Chance Me: Yale E.A.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I apologize if I've posted before, I've been having technical difficulties.</p>

<p>ok..</p>

<p>Hi.. I'm going into my senior year and I would really appreciate it if you guys could give me my chances for Yale Early Action. I know that it's a crap shoot, I just want to know if I have any chance.
I go to a public school in Connecticut. I am a white Jewish female. There is no class ranking at my school.</p>

<p>Academics: </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.905 (on an upward curve)
Weighted GPA: 4.338</p>

<p>Essentially hardest course load possible:
Freshman: 3 honors, 1 adv honors
Sophomore: 3 honors, 1 adv honors
Junior: 3 AP, 2 honors
Senior: 4 AP, 1 honors</p>

<p>SAT I: 2310 (740 M, 780 V, 790 W)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Biology: 740
Literature: 800</p>

<p>AP:
Biology: 5
Eng Lang&Comp: 5
Calculus AB: 5</p>

<p>ECs etc:</p>

<p>Freshman:
National Charity League, approx 50 hours of volunteer work a year
school newspaper reporter
Odyssey/Johns Hopkins, (class in sign language)
Odyssey/Johns Hopkins, (class in brain/cognitive science)
Summer:
Johns Hopkins program Dickinson College: cognitive psychology course
ID Tech camp: digital video course
Math tutor
Studied art area Guild of Artists
Sophomore:
National Charity League (recording secretary)
Chemistry Club
Music and Art Club, secretary
Relay for Life Cancer Philanthropy, Team Captain
Art piece at museum exhibit
Wrote about Eastern European trip for local newspaper
Work: Teaching assistant at synagogue
Winter break: at moshav (resident-owned farm) in Israel
Summer: Brown University AP Biology course
High School Spanish summer immersion program
Awards
Excellence in Spanish III
Excellence in Service to the Chemistry Club
Excellence in English Honors
Achievement in Art Foundation
Junior:
National Charity League
Art and Music Center (secretary)
Roots and Shoots club (reestablished and served as vice-president)
Action Committee for the Environment retreat
AP calculus class
Created audio for animated political cartoons
Junior varsity tennis team
Work:
14 hours a week front desk manager at Inn and Restaurant
Teaching Assistant synagogue
Summer: Received the Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel: “Twenty-six outstanding students are chosen each year through essays, interviews, and extracurricular activities (of out more than 300 applicants in the U.S. and Canada) for a five-week in-depth trip to Israel, where they interact with writers, religious, social, and political figures, and Palestinian and Israeli students to discuss issues in the life, culture, and politics of the Middle East.”
Awards:
Excellence in AP Biology
Excellence in AP English
Excellence in Drawing & Illustration
Excellence in Roots and Shoots Club
SUNY at Buffalo Book Award</p>

<p>So.. chance me please?</p>

<p>Thanks for all your time!</p>

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<p>Coming from certain areas in Connecticut, you are going to have alot of competition in your grade to get in. Your chances seem good, but try to tailor your application to what Yale needs. Why should they take you over a hypothetical kid who has grades as good as you, a legacy in Yale and rows varsity crew?</p>

<p>I'm applying EA too....good luck, hope we both get in!</p>

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<p>Not to be crude but I don't think Yale would like a grocery list such as your stats...I didn't read most of it but the question is: how much of those EC's really matter to you. You can't put all of that down anyways. Pick important ones. Write a good essay too.</p>

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<p>Your EC/award list is faaaaaaaar too long. Whittle it down to the things that are most important to you, and focus on that. </p>

<p>As far as I can tell you have the grades and scores, but I didn't read your EC list so I can't give a very good judgment</p>

<p>EDIT: You also need to take another SATII</p>

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<p>not that amazing</p>

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<p>thanks everyone for the feedback!
yeah i realize i'll definitely whittle down my ECs.. this was just a list i had been keeping but i'll edit it eventually.
i didnt know that yale requires 3 sat IIs?
and yeah.. my area of Connecticut is very competitive unfortunately.</p>

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<p>I think Yale accepts two SAT IIs. Harvard and Princeton require three.
Oh btw I forgot to chance you. I think you have a great chance. I think it's great you and tstarr31113 are applying EA because I heard that does actually give a better chance. I'm not sure though.</p>

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<p>OK...so of course I wont beat a dead horse....too many EC's. I did however read them, all! Your stats are very good obviously....so what jumped out at me was the Youth Internship in Israel. You are a white jewish girl from an affluent area...SO....if I were you, I would write that all important essay on that experience. What did you learn about yourself during that experience? How did it change you?
If you would really focus on that experience in your essay... I think you would have a good chance at Yale!
Good Luck!
chance me back, thanks.
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<p>Luvya early actionnnnn!</p>

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<p>I don't think I'd mention taking AP calculus as an EC...</p>

<p>Your GPA, SATs, and AP tests are good. Condense your EC list. Half of that list is one-time involvements or unecessary fluff.</p>

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<p>Grades and tests look great! Keep your ECs trimmed down and focused</p>