Chances for Yale SCEA, Brown, UChicago, Princeton, others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello!
I'm a rising senior and am contemplating an SCEA application to Yale.
However, if I don't have a reasonable shot, I'd rather apply ED to a school where an acceptance is possible - like maybe Brown or Chicago.
So what do you think? All feedback is welcomed. Be ruthless!</p>

<p>THE BASICS</p>

<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
School: Large, highly-ranked, competitive public school in Texas
Financial aid: Will not request</p>

<p>THE NUMBERS</p>

<p>Rank: 20/733 (top 3%)
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.8 W
PSAT: 221 (80 CR, 70 M, 71 W) - projected National Merit semifinalist/finalist
SAT: 2340 (800 CR, 750 M, 790 W single sitting)
SAT II: 800 USH, 770 Lit, 760 Bio
APs: WHist 5; French 4; USHist 5; Bio 5; Eng Lang 5</p>

<p>THE CLASSES</p>

<p>Grade 9:
Pre-AP Biology
Gym
Latin I (honors not offered)
Pre-AP French II
Pre-AP Geography
Pre-AP Geometry
Pre-AP English I</p>

<p>Grade 10:
PAP Chemistry
PAP Latin II
PAP French III
AP World History
PAP Algebra 2
PAP English II
Yearbook
Honors Debate</p>

<p>Grade 11:
AP Biology
PAP Latin III
AP French IV
AP US History
PAP Precalc
AP English III
Honors Yearbook
Honors Debate</p>

<p>Grade 12 (projected):
PAP Physics
AP Latin IV
AP French V
AP Government / AP Econ
AP Calc BC
AP English IV
Honors Yearbook
Honors Debate</p>

<p>THE EXTRACURRICULARS</p>

<p>Debate (LD): 10-12; various regional awards (10-12); state tournament qualifier (11)
Yearbook: 10-12; section editor (11) and copy, layout, design manager (12)
Quiz bowl: 11-12; 2nd place individual at state tournament (11)
Latin club: 9-12; president (12)
Poetry club: 11-12; treasurer (11, 12)
NHS and French NHS; 10-12; nothing important</p>

<p>THE AWARDS</p>

<p>Grade 9:
5th place, National French Contest
Gold medal, National Latin Exam
4th place in Grammar I, TX Latin convention</p>

<p>Grade 10:
4th place, National French Contest
Gold medal and perfect score, National Latin Exam
4th place in Grammar II, TX Latin convention
Gold key, Scholastic Writing
1st, 2nd and 3rd place in various regional debate competitions</p>

<p>Grade 11:
Silver medal, National Latin Exam
Gold key, Scholastic Writing
Speaker award, 3rd place in regional debate
2nd place individual, state quiz bowl tournament</p>

<p>THE OTHER STUFF</p>

<p>I'm planning to apply as a philosophy major; I'll graduate with four years of Latin and French, which I picked because of their relevance to philosophy.
My recs should be good to great, and I'm planning on two supplementary recs from summer philosophy teachers which should be even better.</p>

<p>So that's it. No sports, no instruments and no community service. Am I in trouble?</p>

<p>SCHOOLS:</p>

<p>Yale (SCEA)
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Brown
UChicago
Johns Hopkins (legacy)
Dartmouth
UPenn</p>

<p>(I /DO/ have safety schools - I'm just not asking for chances about them. :P )</p>

<p>Again, be brutally honest. All comments appreciated.
Thanks!</p>

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<p>Yeah, you are in trouble with no community service.
You still have time to get some in though so I advise you to get started.
Your scores are good, your gpa as well but I think you are just an average applicant to Yale SCEA.
Chance me please.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/740977-chance-me-2014-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/740977-chance-me-2014-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Is community service really a necessity for ivies?.. I’m a member of NHS, so I’ve done the 3 service projects/semester that they require, but I don’t think it’s been documented or anything.</p>

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<p>Yale (SCEA)- Reach, Reach for everyone though. You have a better shot then most.
Harvard- Reach
Princeton- Reach
Stanford- Reach
Brown- Lower reach
UChicago- Low Reach/Match
Johns Hopkins (legacy)- Low Reach/Match
Dartmouth- Low reach/Match
UPenn- Reach</p>

<p>Id be surprised if you didnt get into more then half your list, getting into HYPS will be difficult, especially without community service. I would be surprised if you didnt get into one or two of them though.</p>

<p>Chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/741546-johns-hopkins-ea-brown-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/741546-johns-hopkins-ea-brown-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It is a unofficial necessity because almost everyone that applies has it.</p>

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<p>Sure, but that could also be said of something like nhs or nat merit - but personally I don’t think they get anyone accepted or rejected.
Anyway, thanks - maybe I’ll look into volunteering somewhere…</p>

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<p>Bump</p>

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<ol>
<li>Are you a native speaker of French?</li>
<li>I do think that having no community service will hurt you, especially because you have no amazing EC’s or job or anything to make up for it.</li>
<li>Did you take Yearbook and Debate as classes? Because then they shouldn’t really count as EC’s…</li>
<li>Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739609-barack-obama-says-chance-me-yale-scea.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/739609-barack-obama-says-chance-me-yale-scea.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<p>Not a native speaker, and yearbook and debate both require HUGE amounts of time outside of class - easily 10 hrs a week for each, more when things get busy… Should I mention this somewhere? </p>

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