<p>lol that's great mj23</p>
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With the Oxford Cleric, a young man came,
A student, Blank Blank his name.
Applying to Duke with nerves of jello,
He hoped to be a future class fellow.
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<p>Sure, why not? I applied to Yale on a whim (though would really consider going...if...) and haven't posted on these boards in a while...</p>
<p>Location: Texas
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Asian-American</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 3/500ish
SAT scores: 2360
Math:790
Verbal:770
Writing:800
Legacy?: No
Any Hooks?: Nope</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot:
Dream Vacation spot: Asteroid B-162
Fav sport: Basketball
Fav musician: Pretty fickle with music tastes - maybe Miles Davis?
Fav Music genre: Rock and most of its subgenres.
Fav class: Meh, they are all pretty awesome, 'cept Stat</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Math/Physics; though at Yale, probably philosophy...
Future goals: If Yale, I might think about going gung-ho, growing yellow hair and attending Law School</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): Better off looking for Asteroid B-162
Other comments on Yale: Visited over the summer: was very impressed.</p>
<p>Location: Small town Missouri
Sex: Female
Ethnicitiy: White</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 1/173
ACT composite score - 32
Math - 35
English - 32
Reading - 33
Science - 31
Legacy?: No
Any Hooks?: No</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: New York City
Dream Vacation spot: Europe
Fav sport: Running
Fav musician: Too many to choose from
Fav Music genre: Rock, Pop
Fav class: Math</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Math
Future goals: Undecided, probably business</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): 5%
Other comments on yale: Although embarrassing, I became interested in Yale through the Gilmore Girls. I then began reading everything I could get my hands on and discovered that Yale really was a great undergraduate school.</p>
<p>Screen Name:</p>
<p>You know, I heard they didn't even film GG at Yale.</p>
<p>Really? How disappointing. I didn't mention this in my application but another reason I wanted to apply was because Yale, the Building, looked cool in GG. Hmm.</p>
<p>Jeez, comparing my stats to all of you guy's stats I feel kinda silly for dreaming about Yale, but the app's already in and it was free and this is cyber-space so it's not like anyone's gonna recognize me on the street, so here goes.</p>
<p>Location: Washington
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: African American</p>
<p>Rank: 1/150
GPA: 4.0 uw
SAT: 2100 and lets leave it at that
Legacy: Nope
Hook: URM at the worst kind of public school, plus my ECs are completely unlike anyone elses naturally excluding the other high schoolers I know involved, but none of them are applying to Yale :)</p>
<p>Fav Vacation Spot: I spent a month last summer in middle of no where Alaska, so I'm gonna go with that
Dream Vacation: Brazil. That is it's my dream until I actually go and get pickpocketed by teenybopper street kids reminiscent of the Runts in "City of God", which I might add is my favorite movie
Fav Sport: European soccer, in particular the English premiership, but I'm rooting for Portugal come 2006 World Cup. I heart Cristiano Ronaldo.
Fav Musician: They rotate. Death Cab for Cutie, Oasis, Babasonicos, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, etc., etc.
Fav Music: alt rock, classic rock, but not classic rock as in that 70s Bob Seger ********, but the good stuff, The Who, Zeppelin, Doors, you know
Fav Class: Physics</p>
<p>Intended Major: Linguistics
Future Goals: never stop learning; never stop exploring; never stop defying convention. </p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (self-rate): 1/20000 or .005%
Other comments on Yale: I think I've said enough.</p>
<p>Screenname: Mocmain</p>
<p>^. ditto that sentiment for myself; reading these stats are pretty depressing. especially the deferrees.</p>
<p>Location: San Diego, CA
Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>Rank: 10-20%. bleh.
GPA: 3.78uw
SAT: 750CR 730M 650W
Legacy: Nope
Hook: research internship over summer..</p>
<p>Fav Vacation Spot: at home, in socal.
