<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>