What are my chances of getting into Yale?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
1

I recently went on a tour and Yale has been climbing higher on my list, but I’m not really sure about US college admissions. (also the excessive APs were to meet the Cambridge requirements :’))

SAT: 1570
SAT II: 750 in Math II and 800 in English Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m Canadian and my school doesn’t have GPAs, but my grades are generally in the 95+ range
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school is not allowed to release this -_-
AP Scores: 4 in AP World History, 4 in AP English Literature, 5 in AP Comparative Government, 5 in AP Human Geography, 5 in AP Environmental Science, 5 in AP Macroeconomics

***my school doesn’t offer AP courses, I self-studied for everything

Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Advanced Functions, Calculus, Music, Economics, World Issues, Philosophy, English

Taking AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology this year

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): **leadership positions and number of years are by the time I’m in senior year
Debate (4 years; exec-runs meetings and plans lessons, got a few awards)
Writer’s Club (4 years; president, ran school publication)
Music Activity Council (4 years; exec)
MEDLIFE (2 years; organized fundraisers to get a village in Chile land rights and access to medical care)
A club to fundraise for medical care for children in developing countries (2 years; founded the club)
IPPF (1 year; lead the school team, made it through a few rounds and got an award)
Volunteering (2 years; lead activities at a senior’s home)
Archery (2 years; not at school but competed in a few competitions, may be on school team but I have been recovering from an injury for a while)

Summer Activities:
Lots of summer school- took several courses above my grade level that I was interested in but don’t have time for
Worked in a lab at a local university- used a modelling software to make models for various areas of research
Amnesty International- Starting a youth group within my community, our first few missions involved distributing menstrual products to homeless women and raising awareness about human trafficking

State (if domestic applicant): N/A but Ontario, Canada
Intended major(s): Global Affairs
School Type: public school
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:100 000-150 000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don’t think I have any?

**Edit:
I also sing (opera) and perform (usually at school and in competitions)

2

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. Unfortunately, none of those qualities can be gleaned from a post like yours. The best that can be said is that your GPA and test scores make you a competitive applicant in either the SCEA or RD pool.

FWIW: International applicants do NOT have the same odds as US applicants. Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford and MIT (among other colleges) limit the number of international students to about 10% to 11% of an incoming freshman class. Yale is not as forthcoming as Harvard, but if you go to http://www.hio.harvard.edu/statistics. From the pull-down menus, select STUDENTS, HARVARD COLLEGE (the undergraduate school) and CANADA, you’ll see that there are 135 students from CANADA enrolled at Harvard who are freshman, sophomores, juniors or seniors. That means, on average, Harvard admits about thirty-four (34) students from Canada every year. I imagine Yale admits about the same. Will you be one of those lucky 34 students? I have no idea and wouldn’t venture a guess. Best of luck to you!