Dream Vacation: travelling in Europe: Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, UK, Spain, Russia.. then to China, Vietnam, S.Korea, Japan. probably over the course of a year or two.
Fav Sport: watching ice skating...
Fav Musician: hmmm... don't really have one.
Fav Music: musicals, rock, pop, alternative.
Fav Class: Calc/Chem</p>
<p>Intended Major: BME/Biochem
Future Goals: changing the world. </p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (self-rate): > 0, < 5
Other comments on Yale: </p>
<p>Screenname: elladorkess</p>
<p>Location: Dallas, Texas
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Asian</p>
<p>Rank: 8/1300
GPA: 3.96 uw
SAT: 800CR 800M 680W :-(
SAT IIS: 800 Math IIC 800 US Hist 770 Lit
Legacy: no
Hook: Own personal business? Started some clubs? Play bass? Probably none.</p>
<p>Fav Vacation Spot: Would have to pick between Vancouver and Monterrey
Dream Vacation: World Cruise. Otherwise, either scandanavia or antarctica.
Fav Sport: Kickball haha
Fav Musician: Coldplay or SoCo
Fav Music: Rock, Alternative, anything that sounds like music
Fav Class: Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>Intended Major: Economics
Future Goals: Live on water</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (self-rate): I might have a chance if I cure cancer before februrary.
Other comments on Yale: I hear theres snow up north.</p>
<p>wooooow haukim....very impressive</p>
<p>Location: Santiago, Chile
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Caucasian</p>
<p>Rank: 1/66
GPA: 3.98 uw (no clue how to weigh IB HLs)
SAT: 730 CR 700M 710W
SAT IIS: 800 Spanish, 740 Math 2, 740 Math 1, 730 Lit
Legacy: none
Hook: if I did..probably not comperable to someone who actually spent time picking one</p>
<p>Fav Vacation Spot: San Francisco
Dream Vacation: Trip to Australia
Fav Sport: Rugby
Fav Musician: The Killers, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Jamiroquai, Kanye West....pretty eclectic
Fav Music: I like all genres
Fav Class: Economics HL</p>
<p>Intended Major: Economics/history
Future Goals: Law or business</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (self-rate): probably close to none, but its not a bad idea to give it a shot
Other comments on Yale: not really</p>
<p>I rewatched the episode of Gilmore Girls where they 'visit Harvard,' and noticed how obviously not Harvard it was. They were using tricky angles and juxtaposing pictures of famous buildings onto the screen, but I always knew the skies were too creepily blue to be New England....</p>
<p>Plus, the actors all live in L.A. Should have been a tip-off :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Location: Sacramento, CA
Sex: F
Ethnicitiy: Technically Eastern European (Russian, Polish, Lithuanian...and then German and Canadian) but for practical purposes, Caucasion. However, I don't declare on applications.</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 10/413
GPA: 4.3 w/3.98 uw
ACT scores: 34/12
Math: 32
English/W:35
Reading: 36
Science: 34
SAT IIs: US 750, Math 2 770, Chem 680
APs: 5s on US, Chem, Calc AB
Legacy?: Minor, a cousin got his M.Phil and Ph.D there. So essentially no.
Any Hooks?: I am a founding member of the Sacramento Heart Gallery (for pictures of adopted children) and I've done other internships with adoption. I have no idea if this is unusual, though. I'm really into social justice/and I want to major in Sociology. </p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: We don't really vacation, but I like camping in Tahoe I guess.
Dream Vacation spot: So many places. I want to see the states first, but also Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, England, Thailand, St. Petersburg (where my relatives lived), Israel, South America, Canada....I want to travel...and I'm obsessed with travel guides even though I don't have a passport.
Fav sport: I used to play basketball for my school. I enjoy the Olympics, and NCAA basketball.
Fav musician: So many, but Rilo Kiley, David Gray, the Shins, Damien Rice, Feist...currently I'm digging Antony and the Johnsons.
Fav Music genre: Britpop, or Americana...anything lovely and melodic, and accents help.
Fav class: Public Policy and Decision Making (hard to describe), AP Spanish, AP Calculus </p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Sociology
Future goals: Run a non-profit (this is what my best friend thinks I will do), travel, have children, I have no idea...</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): No idea, my personal essay (and only long essay) was a poem, so it's love it or hate it. One of my best friends who I have gone to school with for ten years was accepted EA, and we haven't sent more than one person to Yale since I've been at my high school.
Other comments on Yale: Ideal school? Amazing course offerings? Dream big? </p>
<p>Screen Name: laeskimobrad</p>
<p>Location: washington
Sex: F
Ethnicitiy: caucasian</p>
<p>Rank (if any): n/a
SAT: 770v 720m 760w
SAT IIs: US 720, Math 2 750, Chem 700 (wow reading<em>is</em>sexy, we have taken the same sat 2s!)
APs: 4s on USH, Eng Lang
Legacy?: nope
Any Hooks?: not really. serious involvement in politics. my interviewer also said that yale really likes people who takes chinese, and i have been studying it for 4 years... so maybe? but i doubt it because another girl in my class who takes chinese got deferred, so it can't be that much of a hook. plus native speakers. shoot.</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: my house.
Dream Vacation spot: China. Greece. Italy. Thailand. England. France. Zimbabwe. Some place in the middle east would be cool, but kind of dangerous...
Fav sport: lacrosse
Fav musician: yay Rilo Kiley! jack johnson, nora jones, the killers, greenday, james taylor.
Fav Music genre: alternative and like folksy oldies. i don't know how to describe that genre.<br>
Fav class: Comparative Gov't and politics</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): International studies & political science (you can't just major in int'l studies :()
Future goals: rule the world. jk. umm work for the government or the foreign service or in an elected official's office. </p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): umm pretty slim. 6 people applied SCEA and 2 were accepted... the other 4 were deferred and they all have like better stats than me. and i think another 2 people are applying RD on top of that. i don't know who they are though. i think they MIGHT let one more person in from my school, but they only let in two last year so that might be it :(.
Other comments on Yale: yeah awesome incredible reach school...</p>
<p>Screen Name:</p>
<p>carpecollege- yay Rilo Kiley! I saw them in June at the Hyatt in SF with Feist, it was unbelievable, seriously the best night of my life. Folksy oldies are also wonderful, I know what you're talking about.
Personally, I loathed the Chem SAT II. I took it right before I took the AP test and the SAT II seemed harder, but then again I didn't study for it so I didn't really know the test format. Since I got a five on the AP test, I figure colleges will know that I was decent at chem.</p>
<p>reading-- that's awesome! i'm jealous...</p>
<p>it's weird about the sat 2! my school doesn't offer APs, and my teacher said we wouldn't really be ready for the AP, so i just took the SAT 2. it's crazy that you did so much better on the AP, which is supposed to be so much harder. my biggest problem on it was that i felt really rushed. but i was soo relieved when i got my score; i had a really tough practice book, and i kept getting like 600s...</p>
<p>Location: San Diego, CA
Sex:** Male **
Ethnicitiy: Chinese</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 3/550
GPA: ** 4.0uw // 4.3w**
SAT scores:
Math: 800
Verbal: 700
Writing: 730/11
Legacy?: are you kidding!
Any Hooks?: **calculus III?, many music activities/leaderships, rubik's cube worldchampionships 2005..? **i doubt anything stands out of the applicant pool though.</p>
<p>Sports: played/play soccer and tennis for school. favorite is ping pong, which is my only sport now.
