Chance me please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>It would be a huge help if you could reply to let me know what my chances for getting into Brown are.</p>

<p>Class Rank=1/200
(no GPA)</p>

<p>SAT 1= 2100 (im taking it again in the fall, I think I can get 2200+)
SAT 2 LIT=760
SAT 2 US HISTORY=780</p>

<p>IB Diploma Grade=42 (out of 42)
IB Higher Levels: 7/7/7 History/Biology/English A1
IB Standard Levels: 7/7/7 Human Rights/Math/Spanish B</p>

<p>AP Scores:
US History=5
US Government=5
Comparative Government and Politics=5</p>

<p>I have been to 5 high schools:
1. My middle school went through 9th grade. I was valedictorian.
2. Public High School in Vermont, Honor Student, top 10% of the class
3. JR YEAR, I wanted something more challenging, I went to two highly selective semester programs (all classes were taught at the AP/Honors level): The Mountain School of Milton Academy and the School for Ethics and Global Leadership. I was an honor student at both.
4. I am currently a student at Red Cross Nordic United World College in NORWAY, a highly selective college for 200 kids from 84 different countries who are all chosen to represent their countries for 2 years while studying the IB diploma. I am here on a full merit scholarship which will carry over to university.</p>

<p>I was a Page in the US House of Representatives, nominated by Rep. Peter Welch, working for Speaker Pelosi. While I was serving I attended the Page School and received an A in every subject.</p>

<p>Extra-Curricular's:
1. I founded and run an organization that brings military families to a ski town for an all expenses paid ski vacation weekend. It is hugely successful and now three years old. I have over 200 volunteers working for me and have won the following awards as a result:
-President's Community Service Award
-Middlebury Union High School Community Service Award
-Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award
-AFP-NNE Demont Scholarship Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy (10,000$ Scholarship)
2. I founded and run a literary magazine for middle school age children. I founded it 7 years ago. I have had submissions from 37 states and 6 countries and have been featured in major publications and on television as a result.
3. I founded an organization that teaches and promotes adaptive skiing (skiing for disabled people) that has been hugely successful.
4. I have been elected to the Student Council of my school.
5. I am the editor of my schools newspaper.
6. I work at a Norwegian Refugee camp.
7. I was nominated by my teachers to be a Peer Tutor.
8. In the US, I was on the following Varsity athletic teams:
-Nordic Skiing
-Track and Field
-Ultimate Frisbee (Captain)
9. I was nominated to the Vermont Elite Ski Team
10. I was a Page in the House of Representatives
11. I spent a summer in India working for 350.org, a global climate change awareness organization.
12. I was a long term volunteer for Obama for America
13. I am a lifeguard
14. I was a member of the Arabic Club.
15. I was a member of Model UN.</p>

<p>Paid Work Experience:
1. I was a waitress
2. I was a writer of environmental essays for Patagonia.com
3. I was a cook and waitress and cleaner ("hut girl") at Johns Brook Lodge for the Adirondack Mountain Club</p>

<p>Other:
I am a legacy, my mother graduated from Yale and was then awarded a Rhode Scholarship.</p>

<p>Other schools I should consider?
What about chances for:
Harvard
Brown
Williams
Middlebury</p>

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<p>Quick question: What’s a Norwegian refugee camp? Why would Norwegian people need to become refugees?</p>

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<p>Many people seek asylum in Norway because it is so safe. The Norwegian government, takes a very long time (a few years, sometimes) to decide which people/families will be allowed to stay in Norway and become, and which will be forced to leave. This is a very stressful, tedious and unsure time for the families, and they are mandated to stay at “Mottaks” which translates into English as “Refugee Camp”.</p>

<p>I work their once a week helping teach English, playing with the kids, working in the kindergarten, and just keeping the extremely bored residents occupied.</p>

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<p>Yale is a crapshoot. Your SAT is low.</p>

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<p>I think you should stand an excellent chance. Your extracurricular activities are very impressive, and the fact that you’re a legacy will obviously be in your favor. I am somewhat confused, though, by how you already have your IB scores. Are those projected? Also, if I’m understanding this correctly, you’ll have been in some type of secondary school for five years? Why?</p>

<p>Also, although I definitely think the odds are in your favor, as texaspg has already pointed out, Yale is a crapshoot. All HYPSM schools are crapshoots.</p>

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<p>All IB students apply with predicted grades. That’s just how it works, since we don’t get our results until August 2012. </p>

<p>I have been in secondary school for five years, because I got this incredible opportunity to go to Norway to study for two years for free. RCNUWC is a two year school–grades 12 and 13. However I’ll go to college with a full year of college credit.</p>

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<p>Hah, congrats on <em>possibly</em> getting in anywhere you want.</p>

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<p>Wow, your ECs are very impressive, and the UWC scholarship meeting tons of international students sounds like great exposure too. Your IB predicted grades couldn’t be any better (literally lol), and your legacy status will help. I think you’ve got a good shot! Bump up the SAT 1 score though, to around 2300? Might be safer. Write great essays and get good recommendations and I think you’ve got a very good chance. </p>

<p>Caveat: I am obviously no admissions officer so this is just my unprofessional opinion!</p>

<p>May I ask how you managed to start the ski organization? It sounds great, I’ve been wanting to start a volunteer/social work org too in Singapore but am not sure where nor how to start. How did you get the contacts (parents?), how did you get people to trust you at such a young age, and probably most importantly, how did you get the funds??? What related experiences did you have before getting into that, what kind of things would you recommend an aspiring social entrepreneur to start with? </p>

<p>Also, how did you start your literary magazine (at SUCH a young age), how did you find a publisher, and get contributors from all over the country and world?</p>

<p>Congrats on what you’ve achieved so far. Good luck with apps :)</p>

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<p>mckibski - Ah, my apologies. I forgot that European countries tend to go up to grade 13.</p>

<p>It’s interesting that your IB results come out in August; I’m quite sure mine come out earlier. It’s also not common practice at my school to apply with predicted IB scores, but seeing as I live in the middle of no where, I guess it’s unsurprising that things are different internationally. :stuck_out_tongue: </p>

<p>Anyways, good luck! :slight_smile: I hope to see you in two years.</p>