SCEA vs. Questbrudge National Prepp

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Okay, well im planning on applying to Yale SCEA BUT! im also planning to apply to the QB national prep scholarship which i cant do bc yale says that i cant apply to any programs that notify me of admission before jan 1.</p>

<p>so my question is..
should i do YALE SCEA or Questbridge? which one would it be easier to gget in with? and im not really wooried about app fee bc ill get a waiver siince im poor anyways..</p>

<p>heres my stats
i know im not the amazing yale applicant and the test scores KILL it but ill take my chances and apply bc i dont want to play the what if game 10 yrs down the road..</p>

<p>minority - does asian count?
boths parents unemployed
lower class
family member on the transplant wait list
house has +7 ppl
first generation
public school in orange county</p>

<p>GPA:
FRESHMAN: 3.5 w
SOPH: 4.3 W
JR: 4.2 W </p>

<p>3.9 OVERALL
4.2 W
3.5 UW</p>

<p>ranked #9 overall, 7 UW and 20 W</p>

<p>SENIOR YEAR:
AP econ/AP gov
AP chem
AP calc AB
AP LIT
CHOIR
SPORTS</p>

<p>AP exams:
EURO HISTORY -3
AP ENGLISH LANG -3</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP:
VARISTY tennis co capt [hopefuly capt this coming year]
vietnamese student club PRESIDENT
CSF secretary</p>

<p>EC's:
UPward bound - 4 years
MESA- 4 years
gay straight alliance - 3 years
CSF- 3 years
NHS - 2years
VSA - 2 years
TENNIS- 4 years
WRESTLING- 3 years
KEY CLUB - 2 years
Kiwanis Bowl - 2 years
YMCA - 2 years</p>

<p>AWARDS:
the typical principles honor roll and such
lots of school awards [academic and athletic]
and a handful of local awards and handful of awards for EC's
published poet
3 time varisity in tennis
and 2 time varsity in wrestling</p>

<p>VOLUNTEERING
Hospital+ science center+tutoring+ one day events = +200 hrs</p>

<p>SUMMER PROGRAMs
UCI GEAR UP - 9thh grade
UPWARD BOUND SUMMER RESIDENTAL - soph/jr yrs
HOPKINS ENGINEERING COURSE - senior yr
SAT PREP CLASS- sr yeear</p>

<p>WORK:
work student expeirnce in the summer for two summers</p>

<p>TEST SCORES [last sine theyre so bad]
ACT 23
SATI 1520
SATII havent taken</p>

<p>im retaking both the sat and act this year and im hoping to hit 1800s and 30's</p>

<p>SHOULD I APPLY THRU QB OR JUST DO YALE SCEA?</p>

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<p>not the right forum for this question, go to the QB forum.</p>

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<p>Here’s the Questbridge thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/713451-2009-questbridge-national-college-match-discussion-help.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/713451-2009-questbridge-national-college-match-discussion-help.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Asians are not considered minorities for college admissions purposes, meaning that you won’t receive the substantial advantage in admissions that African American, Native American, and Hispanic applicants receive. Colleges will consider your status as a first-generation college student from a disadvantaged background, however. </p>

<p>At this point, your test scores are very, very low for Yale. [U-CAN:</a> Yale University](<a href=“ucan-network.org”>ucan-network.org)</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t apply with Yale SCEA at this point if I were you. Most people who apply SCEA are among the most qualified students so it’s a tougher application pool. You’re talking about people with like 2100+/34+ on SATs/ACTs average. idk how much you’re studying (I’m trying like crazy lol) but it might be hard to raise your score by that much in a small amount of time. idk about Questbridge tho… but I would wait for RD (vs SCEA). that way you’ll have more time to improve your test scores and the application pool might not be as competitive.</p>