CRAPPY GPA, amazing ecs, and great sats....ivy?

<p>Aghhhhhh
I am so screwed and I want to apply to YALE EA, should I even bother?
Sex: Female
Race: Multiracial</p>

<p>Freshman year: 3.4
Sophomore (switched schools into a very competitive private school and it has a totally different grading system, it's numerical and based off a 100 point system): 1 AP, 87.5%
Junior: 89.5% 4 APs
Senior: 4 APs
(For all years, I took the most difficult courses and at times, had to get the dean to approve me taking the workload because my school usually has a limit)</p>

<p>SAT: 2390: 800/800/790
SAT II: 750/740</p>

<p>ECs: I'm a piano player who has played at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, over 17 embassies, The United Nations, Capitol Hill, The Pentagon, The White House.
I've played for 11 years, and won numerous competitions.
Played flute for 5 years
Two years of Tennis and track
Editor of my school yearbook
300+ hours of community service
President of Diversity/Minority Affairs
President of the Asian Society
Published in Newsweek/Time (essay-wise)</p>

<p>Should I just give up and not even apply?</p>

<p>I'm thoroughly jealous of your accomplishments (well, mainly the top one and the bottom one). I don't know much about admissions, but your ecs should cover your GPA.</p>

<p>I wouldn't say it so quickly jenkset. Champion piano players in the ivies are quite common. Extremely common actually. You would have to send in a tape and see how your abilities compare to the rest of the applicant pool; I assure you that there are many others that will give you competition given how many there truly are. I quick search of chance forums will confirm this. You average is under 90, so you have a B average. Definitely apply, but that GPA is probably going to come back to haunt you.</p>

<p>So there are actually lots of people who get to play at Carnegie Hall? I always thought like prodigies played there haha. But this guy's been to the White House! Even if they're not that special, I'm still jealous! I wish I could play at Carnegie... :)</p>

<p>Mixed race includes URM?</p>

<p>thanks for your honesty, I know my grades aren't Yale standard.
I'm 10% Native American and 50% asian, which doesn't help at all.
Any suggestions to help increase the chances?</p>

<p>kill yourself next year and get perfect grades for the first semester and apply RD is what I would do...</p>

<p>suggestions to increase chances...</p>

<p>-spend time on essays and make them unique, something that will make you stand out from thousands of others
-get recommendation letters from teachers that know you pretty well and think highly of you.</p>

<p>This is pretty standard advice, but it can really help you out lots. Good luck!
:)</p>

<p>You are obviously very talented. Your GPA will hurt you, but I think you can overcome it if you get outstanding letters of rec. from teachers and write a eloquent essay. Try for Yale EA, but I might also try for Columbia, Brown, and Stanford as they seem forgiving (in my opinion) if an applicant is truly talented. Good luck!</p>

<p>Thank you so much for all the advice!!!
Do you think it would better for me to apply for Yale RD and show a very good first semester?
Would that have a bigger chance of getting in?</p>

<p>It is hard to find anyone in NYC who has studied music and not played at those places, they are mostly playing for their parents.</p>

<p>Are you regestered with a tribe? If yes, that might save you. If no, maybe transfer because it won't happen now.</p>

<p>Oh, I thought it was such a big deal!!! Oh well.</p>