Fav Music genre: chinese pop.. also jason mraz/kelly clarkson/postal service
Fav class: i dont really like anything. math was pretty fun.</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Bioengineering
Future goals: Doctor (lame)</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): 13% or whatever their acceptance rate is because im average =)
**
Other comments on yale: **APPLIED EARLY ACTION, DEFERRED.</p>
<p>Screen Name: asfsamurai3
MYSPACE: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/asfsamurai%5B/url%5D%5B/b%5D">www.myspace.com/asfsamurai</a></p>
<p>carpecollege-- I studied for about a month straight for AP chem, and for two weeks before the exam I did almost all of the Form A and Bs from the past 7 years or so, because I am not very scientifically-inclined and my school has a low AP chem pass rate because we are not usually very prepared. It paid off though!</p>
<p>Location: McLean VA
Sex: Male
Ethnicitiy: Korean</p>
<p>Rank (if any): N/A
GPA: 3.9 UW
SAT scores:
Math: 800
Verbal: 770
Writing: 680, 10
Legacy?: nope I dont think most Asians have legacies
Any Hooks?: Came to the US last year but I wouldnt bet on it being a hook</p>
<p>Sports: well I play tennis but not for school
Fav Music genre: rock, british techno, pop
Fav class: I think I like any history class</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): history/chemistry double
Future goals: depends still ranges from lawyer to scientist</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): I WILL GET IN!!</p>
<p>Other comments on yale: I WILL GET IN!</p>
<p>Screen Name: inteliot</p>
<p>Location: CA
Sex: F
Ethnicitiy: Asian</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 1
SAT scores:
Math: 730
Verbal: 770
Writing: 800
Legacy?: Yeah right
Any Hooks?: None whatsoever</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Hawaii
Dream Vacation spot: France
Fav sport: Biking!
Fav musician: Jack Johnson
Fav Music genre: Anything, everything
Fav class: Gov't and Politics by far; every other class just makes me want to kill myself</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): History
Future goals: History Prof/teacher</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance: 0.01%
Other comments on Yale: ooooo libraries <strong>drools</strong></p>
<p>Location: Suburb of Philly, PA
Sex: Female
Ethnicitiy: Indian</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 18/712
SAT scores: 2280
Math: 730
Verbal: 760
Writing: 790
Legacy?: Haha, I wish!
Any Hooks?: Lots of leadership, sports, music...my AP English teacher wrote me one of the most amazing recs I've read</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: I went to Greece with my family once, and it was amazing
Dream Vacation spot: Eastern Europe so I can become a Communist
Fav sport: BASKETBALL! I've played since 2nd grade
Fav musician: Incubus, Bell & Sebastian, Imogen Heap, Zero7
Fav Music genre: Alternative/Indie
Fav class: AP Econ & AP Ingles</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): ECONNN
Future goals: Law school, definitely. I want to be a lobbyist or a tax attorney or a significant government employee when I grow up, but I also want to go into the Peace Corps and change the world one day...(we'll see how that goes.)</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): .001% just like rolliepollie! :)
Other comments on yale: 4 of my friends from governor's school got in early, and a kid from my HS plays Yale baseball.
But it's Yale...siiigh.</p>
<p>Screen Name: private message me for it, if you want to talk. I would love to chat with other Bulldog Hopefuls for 2010. :)</p>
<p>Location: Dallas, TX
Sex: M
Ethnicitiy: White/Caucasian</p>
<p>Rank (if any): 1/25
ACT scores: 33
Reading: 33
Science: 33
Math: 30
English: 35
Legacy?: No
Any Hooks?: Not really - i worked for 3 years of high school 20 hours/week is that a hook?</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: I love exploring, anywhere
Dream Vacation spot: Australia
Fav sport: To play - basketball, To watch - Football or basketball
Fav musician: Mariah Carey
Fav Music genre: Pop
Fav class: Government and AP American History</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Economics
Future goals: Some sort of career in finance or marketing, would love to live in a large city (Boston, San Fran, Seattle, etc.), travel tons</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): I'd say about 20%
Other comments on yale: I haven't visited and it was basically a major reach school. I love the comments I've heard about it being the "Gay Ivy" and having a good economics program but being more social than Harvard. I'm prolly going to UT-Austin regardless of this acceptance.</p>