Chances at Yale?

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I’m a senior in high school, and I live in a suburb of Raleigh, NC. Ideally, I’d like to double major in Political Science and Statistics and Data Science. I retook the ACT this month, and I got my multiple choice scores back today. I was hoping for a 34, but got a 33. I’d appreciate any insight or advice.

First ACT: 32 composite (English=32 Math=29 Reading=31 Science=36)
Second ACT: 33 composite (English=35 Math=33 Reading=32 Science=30)

Unweighted GPA: 3.96
Weighted GPA: 5.083
Class Rank: 1 of approx. 450

ECs:
Attended North Carolina Governor’s School, 2016
Student Campaign Coordinator for a local NC House Race, 2016
NC Central District All-District Honor Band 2014- 3rd chair alto sax 2015- 2nd chair alto sax 2016- 2nd chair alto sax. I was eligible for All-State in 2015 and 2016, and finished 6th in the state both years.

Varsity Tennis Team
1st and 2nd chair in local college honor bands
Tri-M Music Honor Society President
Member of National Honor Society
Founded FVHS Book Drive (we collected 726 books for a local elementary school)
Played saxophone in pit orchestra for the school musicals- 2015, 2016
worked 30+ hours a week at Domino’s Pizza, Summer 2017
Volunteered tutoring saxophonists at local middle school

Thank you so much in advance!

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Just curious, you took the ACT 3 times, but didn’t take the SAT? Or, were you clearly better on the ACT than SAT?

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IxnayBob,

I only took the ACT twice, and I wrote the scores for both in the original post. On the first test in March 2017, I got a composite score of 32, and on the September 9th test (10 days ago), I got a composite score of 33. I’m not planning on taking it a third time, as I was under the impression that it doesn’t look good to take a test more than twice.

I took the SAT in December 2016 and got a 1380 (without essay included). I found the ACT easier, so I went with that test. I’m fairly certain that according to Yale’s test policy, one must send all scores from either the SAT or ACT. So, I left the 1380 out since it’s mediocre when compared to my ACT scores.

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@bab54251 , oh, my reading comprehension is low today :slight_smile:

I just wanted to be sure that you had tried the SAT, as some kids have a preference for one test or the other.

Good luck :slight_smile: