Chances at Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Doing this over mobile so forgive me if the formatting isn’t great.

I’m a rising senior who plans to apply early to Yale. I’ve had 2 brothers at Yale, 1 graduated and 1 currently attending. Both my parents also had an affiliation with Yale with my mother going to Yale Med and my father coming in from France and doing his residency at Yale.

Compared to other posts it doesn’t seem my GPA is great as I have a 3.95 UW, 4.45 W, but I think my public school system might be different as I don’t think like a 4.9 or even a 4.7 is even possible at my school unless you were to somehow skip ahead of classes. For example freshman year there is only 1 available advanced class, and sophomore year only 3.

Got a 36 on my ACT and only took it once. Haven’t taken and don’t plan on taking the SAT.

Got a 790 on Math 2, 780 on Chem, and 730 on APUS.

I got a 5 on US, Chem, Comp Sci and AB calc.

Except for maybe 2 times I’ve taken all of the hardest classes and have never gotten anything lower than an A-.

I’ve done choir all years and have gotten into all of harder auditioned choirs as well as a Capella group which I am currently president of.

I’ve taken a few online course, self taught myself Java, and taken a theoretical comp sci class at Princeton University.

Did cross country for 2 years and have started and ran various businesses online with video games, some more lucrative than others, making in the $1000s. I’ve also had some other jobs such as locally umpiring for ~7 years as well as helping a local business with online/postal advertising.

I’ve done a fair amount of community service tutoring for free at first (though have recently been paid) and have done a few week long trips staying in under priviledved areas and helping at daycare etc.

Theres probably some small things I’m forgetting, but that’s the majority of it. I know my GPA isn’t perfect and I haven’t taken every AP test possible, but with the legacy and applying early what do you guys think my chances are?

Again, I apologize for any formatting/grammar mistakes as I’m on mobile.

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Oh I completely forgot another EC and community service is I have done this year round service program with weekly meetings for 3 years. Basically an anti-drug pro acceptance student leader group and will be on the student board of it for this upcoming year.

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extremely strong affiliation with yale you have a decently high chance of getting in IMO

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Solid scores and strong legacy applicant, passionate ECs, even for Ivy you have a good chance!

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Thanks for the replys! If anyone else wants to chance me I’ll change back, just link it!

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You’ve definitely got a good shot, especially from your legacy/sibling connections and great test scores!

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Thanks! Obviously no Ivy (especially the big 3) are guaranteed admissions, but I was just wondering if people think it is worth using my early on? It truly is the school I want to go to the most, I love the campus and have been there many times. I think the early percentage is a big enough difference that it’s worth it to go for the reach early. If anyone wants me to chance em, do me and link and I will!

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Like you said, there will be no guarantee for HYP, but you’re pretty close. Grades are actually pretty good. If you took as many APs as possible in your school, you’re good. Like everyone said, legacy helps you out a lot. Although ECs aren’t outstanding, they’re decently good. You have a great chance. I’m just curious about how you got $1000+ dollars from a video game business. Did you set up a Minecraft server or do something with EVE Online?

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I would imagine Yale Med probably counts as legacy. Siblings don’t count. Residency doesn’t count.

You certainly have a shot. Build a solid list and maybe there will be other schools you will like just as much where you can be a top applicant and qualify for merit aid.

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Honestly I don’t really need the merit aid, money won’t be a huge issue. And I have heard siblings/residency “doesn’t count”, though apparently most people think it’s still taken into account. Just like how grandparents doesn’t count, but people often think it does have an affect. Obviously I don’t have quad legacy, but I don’t think the siblings and like my dads fellowship/residency at Yale are completely worthless, if I’m able to put it on the application I think it’ll at least help a bit!

And as for the business I ran a site for awhile on LoL flipping accounts and made quite a profit. Have done similar things on a smaller scale for most games I’ve ever played.