What are my chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Yale is one of my two mega reaches, with MIT being the other....my stats are below...
Took SAT 1 Once: got 2080
Took ACT once: 34
SAT II: Math IIC:800, Chem:770 </p>

<p>I have 4 APs (school only offers seven, and we only had 2 until this year, and I couldn't take AP Bio n Chem at same time)
AP US History-4
AP Chem
AP Literature and Composition
AP Calculus BC
All my other classes are all honors </p>

<p>My school has VERY FEW extracirruiculars (we are the 2nd graduating class), so I don't have many, I can't do many extracirruclars because my parents work from liek 8 am to 12 am, and I have to watch my two younger sisters...some are
Volunteer at a hospital
Key Club Member
Math Team
Service
Science Fair </p>

<p>Awards:
Voted Math and Physics Scholar
AIME qualifier </p>

<p>GPA: Weighted: 3.8, Unweighted: 3.7...have great foward progress went for a 2.8 to a 3.9... </p>

<p>And if anyone knows what regents are, my regents avg is 93, got 99 on US History, 96 on physics (highest in school), 93 Math A and B, 95 Global History, 94 Eng Regents, all 90s+ except Spanish </p>

<p>I also have great recommendations, math and physics recs span 2 pages each, and my physics rec comes for a MIT and Princeton graduate, also awesome outside recs from a Texas Tech professor, and Tufts professor... I also think I have a good essay, my AP Eng teacher said so.... </p>

<p>so what are my chances at
Columbia
Cornell
MIT
Sophie Davis
Yale
NYU
John Hopkins
U Chicago and U Michigan-Ann Arbor </p>

<p>also have some moderates and safeties...St.Johns, Binghamton, Stonybrook.... </p>

<p>Just curious, what would be my chances at each school (if you could do a percentage, Id really love you for it)...Thanks for all the help</p>

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<p>If I gave you percentages they would be extremely arbitrary. No one on this board is qualified to give out numbers, what I can give you is my opinion. You're SAT scores are low for Yale and MIT. (This is a Yale forum, such a thread would have been better suited in the What are my chances forum?) Your ACT scores however are very high, I would strongly suggest that you send only your ACT scores for Yale. I'm sure that you need three subject tests for MIT so they will see your weak SAT I scores. That's okay, I guess, again just send your ACT scores as well. The fact that you are taking almost all the APs in your school shows drive and ambition, although you should have your guidance counselor explain why you couldn't take AP Chem and AP Bio together. The fact that your school has few extracurriculars is no excuse. Unless you live in Montana on a ranch, there are always opportunities for outside activities. If you look hard enough you will find them. How did you do in the science fair. Did you ever attend a national competitions? National Science Symposium, AJAS/AAAS, ISEF, Siemens? Volunteering at a hospital and key club are rather ordinary of applicant to these schools (MIT and Yale) so that wouldn't stand out. You are very weak in that area, but since it is out of your control now, you have to wait and see. What exactly does a Physics and Math scholar get? Is there a fellowship involved? Are you doing independent research? I notice your awards tend to be vague. If you could elaborate to help the next poster. I qualified for the AIME for five years (eighth grade and all of high school). Have you score anything more than 7? That would help you considerably. Too many recommendations, did they all send them out because I know for a fact that Yale discourages additional recommendations. Overall you present an okay package at Yale and MIT, with nothing that truly stands out you have to really work for admissions especially in your essays. Also I'll briefly mention your other schools since I hate when people don't answer my questions. Columbia is on the same level as Yale and MIT, Cornell, JHU, and Chicago are slight reaches again you have nothing that stands out in ECs and they tend to admit students holistically. You are a match at NYU, I have no basis for an evaluation for Sophie Davis, and U Michigan, although I assume you will be okay there. Your safeties are that safeties and you have a great chance there. Sorry for taking so long.</p>

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<p>thanks alot for the help, yea no ECs are going to hurt me in the long run...no the recommendations haven't been sent, except for my math teachers, the other recs go with my application, but the envelopes have a seal, so i can't alter them, even if i wanted to...didn't get a 7 on the AIME....im not doing any independent research, but i think doing RD is hurting me alot...</p>