What are my chances of getting in??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I go to a top-notch public school in Massachusetts with about 1800 students. APs are only offered for juniors and seniors and students are not ranked.</p>

<p>I'm a first generation Lebanese-American, I have a dual American and Lebanese citizenship, I speak Arabic and French as well as English.</p>

<p>New SAT:
Math: 790
C.R.: 740
Writing: 690</p>

<p>SAT II:
Chem: 800
Bio: 770
Math-2: 760
US Hist: 750</p>

<p>Chem AP: 5
Bio AP: 5
US Hist AP: 4</p>

<p>Senior year taking 5 AP classes: French, Physics, English, BC Calc, Euro</p>

<p>Ranked top 2% in my grade out of 430 ppl
Unweighted GPA after Sophomore year: 3.952 (out of 4), should be higher after junior year is counted
Unweighted QPA after Sophomore year: 4.532 (our of 5), should be higher after junior year is counted</p>

<p>Great recs, I've only ever taken honors/AP classes and the hardest schedule possible. All As except for two B+s in Frosh english and Soph history</p>

<p>Extra currics:</p>

<p>Volleyball: JV Frosh year, Varsity for 3 years
Tennis: JV Frosh and soph years, Varsity 2 years</p>

<p>Tons of community service (3 President's Volunteer Service Awards)
- Two summers of volunteering at a Children's Science Discovery Museum
- One summer of volunteering at my Town Hall
- 3 years (about 200 hours) of Peer Tutoring at School
- Peer Counseling
- Involved in many, many one-time community service events
- Relay for Life (team member one year, then team captain)</p>

<p>Class Treasurer for 3 years
(elected, coordinate class trips and many community service outings - foodbanks, raking leaves for elderly...)</p>

<p>Piano - 9 years</p>

<p>Work experience: Manufacturing Ice Cream and Waitressing at a Cafe</p>

<p>Participated in:
Harvard Model Congress
MassStar Citizenship Conference
Girls Get SSET (Tech camp) at MIT</p>

<p>National French Exams
9th Grade: 8th nationally, 6th in MA
10th Grade: 1st Nationally
11th Grade: 12th Nationally</p>

<p>National French Honors Society (10/11/12)
NHS (11/12)</p>

<p>National Finalist for the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Competition
Junior Math Achievement Award
Wellesley College Book Award</p>

<p>President and Founder of the school's Middle Eastern Student Association</p>

<p>(Sorry BreakOrDeath88 I copied your format)</p>

<p>Thanks, I'd really appreciate your input!</p>

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<p>anyone have any advice?</p>

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<p>Hey. Looking at your post, I think your academics are fine and get you in the running.</p>

<p>Next, a few key areas of interest emerge. Science (and math) seem to be something you are interested in, since you took and scored well on SAT IIs and APs in chem and bio, you're taking physics, and also have volunteered at the science museum, gotten chem and math awards, and spent time studying at MIT. Next, I see an interest in languages and cultures, particularly French, but also through your middle eastern students assoc. being multilingual should help. also sports, volunteering, piano, and other ECs are fine. pretty standard for yale. in any case, you have a normal chance (i think) and what would help you is organizing your ECs and classwork into areas of interest so it is more easy for the admissions officers to see your key "passions". also, the essay puts a lot of applicants over the edge and so can great recs so make sure to get those</p>

<p>otherwise, i think you're fine, but the chances are still small as they always are at yale. good luck</p>

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<p>thanks conwoman</p>