my chances at Yale RD???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>my dad<code>s a yale college alum
i</code>m asian american (father is chinese, mother is korean)
i`m fluent in korean and spanish, can speak chinese, and am learning russian

my stats:

NEW SAT: 2200 (v 720, m 760, w 720) SAT II Writing: 770 SAT II Math IIC: 800 SAT II US History: 780 SAT II Spanish: 750

AP Scores:

US History: 5 Calculus AB: 4 English: 5 Spanish: 4

GPA: 3.96 *unweighted - my school doesnt weight / rank

Courses (very challenging ones)

9th: all honors 10th: all honors, Spanish 5 independent Study 11th: ap english, ap calc, ap us, ap spanish, physics honors 12th: ap govt, ap euro, ap lit, ap calc bc, russian I, psychology

also i am a year young for my grade, if that helps at all (?) i doubt it though.

Honors / Awards

High Honor Roll – (9th, 10th, 11th) Tennis Player’s Choice Award (10th) National Student Leadership Conference (10th) National Honor Society (11th) New York Museum of Jewish Heritage Essay Contest – Honorable Mention (11th) Fairfield University Book Award (11th) National Merit Scholarship Commended Student (11th) Excellence in Spanish Language Award (9th)

Activities

Sports

Junior Varsity Tennis team (9th – 11th) Walter Schalk School of Dance (9th – 10th)

School

Spanish Honor Society Adviser (12th) International Club – Activities Chairman, Vice President (9th – 11th) Key Club member (9th – 11th) Literary Magazine writer (9th – 11th) Model United Nations delegate (9th – 11th) National Honor Society – Vice President (11th) Spanish Tutor (11th)

Community

Queens Presbyterian Church – Korean teacher (9th – 11th)
Queens Presbyterian Church – volunteer translator (9th – 11th)
Youth Group Praise Band member (9th – 11th)
Youth Group Officer (9th - 11th)
Wilton Teen Center Governing Board – 2006 Grade Representative (9th – 11th)
Chinese Lessons (10th-11th)
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanities (10th)
Stepping Stones Children’s Museum volunteer (11th)
Committee of 100 – volunteer intern (9th – 11th) : 2 years worth of research on Most Influential Asian Americans of the 21st century (I`m planning on attaching an extract of my research)</p>

<p>Work Experience</p>

<p>Volunteer at Committee of 100 Gala in Washington D.C. (11th)
English teacher in Seoul, Korea (9th)
Korean tutor (11th)</p>

<p>Summer Programs:</p>

<p>Choate Rosemary Hall Exchange Program to China (11th)
National Student Leadership Conference in International Diplomacy (10th)</p>

<p>hmm, so what do you think my chances are for early action?
oh and if anyone would be willing, maybe students now attending harvard, to look over my essays and short answer i would really really appreciate it. </p>

<p>btw. i`m continuing in my senior year with all of the activities listed above. and the committee of 100 is a nationall recognized Chinese-American organization. there are a lot of prominent members in the committee including Maya Lin and Lisa Ling.</p>

<p>essay: diversity topic on the common app and supplemental one is about why I want to go to Yale.</p>

<p>well thank you guys for you time!</p>

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<p>Yup, you look like the scary over-achieving type to me.</p>

<p>That's a good thing. :)</p>

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<p>yeah, I think you're in--legacy helps a lot even if people say they don't. Do you go to Choate?</p>

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<p>Choate.....ugh</p>

<p>I go to Naugatuck High School and the very mention of that name brings back memories from debating them.....they with the pompous attitude and sweater vests.</p>

<p>Not saying you are...</p>

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<p>^ i don`t go to choate.
just did the summer program through the school.</p>

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<p>That's fine. I wasn't even directing that at you in particular;I was just commenting.</p>

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<p>^ i see i see =)</p>