Chances for a published novelist?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hi my friend is applying to yale and is about to get locally published (in pakistan), and might also get published in the states.</p>

<p>His grades this year were not the best..basically a 3.2 GPA..
although in his previous years they were about 3.8-3.9
note that we dont really have a GPA/ranking system here this is just a rough estimate..
he's also council member of debates and VP of World Affais Society. He's also a prefect (an unelected student council position)
It is important to know that he is taking courses that are going to make up his 3.2 GPA...but they'll know its a re-take.</p>

<p>I on the other hand have been maintaining a 4.0 GPA all over....
and we're both applying to yale..
i have directed a play, and am in the council member of the photography society and the council member of writer's forum.</p>

<p>Independently do eitheir of us stand a chance? and which one of us stand a better chance?</p>

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<p>I think you both have a good chance since yale have so many people with high grades your friends EC's look good. In my opinion, you have a better chance what were your SAT scores?</p>

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<p>his is 2080
and mine is 2190.</p>

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<p>Neither of your ECs are going to be eye openers unless his book was published in a mainstream press and is critically acclaimed. Anyone can get a book published. A big deciding factor is the quality of your school and what Yale knows about it. Have kids with stats gotten into Yale in the past? Though this is also a factor for US students and schools, for international students, particularly countries that have many applicants to US school, it can be a crucial one. Though I would not discount your applications, on the surface, neither of you are strong candidates for Yale compared to what I have seen. And many of those kids did not get in.</p>