chances. sorry.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hey sorry...just wondering if i even had chance. Should i even bother to be applying here, or any other ivy league for that matter.</p>

<p>oh, and i dont know if this matters, but i already was accepted into University of Edinburgh, the #5 school in the UK</p>

<p>Want to major in international relations or archaeology</p>

<p>Quantitative data:</p>

<p>New SAT: 750 Critical Reading, 740 Writing, 710 Math
SAT subject tests: 770 Math IIC, 750 US History, 710 Chemistry
AP: English Language/Composition – 5; Chemistry – 5; US History – 5
GPA: 3.96 unweighted (out of 4.0)
Class Rank: 5 out of about 360. (Top 2%)</p>

<p>I am taking 4 APs as a senior: English lit/comp, Biology, US Gov’t, and Calculus AB. </p>

<p>I have taken 7 APs and 10 honors. Our school only offers 8 APs. (couldn’t take AP Econ because of scheduling conflict)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Newspaper, our school paper is a Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medalist
- Staff Writer (2 years)
Cross Country
- Junior Varsity (3 years, no fourth because of scheduling conflict)
Track and Field
- Varsity (4 years), high jump, have earned letter
Kung Fu
- yellow belt, (one year)
Key Club
- Member (4 years)
- Newsletter Editor/Board member
Speech and Debate
- member, (2 years)
Model United Nations
-president (1 year)
- member (2 years)
Empath club, visiting the elderly
- 4 years
Also participated in a school tradition in which junior girls see off the graduating class
Scholarship Committee
- member, 1 year
Choir
- member, 1 year (due to scheduling conflict)
Piano
- 11 years (Certificate of Merit, Level 8)
Student-Athelete Mentor program
- 1 year
Off campus club helping disabled kids
- co founder, 1 year
Project Tsunami Relief:
- volunteer</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Totaling around 350 hours
- volunteer with disabled children, 2-3 a week, 3 years
- volunteer at American Red Cross, 7 hours daily in summer & 4-5 hours weekly during school year, 1 year
- Volunteer through key club
- Tutor kids in special education
- Volunteer at special Olympics</p>

<p>Work experience:
None, except for the odd tutoring or babysitting gig. </p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
- National merit Commended
- Columbia University Book Award
- California Scholarship Federation Member – 4 semesters
- Quill and Scroll (Journalism) Honor Society member
- United States Achievement Academy
- Who’s who among American high school students
- Varsity letter, track and field
- Certificate of merit, piano, level 1-8
- College board national Hispanic recognition program scholar
- College board ap scholar
- National honor roll
- Perfect attendance (3 years so far)
- School’s top GPA award
- School’s sports-scholar award</p>

<p>Summer:</p>

<p>Lived abroad in Naples, Italy with a host family.</p>

<p>Essays: One is about my abusive/alcoholic father and his influence on me (i.e. why im a feminist, indepedence, etc.). The other is about trip to Italy/how being multi-ethnic (Chinese, white, Mexican) has made me love international relations. </p>

<p>Recommendations: Very good. All written by people who like/know me very much/well.</p>

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<p>LOL, I think it's funny you used my template.</p>

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<p>sorry, im new at this. so i wasn't sure if there was a format these chances threads usually come in.</p>

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<p>Anyways, if I'm not mistaken, your stats are pretty similar to mine. I'm applying to Ivies and some small Northeastern LACs...I really want to get out of VA at all costs. That's all...your Math IIC is better though...and your ethnicity is pretty cool. Do you go to school in Scotland?</p>

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<p>LOL, that's ok. I just looked at "quantitative data" and I was like "OMG, that's me!" Hehe. :-D Can you speak both Chinese and Spanish? If so, you've got the two most useful languages in the world!!</p>

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<p>i can understand most of chinese and a little spanish. and can speak a little of both. and no, i don't go to school in scotland. i go to school in california. but i applied to collegesin the UK for undergrad, and got into one in scotland.</p>

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<p>From what i've seen around, your chances look decent. I'm actually more concerned at how you discerned that Edinburgh is the no 5 uni in the UK.</p>

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<p>I found out that edinburgh is number 5 from a list that the Times posted online</p>

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<p>Those lists are rather unreliable as they change dramatically every year, i thought edinburgh was 15th or something last year. Anyway.. top five.. thats not the general consensus here in the UK. It's still an amazing uni though, I actually applied there as well so i don't really know why im not agreeing with you.</p>

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<p>yea, it was 15th last year. I really don't know how the rankings work. I just put what the Times said.</p>

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<p>books are better</p>

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<p>i agree with micheeatsfish. (my name is michelle too.. im assuming yours is). i actually usually don't respond to chances threads but i opened this because booksAREbetter :)</p>

<p>you have great chances. stop worrying. just apply. you have nothing to lose (except 70 bucks lol) and in no way should the opinions of random, anonymous people on college information forums sway your decision to apply or not. stay optimistic (= good luck.</p>

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<p>yes my name is michelle
books are better
i think you should read some books on books that write about books on books that describe books in great details about books and then draw a picture of a book and ...</p>

<p>i dont know what the hell im talking about</p>

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<p>You lied to me. I wander around here, trying to find you, fully expecting you to NOT have made a "stats/chances" post...AS YOU TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY...and here you are. With your awful, awful grades and mediocre SAT scores. And your supreme lack of extracurriculars! What have you been DOING with your life for the past 4 years? You have no chance at any school in the nation, let alone Columbia, so just give up. Immediately.</p>

<p>I mean it.</p>

<p>Sincerely,</p>

<p>Stephanie</p>

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<p>you mean yale...colummbia?</p>

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<p>Yale too!</p>

<p>--stephanie</p>

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<p>sam's resume is just a typical CC student
it depresses me</p>

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<p>that is to say she is ubermench
and smart</p>