<p>How much does an unbalanced SAT score affect admission to Yale SCEA.</p>
<p>As in: 680 CR, and 800s on other section.</p>
<p>I mean, consider what the mid 50% of SAT scores are to Yale. I think, for CR, they are like 700-800, which means that you compare to the bottom 25% of this year’s current freshman class. If you got 800s on the other sections, its definitely not a dealbreaker, but itll definitely hurt you a bit. </p>
<p>The adcoms (both at yale and most peer institutions) have begun to read applications “holistically” (whatever that means), so if the rest of your application is strong you definitely have a chance. I don’t know about SCEA because it is notoriously competitive, but I think if you have a strong rest of application you have a shot, especially in the RD round. </p>
<p>Maybe you should consider retaking, though? Would you be able to get your CR score up? Have you considered trying the ACTs?</p>
<p>why is there more chance in the RD?
Wouldn’t there be a better change in EA??</p>
<p>SCEA is notoriously competitive, because, from what I’ve heard, the majority of admits are legacies and athletes (according to my college counselor). The only people who get in are those who would 100% also get in RD. Having a low SAT score is something that might make them unsure if you would get in RD.</p>
<p>But even if the majority aren’t admitted EA, wouldn’t a good amount be deferred to RD? Or is the rejection rate a lot higher…?</p>
<p>Wait… hold on… We must be looking at different stats here?
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Yale admitted 742 early action applicants out of 5,556 early applicants, for an acceptance rate of 13.4 percent. Yale admitted 1,209 out of its 20,444 regular decision applicants. Factoring in the 2,644 students deferred for early admission into the regular applicant pool, the regular admit rate is 5.4 percent.
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[Admissions</a> Statistics 2008](<a href=“http://ivysuccess.com/admissions_stats_2008.html]Admissions”>ivysuccess.com)
Admittedly the EA group is a fairly self selecting bunch, so maybe that is what you are talking about? I can see it both ways:</p>
<p>1) Only admit EA who you would have DEFINTELY admitted RD so that you get the best class
2) Admit more EA because - by applying EA - they have shown that Yale is what they want, and you will get a better yield.</p>
<p>Damn, now I am confused…</p>
<p>On the OP, I had 690R 750C and 800M last year. Not as badly skewed as yours but similar… I re-wrote with some more revision and focus on CR and W and got 780 and 790 respectively. You are obviously pretty damn clever, so you should be able to get 750+ for CR with some more work. My advice? do it, unless you do not think you can get a higher score…</p>
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<h1>1, as stated here by Ys Dean of Admissions:</h1>
<p>[Early</a> admit rate rises slightly | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/dec/15/early-admit-rate-rises-slightly/]Early”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2009/dec/15/early-admit-rate-rises-slightly/)</p>
<p>As far as #2, Y has a fantastic yield, it has no need to improve it, particularly since yield is no longer a factor in US N&WR college rankings.</p>
<p>Not thinking for advertising purposes, but just so that they have less problems. Lets face it, Probably about 5000 people are “Yale standard” out of the 25000 odd, so saves them trouble to admit people who are more likely to attend? i.e. admit more borderline EA cases? </p>
<p>But then I read the article…</p>
<p>sigh…</p>
<p>confused…</p>
<p>self selection is a hearless *****. Beeps up all analysis…</p>
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<p>Y has no problems as far as yield. Their WL serves the relatively small need they do have very well.</p>
<p>Seems pretty straight forward to me, Y only accepts EA the applicants they would accept from ANY pool of candidates. There’s no reason for them to accept anyone they’re not absolutely sure of, for those cases, they defer them to the RD round and compare them within the context of that group of applicants. The kids they do accept EA will more than likely be accepted to other top schools in the RD round if they choose to apply. This gives Y 3 extra months to woo these highly sought after candidates.</p>
<p>I’ve been saying this for several years now, it was nice to see Brenzel stating it in the YDN article last year.</p>
<p>Thanks, I get what you are saying. My annoyance is directed at myself - wondering why I am bothering to apply EA if there is no advantage. The only good (great) thing is that you can have a place by Dec 15, but for the vast majority that won’t happen. I think that if you are wondering if you are part of the majority you probably are. Anyway, will take a stab and a deferral is not too bad.</p>
<p>Thanks entomom and sorry for going so far off topic though I think the OP’s question was answered.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Coming back to OP’s question- I suspect one 680 will negatively impact chances of admission for an unhooked applicant. Perhaps not too much, if other factors are compelling.</p>
<p>As an aside, it would help to do a retake to boost the CR subscore. Do not let someone talk you out of retaking it because you might ‘spoil’ your 800’s by scoring lower in the other two sections. It doesn’t work that way.</p>
<p>ETA: From a prior post, it appears that OP scored 750 in CR. If that is true then he/she doesn’t need to worry. For all practical purposes, 750 and 800 are the same.</p>
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