Chance me for Yale!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
School Type: Competitive public school currently ranked #1 in my state
Class Rank: N/A</p>

<p>SAT: 2290 (770 CR, 770 Math, 750 Writing, one sitting)
ACT: 34 (8 on essay, submitted)
SAT II: 780 Chem, 710 Math II (ouch...took this while I had a fever)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.16 on a 4.50 scale, 3.95 UW</p>

<p>Senior-Year Courses:
AP Lang
AP Statistics
AP Spanish
AP Physics
Law and Gov
Contemporary Issues</p>

<p>AP Scores:
AB Calculus: 5
Chemistry: 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Varsity swim team all four years. My team won the three biggest championship meets of the season two years in a row
- Club swim team all four years
- Piano freshman and sophomore year, quit to focus on swimming
- Violin freshman and sophomore year, quit for the same reason
- President of an international club at my school
- Secretary of a leadership organization
- Most likely President of the National Spanish Honor Society
- Volunteer at the library, 100 hours
- Internship at a five-star hotel in Asia, learned about hotel industry and world-class service</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:
- 1st chair in 2nd violin section sophomore year
- National Merit Commended
- National Honor Society
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Three gold medals on National Spanish Exam
- 1st place in state poetry recitation contest
- Smith College Book Award
- A TON of swimming awards...scholar athlete, All-State team, etc. I'm not fast enough for the Ivies though.
- Some piano awards, but I received them during middle school. I performed a 27-page concerto in front of an audience of 400 people and another concerto for a benefit concert, but this was also during middle school...
- In violin, I learned a four movement Haydn quartet in three weeks with no prior instruction playing at such a high level. I practiced eight hours per day!</p>

<p>I haven't read any recommendations but they're probably decent. My essays were pretty good.</p>

<p>Both my parents went to Yale and my grandparents taught there for forty years. Does this increase my chance of admission?</p>

<p>Thanks!!!</p>

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<p>I’d say you have as good a shot as any. The legacy helps, I’m sure. Being Asian doesn’t :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>If I had to label it, low reach. </p>

<p>Check out my thread, “Predict!”. I think it’s still on the first page :P</p>

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<p>You have a great chance at Yale (and every other school you apply to) with those stats</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>The best anyone here can do here for an asian/white is predict if Yale is a reach or out of reach. </p>

<p>In your case, it’s a reach since you have the requisite stats, so your admission will depend now entirely on essays, interview, and luck.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>You have a solid chance because of your grades and the legacy, but it is a reach as it is for everyone.</p>

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