Hypothetically, if I were to apply- what are my chances?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>So I'm looking into colleges, and never had I dreamed to apply to an ivy league. I visited the campus and immediatley fell in love with the enviornment and the zeal and hardworking demeanor of the people that go here(Harvard was beautiful too). I think I have pretty good ec(check out my other post about harvard, I have all my stats there as well. Yes, I am looking into harvard as well.) The only thing I'm worried about is my freshman gpa. I ended with a 3.2 cum. that year(oops). I was kind of 14, an idiot, and rebelling the school system because I thought I was so cool. ended up biting me in the ass.
ANYWAYS, I picked up my grades A LOT after that horrific year- here are my academic stats</p>

<p>sophmore year courses- AP World, AP spanish, AP biology, hon. english, journalism(editor-in chief), and precalculus(strait A's)-4.5 gpa W, 4.0 UW
Junior Year( this year)- APUSH, AP Spanish 5(lit), AP enviornmental science, AP psychology, AP English, journalism- editor in chief(self studied AP STATS- I'm not much of a math person)- 4.8 UW, 4 w.
SAT: 2350, AP tests were all 5's and 2 4's</p>

<p>course for next year is: AP Brit. Literature, AP english language and composition, AP psychology, AP euro, took my luck and did the most subject I hated because I needed my physical science credits and took AP chem(worked SO HARD to get an A), and journalism(editor-in-chief.) </p>

<p>Here are my ec's-
"EC- Chess team captain(I started it and am the only girl on my team), Writers Club President, Disability Advocation club Founder and president, and I founded and am captain of our school's ethics bowl team(led my team to nationals), and president of school's philosohpy club
Out of school- I have my own non-profit that works with disabled children and is now international, Presidents service award, prudential spirit of community, been honoree for many local charities and galas, went to youth assembly of UN to campaign/talk about disability rights, sent letters state rep to include hearing aids in health insurance
State chess champion, 5th national, going to world next year- Advocate for women in chess, had one of highest ratings in country
written 2 philosophy papers(on eptomology and religion)- applying for Devidson Fellows Scholorship, started school ethics bowl,
Scholastics arts and writing awards(silver one year, and gold another), young arts, many writing awards, selfpublished one book freshman year and currently have a literary agent to help publish my novel, have my own local organization where me and my partner teach free creative writing courses at local schools and host writing competitions and young author competitions cause our district stopped that"</p>

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<li>clarifying that I am not 5th in national, I just went to a national tournament and got 5th place. My rating is around 1600(dropped a ton).
So yeah. </li>
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<p>You caught my attention with the Prudential Spirit of Community award. What level recognition did you get?</p>

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<p>Some colleges disregard an applicant’s freshman year; Yale is not one of them though. </p>

<p>FWIW: It’s impossible to predict anyone’s chances even without a down freshman year, so admissions will be looking to your guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), your teachers recommendations and your essays to let them know (a) your potential as a scholar, (b) the rigor of your course load, © how you have done in relation to other college bound students at your school, (d) how you have matured since freshman year, and (e) your “character” – that’s an old fashioned word that means the way you develop your inner qualities: intellectual passion, maturity, social conscience, concern for community, tolerance, inclusiveness and love of learning. Given that there are so many other variables beyond GPA, test scores and EC’s, it’s always best to NOT fall in love with a college, as there are just so many subjective factors that come into play. You would be best served by casting a wide net.</p>

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<p>@gibby‌ Im just wondering- just if I should spend the $75 app money and if it’s worth my time. I’m also applying to berkely, georgetown, USC, UC’s and like a couple more I have a good chance at and some safety’s too. But thank you for you’re respons!</p>

<p>@AntiDeweyring‌ mhm…lol. </p>

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<p>If your test scores are within a colleges range – and yours are for Yale and all selective colleges – then you are a competitive applicant. Although many top colleges receive 25,000 applications, my guess is that anywhere from 50% to 80% of them will also be competitive applicants – so you will have lots of company no matter where you apply. Unless you qualify for a fee waiver, you will have to narrow down your list of colleges some other way and pay the application fees to find out your chances. Best of luck to you!</p>

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<p>@gibby thank you for your advice!</p>