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Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hi everyone,
I would like you to look over my credentials and tell me if there is any chance at all that I can get into Yale.</p>

<p>So... I am an international student from China and currently studying in Montreal, Canada. I took the flight to Canada barely knowing 50 random English words and no knowledge of French AT ALL. It's been 3 years that I am attending the best English college in Montreal.</p>

<p>SAT 1: 2100 (I know this is NOT enough and I am aiming for 2200 in June)
SAT 2: Physics 800 Math2:800 French: 770
I am in Top 5% of my class of 400.
Straight A's in my transcript and was in the honor roll the first semester and a a bunch of other academic awards in high school (i.e. highest average and honor roll and achievement award)</p>

<p>I play piano in McGill conservatory and intramural basketball in high school.
I write for school newspaper, got my submission published in a book, and my essay was highly commended internationally in the Commonwealth essay competition.</p>

<p>I volunteer in hospitals, YMCA, UNICEF, organizer of the school talentshow. Work in school AV department and in a supermarket. Volunteer for the school as school ambassadors to the public, I provide first aid service to the school population. I will spend my summer 2007 doing volunteer work in Guatemala.</p>

<p>Please give me an idea of my chances and I really appreciate it.</p>

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<p>You'll do fine, that being said it's a crapshoot anyway. </p>

<p>As for the SAT, I didn't take the same SATs you guys are taking, but mine were in 1380. That's LOW for Yale. But, as a Canadian student Yale automatically adjusts your test for cultural bias with a positive addition of 150 points.</p>

<p>I'm Yale '08 by the way.</p>

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<p>Also, I just really want to emphasize that the SATS matter very little. I would say it's Essays and Recommendations that matter the most. </p>

<p>Have an interesting personal statement, and get great recommendations from your teachers. DON'T come off as pretentious in your essays, I cannot emphasize this enough, and do not write something cliche; we joke about the Tijuana essay that everyone writes.</p>