I Want Yale.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Thanks for acknowledging my desperate plea for help!</p>

<p>I'm a black female from Auburn, Alabama (Go Tigers!), and as the title of the thread shows, I WANT YALE.</p>

<p>Any feedback is appreciated!</p>

<p>STATS
-GPA: 3.98W, 5 APs so far & 5 more senior year, rank in top 10%
-Composite ACT: 31
-New SAT:1980 (Ew.), I'm taking it again in October & shooting for at least a 2100.
-SAT IIs: No clue yet probably high 600s, low 700s...it was a bad day. They'll be retaken too.</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
-Student Council: 9,10,11,12
-Freshmen Class Co-President, Junior Class Vice President, Senior Class Parliamentarian
-Spanish Club: 11 (Secretary),12 (President)
-Auburn High School Choral Company: 9,10 (Librarian),11 (Vice President),12(possibly President??)
-Auburn High School Varsity Singers Show Choir: 10,11,12 (choreographer)
-Key Club: 9,11,12
-Government Club: 9,10,12
-Multicultural Club: 11 (helped organize a program dedicated to African American influence in the arts), 12
-Auburn High School Tiger Ambassador: 12
-East Alabama Medical Center Teenage Volunteer: 11,12
-Catholic Church Youth Group (volunteer, cantor, music teacher): 7 years
-hip hop dance classes: 5 years</p>

<p>HONORS
-National Honor Society: 11,12
-Spanish Honor Society: 10,11 (Vice President),12(possibly VP again)
-English Honor Society: 11,12
-Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society): 10,11,12</p>

<p>AWARDS
-Telluride Association Finalist and Summer Program Attendee 2005
-Ventures Scholar
-National Society of High School Scholars (Eh.)
-recognition from National Merit (probably commended) and National Semifinalist (probably semifinalist) Scholarship Programs
-"Superior" Award in Auburn University's Jazz Festival Solo Competition 2004
-invited & accepted to attend the Junior Statesmen Summer School at YALE 2005 (don't know if that counts for anything...doubt it)</p>

<p>I'm applying to Princeton (I have a brother there), U Penn, Cornell, Emory, and Swarthmore in addition to Yale EA, so any comments on my chances at these schools and any ideas for safeties & matches would be GREATLY appreciated. </p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>I want Yale, too! Btw don't say Go Tigers! on campus. You may be subject to having foreign objects thrown at you.</p>

<p>You have great leadership. It looks like that's your highlight contribution. You know what to do to make yourself a solid applicant, though: work on the scores. With them, you'd have a great shot everwhere you mentioned. Plus, Swarthmore and other LAC's (have you considered Amherst and Williams? Why Swarthmore?) will look past the scores and see an ambitious leader who has drive and spirit.</p>

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<p>I thought it was Go War Eagles? =)..</p>

<p>Anyways, you have a solid shot at Yale, but remember, it is a lottery for all. Try to get that SAT up to about 2200. What is your exact rank? If it's on the upper end of the top 10%.. then.. that's preferable for you.</p>

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<p>Hmm, if you're a TASP attendee, shouldn't you be at the program right now?</p>

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<p>haha...I am at TASP right now. I'm at the University of Michigan session studying "Music of the Everyday."
I couldn't get to sleep (no air conditioning in our house! ACK!!) late last night/early this morning so I decided to get on CC! </p>

<p>Thank you all so much for your comments!!</p>

<p>Oh, and tlaktan, "War Eagle" is part of the Auburn fight song, but we are tigers. Yea...it doesn't make a lot of sense.</p>

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<p>Yeah i figured you were there, I was just wondering why you wouldn't be like:
TASP attendee (thats where I am right now :) )</p>

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<p>read here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=10897%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=10897&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>it's a moderate/large reach. princeton might give you a better shot because of your brother, but I dunno. I have a sibling there as well. Apparently they like to take siblings.</p>