Chance me

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Hi everyone, I was wondering if any current Yale students/ applicants could give me an idea of my chance of getting into Yale university? Thank you so much and any help would be much appreciated!

ACT: Highest composite is 32, but superscore (2 sittings) is 33. (34 E,32 M,34 R,31 S 28 W)

SAT II: Math II 780

TOEFL IBT: 113/120

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School is British curriculum. 9 A* 1 A at GCSE. 4 As at AS in Maths, Futher Maths, Economics and Geography. 5 A* predictions (including EPQ)- basically 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t report but teachers say one of the top studennts

Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous. 2 more subjects than normal

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Runner up of international geography (envrionment) essay writing contest, United Kingdom Maths Trust Olympiad qualification (top 1% of students), Duke of Edinburgh Silver, various best in subject school awards.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Director of Model United Nations ( reformed club and launched taster days)
  • Founder of school geography magazine (over 50 subscribers)
  • Founder of environment discussion society
  • Prepared 5000 word report on corporate responsibility and approved by CEO of environmental engineering firm
  • Vice Chair- Sustainable development forum at school
  • 3 internships at various environment- improvement firms
  • Volunteer in Delhi
  • Captain of school chess team
  • Guitarist- Grade 4 ABRSM- passed all exams with distnction

Volunteer/Community service: School Prefect- volunteering team

Essays: Common App - about being exposed to different perspectives in the countries I have lived in and how each perspective has shaped me and taught me something. .

supplement for Yale: About how circumstances in my social life led to a reduced apathy for what is going on in the world and translated into a passion for international relations

Teacher Recommendation: Quite good. Talk about my ECS passion for sustainable development,

Counselor Rec:Generic but clearly states i take most rigorous courseload and various awards

Other

Country (if international applicant):UAE

Race(s) ): Indian

Income; no financial aid required

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Welcome to College Confidential! You’re new here, so possibly you haven’t seen this thread; It was written by an MIT Admissions Director about Chance threads, but holds true for Yale as well: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-an-accurate-chance-at-mit-p1.html

You sound like a wonderful applicant, but so are most students who ultimately will be rejected. As Yale receives more applications than they have room for in their freshman class, Admissions uses a student’s teacher recommendations, guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), essays and interview report to select one high performing applicant over another. And as none of us are AO’s, it’s really anyone’s guess as to your chances. You just have to send your application out into the universe and hope for the best. Good luck to you!

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Thank you so much! Really appreciate the advice :slight_smile: