Chancesss?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hi! This is actually my first post on CC.. :]</p>

<p>I'm planning on applying to Yale SCEA and just want to know where I stand. </p>

<p>I go to an okay school in NJ, but the last time anyone got into Yale was like ten years ago.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 (out of 4.3) UW
Rank: 4/370ish
SAT I: 800 CR / 780 M / 690 W
SAT II: 730 USH, taking Spanish & Math IIC next week</p>

<p>I'm probably taking the SAT again in October to see if I can pull up my Writing, too.</p>

<p>ECs: Editor of School Newspaper, Editor of Lit Mag, PR Head for Save Darfur, probable Co Capt for Acadamic Team, Concert Band for two years, Chorus, etc.</p>

<p>Awards: NHS, SHS, prob NM commended, Tri M Music Honor Society, published in a Creative Communications anthology</p>

<p>Summer stuff: Dickinson Young Writers Workshop, 75 hrs. volunteering at a local library, internship this summer at the state senators office.</p>

<p>And I know this prob. won't matter but I've had cousins who went to Yale.</p>

<p>Any feedback/advice is appreciated!</p>

<p>/Edit</p>

<p>Our school's not so great wiht APs. They split APUSH into two parts, so I had APUSH I soph year, and APUSH II this year. Senior year I have AP Lang, AP Calc, AP Spanish, AP Stats, and AP Macro on the schedule. (I plan to major in PoliSci.)</p>

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<p>bumppppp ?</p>

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<p>sorry i don't think you've got a chance nothing stands out</p>

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<p>The previous poster doesn't know what she's talking about. You have a decent chance, which considering we're talking about Yale probably means rejection, but you certainly have a reasonable shot at being admitted.</p>

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<p>I would have to agree with svalbard. You've definitely got a chance. Obviously if your writing were above 700, that would be a little better, but 690 isn't going to hurt much. Plus, you have 780 and 800 as your other 2 scores, which more than make up for it. If you make the admissions committee see who you are with your essays and your recs then you've got as good a chance as anyone. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Let's hope so! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Just random, but you might want to omit the Creative Communications bit...unless you won something? They take some 45% of writing in anthologies (I found out the hard way: I had one of my favorite poems published there, which rendered it ineligible for submission into another contest I wished to enter).</p>

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<p>Update: I got a 730 on Math IIC and 670 on Spanish in addition to the 730 on US Hist. Kind of disappointed but I don't know how much better I'd do if I retake. Do my SAT II scores really hurt my chances? I know I'll be up against people with 800s... :/</p>