<p>Location: Suburb in New York
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Korean American</p>
<p>Rank 2/54
SAT Scores: 2100
CR: 800
Math: 660
Writing: 640
Legacy: No
Hooks: second-in-command at a military school (cadet major - JROTC)</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Montana or California
Dream Vacation Spot: Italy
Favorite sport: football (I was captain of my team)
Favorite team: NY Giants
Favorite band: the Eagles
Favorite music genre: primarily rock
Favorite class: AP US History, AP English Lit</p>
<p>Intended major: history
Future goals: lawyer or politician</p>
<p>% of acceptance (selfrate): 8%
Other comments: If I get in, I hope to see you guys next fall.</p>
<p>Rank (if any): Top 10/600.
SAT scores:
SAT IIs--720 Math Level 2, 740 Math Level 1, 750 World History, 770 Lit
Math: 710
Verbal: 700
Writing: 760
Legacy?: No, sir.
Any Hooks?: None, really. I've done a lot of social research and community service, though. And I speak a few languages, and I can cook a pretty nice cinnamon pancake while I simultaneously correct all the grammar in Tegan & Sara's songs.</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: London, UK.
Dream Vacation spot: Prague, Czech Republic. Or London, again.
Fav sport: Ice-skating. No lie. I also love to watch the strange Irish sports in Gaelic.
Fav musician: At the moment, Tegan & Sara. I also have a strong affinity for The Sounds, The Buzzc0cks, Menmechanical, Joss Stone, Tori Amos, Wir Sind Helden, Imogen Heap/Frou Frou, Jurassic 5, Gackt--I can't make up my mind, really.
Fav Music genre: Europop with an alternative twist. Or... anything, really.
Fav class: Currently, AP Art History. Of all time? AP World History.</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Linguistics.
Future goals: To speak 10+ languages fluently. I have Vietnamese and English down, I can read/write Latin, and I can speak conversational Hebrew.</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (self-rate): Better than 99% of my school... which is like less than 10%.
Other comments on Yale: I'm never getting in, but it's amazingly beautiful.</p>
<p>Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Sex: Male
Ethnicitiy: White</p>
<p>Rank (if any): Top 5%
SAT scores: (took once)
Math: 790
Verbal: 760
Writing: 670
SAT IIs:
Math II: 800
World History: 760
Literature: 710
Legacy?: Nope
Any Hooks?: National Finalist in Speech and Debate, Poor (Yale is free for me!)</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: My mom won a trip to the Galapagos Islands once
Dream Vacation spot: Paris, to pick up chicks
Fav sport: Football
Fav musician: Led Zeppelin
Fav Music genre: Classic Rock
Fav class: History</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Polisci
Future goals: I'd like to go for public office, or be a judge</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): Lower than average
Other comments on yale:
Ct is a turnoff for me, it can get really cold</p>
<p>Screen Name: aim- munkyman21214</p>
<p>Anybody else go to a really urban public high school?</p>
<p>Rank (if any): Low, I think
SAT scores:
Math: 800
Verbal: 740
Writing: 730
Legacy?: I wish
Any Hooks?: Unlikely</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Haven't been on vacation for so long
Dream Vacation spot: Switzerland
Fav sport: Ultimate Frisbee
Fav musician: Kenny G
Fav Music genre: New Age
Fav class: Biology</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Biomedical Engineering
Future goals: Get into Yale (oh please please)</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): EA deferee
Other comments on yale: I love you too</p>
<p>Location: Central New Jersey
Sex: Female
Ethnicitiy: white</p>
<p>Rank (if any): school doesn't rank, but 4.57 w and 4.0 uw
SAT scores: 2320
Math: 790
Verbal: 770
Writing: 760
Legacy?: No
Any Hooks?: Tons of community service hours? Working with disabled children in therapeutic horseback riding lessons</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Stratton Mtn, VT, or Ireland
Dream Vacation spot: France
Fav sport: field hockey to play, football to watch
Fav musician: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Fav Music genre: Alternative Rock
Fav class: I would love AP Bio if my teacher knew what she was talking about :(</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Cognitive Science
Future goals: Get in Yale, go to vet school, become large animal vet</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): EA deferee, so technically 13%
Other comments on yale: I love this school to death. I want to go so badly. I feel like a puppy who was kicked by its owner (because I cried for days), who later just crawls back for more.</p>
<p>Poor kayrlis, don't beat yourself up. You've got a better shot than most of us.</p>
<p>Location: Portland, Oregon
Sex: female
Ethnicitiy: boring old Caucasian. Well, or Jewish, but that doesn't help me either.</p>
<p>Rank (if any): Probably top 1/3 of my class, maybe top 20%
SAT scores: 2310 overall
Math: 710
Verbal: 800
Writing: 800
Legacy?: Dad & aunt both went to Yale, but never gave money.
