Chances for Yale ED or UCB

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a junior in high school, and the most obsessed person you will ever meet in economics, international governance, business, history, philosophy, and learning how the world <em>really</em> works. My life is dedicated to the independent and absorbed learning of these disciplines. My specialties are macroeconomics, international political economy, and power networks in society. After receiving a B.S. in Economics, I intend to embark on doctoral studies on a Rhodes Scholarship, and work my way into the power elite, becoming a mixture of Rockefeller and Kissinger.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95W, 3.8UW
SAT superscore: 2210
APs: AP World (3); Anticpated scores: AP US History (4-5), AP English (4-5), AP Calc (3)
Next year's APs: Psychology, Stats, Govt</p>

<p>Here is an excerpt from my resume, with adaptations added:</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT & ECONOMICS SCHOLAR
Persistent, ambitious, and eager high school junior. Aspiring financier and geopolitician since 7th grade. Areas of dedicated independent study and experience include:</p>

<p>Macroeconomics, international political economy
Investment strategy
Active networking
Entrepreneurship, business strategy
Political strategy, international relations
Persuasion on paper and in voice
Philosophy, psychology</p>

<p>EXPERIENCE</p>

<p>Mayor's Office. 2012-present.
Assisting Mayor with economics, political strategy, and public relations.</p>

<p>High School. 2010 – 2014.
Vice President, cofounder of Model United Nations club. Recognized/awarded in all my conferences for my ability to persuade, and dominate in economics.
Clarinetist with Band since 8th grade. Will be next year's Treasurer. I improved the band's performance/work ethic with the materials I read about in business books!</p>

<p>Business manager/columnist of student newspaper, set record for most ads sold, first to generate profit. Won award for the best written, most thought provoking articles on real world issues.</p>

<p>EDUCATION</p>

<p>Heritage High School. Class of 2014.
Los Medanos College. Summer courses in Computer Science, Macroeconomics (anticipated).</p>

<p>HONORS & STINTS
TEDxGoldenGatePark (Oct 2013): will be speaking at TEDx conference on macroeconomics, and my journey to gain acceptance in the professional world, and how I wrestled with dark thoughts as a younger teenager.
Wall Street Journal (Summer 2013): I was invited after meeting with the WSJ's CEO to an internship at the Journal; currently working out the kinks to intern in SF.
Council on Foreign Relations (May 2013): Maintain relationship with the Director of Intl. Economics. To be published in upcoming Foreign Affairs issue.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Feb 2013): Invited personally to meeting at Fed headquarter by Vice Chair Janet Yellen.
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Nov 2012): Met with President of FRBSF to discuss macroeconomics. The Federal Open Market Committee, which he presided over, adopted the recommendations I made to him at their Dec 2012 meeting.</p>

<p>Essays: Already getting started. One of my essays will not be on economics, but will probably be on how I almost got killed on a bike ride, and a sixteen year old boy learned of a thing called mortality.</p>

<p>Recs:
AP US History teacher: My teacher regards me as his intellectual equal, and him and I have grown personally close. I nominated him for a grant which he won; he owes me a glowing letter of recommendation.
Mayor of my Town, who I've worked with
People at the Federal Reserve Bank that I've worked with, and can attest my expertise in macroeconomics</p>

<p>I met the Chair of the Yale Economics Department at a Council on Foreign Relations meeting, and the President of their Alumni club.</p>

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<p>You have a great application and a lot of connections you can access for help. Your SAT scores are a bit low compared to the average Yale applicants as well as your AP test scores(better make those 5s!). Other than that though, your applications great. Yale is one of those schools that values experience and you’ll definitely be set apart from the crowd with yours. You also know some of the staff, so that helps. However, Yale is still… well Yale. Even among the ivies, Yale has the lowest ED acceptance rate. You better write some great, no, spectacular essays. If you do, then you got a pretty good shot, and definitely above the average applicants chances. I don’t know much about Berkeley, but heard it’s a good school. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you for your reply! I agree with everything you said.</p>

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<p>Happy to help.</p>

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<p>You’re in at Berkeley for sure and have a good chance at Yale due to your awesome ECs. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Wow…you’ve done so much!
Congratulations on all your accomplishments! Your passions are very clear through your extracurriculars.
Your stats make you within the range of a typical applicant, but your extracurriculars make you extremely competitive.
If you don’t get into Berkeley, I’d be incredibly surprised and shocked…
As for Yale, you have a great chance as far as applicants go. Still a reach, but it’s always a reach. I think you have a better chance than the typical applicant, nonetheless.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your reply!</p>

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<p>Everything sounds so good for you. You’re gonna get into Yale if you were personally invited by Wall Street.</p>

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<p>haha thank you!</p>

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<p>I’m curious: would a person centered on economics find a better community at Harvard? Even the Yale Alumni club president when I met him said that Harvard students are more dedicated to their field, whereas Yale produces the “more all around person.”</p>

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<p>I think you’ve got a pretty good chance. I had a similar profile and was rejected from Yale RD, but the ED should give you a good advantage. I also had friends with lower GPAs and SATs than me get in, so it seems a little unpredictable for a school like Yale. Try your best on your essays and good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you! I live to take chances, so I am used to the risk.</p>

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<p>Yes, you are correct. I did not differentiate between the two until now.</p>

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<p>And i didn’t see your edit!</p>

<p>Thank you for your assessment. by the end of my high school career, I will have taken 7 APs, and i am content with that.
UChicago I know is good at economics (they produced Friedman!). They’ve been sending me a lot of stuff, but I haven’t really considered them. I will now.
I do not have any major awards, but one distinction I have, besides working with so many institutions, is that I will be speaking at TEDxGoldenGatePark in San Fran about Macroeconomics, patterns of success in psychology, and my battles with myself and my darker side as a younger teenager. A TEDx talk means the world to me more than any academic award.</p>

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<p>As for awards, what awards could I go for, as my junior year is coming to an end? Would the exerted effort for such awards even matter? Personally, I would like to believe my resume would not need high school awards.</p>

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<p>Guys im Happy to report that after 8 months, my internship with the Wall Street Journal is finally coming together! I will probably be working with sales for the SF bay area, or fact checking and doing errands for reporters.</p>