What are my changes for Yale EA and UPenn EA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm an Asian student debating on whether to apply to Yale EA or UPenn ED. I am Bilingual, and my school has a fairly good relationship with Yale. I want to know my chances. Thanks so much! Here are my personal data. </p>

<p>GPA (weighted): 5.05, compared with a 5.29 for the highest weighted GPA of my year and a 3.56 average GPA of my year
**ACT:* 35, with essay score 9
SAT: 2210 (retaking SAT in October with hopefully a higher score)
SAT Subject Tests:
Math II: 800
Chemistry: 800
AP Tests:
AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry: 5
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP English Lang/Comp: 4</p>

<p>Awards
Honor Roll : Grades 9, 10, 11
National Spanish Exam : Grade 10, Gold Medalist
Junior Awards : Excellence in Science
Board of Education Award of Outstanding Achievement: Grades 10, 11
Illinois Institute of Technology Book Award
Village of Wilmette Youth Community Service Award: Grade 10</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars
Science Olympiad: Grade 9-11
2010: Team: State Champs, 6th place Nationals, Individual: Nationals: 7th and 10th in 2 events, States: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th in 5 events
2009: Team: State Champs, 9th place Naitonals, Individual: Nationals 2nd, State: 2nd
2008: All Freshmen team gets 13th in States competing against mostly Jr/Sr teams, Individual: 5th, 8th in 2 events
Math Team: Grades 9-10
Grade 10 State Tournament: Overall Team Score: 9th; Oral Competition: 5th; Freshmen-Sophomore 2 Person Competition: 8th;
Regional Tournament: Overall Team Score: 4th; Sophomore Written Competition: 2nd;
Grade 9 Regional Tournament: Overall Team Score: 2nd; Freshman Written Competition: 1st, Freshmen-Sophomore 8 Person Competition: 1st;
JETS/WYSE (science competition): Grade 11
Team Co-Captain
Sectional Tournament: 4th Place
Regional Tournament: 2nd Place
Wind Ensemble: Grade 9-11
Grade 11 Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Flute, Northwestern University Solo and Ensemble Festival: Division I
Grade 10 Concert Wind Ensemble: 2nd Chair Flute, Northwestern University Solo and Ensemble Festival: Division I
Grade 9 Varsity Wind Ensemble: 2nd Chair Flute, Northwestern University Solo and Ensemble Festival: Division I,
Class Senate: Homeroom Rep Grades 9-11</p>

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<p>Time to use your analytical skills here. You seem to be wondering if you should apply to each school based on your relative chances. That’s a bankrupt plan, IMHO. Apply to SCEA to Yale if you prefer Y over UP. If you prefer UPenn over Yale, apply ED there.</p>

<p>If you can’t make up your mind, apply SCEA to Yale and RD to Penn.</p>

<p>But you shouldn’t be choosing based on your admit chances at either. Yours and most everyone else’s chances are low. That’s just the fact. No one can give you real “chances”. But you’re viable so you should go for it.</p>

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<p>Your chances are as high (or rather as low) as everyone else’s who’s applying to the Ivies. That being said, I agree with T26E4: apply where you want to go, not where you think you have a better chance of getting accepted. And again, if you can’t decide, apply EA to Yale - it’s not binding so you can still apply elsewhere. For some more in depth idea of your chances, my resume was a lot like yours except with Piano in place of winds and Ballet in place of science olympiad. I got accepted to Princeton, Columbia, Vassar, Amherst, and NYU; wait-listed at Cornell, Wash U, and Conn College; and rejected from Harvard. While I didn’t apply to U Penn or Yale, this should give you an idea of the range of responses from different colleges so you should choose the one you like better, not the one you are brave enough to hazard a guess will like you better.</p>