RD Chances

Colleges & Universities A-Z Yale University
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Hello all. Don’t have stellar stats but might as well give it a go:

Intended Major: Global Affairs
High School: --very-- noncompetitive public
GPA: 3.9 UW 4.3 W
Class Rank: 2/444
SAT: 1350 (took again in Dec so probably higher)
XX

AP Courses: 10 by the time I graduate
Scores: 5 5 3 3

Extracurricular Activities/Honors:
Stanford humanities research program (full scholarship)
Columbia/Barnard human rights/creative writing program (full scholarship)
Princeton journalism program ( full scholarship/all expenses paid)
Editor/Founder of human rights online magazine; essays published by Oxford, Columbia, Cambridge and Yale
Editor in chief of school newspaper
3 first place national awards for poetry
2 first place awards for math quizzes
founded human right project to facilitate integration of European diaspora communities through cross cultural language acquisition
Rohingya Relief fund, Develop Africa, Students Interested in Political Affairs

(Low income)
(Illinois)
(First Gen)

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yale is really competitive this year. I heard they’re only accepting people at the top of their class with a lot of community service. but could go either way. Good luck!

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@floraha - You sound like an excellent candidate given your longstanding commitment to both human rights work and writing. Also being a first generation applicant is a real “hook” in the admissions process. However, your SAT and AP scores aren’t great, so a lot will depend on your letters of recommendation and on the quality of your essays.

As long as you cast a wide net and also apply to safety and match schools - including Barnard and Smith, which would likely give you substantial financial aid - you will end up at a school where you will flourish academically and socially. Best of luck!