<p>robinhood--My bet is a deferral during EA. It's always hard to tell how strong someone's EC's are from a quick post. If his community service has involved lots of leadership and initiative and if his science awards are truly impressive, his chances improve. I think the paramedic thing could be quite interesting, depending on how long/in what capacity he did this. If his EC's are impressive in the absolute (which they are) but in the ordinary range relative to admitted students, being outside the top 5% will hurt. How large is his class? If he's top 5% in a class of 600, it's different than top 5% in a class of 200. As you know, his test score are on the low side for Yale. Best analysis of chances will come from your school's scattergrams.</p>
<p>Deferral..... hmmm then may be we sud look at something else!</p>
<p>He has congressinal award gold. that requires lot of leadership like presenting his reserach paper etc. he has become leiutenant for EMT paarmedic this yr. he goes on the EMT truck for emergency calls. he just loves to do that.he has tons of hours from EMT.
he has become captain for his sports team also.
his class size is abt 350, not too big.
BTW what is scattergrams? is this soemthig I should ask his guidance counselor abt?</p>
<p>If Yale is still the first choice there's no reason not to apply EA. It looks like he's got the stats to apply, it's just that for most kids the odds are not that great. I figured my son had a 1 in 4 chance of getting into MIT apllying EA vs 1 in 8 chance applying only regular action. He got deferred then rejected, but the odds were better all the same.</p>
<p>Scattergrams are graphs that show the the admissions results by college for students from your high school based on SAT and GPA. While they don't address those crucial extracurriculars, they give you some idea how people with your GPA and SATs have fared.</p>
<p>Agree with mathmom that your son should apply EA to Yale if it's his first choice. If I were in his position and I only applied RD and was rejected, I'd always wonder what would have happened if I'd applied EA (deferred EA applicants are accepted at a higher rate than RD applicants). Ditto if I were accepted ED somewhere else and never got to find out if I could have gotten into Yale. Don't game things too much out of fear. </p>
<p>Finally, you might want to check out the results thread from this past year's applicants over at the Yale board. Kids post pretty detailed profiles and you can see what their results were. If you were surprised by my saying that I think your son will be deferred, you'll have a better idea why I said that once you see this thread. He might get in EA, but chances are slim for almost everyone.</p>
<p>robinhood- As an addition to AdmissionsAddict's great advice, it's possible to apply early to Yale and other schools. Colleges with rolling admissions would be a good place to look.</p>
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You may apply to another college's early notification program under certain conditions. First, you may apply to a public university's "rolling" admission program if the program is non-binding (meaning that you have until May 1 to respond). Second, you may apply to a college with an early deadline for scholarship awards, but only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1. Finally, you may apply to another college's "Round 2 Early Decision" program, but only if notification is after January 1. If you are admitted through another college's "Round 2 Early Decision" program, you must withdraw your application from Yale.
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