Chances at Yale

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me their opinion about my chances for Yale. I want to go there very badly, and I am going to apply early. Thank you so much- I am truly grateful for any suggestions/criticism. </p>

<p>Other schools that I am very interested in:
Harvard (I am a legacy)
Princeton
Oxford
Brown
Williams
The majors I am interested in pursuing: History and English, minor in French</p>

<p>White, middle-class female from California</p>

<p>GPA: 4.33
Class Rank: 1 out of 70 at a semi-competitive private school in Cal. </p>

<p>Transcript: </p>

<p>9th:
English I: A
World History: A
French 3 Honors: A
Geometry: A
Conceptual Physics: A
Beginning Drama: A</p>

<p>10th:
English 2 Honors: A
European History AP: A
French Language AP: A
Chemistry Honors: A
Algebra II and Trig: A
Intermediate Drama: A</p>

<p>11th:
English Language AP: A
US History AP: A
Art History AP: A
French Literature AP: A
Pre-Calculus: A
Philosophy: A
Advanced Drama: A</p>

<p>12th:
English Lit AP
Economics AP (mirco and macro)
Biology AP
French 6 Honors, an independent study
Calculus
Creative Writing
Religion and Psychology </p>

<p>AP scores: European History, 5; French Language, 5
My APs this year went well, probably will be all 5s </p>

<p>PSAT: 222 (CR: 71, M: 75, W:76)
This means I will be a National Merit semifinalist/finalist (the cutoff in Cal. is usually around 217)
SAT scores: 2240 (CR: 760, M: 710, W: 770)
Subject Tests: I am taking US History, French, and Math I next week</p>

<p>ECs and Awards: </p>

<p>Writing/History:
-California State History Day: winner for my paper about the Shakespeare Authorship Controversy
-National History Day: placed within the top 50 papers
-My Shakespeare paper was published in two national journals
-I was an invited speaker at the National Shakespeare Authorship Conference (a big event, lots of professors also spoke)
-I am on the Youth Outreach Committee of the Shakespeare-Oxford Society (basically, I am working with high school teachers from around the country in an effort to spread awareness of the Shakespeare authorship controversy among students)
- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: National Gold Award for a personal essay/memoir
- River of Words International Poetry Contest: 2 of my poems were selected as finalists and published in an anthology (over 10,000 submissions in this contest)
- I have won first and second place awards at the poetry contest in my county every year since I was a freshman </p>

<p>Music and the Arts:
-Played violin for 13 years
-Been in the first violin section of the Honors orchestra of my county since freshman year (next year I am hoping be concertmistress of the orchestra)
- Runner up in a concerto competition
- I will be sending in a CD with my application
- Voice lessons since freshman year
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music: passed levels 1, 2, and 3 (with merit) of the vocal examinations
- Leading roles in the drama productions at my school as a freshman and sophomore, will participate in a Shakespeare play next fall</p>

<p>School Activities:
- Head and founder of the Model UN club of my school: we went to a conference this past year and are going to the Berkely conference next fall
- Secretary (11) and co-head (12) of our school's United Nations Student Alliance
- School literary magazine: one of the editors, will hopefully be editor-in-chief next year </p>

<p>Academic Awards:
- I have won many academic awards at my school, including:
Outstanding Student in History
Outstanding Student in Art History
Outstanding Student in Foreign Language
Howell-Hughes Award for Writing and Research in History
Harvard Book Award
2008 History Student of the Year
-National French Contest:
Level 3: 2nd place in the nation, 1st place in Northern Cal.
Level 4: 9th place in the nation
Level 5: 7th place in the nation, 4th place in Northern Cal. </p>

<p>Summers:
- Last summer I won a scholarship for summer study in France: I took classes at the EF International Language School in Paris for 5 weeks
- This summer:
Duke Talent Identiication Program, Creative Writing
California Summer Music (my private teacher at this month-long program is a Yale professor- I don't know if this will help with anything though. . .) </p>

<p>Once again, thanks for reading this (so sorry it's kind of long. . .). I really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>Decided to waste time on the Internet, then I read that and fell on the floor laughing and smooshed my lab. I’ve been giving it some brushing up for duck hunting and you’ve set good old Beauregard back about two months.</p>

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<p>lol .</p>

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<p>^whaaa?</p>

<p>very good chances at yale. but even if you can’t get in there, you’ll definitely be in at harvard (judging by the stats of other harv legacies i know that have been accepted).</p>

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<p>I don’t see a case for them rejecting you? :confused:
Every facet of what I read here was impressive. Extensive ECs that were still focused, great stats…seemingly great essay-writer. </p>

<p>My opinion: Very good chances.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions!</p>

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<p>Anyone else???
I would REALLY appreciate it. . .</p>

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<p>In actuality, no one here can say much of anything to assuage your worries. You have good stats, of course, but that doesn’t really mean much. Yale only accepted a tiny percentage of their applicants, as did Harvard and all of the Ivies, with percentages of difference. Thousands and thousands of qualified applicants are rejected each year, so the best you can do is apply, have a wide list of varying selectivity, and focus on your own credentials because you can’t do anything about anyone else’s.</p>

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<p>Ivy_crazy, make sure you have a couple of likely schools – just in case. You have great ECs, lots of awards, grades, etc. But no one can predict the Ivys. Add a safety or two.</p>

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<p>^ I agree. add a safety, although you probably won’t need one XP</p>

<p>one of the most qualified candidates I’ve seen, it makes me tremendously jealous. good luck! ^_^</p>

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<p>Chanced you back on my thread</p>