No one from my school has ever applied: does this help or hurt?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>According to my counselor, no one in the history of my school has ever applied to Yale. A few years ago, a girl got into Harvard and I think they've had one Princeton. Every year, a half dozen kids apply to Columbia but we've never got an acceptance (We're just 2 hours upstate in New York, so a lot of kids want to go to the city). A few each year go to Cornell and Boston C, but other than that, most students are happy to go to SUNYs (public schools).</p>

<p>Anyway, if no one's EVER even applied to Yale, what does this mean for me? Haha, it's obviously too late to change anything in my application or whatever, but I'm just curious.</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>My son is a Yale student who applied from a start-up high school. So yes, Yale will take students from unknown high schools. It will be important for your high school to have an informative profile – that’s a document that most high schools include with each transcript sent as part of an application. The profile provides information about the high school’s curriculum and grading policies. It gives colleges an idea of the kinds of opportunities you have had and how you have performed relative to your peers.</p>

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<p>Did a Yale rep visit your school?</p>

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<p>@wjb: well, I guess all I can hope for is that my counselor did a good job on the SSR… She has about 400 students assigned to her - probably 80-100 who are applying to college - so she can’t spend much time on each report. Ah well.</p>

<p>@Hunt: I actually laughed when I read your post. Let’s just say…nah, no one from Yale would ever visit my high school!</p>

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<p>No Yale rep ever visited my son’s school, either. There were only 20-ish kids in his entire graduating class.</p>

<p>Natalie – I’m not talking about the SSR. I’m talking about the Profile, which is a separate document.</p>

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<p>yeahh each school ususally has a profile that explains stuff about the high school such as how many aps are offered, average sat scores within the school, percentage of kids going to college, and sometimes even what schools kids have been accepted to. If yale gets that it may help possibly.</p>

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<p>Here’s a link to a piece on the College Board website that outlines the elements of a good high school profile:</p>

<p>[Creating</a> Your School Profile](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/counseling/profile]Creating”>School Profiles – Counselors | College Board)</p>

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<p>Admissions officers sometimes call the guidance offices of high schools that are unfamiliar to them so they can get a better sense of the school. Admissions really tries to put candidates in context.</p>

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<p>Natalieisbored, </p>

<p>Although I have no idea who you are, I am certain that you go to my school. I just can’t pinpoint the name natalieisbored! Anyway, our school has a semi-decent profile. My lovely guidance counselor showed it to me when she made me fill out those interview forms. It’s pretty inclusive.</p>