Could I get into Yale?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My UW GPA is a 3.75. I have the privilege of going to the best public high school in the state with the best cross country team in new england. I plan on having taken 6 honors and 12 AP courses at the end of senior year. I have also gotten A's in three courses that I've taken at a local university during summers. I'll be in NHS. My SAT scores are M 780 CR 740 WR 680. These are my ECs:
Freshman year: JV cross country, JV indoor track, JV outdoor track, gay straight alliance, cello, volunteering club
Sophomore year: JV cross country, JV indoor track, JV outdoor track, gay straight alliance, volunteering club, hospital volunteering, debate team, math team
Junior year: JV cross country, Varsity indoor track, Varsity outdoor track, president of gay straight alliance, hospital volunteering, summer fast food job, volunteering club, math team</p>

<p>Would applying to top schools like Yale be worth my time? Thanks so much.</p>

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<p>Your sat and gpa are kinda low and there isn’t anything spectacular in your ECs. That being said,you should still apply to Yale if you have the time and money. You never know, but definitely make your ECs a little more unique and boost your SAT writing, or take the ACT.</p>

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<p>Agreed, a 3.37 is low for Yale. Your SAT’s aren’t through the roof for HYPSM (although they’re wonderful for mostly everywhere else) and your ECs are for the most part contained within your school, not integrated into your community. At this point, however, there’s not a lot you can do. Focus on writing fabulous essays. Do you have a unique story? That may tip the scales in your favor. Take some subject tests and the SAT again as well, or try the ACT. It’s always worth a shot, if you can afford the application fee and are willing to take the time. Remember to apply to reaches and safeties, like state flagships and lesser known privates. Chance back at: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1518278-updated-chances-ivies-second-ivies-publics-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1518278-updated-chances-ivies-second-ivies-publics-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for your response. it’s actually a 3.75. Do you think it would be a poor idea to mention my boyfriend of 5 years in my essay?</p>

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<p>“Do you think it would be a poor idea to mention my boyfriend of 5 years in my essay?” </p>

<p>You asked elsewhere but I’ll repeat my answer to you for others’ benefit.</p>

<p>It WOULD be a bad idea. You have very few opportunities to pitch yourself as a valued member of the intended college’s community in the application process. As much as a personal relationship is important to you, a college essay or interview (or future job interview) is not the place for it. The college wants to know how you’ll interact with your peers and how you’ll utilize the college’s opportunities and resources. Highlighting a relationship which you’ve had since you were 11 or 12 will not show you well in this light in most peoples’ minds. </p>

<p>You think this portrays “loyalty” or “stability”. Others will see “co-dependence” and “closed to new opportunities”</p>

<p>And like I said, this goes for future job interviews as well.</p>

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<p>Should you write about your long term boyfriend? If the two of you have worked tirelessly side-by-side together to cure cancer (or similarly impressive, quantifiable accomplishment) then of course you should write about it. In fact, if this is the case then you probably already have a movie deal signed.</p>

<p>In almost all real world cases however, this would be a terrible idea. I agree wholeheartedly with T26E4. I would add that your application is intended to describe you as an individual, not in the context of any single relationship.</p>

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<p>I just saw that the OP is a rising Soph – thus being in a relationship w/BF since she was 9 or 10. This would definitely be a red flag…</p>

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<p>No offend. But op did not mention his/her gender.</p>

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<p>It could get even creepier - OP also did not mention the age of her/his boyfriend…</p>

<p>Regardless of the gender and ages involved, I’ll stick with my answer that it is a bad idea for an essay topic.</p>