Chance of getting in after deferral

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I got deferred from Yale. I'm a white male from a high school that produces almost no Ivy students.
GPA:
4.41</p>

<p>SATs:
590 - Math (1st time)
620 - Math (2nd time)
610 - Reading (1st time)
650 - Reading (2nd time)
660 - Writing (1st time)
650 - Writing (2nd time)
Subject: World History - 710
Subject: U.S. History - 770</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
President and founder of school Quidditch team
President of National Honor Society
Vice-President of Senior Class
Representative to SCA (2 years)
Member of Model UN (1 year)
Member of Student Advisory Group on Education to the Superintendent of the City (3 years)
Member of Mayor's Youth Commission for the City (1 year)
President, Vice-President, and member of Latin Club (4 years)
Lacrosse player (3 years)
Forensics team member (1 year)
Member of Teen Library Advisory Board for City (1 year)
Treasurer and member of Outdoor Science Adventures Club (2 years)
Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for Humanities (2010)
Virginia Boys State (2010)
Volunteered for Virginia party campaign
Volunteered for elderly as a handyman</p>

<p>Rank: 3 of 441</p>

<p>AP Scores: Human Geography (5), World History (4), English Language and Composition (3), U.S. History (5), Psychology (5), Art History (4), Statistics (?), English Literature and Composition (?), U.S. Government (?)</p>

<p>Essays: Excellent/Very good (wrote about my aunt who's addicted to drugs and how it's impacted me)
Reccomendations: Excellent</p>

<p>What's the chance of me getting in after deferral? Should I send more information about me in?</p>

2

<p>Absolutely impossible to say, yet I’d like to know as well</p>

3

<p>I would study hard over the winter break and retake the SAT’s. 3x is not too many. That way you could show Yale your improvement and it would help your other apps.</p>

4

<p>Retake the SAT. Maybe even take the ACT, only to see if you do better on that exam.</p>