<p>Ya, basically I just visited Yale and Stanford and decided that I am absolutely applying to Yale SCEA. Now the trick is kinda getting in = D. With my stats and stuff below...how do my aspects look?!?</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (UW) and 4.1 (W)
Rank: 1/327
ACT: 35
SAT: 2340-----800 CR, 780 W, 760 M (Only took test one time)
SAT 2: Taking in Oct.. will probably get 750+ on them all though
Race: White (Serbian)
State of Residency: NE
Recs: Glowing (according to teacher best hes every written)
Desired Major/Minor- Bio/Econ</p>
<p>Main School ECs:
FBLA (9-12) Historian and Treasurer
SADD(9-12) Class Rep for 3 years and VP Senior year
Science Club (11-12) President and Founder
AcDec (10-12) Captain for 2 years
Olympus Club (9-12) Actice Member
NHS (11-12) Member (I hate elections = D)</p>
<p>Community Service:
Red Cross--350 hours
Sunday School Teacher for 2nd and 3rd Graders---300 hours
American Cancer Society-----100 hours
Volunteered at Local Congressman's Office----200 hours</p>
<p>Sports-
Did Cross Country for 2 years but was only an average runner...no awards or anything</p>
<p>Awards:
1st Place in Cell Bio and 3rd in Health Science at State Science Olympiad
1st in Health Science and 3rd in Dynamic Planet at NE regional Science Olympiad
1st in Health Science and 3rd in Disease Detectives at NE Regional Science Olympiad
1st in State Econ Challenge...flew to Houston for free and got 5th Place in Midwest
1st in State Microeconomics at Econ Challenge
2nd in State Finance Challenge 2008
3rd in State Finance Challenge 2007
3rd in Regional Economics Challenge
4th in state at Cyber Security Competition
Friend of Alexander Hamilton Merit Award Winner
President's Gold Volunteer Award
Represented my HS at NE State Leadership Seminar
Local Radio Station and News Station's volunteer of the year award
At least commended for National Merit
Won Like 20 regional AcDec Awards (was a top scorer at all of the competitions we were at)
Nominated for NCTE competition...but I dont think I won or anything
Won a couple of Quiz Bowls
Won like 3rd and 4th in state at various "Knowledge Master" competitions</p>
<p>Work Experience:</p>
<p>Working as a paid research intern with a doctor at my local med center
Worked a paper route for 7 years</p>
<p>Other notes: School is in rural NE. We have nvr had a student do stuff life Siemens and Intel or USABO or such. In fact, I brought USABO and USAMO to our school this year. My counselor said she was going to say I was one of the most involved students shes ever had.</p>
<p>Btw...if anyone wants to tell me if my main common app essay is on par with Yale, I'd appreciate it..just PM me!</p>
<p>heheh, I’m kind of in the same boat: rural area, small school, I was the first student to do Intel, etc.</p>
<p>Now back to the point: you have a great chance. Your GPA and scores are, of course, spotless. Just make sure in your ECs and essays, you show focus (which is bio, i assume) because just judging from your post, the ECs and awards are a bit eclectic and most are neither very major nor attention-grabbing. </p>
<p>I’m a little confused about your USAMO, USABO comment…if you qualified or got a semi-finalist/finalist spot on them respectively, that would raise your chances by a huge factor!</p>
<p>Good luck fellow 2014 SCEA! I’m helplessly enamored with Yale too :)</p>
<p>You’ve got solid chances. I’d say a rejection is highly unlikely and that a deferral is most likely. An acceptance SCEA is not out of the question.</p>
<p>Sorry, I should clarify a few things. Firstly, through my schools science club that I founded, I scheduled USABO and USAMO tests this year for our school…so ya probably cant put those on my resume cuz it would be too late if I did do well in them. Additionally, while I did do research, I don’t think I will submit to siemens or intel. Actually, I only learned about these competitions thru CC. </p>
<p>Also, ya my awards are kinda all over the place (hopefully economics and science are the two dominant “award” times that I have though). Should I omit some that arent focused on those areas?</p>
<p>all the USAxO’s are extremely recognized - even a semifinalist spot would indeed help, although i’m not sure to what extent exactly</p>
<p>but then you would have to make the trade-off between the advantages of applying SCEA and <em>possibly</em> qualifying for an olympiad and then applying RD</p>
<p>Well, of course it would help you, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t apply now. I received a 50K award after I was accepted to Yale (applied SCEA). Of course that would have helped had I applied later, but the admissions office clearly didn’t need it to make a decision. I think you should apply SCEA to “show your dedication”; considering your other activities, I don’t think USABO would be the deciding factor.</p>