chances at yale SCEA vs RD thanks:)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>School type: public
location:Maryland
race/gender: Indian
prospective major: biology
current unweighted gpa: 4.0
class rank: 1/430</p>

<p>SAT- total:2270 breakdown: math: 740 CR- 730 writing: 800
SAT II's took bio-700. USH 760 will take math II this fall and probably bio</p>

<p>Courses
9th grade
Gt English ( highest possible except for ap)
Gt math
AP biology- 5
Gt American gov
french III
orchestra</p>

<p>10th grade:
Gt English
AP chemistry- 4
Ap statistic's 4
GT precalc
french IV
Gt world history</p>

<p>11th grade
AP english 4
Ap macro 5
Ap micro 5
AP french
AP U.S 5
AP Calc a/b 5 </p>

<p>12th grade</p>

<p>AP calc b/c
Ap Lit
Ap Psych
AP human geography
GT accounting
AP euro
gym</p>

<p>Extracurriculars -</p>

<p>-will have done a summer internship at NIH in the lab of cardiovascular science for two summers. summer of 2008/2009. i'm close with my mentor and she's impressed with my work so i hope to get a rec from her.</p>

<p>-3 years varsity tennis in high school.
-key club( 9-12) have done a lot of volunteering for it french club(9-12), nhs(9-12), literary magazine(10-12) It's academic( 11-12) math Nhs( 11-12) french nhs(9-12) science nhs- 12th grade. peer tutoring- 9-12.</p>

<p>Started south Asian society (SAS)-president/ founder- basically we watch asian movies. play asian games, asian cuisine.it's really ethnic but anyone can join and feel comfortable
-volunteer at the greater Baltimore temple
- do Indian dance rigorously. will get my dance degree end of senior year. typically takes about 8 years. I've been doing dance since 6th grade
- black belt in taekwando</p>

<p>Awards-
Tennis:
9th grade. 1st place county and regional tournament
10th grade. 2nd place in county and regional tournament
11th grade: 1st place in county and regional tournament, 4th place at states
- awards for maintaining a 4.0 gpa during varsity sports seasons/ earned varsity letter every year</p>

<p>Science:
-discovery channel young scientist semifinalist 2006- for excellent communication skills
- 2006 Baltimore science fair- 1st place and another award for best project in medicine.
2009 Baltimore science fair- award from u.s corps for excellence and one from another company
2008- NIH poster day/ science fair- 1st place.</p>

<p>Random:</p>

<p>future business leaders of America- 1st place at school and regionals, 2nd at states- topic was introduction to business communications
- 11th place in state for french national exam
- 1st place in high school poetry competition Baltimore county
- AP scholar
- published a memoir/ short story in Maryland voices which gets submissions from all of Maryland.</p>

<p>I'm think i should be able to get good recs from my calc and u.s history teacher. hopefully a supplemental one from my mentor at nih.</p>

<p>will also be part of published research paper at some point the the future.</p>

<p>thanks so much for your help!!</p>

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<p>chance me:) thanks.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t really matter which you apply to, actually. Yale offers the SCEA only to take the burden off for some students and to get an idea of the upcoming regular decision pool, but they take the same caliber of student in SCEA as they do under RD. So, if you are thinking of applying under SCEA just looking at their higher acceptance rate, then it would be a bad idea. Instead, pick a school where you actually are interested in going, and apply early there if they offer it.</p>

<p>P.S. You are basically my profile twin lol. Check out my chance thread, its freaky how similar our stats and ECs are :D</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745040-chance-me-hypsm.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/745040-chance-me-hypsm.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Let me know of your decisions come April!</p>

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<p>have you seen my yesterday’s reply?</p>

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<p>snowy with your AP credentials, doesnt that make you National AP Scholar</p>

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<p>goodluck1 - fyi - while traditionally a higher % is admitted SCEA, the applicant pool is stronger than the reg decision apps. This was especially true this past year, when Yale admitted the smallest # of SCEA apps to date. So, if you plan on applying SCEA, make sure you’re at the top end of the app pool. good luck.</p>

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<p>goodluck1. yes i did see it. lol. i’ll check your stuff out. well .yale is one of my top choices so I wouldn’t be applying there early for the sake of applying early. but i do need to know whether RD or scea is a better option for me. </p>

<p>and yes…i think i’m an ap scholar?</p>