<p>Love the essay comments, I think your work ethic, you will end up in a top school.
Best wishes to you~</p>
<p>@Pizzagirl: You’re correct, but I would think that a majority of students who are able to score a 34, 35, 36 would apply to at least one school (and maybe all three) in the HYP mix.</p>
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<p>Why would you think that? HYP doesn’t have the hold in other parts of the country that it does in the northeast / mid-atlantic, which is where I’m guessing you’re from. One of the things that constantly amazes me here on CC is the assumption that everyone holds HYP as dream schools. In other parts of the country, there are plenty of very bright kids who just assume that they will go to their state flagship which is a perfectly fine school and that is that. Whether that’s right or wrong, or narrow-minded or not, is a different topic, but that’s reality.</p>
<p>Well, this kid, who’s from Okla. and scored a 34, is interested in going to Yale. If there are only a few kids who scored higher who also want to go to Yale, that could affect his chances for getting the “admittees from all 50 states” slot.</p>
<p>There’s no question that the OP will get into very, very good schools, as long as he applies to a sensible list.</p>
<p>“Why would you think that?”</p>
<p>Two words: Financial Aid. </p>
<p>For the past five years, HYP have been heavily promoting their financial aid to parents and students letting them know that for middle class families it is cheaper to send your kid to HYP than to a state school.</p>
<p>Gibby - I’m sitting here in a fairly nice area of Chicago and I GUARANTEE the vast majority of middle class families and upper middle class families at my kids’ school would have no idea whatsoever that HYP has the kind of tremendous financial aid it does. Moreover, they look around and they see (quite correctly) that there are well-off, successful people from (say) U of Illinois, so HYP isn’t some sort of golden-ticket-to-success-not-otherwise-gotten. I am sure there are wealthy Tulsa suburbs where HYP is on the radar screen, but I’m also equally certain that for many high school kids in Oklahoma, it’s not even “oh, HYP … what a dream, if I could only afford it,” but it’s “HYP … yeah, heard of that, sure it’s great, but it’s not for me.” This is why HYP continues to do the outreach efforts that it does - please don’t think that boom, now everyone in Oklahoma “knows” this.</p>
<p>I know two people that have a 35, and both of them are applying to a state school. The “problem” in OK is, is that if a person has a 33-36 on their ACT, they are MORE THAN LIKELY able to become a National Merit Finalist (cutoff here is about a 207). OU (The University of Oklahoma) pretty much offers a full ride for 4 years along with both a laptop and travel abroad stipend to anyone in the US (particularly OK) that is a National Merit. Thus, while some students may know the appeal of HYPSM, the financial offers available to the vast majority of them move them over to OU.</p>
<p>There’s also a lot of family heritage and tradition going on here. In OK (forgive me for the generalization), if one’s parents went to OSU (Oklahoma State University) or OU, they tend to attend that school.</p>
<p>Does that clear the mess up… a little? :)</p>
<p>EDIT: There is a magnet school here, though. OSSM, the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics. That would be my main concern, in terms of competition, of course.</p>
<p>2nd EDIT: For the graduating class of 2016 at Yale, only 49 states were represented… I don’t know which one wasn’t, but…</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, it wouldn’t take a lot of researching to discover how generous Yale is for middle income families.</p>
<p>[Financial</a> Aid for Prospective Students In-Depth | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid-prospective-students]Financial”>Affordability: The Details | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>Families whose total gross income is less than $65,000 are not expected to make any financial contribution towards their child’s Yale education. 100% of the student’s total cost of attendance will be financed with a Yale Financial Aid Award.</p>
<p>FYI: We are also in the Midwest and we knew it. ;)</p>
<p>I apologize, let me correct my earlier statement. For the Yale class of 2015, only 49 states were represented.</p>
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<p>In 2010, 8 students were admitted from Oklahoma.</p>
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