Chance me for Yale SCEA please!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everybody,</p>

<p>So I just visited Yale, and I absolutely love it. I love everything about it, and I am pretty sure I'm going to apply early action. What do you think my chances are?</p>

<p>Demographics:
Male. White and indian (from India, not Native American)</p>

<p>Testing:
SAT I: 800 reading 800 writing 790 math
Sat ii: 790 math ii
790 us history
PSAT: 221 (maybe nms?)</p>

<p>Grades:
I'm a junior right now, and I will have 6 APs by the end of this year. 12 by the end of senior year.
Straight A's all through and definitely the top one or two in my class (but my school doesn't rank)
GPA: 4.33 cumulative weighted. 4.0 unweighted. I have taken every ap and honors class available to me.</p>

<p>ECs:
Started Art for Others club (art service club) in sophomore year</p>

<p>Started a service committee that has planned a bunch of successful service activities at school.</p>

<p>VP of SGA this past year
President of SGA now through next year</p>

<p>Extemp speaking
Congressional debate
(District champ in international extemp in NFL circuit; second place in domestic extemp; third in congressional debate in CFL circuit. Going to nationals in extemp and congress)</p>

<p>Leading group from school to tutor at an ESL program</p>

<p>Starting a fresh produce campaign through a church to serve inner city baltimore.</p>

<p>On Honor Board since sophomore year</p>

<p>In NHS</p>

<p>Intramural dodgeball (since freshman year)
Intramural basketball (since I was little)</p>

<p>Summers:
Backpacking trip in Idaho through NOLS</p>

<p>3 week service trip in Tanzania</p>

<p>Either TASP (if I get past this final cut) or M&TSI (already accepted) and internship at local combustion engineering company.</p>

<p>Jobs:
Pet sitting
Math and science tutor</p>

<p>Other:
Passion for food and cooking
Play piano for fun
Love skiing</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Really? No opinions yet? Any advice would be appreciated. </p>

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<p>I think with your grades and test scores you are certainly in the realm of possibility for Yale. Your ECs are also good enough, but they aren’t standout enough to be sure. Yale is just extremely hard to get into - I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you got in, but it is by no means a sure thing. It makes sense for you to be admitted, but with the thousands of highly qualified applicants they deny, it would also make sense for you not to be.</p>

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<p>I think if you get into TASP, your chances will increase for any HYPSM school. That will stand out. Many qualified applicants, like yourself, get rejected. But if you apply to all HYPSM, you are bound to get into one. Maybe not Yale. You have an amazing chance though, better than most people. </p>

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<p>Bump. And also, I was waitlisted to TASP, so I will probably be doing HSHSP instead. </p>

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<p>HSHSP is a very well respected program, and it will also help your chances. I’d say you have a good shot, but they do turn down a lot of qualified applicants. Just be sure to write stellar essays. Good luck!</p>

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<p>^thanks a ton. I appreciate it. </p>

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<p>Bump</p>