What are my chances of getting into Yale?

[sams55]

Hello, I was just curious what my chances of being admitted to Yale are.
Info:
Male
White
4.5 gpa
32 ACT
National Honors Society
Various volunteer groups
Tennis Captain
Hockey Player
Letter of Recommendation from someone with a Doctorate in the field I want to pursue (Environmental Engineering)
No job experience
Rank: 2/300
Took all the Honors and College courses available during HS
I do not attend a prep school or extremely great high school

[gibby]

Welcome to College Confidential! As a first-time poster to CC, you should know there’s a whole section for chance threads. If you want to play that game, you should repost there: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/

Here on the Yale forum, what you will get is the standard response from seasoned posters like myself

You seem like a wonderful applicant, as are most students who will ultimately be rejected. As Yale receives more qualified applications than they have seats in their freshman class, Admissions uses a student’s teacher recommendations, guidance counselor’s Secondary School Report (SSR), essays and interview report to choose one high performing student over another. They look for wonderful scholars of “good character” – that’s an old fashioned word meaning the way you develop your inner qualities, intellectual passion, maturity, social conscience, concern for community, tolerance, inclusiveness and love of learning. As none of those qualities can be gleaned from a post like yours, the best anyone can say is that you GPA and test scores place you within Yale’s range.

Best of luck to you!

[Tperry1982]

^^^thank you @gibby. Well said, as usual.