chances at yale, uc Berkeley, stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi! These three schools are my dream schools and want to know if I have a chance at any of them! The problem is, Stanford and yale both have restricted early action, and I don't know which one to apply early to! I would rather go to Stanford, but if I have absolutely no chance there, I might apply to yale EA because I am a legacy (dad went there). And UC Berkeley obviously doesn't have any early options but I am nervous about my chance of acceptance since I am out of state.</p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Asian</p>

<p>Location: IL, USA</p>

<p>High School: Considered the best public school in my state</p>

<p>GPA: 4.9375 (UW) 5.75 (W)</p>

<p>ACT: 34 but hoping to do better in April!</p>

<p>SAT II: will be taking US History, Math II, Literature, Spanish, maybe physics in June and novembwr</p>

<p>Freshman: World History H, English 1 H, Biology H, Geometry, Spanish 2 H, Orchestra (all As)</p>

<p>Sophomore: Chemistry H, English 2 H, Spanish 3 H, AP European History, Algebra 2 Trig, Orchestra, AP Microeconomics (all As except Bs in AP Micro and first semester of chem h)</p>

<p>Junior- Physics H, AP language and composition, Spanish 5 H, AP US history, Pre-Calc, Orchestra (so far all As)</p>

<p>Senior: (I will be taking) AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP Environmental science, Earth science H, AP Calculus AB, Orchestra (predicted all As haha)</p>

<p>I have been playing violin for years (13) and am concert master at my school orchestra. I have attended various summer institutes for the past 8 or 9 summers and have traveled to Minnesota, Portland, China, and soon to be Brazil with various violin groups. I have private lessons, group lessons, and orchestra rehearsals every week. I am also a IMEA all state violinst.</p>

<p>Awards:
Leader in Sustainability 2014 (Chicagoland area)
Premio de Oro National Soanish Exam (2013 + hopefully 2014)
IMEA District and All State Violinist (2014 and hopefully 2015)</p>

<p>Leadership:
President Citizen Club
Junior Pommer Captain
PR Chair Ecology Club
Concert Master Symphony Orchestra</p>

<p>Other EC:
LHO Club (Sophomore, Junior and Senior)
Read to Lead (Sophomore and Senior)
NHS (Junior and Senior)
Microfinance Club
Consort Violin Group</p>

<p>JV/ Varsity Poms and Dance Team (freshman-senior)
Symphony Orchestra concert master (Freshman~Senior)
CYSO violinist</p>

<p>Volunteer frequently through Church and various clubs + Planning to volunteer at local hospital or planetarium this summer!
I am also going to a violin institute for my fifth year in Ithaca, New York</p>

<p>Recs: not too sure about my counselor rec only because he is new my junior year, but my two teacher recs will be very good! I am the favorite of my AP US history teacher and have a 97% in that class. My other teacher writing my rec is my physics honors teacher- I work very hard in that class and show an interest in physics!</p>

<p>Possible Major: environmental sciences, environmental engineering, psychology, </p>

<p>Minor: music performance</p>

<p>Essay: I might write about my experiences of growing up in a town with a very limited Asian population.. not sure though!</p>

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<p>Where do you approx rank in your class (top 1%, top 10%)…you will be compared with other students in your high school. I see only 2 AP Jr year and 2 sophomore year. So as such, academics are not as rigorous as compared to a lot of the other kids (esp Asians) who are going to apply EA. Again, if this is the highest rigor in your school, you may be fine. But again, that sort of leeway happens at private feeder schools, not at public…Again, it really depends where you fall, when they compare you with your peers from your high school</p>

<p>Legacy at Yale may give you some advantage - go with Yale. Stanford is incredibly hard to get in EA, they only defer their best candidates and most still did not get in RD. Better scores on ACT/SAT and subject tests are needed as well. So for now, I will still give you 10% chance at Yale and 5% at Stanford. Good luck.</p>

<p>Berkeley as OOS you will have better chance. But you are paying OOS tuition.yes…still cheaper than Yale/Stanford - I guess.</p>

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<p>I would recommend doing EA for Yale. I think you would have a lot better shot at that than Stanford.
Stanford: reach-10%
Yale: high match-40% (they take legacy seriously)
Berkeley-match/high match-60%</p>

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