Regular Decision Chances?

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I would say your ECs are a bit low

When a teenager applying to college makes that kind of statement it demonstrates a total lack of understanding of what colleges are looking for from EC’s. @HarvardDream101: As you have Harvard in your user name, maybe you should read how Harvard looks at EC’s: http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/harvarddean-part3/

The term “extracurricular activities” covers an enormous amount of ground. We are interested in whatever a student does: in addition to school extracurricular activities and athletics, students can tell us of significant community, employment, or family commitments. There are many who spend a great deal of time helping to run their household, preparing meals and caring for siblings or making money with a part-time job to help the household meet expenses.

Unfortunately many schools have had to curtail or eliminate extracurricular activities and athletics, or they charge fees for participation. In addition, many students cannot afford expensive musical instruments or athletic equipment — or have families without the resources to pay for lessons, summer programs and the transportation networks necessary to support such activities.

Admissions Committees keep these factors in mind as they review applications, and are concerned most of all to know how well students used the resources available to them. Extracurricular activities need not be exotic — most are not — and substance is far more important. A student who has made the most of opportunities day-to-day during secondary school is much more likely to do so during college and beyond. This applies to academic life as well as extracurricular activities.

OP, your EC’s are absolutely fine.

As Yale receives more applications from qualified students than they have room for in their class, Admissions uses a student’s teacher recommendations, guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), essays, and interview report to choose one high performing student over another. As you haven’t posted any of those items (nor should you), the most anyone can say is that you are a qualified applicant – but so are most student’s who will ultimately be rejected. You’re new here, so possibly you haven’t read this thread; It’s written by an MIT Admissions Director, but everything in it holds true for Yale as well. GL to you in the Admissions process: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-an-accurate-chance-at-mit-p1.html