The fun game of "do I have a chance?"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Let's see:</p>

<p>GPA: Roughly 4.0 weighted (max ~4.2), 3.9 unweighted, roughly 9th in a class of 160
Courses: About as good as they get (all honors/aps)
SAT scores: 2310 (800 CR, 780 M, 730 W), SAT IIs: 800 physics, 800 us history, 760 math II, 780 bio M
AP scores: Environmental Science 5, US history 5, AB calc 5, Physics B 5, Biology 5. (Ap scholar w/ distinction!), six more coming senior year.
EC's/other notable stuff: 1st and 3rd (+ two ninths) places at sci oly nationals (individual events), Envirothon for the past three years (2nd, 2nd, 3rd places in state), Sci oly for the last three years (2nd, 2nd, 1st), mock trial my freshman year (best witness award), debate club, around 100-200 hours of community service, one job (summer this year). National Merit commended at the least. NHS member, crossing fingers. </p>

<p>White, male, coming from Delaware. Should I give it a go?</p>

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<p>No.</p>

<p>just kidding, who are we to tell you what to do?</p>

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<p>Someone who doesn't have an ego the size of a mack truck. Lol, I need an unbiased and cruel perspective to crush my dreams so I can be a bit more realistic.</p>

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<p>...well if that's what you want to hear why bother posting. You definitely have no point in asking this...seriously, i doubt you'd listen to us anyway if we said no. Great grades, sats, sat iis, so why not apply...although I'm sure you would anyway :/</p>

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<p>You're perfectly qualified. With an exceptional essay you'll probably have a 25% chance. Your stats are very very good, similar to perhaps 30% of the applicants. Apply to Yale, then apply to 5-6 other schools you really love.</p>

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<p>A girl with down's synodrome got into NHS in my school. You don't have to cross your fingers, unless you cheat on tests a lot.</p>

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<p>The essay is all you need. :) Kick ass in it. It's not about your writing skills so much as a chance to be unique in the application field :)</p>

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<p>haukim, I like how even the most qualified students only have a 25% shot. It is going to be difficult for all of us.</p>

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<p>I continue to stand by my theory: Make yourself unique.</p>

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<p>ivynut,</p>

<p>The thing is, at an institution like Yale you will likely not be the most qualified student. The OP like I said, is very qualified. However, even he will have difficulty pulling him self out of the pack. At my school this year, out of 1300 students, I knew one person who was garunteed to be accepted anywhere he applied. There were around 10 of us who were around as qualified as the OP and each of us got into an excellent school, though rarely the one we expected. This phenomenon of being more than qualified and still having the odds be against you happens at only a handful of schools. Yale is one of them.</p>