Chances for getting in to Class of '25 (SCEA)

[mg81759]

Hook- Double legacy (both parents)

Background - White male from a small city in RI, parents divorced. I’m also a strong writer, especially with essays.

Tests - PSAT 10 (1480), will probably take SAT Subject Tests in Math II and US History, National Spanish Exam (Gold Medal, Levels 2 (9th) and 3 (10th)).

Courses - APUSH (waiting, expecting 5 based on Albert.io calculator), AP Calc (next year), IB Diploma (Math, World Religions SL; World History, English A, Spanish B, Physics HL) (next year), planning on self studying AP US Gov’t and Econ either next year or year after. Apart from this, it’s been all honors courses, which are all my school offers in addition to the APs and IBs mentioned above.

Areas of Interest - US/medieval History, PoliSci, Econ, Spanish, Math

Grades - Class rank isn’t disclosed until the middle of junior year, but my GPA is 4.0 UW and higher weighted. I believe I’m top of the class, because I’m taking (and have already taken, for some) more IB/AP courses than anyone else in my grade and have A+s in all. - Highest Honors 9, 10 - I’m also at the school on a 50% merit scholarship for having the top score on the entrance exam

Extracurriculars - Varsity indoor track and tennis, almost certainly varsity cross-country starting in the fall (based on last year’s results and departures of seniors ahead of me) - Recreational baseball - Class officer (secretary) 9, 10, probably 11 (elections are Thursday, and I believe I’m unopposed) - State Model Legislature senator 9, Senate party whip 10 - Concert band (trombone) 9, 10 - Published in school literary magazine - Have worked part-time on family farm since its creation in 2013 - Still trying to figure out a part-time bussing/counter job in addition to this for the summer - Volunteering at a local organization that works on increasing bicycle access to in-need people in the area 9, 10 - Volunteering with a local college summer-league baseball team (the sport is one of my strongest passions) in game-day operations 10 - Altar serving at my church - 9, 10 - Trying to figure out a service project involving growing vegetables through the family farm to donate to the local food pantry.

I’m sorry for not separating out the extracurriculars above. Please give me an accurate assessment, as well as any tips you might have. I’m planning on applying EA because I have a strong passion for the school and have wanted to study at Yale for as long as I can remember.

[gibby]

Please give me an accurate assessment, as well as any tips you might have.

It’s way too early for anyone to chance you without an actual SAT score in hand, as well as your SAT Subject tests. I would repost after you have taken all your testing and have your results. Also FWIW: https://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/legacy-2/

Jeffrey B. Brenzel, dean of undergraduate admissions at Yale University made the case that legacy preference at Yale College is diminishing and what remains is grounded in financial reality.

At Yale, legacies make up about 10 percent of the 2010-11 undergraduate class compared with 31.4 percent in 1939, he said.

“We turn away 80 percent of our legacies, and we feel it every day,” Mr. Brenzel said, adding that he rejected more offspring of the school’s Sterling donors than he accepted this year (Sterling donors are among the most generous contributors to Yale).

Mr. Brenzel made the case that low-income students represented an increasing size of Yale’s undergraduate class, even though they had less of a track record of success at the university. About 14 percent of the incoming class is supported by Pell Grant students, he said, saying that with respect to preferences, “the trend is down for legacy and up for underrepresented minorities.”