Chances at Yale

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<p>Thanks, here are my stats:</p>

<p>SAT 2130 (just retook and hopefully did a little better, math was anomaly before and reading will improve at least a little)
CR 680
M 700
W 750</p>

<p>ACT: 35 (I believe they will primarily look at the better scores btwn act/sat, so I'm assuming they'll look at the ACT)
E 34
M 35
R 35
S 34
essay 11</p>

<p>SAT II
Math II: 780
Chem: 760
U.S. His: 780</p>

<p>I'm a rising senior at public h.s. in Michigan, but it's like one of the best h.s.'s in Mich. overall. Great at tennis. 4 Year Varsity playerSo far have won 3 team state championships, good chance it will be four. Past two years have won individual state championship at 2 Doubles, undefeated, and first team all-state. This year I'm a captain, pretty much a lock for 1st team all-state, hopefully will win at 1 doubles although there are some other pretty good teams. I've been ranked 1 in S.E. Mich (strong division b/c all of rich people in Detroit Suburbs) in 10 & Under, and 2 for 12 & Under and 14 & Under.</p>

<p>Essays should be really good. (I'll connect a couple to tennis)</p>

<p>3.97 out of 4 GPA unweighted, basically taking all the advanced courses that are offered and fit my schedule, school doesn't do rank but obviously I'd be up there (by the way I'm white)</p>

<p>Junior Year: AP US His (5 on AP Test)
AP Chem (5 on AP Test)
Accelerated Math Analysis
AP English (5 on AP Test)
Accelerated Spanish 4
(AP Chemistry Lab)</p>

<p>this yr I'm taking:
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP U.S. Gov
AP Spanish
AP English (corresponds to AP Lit test)
BC Calc
Philosophy (not AP but sounds interesting)</p>

<p>I got a B+/A- 1st/2nd semester of 9th grade intensive English, and A- 1st semester of 10th grade Intensive English. These were hard classes. Other than that I've gotten all A's, really improved my English since then.</p>

<p>Other ECs aren't great, they're Ok:
Football (freshman team): 9th grade, Captain, got to go to varsity practice during their playoffs with a few other freshman, earned the "Coach's Award" for exemplary leadership, setting a good model.
Student Council Representative (9th grade)
Spanish Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
Do some volunteer work but no a whole lot, under 200 hours.
National Chemistry Olympiad (11): only like 10 people from our region made it, this was a good accomplishment.
Played a bunch of other sports at younger ages but focused on tennis
A bunch of other miscellaneous small things and awards
National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>Stanford Summer College 2007
Intro to Moral Phil: A+
Affective Neuroscience: A
Psych of Peak Performance: A</p>

<p>Basically I'd do a lot more stuff but tennis can be a huge time commitment, like 25 hrs a week during h.s. season, a little less when I'm playing tournaments and practicing during school year, and sometimes 30+ during summer, not to mention all the travel time for tournys and how tiring it is.</p>

<p>So can you evaluate my chances at Yale? Thanks.</p>

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<p>10%. Greater if the coach of the tennis team really wants you. Otherwise you look like any other qualified applicant to Yale. But, most importantly, why Yale?</p>

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<p>You're a viable candidate in many respects but no one can give you a number percentage in getting in or not. As you may know, Ann Arbor has traditionally been very successful in sending kids to Y because of its great schools. Scores and transcript will be fine for you and that gets you over the first hurdle (which many kids do not, BTW). Now what'll come into play are the intangibles.</p>

<p>Good luck to you and don't listen to any more number percentages that people spout off to you.</p>

<p>What people fail to sometimes realize is that a goodly amount of admits are just good, solid kids who aren't Olympians, Intel winners, published novelists, super lagacies or potential All-Americans.</p>

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<p>If tennis is to be your hook, have you had contact with the coaches yet? Normally you would fill out the online recruit questionnaire in June ofter junior year, and they would initiate contact in July or early August. So, move quickly if you have not contacted them. </p>

<p>Your scores(ACT) are fine for the applicant pool, you need to express a reason why they would want you in the class of 2012. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm def. not good enough to play for Yale's tennis team, but I know my school does relatively very well at sending kids to Yale compared to similar universities. I have however put a lot of time into tennis, and gotten a lot of beneficial results, both on and off the court. I'm trying to express that through my essays.</p>