes and none could be taken before junior year).</p>

<p>P.S. I never heard of a school that restricts AP classes on anything other than prerequisites (i.e. needing Pre-Calculus before AP Calculus).</p>

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<p>Your grades and scores are not very strong for an unhooked applicant. I think Yale is a long shot, unless maybe you are good enough to play tennis in college.</p>

<p>Let me add this–you are a very accomplished student, with lots of great activities inside and outside your school. There are many selective colleges that will be happy (and lucky) to get you. But at the most selective schools, the tip of the funnel has become so narrow that it’s just really hard to get in without super-competitive grades and scores.</p>

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<p>Like others said, your test scores are sub-par to other applicants. With that being said, I do thing you have a chance if you can write great essays and show interest and passion for your ECs. Scores aren’t everything. Don’t get your heart set on Yale… But not rule it out either.</p>

<p>I disagree about your course load. You have tons of APs and Physics which is a hard course. How is that not rigorous?</p>

<p>Anyway, I think you have a shot :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1260515-chance-senior-georgetown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1260515-chance-senior-georgetown.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Kdog, our school has a very unorthodox scheduling process. We’re on a block schedule that doesn’t allow pre-reqs before AP (In other words, we take AP Chemistry with no prior chemistry knowledge, AP Physics students take AP Physics with no prior physics knowledge, etc.) Scheduling issues and school funding cuts stopped me from taking Latin III and IV and other APs, that’s why I started the AP Gov’t course at my school.</p>

<p>Overall, I’d like to thank everybody for their feedback! If anybody needs chanced lmk! :D</p>

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Unless I am missing something, since when does 3 AP courses (English, History, Calculus AB) count as tons?</p>

<p>Also, Physics is NOT a hard course, AP Physics maybe.</p>

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<p>Still, 3 APs is by no means a “very weak” senior course load. And Physics is, AP or not, a tough course. Also the OP noted the school doesn’t offer a lot of AP classes, so it looks as if he’s taking the rigorous courses that are available to him.</p>

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One of the 3 AP classes was junior year so it’s NOT rigorous. Also, if you read the OP’s comment it wasn’t that there was limited courses but that many were science based and he/she didn’t want to take them not being a “science” person. I guarantee Yale looks closely at how challenged the applicant was in senior year courses. You can argue the point but I stand by my opinion on the matter. Many applicants take ALL AP classes their senior year, regardless of whether it’s in an area they plan to pursue in college.</p>

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<p>See excerpt below:</p>

<p>When the admissions committee looks at your transcript, it will not focus on whether you have taken any specific course. It will be far more interested to see that you have challenged yourself with difficult coursework, and have done well.
Trajectories & Trends</p>

<p>Trends are important. Remember, the admissions committee is primarily concerned with what kind of Yale student you will be. So it is very important that we see a high level (or an improving degree) of rigor and success throughout your high school years. This includes your senior year. If you wish to make your application among the most competitive, you must take a challenging senior program and continue to excel in it. Senior year is not the time to take a light course load. Do not catch “senioritis!” The admissions committee will check an applicant’s senior year program and performance before offering admission. </p>

<p>Link:</p>

<p>[Advice</a> on Selecting High School Courses | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/advice-selecting-high-school-courses]Advice”>Advice on Selecting High School Courses | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

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<p>Oh sorry I understood these to be the senior year course load:</p>

<p>AP English (I)
AP English (II)
AP Calculus (AB) (I)
AP Calculus (AB) (II)
Sociology
Psychology
Spanish I
Spanish II
Physics</p>

<p>And I thought the OP meant they couldn’t take AP sciences because they were only offered to certain people in the school (I’ve seen schools work that way).</p>

<p>I stand corrected. I’m a little biased/touchy because my school only offers 2 AP courses :D</p>

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<p>Kdog, if I were in the light that I wasn’t given the opportunity to take all 3 available AP courses due to scheduling conflicts with taking a 3rd, how would I be viewed?</p>

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<p>The classes are the same but for each term (i.e. AP Calculus A/B and AP English). I also assume Spanish I and II are single term classes as I don’t see how you can take them simultaneously. I can understand your frustration at limited AP options as I stated my son’s school only offered 6. Rest assured, Yale does take into account how rigorous your coarse load is based on what is available to you. If you could only take 2 courses and took 2 you will be fine. If you only took 2 and 5 or more were available it might be a different story.</p>

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<p>you need a higher sat score.</p>