chances at Yale

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>okay so Yale EA would be THE top choice for me...
what do ya think?</p>

<p>IL resident, good high school in IL
GPA: 4.573 (weighted) rank 4 out of 683
SAT: 2310 (M780 W800 R730)-may retake
ACT: 34
SAT IIs: math IIc 760 chem 750
maybe one more SAT II in oct.- might retake math</p>

<p>APs: U.S. Chem Calc BC/AB Euro (4s and 5s)
senior year: Bio PhysicsB English Spanish HumanGeo
interested in double majoring in flute performance and
biochem(?)</p>

<p>legacy: my brother is currently a student at Yale</p>

<p>activities:I'm really involved with flute- played in diff. regional orchestras, some flute awards, a participation in the national flute association competition, good music camps, district and state band/orch. partcipation, and a member of a prestigious group called the Chicago Youth Symphony</p>

<p>-the usual clubs... (speech, Amnesty Int., school lit. mag.)
-started a new club for people potentially interested in medicine/health care
-a good amount of volunteer hours
-usual nerdy stuff: math team/science olympiad awards
-this summer, I'm doing a thing called the Future Physician's Program, where I spend about 6 weeks in the hospital with every dept.- cool stuff...</p>

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<p>great chance. i don't think retaking the sat will help much though</p>

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<p>imoyou have a decent chance......just make sure to present yourself as unqiue and tie all your E.Cs and other interests together nicely at the essay and personal statement :) </p>

<p>Oh and how did you go about starting/running the medicine/health club? I am about to start something very similar under the title of pre-med club, and I hope you could tell me somethings about how to run, what events to hold, how to interest people in joining, who to contact (I live in CA but still) and generally who to ask guidance for, and what activities should be done in the club, and generally how to run the club in a way that would interest people and make it productive. Thanks!</p>

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<p>well, what Idid was basically invite some speakers, introduce members of the club to some summer programs/internships that might be of interest to them,, and plan one or two field trips down to Chicago's museum of science and industry where they had like a human body exhibit</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance. Your only weakness that I see maybe your state.</p>

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<p>Unless you are good enough to be recruited for flute, you stand the typical 4-5% chance of any good, unhooked candidate. There will be about 3500-4000 EA apps. Most will have stats similar to yours. Many will be recruited athletes, legacies (real legacies, not brothers), URMs, and developmental cases, along with real hooks like national and international celebs and athletes (Olympians, etc). Yale accepted 9.7% of apps this year. 49% of those came via EA or EA deferreds. Many of those are hooked one way or another.</p>

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<p>4-5%???!!!</p>

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<p>Read my new post, which is titled something along the lines of "Here are all of your chances at all the Ivies!"</p>

<p>Your answer is in there</p>

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<p>Harvard admitted 9.1% this year. About half of those have legitimate demonstrated hooks. If you are not hooked, then your odds are half of that or less, depending on your stats.</p>

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<p>yeah I think I have a good chance of being "recruited" for flute</p>

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<p>oh ya and brother doesnt count as legacy, its direct pedigree only- parents, grandparents</p>

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<p>you dont get recruited for music either </p>

<p>unless they are in dire need of a flutist(or w/e you call it), you wont get in because of that...I think there are a plethora of people who can play the flute out there..............................try a bassoon</p>

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<p>yeah I agree
there is no such thing as being "recruited" for music
hence the use of the quotations...
anyhoo, thanks everyone for your input
and let's end this topic before it gets stupid...
oh wait, it already did</p>