<p>so has anyone themselves gotten a C, or multiple C's, and still get accepted? or known anyone?
...without the help of sports.
whats the lowest SAT score you guys ever heard?
i'm really curious, since everyone gets so upset over a B, is it officially hopeless if you're not inclined in sports and still have one or more C's.
do you think yale likes to see improvement? like say if you screwed up your freshman and sophomore year, but get straight A's the rest of the year, (also volunteering, EC's, etc.)
i have all A's, but haven't done any of the vol. + EC's yet. </p>
<p>thanks if anyone answers...haha.
or, if this question has been asked before, can anyone give me the link?</p>
<p>I know someone who got into Yale EA with an SAT score that was below 2100 (I think? My guidance counselor said it was really low for Yale and similar to mine -2070- but she begs to differ… sort of indirectly she’s never told me an exact score). However, she was in the top 2% or 3% of her class, won some prestigious research awards, and a great writer.</p>
<p>I consistently got a B-/C+ every quarter junior year in honors pre cal.</p>
<p>I know someone who got in with 1900 odd… That really does explain the holistic review. 
SATs don’t really say it all.</p>
<p>@bluecoast But were they your only grades less than A’s? And how would you rate the quality of your ECs?</p>
<p>I had other Bs including this year in physics and english. My spanish grade throughout my high school career bounced back and forth between a B and A-</p>
<p>As far as ECs none were spectacular and the one I played up the most was holding a part time job since I was 14, often working 30 hours a week during the school year. Maybe the liked my whole ‘working boy’ look.</p>
<p>Bump. I’m really curious about this topic!</p>
<p>ummmm…C’s as final grade or C’s during the marking period? I barely scraped a B- in Calc last year and got in w/ ECs that aren’ going to stand out THAT much in the applicant pool, haven’t had a’s in math since high school (all B’s, gave up and didn’t take math this year:) and my science grades have been B+'s since sophomore year…
and no, not athletic
SAT’s just over 2300, decent recs, I thought my essays and interview were pretty phenomenal…but then again, I can’t really judge can I? ;)</p>
<p>I got a C+ freshman year for Geometry (year end grade), and all the rest were Bs (including some B-s), but I turned myself around and got almost all As sophomore year and all As junior year and As first semester of senior year.</p>
<p>So pretty much your chances don’t descend too rapidly due to low freshman grades. I think it might have helped me a tad, due to the fact that I was suddenly more motivated and driven (which corresponded a lot with what I was doing extracurricular). </p>
<p>I think also they might have been amused that I got a C+ in geometry when I am currently taking Differential Geometry, an upper level (junior-senior) college math course (comes after MV Calc and Linear Algebra and, usually, Real Analysis). Perhaps the humor in that got their attention :P</p>
<p>I got a C+ my freshman and sophomore year, in AP Bio and AP Euro respectively. I know, I know, it’s a freaking miracle. I applied not expecting much other than a flat-out rejection, but I was deferred SCEA and then accepted! I was shell-shocked.</p>
<p>Honestly though, I really do believe it just came down to choosing random people from a pile of qualified applicants. How else would you explain ME? I mean, my ECs were decent and I’m a pretty good athlete, but I didn’t have any national awards or save a small country or anything like that. So what I would advise is- apply. You’ll never know if you never apply!</p>
<p>Bump…I want to keep this at the top! It reminds me of what little hope there is. :]</p>