Chance Me! Yale SCEA (Class of 2018 Rising Senior)

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Hi everyone! I am a rising junior, chance me!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1590
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: 800 Bio (M) 800 Chem 790 US History 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem (5) AP US History (4) AP Calc BC (5) AP BIO (5) AP Spanish (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Limited to three AP’s: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Spanish, English 12 (No honors available), Econ (No honors available)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam (Gold), Scholastic Writing Competition (Silver National)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Basketball

  • 4 year varsity player (school has freshman and JV)
  • 2 year varsity starter
    -Captain 11th and 12th grade
    -4 years of competitive club basketball
    -All tournament first team for annual tourney (11)
    -All-conferences 3rd team

Baseball
-3 year varsity player (school has JV)
-captain 12th
-all conference honorable mention

Violin
-4 Year HS orchestra member
-first chair first violinist
-highest chair in my class every year

Clubs
-Unicef club (sophomore leader 10, vice president 11, president 12) 4 years of activity
-Science magazine (issue editor 10, vice president 11, president 12) 4 years of activity
-School publication (vice president 11, president 12) 3 years of activity

Job/Work Experience: Interning, counselor for camps
Volunteer/Community service: Many hours, that’s all I will say.
Summer Activities: Interning, Research, Summer classes, nothing too spectacular here.

Recs will be great
Interview as well

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: VERY VERY competitive private school, sends over 40% of students to Ivys
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Good amount of legacy

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hooly dude… not here to give u any feedbacks but that sat&act mark tho… goals af XD gj

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bump!

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[snark]
@JaredJones902 , what precisely is it that you want? The silence in response to your Chance Me thread is because we are tired of posting the same thIngs: whether you get accepted will probably depend on your LoRs ( which you say will be great!), your essays (which you don’t mention, but I’m sure will be great!), etc. These are all things that we can’t read or see. Your grades and scores are fine.

Since you caught me in a snarky mood this morning, let me close by adding that your “VERY, VERY competitive private school [that] sends over 40% to Ivys” should have taught you that the plural of Ivy is Ivies. [/snark]

Good luck, and believe it or not, I actually mean that. Be sure that you present yourself as someone who would make Yale a better place for your having matriculated. That’s the secret sauce to being admitted.

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@JaredJones902 - I had a similar reaction to your chance me thread, but deleted it. There is so much advice on this thread already from former and current students, as well as their long-suffering, advice-offering, parents. But from my perspective as a rising first year student, your original post seems like a prank, it sounds so incredible. I don’t know where you find the hours in the day to play varsity basketball and baseball; be concertmaster of your school orchestra; edit a science magazine; engage in unspecified “research”; perform lots of community service and perform well academically in a “VERY VERY competitive private school.”

It is impossible to figure out from your post what you actually care about - academically, athletically or socially. If I were you, I’d figure that out before you write your essays.

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Thank you!

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I see what you are saying…Everything seems more smooth on paper…trust me nothing I do is easy, but I feel like i have too many passions.

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Chinese–higher bar. Legacy and feeder school will help. I think your chances are good, but be humble and write great essays! Good Luck!