Chance me for Yale?

<p>I'm applying through the Questbridge College Match to Brown, Yale, and Dartmouth.</p>

<p>I go to a public school, school does not rank
ACT: 30
GPA: 4.14 (school does not calculate uw)</p>

<p>HONORS/AWARDS
Questbridge Finalist (12)
Century Club (11,12)
NHS (11, 12)
Tri-m Honor Society (President) (11, 12)
French NHS (12)</p>

<p>APs
US History - 3
English Lang - 5</p>

<p>SENIOR COURSE LOAD
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP French
Honors English</p>

<p>ECs
-Varsity tennis captain
-Baritone saxophone player in band, pep band
-Soprano in chorus
-Pianist at church
-Speaker at school committee
-Morning announcements
-President of French club
-President of Tri-m honor society</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
-worked at organization that rallied for non violence over the summer
-Worked at another organization where I traveled to different community centers where I taught young girls about nutrition, physical activity, body image, and healthy relationships
- tutor for private tutoring company</p>

<p>Hooks: African American female, first generation, questbridge finalist (low income)</p>

<p>My essays are really great, I'm extremely proud of them.</p>

<p>Your ACT is very low compared to Ivy League statistics, but you are black, so it is possible that you get in. Don’t count on it, but you have a chance somewhat.</p>

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<p>That is very condescending. Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and low scores are more a result of schooling, social economic background, etc. I know a lot of AA students that post 2400 scores as well as non-whites whose scores are much lower. Please do not generalize like that.</p>

<p>@whuffy, I’m with Tperry1982 on this. [rant]You seem to gravitate to posts where you can make a supportive-appearing but fundamentally insulting comment about athletes, or more commonly, URMs. </p>

<p>You were considering applying to Yale. If you do/did, and if your attitude did not come through in your LoRs, essays, interviews, etc. (which would throw you in the reject pile quickly), and if you were accepted, I think you should consider long and hard about whether you would feel comfortable at Yale. </p>

<p>I don’t know how diverse your “very competitive and difficult private high school in Ohio” is, but I think you should do some personal examination on the issue of entitlement, perhaps on your next mission trip to Belize with your family. [/rant]</p>

<p>I love it IxnayBob! Thanks for having my back. I’m assuming if @Whuffy doesn’t get in he’ll rationalize that his “spot” was taken by a lower scoring black student. Definitely not the mindset Yale looks for in its student body. </p>