Could I get into Yale?

<p>I am currently a junior:</p>

<p>9th grade average: B+
10th grade average:A-
11th grade average: A-</p>

<p>I have a gold in my states math fair.
I have attended the Ross Mathematics Program at Ohio State University
NYU math circle
WOOT online olympiad training.
Prospective participant in Intel Science Talent Search
SAT should be above 2250.
Will get good teacher recommendations.
My school normally gets some good connections, but not guaranteed.</p>

<p>I am the leader of two clubs at my school, the TSA Engineering Team and the Math Club. I also lead my schools math team that participates in the Mandelbrot Team Play competition. Additionally, my friend and I recently started a Technology Committee at our school with the main purpose of assessing the ways our school uses technology and other internet services. For example, my friend and I are responsible for introducing the use of IPads for all students at my school.</p>

<p>I also tutor kids weekly for math.</p>

<p>I have also applied to the Simons program.</p>

<p>It is truly my dream to attend Yale. Please give me honest advice.</p>

<p>No .</p>

<p>^elaborate…</p>

<p>I think you would be a very strong canidate, but applying to Yale is very unpredictable. GOOD LUCK!</p>

<p>Are you top of class? Can you turn in an Intel win? Will your teachers call you one of the most brilliant students they’ve ever worked with?..THEN…are you more qualified than the others from your school/region applying? Low income or first gen? From an underrepresented state and/or inner city? Have you won significant honors or awards going way beyond the high school? Are you a stand out by a good margin in your school and community?</p>

<p>It feels silly just writing this, but that’s what Yale takes today. We’re talking an acceptance rate of under 3% for the unhooked and tens of thousands of amazing (and not so) students applying from every corner of the planet.</p>

<p>^Very True. </p>

<p>But since you seem very well informed about what it takes to get into such a school, based on my stats, do I have a chance, or are there other things I need to improve?</p>

<p>You have nice academics but your extracurriculars are a bit weak for Yale. I’d say it’s a reach for you.</p>

<p>Really? I thought it was the other way around…</p>

<p>In all honesty, with what you tell us, no, I don’t think you’ll get in. You’re projecting an average SAT score for Yale, no remarkable EC, you’re from a well represented state…Good connections at a school? It just doesn’t work that way. An individual may have good connections but no school does. </p>

<p>I was a college counselor at a very top prep school. There were many kids with connections, but trust me, while the school was called an ivy feeder, it was harder for the unhooked kids to get in than had they gone to their local public schools.</p>

<p>You won’t make it. </p>

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