<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 740 CR, 800 M, 660 W (2200)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 770 Physics, 760 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 (unweighted)
[<em>] Rank: 1/450
[</em>] ACT: Didn't take
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 9 AP classes (4 last year and 5 this year) I score all fives last year.
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 5 APs and 1 independent study calc-physics
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): State awards in 2 clubs (math and fbla)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Key Club, Math team, knowledge bowl, track, fbla, church, and volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 summer jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One is a "Success Essay," which my Eng teacher said was great, and another was on Key Club, which i edited myself.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Spanish Teacher: AMAZING!!! (I owe part of my acceptance to her); Physics Teacher: Very Good!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Good!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Starbucks; all I have to say is that I LOVE interviews (so MUCH better than essays)
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): umm... State level position in Key Club; and immigrant.... but I don't think these are hooks.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): umm...
[<em>] Strengths: E/Cs, GPA, Recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT I score
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I honestly think that the recs are what got me in. Basically all of my recs said that I was one of the best students of their careers.[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I met the regional rep at my school and I contacted her a few times over email.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am EXTREMELY happy!!! My advice for RD people would be to work hard on your subjective parts of your app. Yale isn't likely going to care if you increased your SAT score by 50 points, so spend that time completing the app, rather than waiting til the last minute.</p>