Chance Me- Yale, Vanderbilt

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a hispanic female.</p>

<p>My GPA is 3.97 and I have taken a very rigorous course load. By graduation, I will have taken 13 AP classes.</p>

<p>My senior schedule is AP studio art, AP lit, AP micro, AP computer science, APUSH, AP physics-mechanics, AP stat, forensics.</p>

<p>Scores
- ACT: comp-35, English-35, math-33, reading-36, science-35, writing-8
- SAT subject tests: chemistry- 780, world history- 770</p>

<p>Clubs/Activities
- Speech and Debate: vice-president, captain of public forum and interpreation events, also volunteer as a student judge
- ceramics club: use ceramics to support charities, president
- Mu Alpha Theta
- National Honor Society
- Link Crew Leader
- Quizbowl</p>

<p>Volunteer
- reading tutor at Boys and Girls Club (summer): 40 hours
- art camp counselor (summer): 40 hours</p>

<p>Awards
- National Merit semifinalist
- National Hispanic Scholar
- AP scholar with distinction
- National K-12 Ceramics Exhibition: Orton Foundation Cash Award</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump</p>

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<p>What is your class rank? assuming val or sal, then my guess is Yale = over 50/50. </p>

<p>If more like top 5%, then Vanderbilt = match (over 66%) and Yale = reach (10-33%). Good luck. Do you have any safeties.</p>

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<p>My school doesn’t rank or weight grades. Also, the discrepancy in my GPA comes solely from freshman year.</p>

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<p>Schools that do not rank report deciles and also if your school is fairly well known then top U’s like Yale and Vandy will have an idea where you stand in class based on prior history and other applicants from your school. You are obviously high with 3.97 UW, but especially for schools like Yale the difference between being student that year versus one of the best makes a difference. Any ways, I think you have good shots at both and likely will get a fair amount of scholarship money at Vandy.</p>

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<p>. . . being the best student that year . . .</p>

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<p>Rigorous Curriculum : Check
Good SAT/ACT Score : Check (That ACT is great)!
Ecs : Theyre decent.
Also (not being racist or anything) but you being a Hispanic will certainly help !</p>

<p>Id say if you manage to write killer essays and get good LORs then your chances at Yale would be around 60% !
Vanderbilt should more or less be a match! I think youre doing great!
All the best ! :D</p>

<p>Please chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411650-chance-indian-hypd-cornell-mit-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1411650-chance-indian-hypd-cornell-mit-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think since you are a Hispanic female, you will get into Vandy and have a fairly decent shot at Yale.</p>

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<p>It’s hard to know your exact chances since there is no reference with GPA/rank. Obviously you’re one of the top students with a 3.97 UW GPA and such a rigorous courseload. But even if your school doesn’t rank, colleges still have ways in which they can compare where you stand against the rest of your class. Do you know if your school sends a lot of people to ivies/top schools?</p>

<p>Your ACT score is awesome. Trust me, a Hispanic with a 35 ACT is extremely rare and is a huge hook. At a glance, this is the most impressive aspect of your application. Your subject test scores are good as well, and I’m guessing your AP scores are decent since you’re an AP scholar with distinction. And being a National Hispanic Scholar AND National Merit Semifinalist are also nice accomplishments. It’s obvious that testing is one of your strongsuits.</p>

<p>But your ECs are definitely lacking when it comes to a school like Yale. You have some leadership positions in speech/debate as well as ceramics club, and participation in some other activities. Nothing unique for the most part, and will not help in making you stand out. Not much volunteering either (doesn’t really matter anyway). I would say your ECs are fine for Vandy, but mostly unimpressive for Yale.</p>

<p>Without knowing where you stand against your classmates with an exact rank/percentile, and no idea if your school is competitive in sending kids to Ivies/top universities:</p>

<p>Yale: Mid-Reach
Vanderbilt: Low Match</p>

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<p>Yale: Reach
Vanderbilt: High match</p>

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<p>@Catria
Hispanic with a 35 ACT, top of her class (UW 3.97 w/rigorous courseload), and ‘decent’ ECs with leadership positions? I’m positive it would be a Low Match for Vandy, but that’s just me.</p>

<p>OP I’d be extremely surprised if you didn’t get into Vanderbilt. Yale is a little more of a toss-up though. You shouldn’t worry ofc, you’ll be fine</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt - middle match (URM hook)
Yale - fair reach (URM hook)</p>

<p>The ACT and GPA are impressive, though, I have to say.</p>

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<p>Honestly, I’m really jealous of you. Your scores and ECs are better than mine, and being Hispanic definitely helps. I’m going to say Yale is maybe even a mid-reach! And Vandy should be a match for you- good luck, and tell us how it goes :)<br>
If you want to, my thread is here -> <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1419966-lets-pretend-i-wrote-something-creative-here.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1419966-lets-pretend-i-wrote-something-creative-here.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ah, I’m going to compute this more precisely, but your chances are probably not over 50%, though they are probably superhigh compared to basically anyone White or Asian (hispanic is not that large of a hook, yale is superselective). Your ECs are sort of weak (few leadership positions). </p>

<p>But let me compute this. How strong is your high school? Best in your area? Nationally ranked? Private or public? What state?</p>

<p>Oh, and is there anywhere else you’d like to be chanced while I’m doing this?</p>

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<p>I was wrong. ^_^</p>

<p>51% for Yale
81% for Vanderbilt</p>

<p>Best chance for any actual person I’ve done yet.</p>

<p>36% for Harvard
45% for Princeton
73% for Columbia
52% for Stanford
41% for Brown (which actually surprises me for being relatively low)
90% for Cornell
81% for Dartmouth</p>

<p>I could go on.</p>

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<p>All this also means that if you applied to both Yale and Harvard, your chance of getting into one would be about 79%. Add Princeton, and you’ll see a chance of getting into one of HYP much over 80%.</p>

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<p>My school is public and one of the best in my area. I live in Missouri.
How do you calculate your percents?</p>