<p>ACT: 33
GPA: 4.4 W
APs: European History (3), Biology (4), English Language and Composition (5), US History (5)
This year: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language, AP Government and Politics</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Honors
National Spanish Exam Bronze and Silver Medalist
National Honor Society
Athletic Award
Quill and Scroll
Spanish Award</p>
<p>Yearbook --People Editor
JV and Varsity Basketball (10,11)
Freshman Class VP
Junior Class Secretary
SGA President
Environmental Club
Environmental Committee, student rep
Spanish Club
Co-Director Prom Committee
Interact Club
FCA
Co-Founder of Women's Golf Team
Beta Sigma Chi
JEdward, advertising and spokesmodel
Kids4Kids, Founder</p>
<p>Volunteer: Mobile Ballet, Pureword Academy (Spanish tutor), Child Advocacy Center, Premier Medical Center, Mitchell Cancer Institute</p>
<p>Also participated in People to People, Cambridge College Programme, EF tours, and various YBK workshops...</p>
<p>White Female
Alabama
Private School
Regular Decision
No Legacies</p>
<p>In all honesty, trying to chance anyone for Yale admissions is like throwing darts at a wall and guessing which ones hit the magic spot.</p>
<p>On paper you are certainly competitive but it is important to remember that 95 plus % of all applicants to Yale are competitve on paper. What no one outside the actual admissions committee knows is what things really differentiate candidates in their eyes.</p>
<p>I outlined in several other threads what I have learned about Yale admissions over the last four plus years. Concentrate on making your essays stand out; make them interesting and if appropriate humorous. The people reading thousands of essays need to see something "interesting" enough about you that they would want to meet you and have you join their exclusive community. Look for an interesting,unique/humorous way to answer their prompts, don't just spit back pabulum. The one thing that everyone really seems to lose sight of is that it's not about how well you write but about what you are saying and telling others about yourself in what you have written. Eloquence is great but substance and depth trumps eloquence any day. </p>
<p>Make sure you do all you can to arrange an alumni interview so that you can add dimensionality to the numbers that they are seeing on paper.</p>
<p>After that, hope for the best. I am not saying this because I think you have no chance of admission, it's just that as I said earlier, there is zero predictability in Yale admissions when someone IS a qualified candidate. It is very easy to determine outcomes when someone is so far outside the normal admission parameters but a crap shoot for all others.</p>
<p>Lastly and most importantly, there is life after Yale deferral and rejection and regardless of what happens you WILL find a school that is a great fit for you at which you will thrive, grow as a person and be happy.</p>