Please...what are my chances at Yale, etc??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Do you think I would get in to these schools with my stats? </p>

<p>Colleges that I have applied to:
Yale(EA)
Princeton
Cornell
Georgetown
Davidson
Georgia Tech</p>

<p>My stats:
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Indian (Asian)
SATs: 800(m), 770(cr), 770(w)
SAT IIs: 800(math IIC), 770(physics), 750(Spanish), 710(us history)
GPA: 4.531 W
Rank: 6/450 in a public school in Atlanta, GA
Special program: International Baccalaureate diploma student---attending one of the best programs in the region
Course load: extremely hard…I have never taken a non IB/AP/honors course with the exception of health/PE
AP tests: AP Statistics, AP European History, AP World History, AP US History, AP Spanish, AP Microeconomics</p>

<p>Major: Applied Mathematics; most of my application and recs and stuffs shows a strong interest in math;</p>

<p>I can speak English, Spanish, and Telugu fluently...</p>

<p>ECS:
Red Cross Youth Group- president; Red Cross volunteer---this is a large part of my life…
Math Team- president; rank well in competitions…best in school
Science Olympiad- president; several medals each year
NHS- board member
Academic Bowl
Mock Trial
Student Government Representative
Anime Club</p>

<p>Awards:
-Honor Roll 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-Awards Night Recipient for mathematics 9th, 10th, and 11th Grade
-UGA Award for Excellence
-An AMC winner- 110
-Participant of Governor's Honors Program for Mathematics and other summer programs
-National merit semifinalist
-math competition foundation- invited to nationals
-a bunch of other math things</p>

<p>RECS:
One from my math teacher(it will be amazing b/c we are very close), one from my foreign lang teacher (same), and one from a Red Cross official (same); my counselor also really likes me so no problem here</p>

<p>Interviews: I am really good in person, so they will definitely help me (for example, in my Cornell interview, she basically told me that I would get in)</p>

<p>Thank you so much...</p>

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<p>why do you bother asking?</p>

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<p>because there is another person applying to Yale early from my school...and because i have the feeling that all my schools are reaches...and as i wait it just makes me more and more nervous....</p>

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<p>your getting into everything</p>

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<p>No, you are not getting into everything. You are a decent candidate but your extracurriculars are not "extraordinary." Math team and science olympiad are very common, as is community service. Good luck, you are certainly a very strong candidate, but people like you get rejected all the time. Don't want to rain on your parade but just letting you know that you should be willing to acknowledge a chance of rejection. Take a look at the Yale forum and click on "Yale 2010 EA results" and look at all the great people who were rejected. Moral of the story: you are highly qualified but not a guaranteed admit by any means, take a look at that thread...and then realize that you WILL end up somewhere good in the end.</p>

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<p>thank you so much for your honest reply...i am really trying to not focus on Yale as much anymore....</p>

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<p>A guy with a 2400 is suing Princeton saying they discriminate against Asians. Reading this board makes me think all bets are off for Asian candidates.</p>

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<p>yeah, even my counselor wasn't sure...sad no?</p>

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<p>anyone...please...</p>

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<p>I am a fellow Telugu speaker, and your stats own mine lol...(this is what playing games does to you).</p>

<p>I don't know if Yale are Princeton are in your league (reach?), but I think Cornell is probably a good match for you, as are all the other non-Ivy schools.</p>

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<p>I am a fellow Telugu speaker, and your stats own mine lol...(this is what playing games does to you).</p>

<p>I don't know if Yale or Princeton are guaranteed, but I think Cornell is probably a good match for you, as are all the other non-Ivy schools.</p>

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<p>anyone? please...</p>

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<p>ok..anyone?</p>

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<p>You have a great chance; your stats are amazing. Those schools are just so unpredictable.</p>

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<p>Just Yale and Princeton or the other ones too that are unpredictable?</p>

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<p>Yes even though your stats are very strong, they are only typical for HYP. Tons of people have 800s across the board, many are valedictorians, and practically all of them participate in at least one of math club, science olympiad, or MUN, and they are probably president of newspaper, student council yah da yah da yah da yah da. Your up against kids who have interned with the President of BMW, or went to SOuth Africa and was awarded by its governor- or w.e south africa has, and i wouldnt be surprised if a few Olympic hopefuls were thrown in there. And even they might not be accepted.
So all in all, you have a fair chance at HYP, they are very unpredictable. I defintiely won't give your hopes up, but just be prepared if they reject/defer you-- hopefully they wont!!</p>

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<p>Oh yes, and being Asian, I feel like I can say this, but a lot of the big schools that are looking for money sort restrain from accepting a lot of Asians, b/c Asians are considered stingy, therefore in the future, the colleges won't be receiving a lot of money from us, and they can't have that now can they?!</p>

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<p>Here's the secret formula of how you can find your OWN chances for the top schools. Get the same number of animal crackers for the number of colleges you are applying to. Name them. Put them all in a can. Draw a circle 12 inches in diameter on the floor. Throw the crackers from 10 feet.</p>

<p>Repeat until psychologically satisfied.</p>

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<p>You have a good shot everywhere - just make sure your "story" comes across in the app. Get great recs, write a superb essay and make sure the reader will know in 4 minutes what makes you a totally unique and excellent applicant.</p>

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<p>A ridiculous GPA and SATs, coupled with great math related ecs? I'd aim for community college at the highest, with vocational plumber training at Frank's Pluggers a match/safety. But seriously, obviously well qualified in terms of chances, only thing left to do is cross fingers, apply, and buy a bag of animal crackers (food for thought, do vegetarians eat animal crackers?). Sillyrabbit, as a fellow asian i will agree asians are stingier than Mr. Montgomery Burns, but your analysis seems a bit too freudian.</p>