Any Hooks?: I have both juvenile diabetes & epilepsy, wrote a damn smashing essay about overcoming diabetes. Also, 2 books published (by real publisher), got a contract for a third.</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: So far, probably Florence. Or the British Virgin Islands.
Dream vacation spot: Dublin...sigh.
Fav sport: to watch? Men's soccer...mmmmm.
Fav musician: Phil Ochs (10 points to anyone who knows who he is!)
Fav music genre: Don't really have one, will listen to almost anything
Fav class: Creative writing. Naturally.</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): PolSci or Int'l Relations.
Future goals: After I graduate, I'm getting a pilot's license and working as a puddlejumper pilot down in the Caribbean to save up some money while I write...then I'll go be a Congressional staffer and settle down to a boring life.</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): Maybe 5%
Other comments on yale: sophomore dorms=gorgeous. I stayed overnight with a friend's girlfriend, and it's a quad that's basically like an apartment. Amazing. And, you know, it's <em>Yale</em>.</p>
<p>Screen Name: necoon</p>
<p>*Side note: we definitely should have some sort of RD chat-support group thing. Anyone want to put that together?</p>
<p>Location: Naugatuck, CT
Sex: male
Ethnicitiy: Caucasian</p>
<p>Rank (if any):7/334 (pretty crappy school-$2,000 below preferred allotment per student)
SAT scores: 1990 overall
Math: 610
Verbal: 710
Writing: 670
Legacy?: Nope (1st generation college student)
Any Hooks?: I don't think so. This isn't a hook, but my common app. essay and supp. essay were awesome, and my recs are top notch.</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Boston, Mass.
Dream vacation spot: Australia
Fav sport: Baseball (my passion)
Fav musician: Don't really have one
Fav music genre: Don't really have one
Fav class: English or Psychology</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Political Science (Pre-Law)
Future goals: Well, my ambition is to be a lawyer (probably corporate-NO divorce) first and establish myself there. My dream job is to get a job with the Red Sox (Theo Epstein-Yale grad!), in a comfortable advisory role (or functioning lawyer). I may dabble in politics, but I am not certain.</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): 1.0 * 10^-1000000000000000000000
Other comments on yale: Everything to be said has been said in this thread. I also would like to nominate myself for lowest SAT scores on the board ;)</p>
<p>^^ "Poor kayrlis, don't beat yourself up. You've got a better shot than most of us."
thanks, but I just saw your "what are my chances?" thread and you have a pretty good shot yourself.
My brother has juvenile diabetes, but he doesn't write well ;) I'm glad you were able to overcome it. That's really admirable.</p>
<p>Location: Stavanger, Norway
Sex: Male
Ethnicitiy: Indian</p>
<p>Rank (if any): none, GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.1 W
SAT scores: (they're crappy, retaking in a few days)
Math: 690
Verbal: 670
Writing: 700</p>
<p>SAT IIs:
World History: 760
Math Level 1: 750
Physics: 690</p>
<p>APs: Physics B 5, Calc, stats, lit 4s
Legacy?: Nope
Any Hooks?: Mini hooks or none, so dunno. Diversity? Norwegian citizen of Indian ethnicity who graduated from a school in Korea. Gap-year? Early graduation? Otherwise, none.</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: Brazil! I LOVE that place...and the girls ;)
Dream Vacation spot: Mauritius
Fav sport: Soccer
Fav musician: Linkin park
Fav Music genre: Listen to all types.
Fav class: Of all time? World History</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Polsci/Econ/Finance
Future goals: Entrepreneur</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): 20%
Other comments on yale: Its a crapshoot!</p>
<p>Location: Thompson, CT
Sex: Female
Ethnicitiy: White and something I have no clue of (weird family story, nm)</p>
<p>Rank (if any):1/80
SAT scores: 2300
Math:700
Verbal:800
Writing:800
SAT II's-780 US, 760 Lit, 760 Bio, 720 Math 2
Legacy?: Good no...barely anyone in my family has even gone to college
Any Hooks?: Bisexual (if that counts at all), poor girl who goes to a poor HS (1 person going to any Ivy about ever 20 years)</p>
<p>Favorite vacation spot: The British Isles
Dream Vacation spot: The British Isles
Fav sport: Dancing?
Fav musician: Ben Folds
Fav Music genre: Whatever sounds cool
Fav class: English or Calculus</p>
<p>Intended major (top choice): Philosophy and Religion
Future goals: Professor!!</p>
<p>% chance of acceptance (selfrate): EA deferree, so 13%
Other comments on yale: I wanna go sooooooo bad. It's perfect.</p>