<p>Hey, I'm thinking about applying to Yale in a couple of years and I was wondering if some of you could analyze/give me and advice on how to increase my chances of acceptance. Thanks!</p>
<p>About me:
african-american/from Maryland/public school/rising junior
- I'm a legacy
- I'm probably going to be applying early action</p>
<p>ok so here goes:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.93/4.0 (UW) 4.46 (W)
PSAT: 220
AP: Government-took the class (5), Human Geography-Self Study (5), Psychology-Self Study (5)</p>
<p>Here are my clubs/Activities</p>
<p>Junior Statesmen of America (founder/president)
FBLA (MD State officer/school parliamentarian)
Drama (good roles and hopefully better now that i'm gonna be a junior)
Piano (student at Peabody & played for 9 years)
Band (first chair/wind ensemble - flute)
Philosophy club (founder/president)
Ecology Club (VP)
SGA (rep to the board of ed)
County student council (health/social issues coordinator)
Cure club (VP public affairs)
Young Democrats (founder/president- currently raising money for clinton)
Best Buddies</p>
<ul>
<li>Selected for a couple prestigious leadership programs in my county</li>
<li>passions lie within the arts (i do lots of art, plays, music)</li>
<li>did Summer@BrownUniversity this summer (3 week philosophy course)</li>
<li>teaching myself French & Spanish 3</li>
<li>starting research at Johns Hopkins in psychology this year</li>
<li>I'm a member of the Maryland Technology Honors Society</li>
<li>I founded a tutoring service (about 2 hours per week) plus some volunteer tutoring @ church on sundays</li>
</ul>
<p>Course schedule for junior year (most challenging year):
AP Bio
AP World Hist
AP environmental science
AP Calc AB
AP English
Spanish 4
Band</p>
<p>tons of fundraising/community service (it's ridiculous)</p>