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<p>I'm freaking out about other places so I'm interested in finding out how I would fare in the Yale RD applicant pool...</p>

<p>Possible Majors: Classics, Biology, Physics </p>

<p>Stats:
• SAT (Highs): CR: 760 , M: 780, W: 770
• SAT II: Latin: 750, World History: 730, Math II: 730, Math I: 720 (Weak, I know)
• ACT: N/A
• GPA: Weighted it's a 97/100. Not sure how to convert that to a 4.0 scale.
• Rank: Top 5%
• Other Tests: AP World History: 5, AP Calculus AB: 5, AP US History: 4</p>

<p>Subjective
• Essays: Should be pretty good
• Teacher Recs: See above
• Counselor Rec: See above
• Supplement Information (Y/N): None
• Interview: Obviously not yet
• Hook (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Is Classics a hook?</p>

<p>Personal
• Location: NJ
• High School Type: Independent, ~210 kids per grade
• Ethnicity: White
• Gender: Male
• Applied for Financial Aid: No</p>

<p>Other
• Extracurricular: Treasurer of National Honor Society (helped create/run revamped peer tutoring program), President of Classical Cultures Society (Treasurer two previous years), on executive board of State Classical Culture League, Latin Honor Society, Editor-in-Chief of literary magazine (Asst. Ed-in-Chief year prior), Witness in Mock Trial (Two years), member of anti-destructive decision group. All activities have more than two years of involvement, most are all four years. Programs over the summer: NYLF on Medicine, New York Film Academy Film Camp, Math Course.
• Awards: National Latin Exam Gold Medal (x3), Latin awards at state convention, Teamwork award for Literary magazine, First Honors every semester. </p>

<p>Suggestions on areas to improve would also be appreciated. </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>First read this:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/606005-please-chance-anxious-scea-r-preserve-my-sanity.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/606005-please-chance-anxious-scea-r-preserve-my-sanity.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Then read this:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/612440-omg-i-got-my-decision.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/yale-university/612440-omg-i-got-my-decision.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And know that there is NO WAY that any of us can predict how you will fare.</p>

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<p>^Eating food, you ruined my chance of torturing the poor guy.</p>

<p>Anyways, yeah decent shot because of Latin. Other stuff could use a bit of polish.</p>

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<p>Lol he didn't get rejected so don't worry about it. Dudemanimcool wasn't exactly telling the truth...</p>

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<p>i was wondering why that thread was deleted</p>

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<p>^ It probably got deleted because the guy made a post later on that he made it seem like a rejection when he really didn't definitely know, blah blah, that his post was misleading and basically all that he said about his "rejection" was just him jumping to conclusions. Crazy.</p>

<p>Aww, it shouldn't have gotten deleted, just locked at least. It was entertaining (at least I think so) after all.</p>

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<p>^^ It certainly sits as a fine example of how the admissions processs can push even the best of us across the fine line that exists between between genius and madness. I agree with Alyaa -- it was a classic internet moment.</p>

<p>OP: I'd say your work is done. Good luck with the process.</p>