Chance Me/Should I Try? - Yale

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I really love Yale, but it’s a total crapshoot…not only for anyone, but especially for me coming from a high school that sends one kid to a school of this caliber every 5 years or so. I am a junior btw… I’ll probably come back in a few months and be a completely different person, but I was just wondering if I should even bother considering a school like Yale.

GPA - 4.589… will be above a 4.7 during application season
Class Rank - top 5 out of around 235

SAT - took the December test and got a 1470 without too much studying, but I am shooting for above a 1550 by the fall even though that’s a joke
SAT Subject Tests (will take in spring)

  • Math II (aiming for 750-800)
  • US History (750+)
    AP Exams
  • AP US History (aiming for 5)
  • AP Literature (aiming for 5)
  • AP Physics 1 (honestly a 1)

Preface

  • AP English 11/12 and AP Spanish 4/5 are two-year versions of AP Lit and Spanish Lang.
  • My school lets us take the AP Lit exam a year early

Freshman Year

  • Honors Biology (A)
  • Honors English 9 (A-)
  • Algebra 1 (A+)
  • Geometry (A+)
  • Honors Spanish II (A)
  • H World Hist II (A)
  • H Orchestra (A+)

Sophomore Year

  • Honors Chemistry (A)
  • Honors English 10 (A)
  • Honors Algebra II (A)
  • Honors Spanish III (A+)
  • Pre-AP US History I (A)
  • Honors Orchestra (A+)

Junior Year {grades definitely subject to change}

  • AP Physics 1 (A)
  • AP English 11 (A)
  • Honors Precalculus/Trig. (A+)
  • AP Spanish IV (A+)
  • AP US History II (A)
  • Honors Orchestra (A+)

Senior Year (planning)

  • AP Biology
  • AP English 12
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Spanish V
  • AP European History
  • Honors Orchestra

Non-Academic Things

  • Global Citizenship Certificate Program & Club – 9-12
  • In the process of creating a school program through the previously mentioned activity
  • Model United Nations – 11-12 (just started)
  • Young Democrats (Town & Regional Charters) – 10-12 (Secretary)
  • Celtic Strings (String Ensemble) – 9-12 (Principal)
  • District Orchestra – 7-12
  • All-State Orchestra – Recommended 10-11
  • Music, Spanish, and Regular Honor Societies – 10-12
  • Varsity Swimming & Diving – 9-12 (Captain)
  • Club Diving – 6-12
  • Community Chamber Orchestra – 9-12 (with adults :open_mouth: )
  • Community Youth Orchestra – 7-12 (Principal Cellist)

Interested in Music + Social Sciences
State – Northeast

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If there is anything else I should add, please let me know

thanks!

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With those stats, you should apply. If you get more leadership in your ECs than you make yourself a stronger applicant as well

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Assuming your unweighted GPA is 3.8+ and you can get that SAT up to 1500+, you’ll be a competitive applicant… which means Yale is a reach. But the only way you have a 0% chance is if you don’t apply, so if you love it and can afford it, shoot for “Light and Truth” with a killer app.