<p>I am applying early action, here are my credentials</p>
<p>Intended Major: Chemistry</p>
<p>White, Male, whats new?</p>
<p>SAT I - M:800 CR:660 W:700
SAT II's:
-Math II: 800
-Chem: 750
-Physics: 760</p>
<p>AP Scores
Chemistry - 5
Physics B - 4</p>
<p>GPA - 3.90</p>
<p>AP's Taken:
(last year)
-French V (French Language)
-Chemistry
-Physics B
-Calculus A (one semester)
(This Year)
-Calculus BC
-English Literature
-French Literature
-Physics C
-Government
-Macroeconomics</p>
<p>Recommendations
- Two very supportive letters from my chemistry and french teachers.
- One very supportive letter from the President/COO of Eli Lilly</p>
<p>EC's</p>
<p>Cross Country (10-12) (Team Captain) (1st team academic all-state)
Track and Field (9-12) (3 time varsity letterman)
Wrestling (12) (Varsity)
Tae Kwon Do (Ages 5-17) (Nationally Competitive)
Chemistry Team (regular and advanced) (10-11) (4th in advanced state)
Rube Goldberg Team (Machine took 2nd in state)
Co-Founder and Treasurer of "Kickback" club (encourages anti-drinking/drugs)</p>
<p>Awards</p>
<p>Jonathan Illagan endowed scholarship for most outstanding chemistry student.</p>
<p>(If i've left anything out thus far, let me know and I'll try to fill you in)</p>
<p>as far as I know, at yale only parents who are graduates of yale college confer legacy status on their children, not those who attended grad school, but of course it's very likely a help in some way.</p>
<p>I would also advise including the letter from the COO of Eli Lilly <em>only</em> if he has reason to be very familiar with your chemistry or other relevant skills. The top colleges are very wary of recs from high level execs or other well known names who don't really have any relevant relationship with the applicant - they tend to actually hold it against you if you try to impress them that way. So make sure there's been a strong relevant relationship of some sort that qualifies him/her to send in the rec.</p>
<p>Your chances are about 50/50. Honestly, it is hard for anyone to evaluate that here in any greater detail without knowing more about your application, overall class standing, whether your essay is amazing, and the quality of recommendations. </p>
<p>Legacy status is not as important in admissions as people here seem to think. In fact it is not really that much of a factor. First and foremost you need to have a good application.</p>
<p>1MX, it can happen, students can have an off day testing-wise and slip a bit on their scores, and it's not worth retaking a test to go from 750 to more than that. If APs (OP has a score of 5) and teacher recs are both good, it would validate the top student part.</p>
<p>(full disclosure - I gave the same advice to my daughter, who was sick the day she took the SAT II physics and got a 760. With an AP Physics score of 5, we felt they would believe the strong rec from her Physics teacher, so she did not retake the test.)</p>
<p>1MX... I took the SAT II after about 5-6 months of no chemistry class, with a day's review... and it was test 3/3 for the day... actually my scores were in order, I took math first (800), then physics (760), and the chem (750)... I thought that was interesting...</p>