Social Scene at Yale

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<p>Do I have a chance of ever experiencing it with these stats? I applied RD.</p>

<p>SAT: 2290 (M800, V750, Wr740)
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Literature 720, Italian 770
GPA: 98/100
AP: Statistics 4, Biology 5, Literature 5 (my school doesn't offer any other APs)
Ethnicity: White Male
School: a really bad public school
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky</p>

<p>Recommendations: Great! My recommendations were amazing, I wrote them myself, and my teachers signed them.</p>

<p>Hook: I've been doing ballet dancing since 1st grade. National under-12 champion; 2005 Under-18 National champion finalist.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>I write plays:
2002 East Anglia Real Ale and Jazz Best playwrite award.
2004 Louisville Feminist Playwrite of the year award.</p>

<p>Interest: politics.
I have been very involved in creating a Communist Party in my high school, and became the head of the party in September.</p>

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<p>Oooooh, I can hear it coming, the thunder of angry CCer feet, rushing towards you in your impending stationary doom. </p>

<p>Before you die, I will say your stats are fine, being from Kentucky will help, and regarding the recommendations, "duck."</p>

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<p>wait...</p>

<p>are you serious?</p>

<p>you wrote them yourself?</p>

<p>WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?</p>

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<p>yuppp haha. k here i go</p>

<p>WHAT YOU WROTE YOUR RECS YOURSELF????</p>

<p>that is SOOO wrong in EVERY way, i don't even know what to say</p>

<p>i won't go as far as to say that 'i pray with all my might that you don't get in' i'll leave that to someone else (and don't worry, that is coming)</p>

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<p>"that is SOOO wrong in EVERY way, i don't even know what to say"</p>

<p>Why? We all do our best to get in. And it's Yale, after all, not Harvard. You are taking yourself too seriously.</p>

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<p>WOW,</p>

<p>this dude wrote his own teacher recs</p>

<p>You're a male who does ballet........</p>

<p>And you formed your own communist club...</p>

<p>no comment</p>

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<p>I also think you are overreacting. Lots of people write their own recs, so what?</p>

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<p>No one in my school wrote their own recs...and we're an ivy feeder.</p>

<p>its completely immoral and just dispicable. it defeats the entire purpose of the recs.</p>

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<p>Well, we're not an ivy feeder, so we write our own recs.</p>

<p>Would you please define "completely immoral"? And no, it doesn't defeat the purpose. The purpose is to get into Yale - so it helps.</p>

<p>Come on, do not be such moral snobs.</p>

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<p>lol this guy is a troll for sure...</p>

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<p>Yea, I'll venture to say no. You'll probably be denied. Moral character tends to seep through in essays and interviews whether you want it to or not. And the thing is, even if you get in, if anyone found out you wrote your own recommendations you'll be booted/have your diploma revoked. I really hope you don't take the spot of a more honest and worthy candidate.</p>

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<p>You do realize that admissions officers do read this stuff and you have provided enough information for them to figure out who you are. I understand where you are coming from (and I have heard of that happening before), but colleges don't even like it when applicants are able to see their reccomendations, let alone if you write them yourself. Also, how is Yale any less worthy of honest reccomendations than Harvard?</p>

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<p>Have fun with Kentucky Fried Chicken, OP.</p>

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<p>Why do you guys all get so riled about the whole rec thing? In the end, it does not matter. I wrote them myself - so what? It does not mean I am less worthy. It just means I am smarter than the rest of the kids at my school, since our teachers are just incapable of writing what I need for Yale. Why care?</p>

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<p>studyless:</p>

<p>really? I do not think they read CC. Honest. Else I would not post. They have enough hassle reading the apps.</p>

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<p>Please, better tell me about my chances.</p>

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<p>Bloody hell, James. You obviously aren't taking enough classes if you've got this much free time...</p>

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<p>Okay. Statistically, you have a 10% chance. In reality, if any of that moral ambivalence came across in your essay or interview, it's closer to 0%.</p>

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<p>what precisely is "moral ambivalence"? No, I don't think it did. I can send you my essay.</p>

<p>Also, why do you think my chances are only 10%? I thought my stats were good.</p>

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<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I like you Yalekid! Anyone who can get others ****ed off so easily is brilliant in my opinon.</p>