Chances? (I know it's starting to get boring but...)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Well, hello!
This is my first post here and I know that all those "Chance me" threads are not the most popular thing here to engage in but still I'm curious what would you say my chances may be (I'm going to apply anyway even if you say I don't stand a chance).</p>

<p>So here I am: Polish, but currently studying in England (I'm one of about 20 selected from my country for a two year scholarship in a posh British private school ;) ).</p>

<p>I'm very into physics (back in Poland I used to be in no 1 school for physics with classes at a university) but I recently 'converted' to engineering.</p>

<p>Taking Further Maths, Physics, Computing and Music - 4xA*</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: I play French horn and participate in virtually every possible music group in school (2 orchestras, wind quintet, 2 choirs), I used to be a head of school, a leader of a school radio and now I am a head of my boarding house.
I engage a lot in international projects (some kind of UWC camps, this summer I was invited for London International Youth Science Forum etc.)</p>

<p>SAT's: I took SAT I but I failed (1930) I'm taking it again in Nov and I'm pretty sure I'm going to perform better. SAT II - Maths 2 - 800, Physics - 750</p>

<p>I think that would be it academic-wise. What do you think? Do I stand a realistic chance with such a bad first SAT results?</p>

<p>Thanks for your opinions.</p>

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<p>a 1930 isn’t failing. It’s within the middle 50% of applicants</p>

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<p>Hahvad, could you provide a link to that information? I’ve been researching the like and haven’t found much.</p>

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<p>[Yale</a> University | Admissions Facts and Statistics](<a href=“http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/yale.asp]Yale”>http://www.admissionsconsultants.com/college/yale.asp)</p>

<p>These stats were for the Class of 2013. But I would venture to say that they weren’t significantly different from those for the Class of 2014, which means, unfortunately, a 1930 is well below the 25th percentile.</p>

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<p>That site’s data is a little out-of-date (apparently for 2006) and somewhat misleading.</p>

<p>Here is a link to Yale’s own statistical analysis of SAT scores for entering freshman:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.yale.edu/oir/open/pdf_public/W032_Fresh_SATs.pdf[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/oir/open/pdf_public/W032_Fresh_SATs.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>According to this, the 25th percentile - 75th percentile ranges for 2009 freshman (class of 2013) are:</p>

<p>Verbal (CR) 700-800
Math 700-780
Writing 700-790</p>

<p>As is often the case at such sites, they sum the individual component ranges and present them as a combined total range. But this is misleading, as the 25-75 range for score totals will be considerably narrower than the sum-of-component figures. Taking an absolute guess as to what the total score range is (it is never published, so far as I know), I’d estimate it at about 2150-2310.</p>

<p>Moreover these figures are for the matriculated student pool, not the admitted pool and not the applicant pool. These latter data are, I believe, unavailable. For most schools, you can expect the ranges on the applicant pool to be lower and the admitted pool to be slightly higher. However, Yale probably does not lose many higher-scoring admits to other schools (cross-admits tend to prefer Harvard, but Harvard’s scoring ranges are about equal to Yale’s, so there is no reason to think the preference correlates with scores), so its probably safe to assume the admitted pool ranges look pretty much like the matriculant pool’s.</p>

<p>The bottom line is that the OP would be well-advised to take the test again and will be in a much more competitive postion if s/he achieves the improved scores anticipated.</p>