My Chances?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>White Female in rural NC
Upper middle class income
I go to one of the top public (charter) schools in the state</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 3.9947 (a 95 in AP Studio Art!) Weighted:5.0585
Class Rank: 1/71
15 AP Classes (0-2-5-8)
2390 SAT (800-790-800)
Subject Tests: Math II 800, US History 780, Bio-E 760
AP Scores: 4 Calc AB, 5 Euro, 5 Bio, 5 Lang, 5 Calc BC (5 AB subscore), 5 APUSH, 4 Studio Art (2D Design)</p>

<p>Grade 9:
Honors Geometry
Honors Pre-Calc
Honors Biology
Honors Eng I
Honors World History
Latin I</p>

<p>Awards: Latin I Award, Biology Award, History Award, Perfect Attendance</p>

<p>Grade 10:
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
Art History
Honors Chem
Honors Eng II
Latin II</p>

<p>Awards: Latin II Award, History Award, Art History Award, Highest GPA</p>

<p>Grade 11:
AP Bio
AP Calc BC
AP Studio Art
APUSH
AP Lang
Honors Logic II
Honors Latin III
Honors Orchestra III</p>

<p>Awards: AP Bio award, Calc BC award, History Award, Research Paper award, Latin III award, Scholar-Athlete award, Highest GPA, Renssaeler Medal, Junior Honor Marshall, Wofford Scholar, Furman Scholar</p>

<p>Grade 12:
AP Enviro
AP Human Geo
AP Macro
AP Music Theory
AP Stat
AP US Gov
AP Lit
AP Vergil
Honors Rhetoric</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>NHS-10-12
Beta Club- 11 and 12
Student Council- 11 and 12
Soccer- 9 and 10 (Academic All-Conference and scored a goal in our playoff game :) )
Swimming- 9 and 10 (placed 2nd and 3rd in events in County Championships, qualified for regionals and states)
Cross Country- 11 and 12 (qualified for conference and regionals)
Academic Team- grade 9 (I made the varsity team but didn't have time for it after that year!)
Youth Group (Mission trips after grades 10 and 11 to Charleston and Mobile)
Tutor (Latin, Math, History grades 10-12)</p>

<p>Piano Teacher to Children (Paid) Grades 11 and 12</p>

<p>Head Church Pianist/Organist/Accompanist at my Catholic Church (4 hours a week, every week! Grades 9-12)</p>

<p>Orchestra- Concertmaster/ 2nd Chair First Violin and occasional piano accompanist/ chamber group member</p>

<p>Guest (piano) Performer at Cecilia Music Club</p>

<p>Foothills Music Festival annual Master Class performer (9-12)</p>

<p>Interlochen! - attended before grades 10 and 12 for classical piano, 6 weeks</p>

<p>I'm trying to play up my music because it is such a big part of my life, and my Common App essay will be about my past experience at Interlochen. Other than Yale, I'm considering Dartmouth, Harvard, and Princeton. Thank you in advance! :)</p>

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<p>bump this?</p>

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<p>You’re a strong applicant who can get in almost anywhere, with the possible exception of some of the schools on your list. I’m thinking you’re a probable yes at Dartmouth and a definite maybe at HYP. A key factor in your application is likely to be the strength of the case you make for your music, and the music/sports combo is good. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>For the sake of college admissions, but, more importantly, for the quality of your future life, my advice would be to watch out for perfectionism. (Taking your weighted and unweighted GPA to the fourth decimal point is but one indication). You don’t want to channel Paris Geller from Gilmore Girls… perfectionistic to the point of rigidity. </p>

<p>But, given that we all have to be one way or another, and that being a perfectionist is far from the worst thing in the world… my advice? Show that you have a personality and a soul in your essays. Write about what you really love, and not about what you think that they want to hear.</p>

<p>I wish you the best of luck. You’re obviously a good kid who has worked very hard to do well in school, and you’ve succeeded at that. Most of all, I hope that you end up at a place that is a good match for who you are as a human being.</p>

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<p>Oh wow, your stats are amazing!!! But i’m curious about your location. When you said rural NC did you mean North Carolina or Northern California, because the location information below your name says you are from Los Angeles, California. And I am pretty sure Los Angeles is in Southern California. Sorry if i put you on the spot, but I am just curious. Hahaha.</p>

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<p>I hope that I showed personality and soul in my essays, because Yale is definitely now my top-choice school! I ended up changing one to be about a childhood friend who molded who I am today. And it is north Carolina- in a (somewhat ill thought-out) plan to remain anonymous. Except I said in posts that I’m from north Carolina… Yes, not well thought-out for my usual perfectionism :)</p>

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<p>LOL. Yeah i guessed as much. I considered doing the same thing actually but I just left my location blank…i hope. But i think you have a great chance, just keep working on your essays and it will be all good! I hope the best for you, good luck!!! :)</p>

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<p>You have great stats and will get into great schools. Even so, you may not get into all the schools on your list, so you need to have matches and safeties as well.</p>

<p>You should seriously consider a music supplement if your piano playing is at a high level–probably the case since you’ve been at Interlochen.</p>