Please brutally tell me my chances at Yale EA

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>STATS:</p>

<p>SAT: 680M, 690CR, 780W = 2150
i will take it again in the fall.</p>

<p>ACT: 30, 100% perfect score on English and essay
i will take it again in the fall.</p>

<p>SAT IIs: 690Biology, 590World History
i will take Biology again + Literature, U.S. History, and Math II and get over 600 on all </p>

<p>GPA: my greatest worry because i switched from a Catholic school to a public one and a lot of my classes and weighting were void and my GPA dropped like crazy. I also take a lot of college classes which my school doesn't weight but i don't know if Yale does? so i'd say 3.8UW, 4.2W as my best guess.</p>

<p>Rank: same situation! grr.. has to be about 30/600. if not i'm going to fight.</p>

<p>predicted AP scores: Biology 3-5, U.S. History 4-5, English Language 4-5</p>

<p>Senior year courseload: AP French, AP Calculus A-B, AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP Government, AP Economics, AP English Literature + Russian or higher level philosophy or psychology at junior college</p>

<p>Essays: they will be very good.
Teacher Recs: good and probably very good.
Counselor Rec: very good.
Hook (if any): my interests flow, obviously mirroring my interest in aiding Eastern Europe..and i'll say Russian Studies for my major</p>

<p>Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County
State or Country: California, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: half Turkish, half White American
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors:
- Harvard Summer School summer 2005: Intro to Modern Social Theory B+ and Politics and Social Policy in Post-Communist Russia B
- Only highschool Sophomore chosen to intern with the Harvard Crimson[daily newspaper]'s president summer 2005
- Started Model United Nations at my school beginning of junior year, so Secretary-General for junior and senior year. Advisor inactive so I do everything myself..sucks
- this summer I'll be writing for a newspaper in Moldova [poor country near Romania] for a month through a volunteer journalism program
- 3 years City Council Youth Commission - hopefully senior year i will be elected Chairman
- Several [junior] college classes, mostly A's and B+'s
- after AP's i'm planning on volunteering at an animal hospital</p>

<p>General Comments: I'd just like to know if you think I have a chance at getting in to Yale early and what would help me if I hardly have a chance right now? </p>

<p>thanks a billion times in advance</p>

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<p>Definitely stick with your plan to raise your standardized test scores.</p>

<p>Have you done any other volunteer work besides the newspaper? </p>

<p>Awards?</p>

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<p>National Merit Scholar i just received word of but other than that i don't have any important awards. I haven't had means to many great awards in my fields of interest, since I don't excel in math or science and MUN never existed at my school until I started it. I volunteer a lot but not consistently in a large organization. The city council counts as community service, though.</p>