Chances for Yale SCEA?

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<p>Male (Pakistani)
Northern California (Bay Area)
Class Ranking unavailable, but def in top 10 (of 600 or so)
Weighted GPA: 4.57
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
SAT I: Math 760, CR 690, Writing 700 = 2150
ACT: 32 (36 E, 35 M, 28 S, 28 R)
SAT II's: Math IIC 790, Bio M 790, Spanish 750
AP's: Spanish Language (5), Biology (5), English Language (4), European History (3)
PSAT: 223
Projected major: Economics/Finance</p>

<p>Senior Year Workload:
AP Calculus AB
AP Economics
AP English Literature
Honors Physics
Speech/Debate Advanced
Civics (1st sem only)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Speech & Debate:
Competed since 9th grade
Team Secretary (11th)
Team President (12th)
Ranked 2nd in State in Humorous Interpretation (out of 270-something people)
Ranked 1st in League in Humorous Interpretation
Won Best Presiding Officer at both Berkeley/Stanford Invitational
Special Distinction ( 500+ National Forensic League Points)
Have been an Instructor at team's summer institute for past 2 summers</p>

<p>Interact Club:
Been a member of school's club since 9th grade
Been a member of Interact District Council (supervises over 60 Interact clubs of Northern California) since 11th grade
Publicity Officer of school's club (10th grade)
Vice President of school's club (11th/12th grade)
Secretary of Interact District Council (11th grade)
Lieutenant Governor of Interact District Council (12th grade)
Helped raise $8000 with school for international service projects (11th)
Helped raise over $20,000 with district through Interact District Council (11th)
Chosen to attend two separate Rotary-sponsored summer camps to represent school's Interact club (summer before 12th grade)</p>

<p>Volunteer work @ Local Hospital:
Volunteered at hospital since 10th grade
More than 500 hours of volunteer work
Monday Shift Leader (11th grade)
Senior Shift Supervisor - analogous to President (12th grade)</p>

<p>Both my teachers for my recs have loved me, and my counselor adores me. I think my main concern is if my SAT/ACT scores will hurt my chances at acceptance. Thanks for any input!</p>

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<p>Are you planning to take SAT or ACT again?</p>

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<p>Nope. <em>10 char</em></p>

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<p>I figured the amount of time I'd put in to raise my score would be time better spent on college essays and maintaining senior year grades, etc.</p>

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<p>From your stats, your definitely a viable candidate. The other intangibles will be your deciding factor. BTW, there is no Finance Major at Y.</p>

<p>Best of luck to you</p>

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<p>bbbbbbbbbbumppppp</p>

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<p>Retake SAT may not be a bad idea.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>agree with johnxwang.</p>

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<p>I like your ECs, they are focused and you seem to be very active in them. But, as others have said before, your SAT I is well below the average for Asians applying to Yale.</p>

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<p>it seems to me that t26e4 is an admissions officer, or maybe even jeff brenzel</p>

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<p>you seem to be repeating this in a couple places, imanouter - but let's hope t26e4 is NOT an admissions officer, because if the admissions officer @Yale would substitute "your" for "you're," I'm not so sure I want that person to be the person who determines the next four years of my life.</p>

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<p>ever heard of a typo?</p>

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<p>the probability that a typo would yield the same result as a common mistake is in this case very low, since the typo would involve accidental omission of BOTH an apostrophe AND the final e. </p>

<p>So yes, but I'm not buying it.</p>