<p>Hey, I will be applying to Yale as a rising Sophomore. I'm actually part of the class of 2010, but I took a year off, so now I'll be part of class of 2011.</p>
<p>Anyways, my stats at the University of Miami are as follows:</p>
<p>Male</p>
<p>Freshman Yr Semester 1: 3.8
Freshman Yr Semester 2: 3.4
Total GPA: 3.6
Stanford Scholarship ($16k)</p>
<p>SATs: 720V, 740M, 700W</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<ul>
<li>Started own business during year off (just made some quick money).</li>
<li>Beta Theta Pi scholarship semi-finalist</li>
<li>Entrepreneurship Club</li>
<li>Provosts Honor Roll (higher than Dean's List)</li>
</ul>
<p>How good are my chances? What else would I need to work on? Any feedback would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Go ahead and give it a shot. However, my understanding is that it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT (i.e. near impossible) to be accepted as a transfer student to top tier schools like Yale. According to Transfer</a> Students | Transfer & Other Programs | Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 800 to 900 apply and 25 to 35 or even fewer are accepted. Hence you are looking at about a 2 or 3 percent acceptance rate, quite a bit lower than even the 5 percent regular decision acceptance rate.</p>
<p>I think your SAT and GPA are low and I don't think your extracurriculars are very compelling; your business may be more compelling if it were large but it doesn't seem to be. To be frank, I don't think you have good chances...</p>
<p>I would work on essays and expanding your extracurricular activities, although it is a little late now. I don't think you can retake SAT, although maybe you can, and obviously you can't improve your GPA if you aren't enrolled.</p>