<p>I have yet to take the SAT...my GPA is 3.9 and class rank is #11 out of 1161 students, graduated with high honors. I'm also a member of the National Honor Roll. I have been a professional tennis player for 4 years, travelling the world and competing in Grand Slams and various professional tennis tournaments. I thought this may help me get in, and be a unique essay topic. What do you think my chances are? What SAT scores would I need to aim for? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Vandy*hopeful,
I think you have solid chances based on your current stats. Practice well for SATs though. I would recommend enrolling in Kaplan. From what my S tells me, these classes are very helful in regards to making you "test-wise" and in time-saving techniques.</p>
<p>I do know that a valedictorian from his school got in EA at Yale with ~2200 SAT scores. Girls are generally better at the Writing section than boys and often get better total scores in SAT, I think.</p>
<p>National Honor Roll is pretty much a joke, so that's not saying much. Some more stats would help people to evaluate your chance more thoroughly, because the description you give about yourself is pretty vague and "normal."</p>
<p>Ah! Tennis!</p>
<p>Since you've already gone pro there is no chance you can play NCAA? I think it will still help a lot and will be great for an essay but it would've been great if you could use that talent to become recruited. Still, I know someone who played pro tennis that went to Yale and I think that is something that helped him get in when he applied.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice!!</p>
<p>If you can get recruited, with good grades and rank like yours, you're in. Great athletes with much lesser grades than yours get in easily.</p>