Chances at Acceptance to Yale?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>GPA: 4.76 (never gotten a B and don't plan to, God willing.)
SAT: 2300
Rank: Second (unfortunately) out of roughly 800</p>

<p>I'm a junior in an International Baccalaureate program, and I'm taking the four-HL (higher level) option.
I have this year:
IB English HL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Physics
IB Math HL (the equivalent of AP Calc BC if you're not familiar with IB)
IB Visual Arts
IB Spanish HL
(in addition to TOK and the standard stuff)</p>

<p>I've also taken AP classes my freshman/ sophomore years: AP Human Geo (5), AP World History (5), AP English Lang (5), AP Statistics (5), and AP MacroEcon (5) ... and I plan on taking more through self study this year (US history, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, etc)</p>

<p>EC's:
Founder and president of literary magazine
Model United Nations all three years
Habitat for Humanity all three years
I work at Zoo Atlanta and have 500+ hours of community service
Beta Club VP
Girl Scouts Gold Award Recipient
Math Team & Robotics Club
Blue Belt in Taekwondo & frequent swimmer</p>

<p>I also attended the Georgia Governor's Honors program with a major in communicative arts/ French minor, and plan on doing a federal foreign language program next summer. </p>

<p>What are my chances of acceptance? I hope to major in either nuclear engineering or international affairs on an NROTC scholarship.</p>

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<p>You have nice stats…</p>

<p>fwiw…
this is what Yale recently published…</p>

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I wouldn’t worry about that. My son was neither Val or Sal but is the only one attending an Ivy.;)</p>

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<p>Kdog044- That’s a relief to hear actually, thank you!</p>

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<p>Your stats look good! I think you have a good chance (or as good as any qualified student) to get into Yale. A lot of times I’ve noticed it really is just luck. I know that when posting on here some people want some sort of constructive criticism, so maybe more leadership? I might just be missing things though.</p>

<p>I’m an Eagle Scout and from what I’ve heard, Gold is so much harder to get so congrats on that one!</p>

<p>I know that essays are what really make your app shine so work on those! With some great apps I would say you have a good chance. Regardless of whether you are accepted into Yale, you will go to a fantastic school! Where else are you applying?</p>

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<p>You have very nice stats and will definitely make a solid applicant, however Yale is so competitive that it is really impossible to predict the chances of any applicant more than whether or not he/she WILL get in. Unless of course, you have an achievement to match those mentioned in the last paragraph of that Yale quote.</p>

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<p>@OP:</p>

<p>My CR score was lower than my high schools average but I’m still here :slight_smile:
And I don’t even think I was in the top 10% of my school GPA wise. Don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>UNFORTUNATELY SECOND? you should be proud. If you stress too much about acceptance, your rates are slim. Ivy Leagues look for people with applications from their heart, not their minds.</p>