<p>How big of a boost does my double legacy to Yale give me? My parents aren't particularly influential though, and never donated more than 1k a year, so I am not really sure that much.</p>
<p>I'm quite sure I am at least "qualified" to have a shot at Yale; 3.9 GPA, 2310 SATs, most rigorous academic workload and heavily accelerated math schedule with lots of independent studies and also physics stuff, state level indoor track, tennis, violin, math, as well as a variety of leadership from concertmaster to math team captain to class vice president where I have been heavily involved. bunch of other ECs that I have been fairly involved as well. And a job as a sales associate. I'm pretty sure my two recommendations are going to be great (they think i'm brilliant, helpful, one of them thinks i'm charismatic). </p>
<p>On the other hand, I am having a lot of difficulty with my college essay, I don't really know what my relationship with my guidance counselor is other than she thinks i'm very smart, and i didn't earn too many awards beyond stuff like NMS, AP scholar with distinc, a few Latin things here and there. Not even many school level awards (academically there was always someone better than me at something to get class awards, idk why I never got some other ones). My difficulty with a good college essay is particularly worrying for me right now, and it would destress me a lot more if I knew that a double legacy would at least help me somewhat.</p>
<p>I might also put down not needing financial, if that is a factor as well.</p>
<p>as for the double legacy, you can never really know. one of my good friends applied to yale SCEA last year. he was a double legacy and his parents had been doing interviews and other admissions things for the last 10 years (to help pave the way a bit). he was an amazing student, a fantastic athlete, and an extraordinary musician (that was his hook). (he was half asian btw)</p>
<p>he got outright rejected in the SCEA round. in the end he got a full ride to cornell (academic scholarship) which is absolutely fantastic, obviously!!! but double legacy didn’t really help him out. he loves cornell, btw.</p>
<p>sorry if that was discouraging; obviously every applicant is different and every year the applicant pool changes !! i just had a similar story for your question.</p>
<p>^ Correct. No Ivy League school awards financial merit on any basis other than need.</p>
<p>sanguinity, as it stands, I think you stand a strong chance at Yale. Though legacy is only a tip, you are where you need to be in order to truly benefit from that tip. To put it bluntly, though: **** happens. Even though I would be surprised if you were flat-out rejected, don’t forget at the same time that it’s Yale, and you really can never know what they’re looking for. My ultimate suggestion is to have a cautious approach, as there are few worse things than being rejected from a school you thought you would get into.</p>
<p>oh shoot i’m so sorry; i didn’t know that !! i just know he got a full ride. i’m not sure if it was FA-related though.</p>
<p>you have great stats though, and i would be very surprised if you were flat out rejected.</p>
<p>i just discovered that a very big handful of people at my school are doing scea yale (holding out for harvard i think); i’m just glad no one’s doing ED brown :D</p>
<p>best of luck!! you are definitely qualified.</p>
<p>azwethinkweiz, you mean your friend whose parents were Yale graduates and have been doing interview and other stuff actually require full FA from Cornell. I find that hard to believe.</p>
<p>I get the impression that azwethinkweiz wants the OP to opt out of applying to Yale, perhaps because he too will apply.</p>
<p>The lie about the full ride at Cornell and the nonsensical comment about skipping Yale SCEA to “hold out for Harvard” (when SCEA is non-binding) are suspicious…</p>