<p>A month back I got an email from Yale with information about college visits and touring their college of engineering. I didn't think much of it then but today I received a three page letter from Yale about the university, financial aide etc.
I'm still perplexed about this because to be honest, my GPA and scores aren't fantastic. I scored a 30 on the ACT and I only have a 3.85 GPA. I obviously take primarily AP and honors courses, but that's nothing special.
Would it be worth my time to take a chance?</p>
<p>Well, why not?</p>
<p>Apply. If you don’t get in, nothing changes. If you get in…</p>
<p>You lose 75$ and how ever much time writing the extra essays takes…</p>
<p>But if you want to go there, and can afford the time and money, why not indeed.</p>
<p>But to be frank, a 30 ACT, without other hooks, puts you on the low end. Already, the admit rate is ~7%.</p>
<p>Can that score be improved?</p>
<p>I received the exact same letter in the mail today, and honestly, colleges send this out to a LOT of students just to gain more admissions. Quite frankly, unless you get a letter about possibly a funded trip to visit the school, they aren’t really interested.</p>
<p>r u an urm? if not email and letter don’t carry any weight. your numbers are against you. with what i know you’ll be rejected.</p>
<p>You are lucky. Yale is my first choice, I hope they can send something to me. </p>
<p>I don’t get why colleges send letters randomly. I got 15 letters (yea, 15 letters) from UChicago and Vanderbilt. If they want to gain more admissions, they should send letters to the ones who want to go, not the ones who got a 23 on the ACT (like me!)</p>
<p>“I hope they can send something to me.”</p>
<p>Them sending something has little relation to your chance on getting in so why hope for it?</p>
<p>^ I get what you mean… But getting something from your dream school sends you through the roof regardless of whether they really want you. It gives you the idea that they want you anyway. When I got my Yale viewbook I was extremely excited even though they probably sent it to thousands of random kids.</p>
<p>I suppose…</p>
<p>Don’t pay attention to recruit-mail, ever.</p>