What do you think my chances are??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Hey, I was wondering if you could answer this question for me:
Do you think that a Hispanic Female with the following credentials has a chance of getting in?:
-GPA: 91.5 unweighted, 97.2 weighted
-8 APs by the time high school is over
(this year chem, spanish and french I'm expecting 4s or 5s)
SATs:
-SAT I: Math 800 Reading: 740 Writing: 760
-SAT II: Chemistry: 800 Math IC: 760 French: 800 Spanish: 800 ( I don't plan to give my spanish as one of the three, since I believe it wouldn't be fair since I'm a native speaker)
Awards:
-AP Scholar (maybe higher after senoir year)
-National Hispanic Recognition Program
-St. John's University The Women in Science Recognition
-Who's Who Among High School Students
-Venture Scholar
Extracurriculars:
- Hispanic Culture Club (3 years)-Treasurer
- Relay for Life (3 years)- Team Captain
- French Honors Society (2 years)
- Spanish Honors Society (2 years)
- Community Service in the Hospital (2 years) 2 hours a week, including the summer
-waitress during the end of junoir year into senoir year
Junior year summer:
-Took Pre-Calculus, and Medical Forum</p>

<p>I also plan to include an extra essay about how I've been living in the ghettos all my life, and how I believe that if I lived somewhere else I may have performed better (5 people living in a two bedroom apartment it's almost impossible to be able to concentrate, and if it's not the family making the noise, it's the neighbors blasting their music) and how it's mad me determined to suceed in life and such. </p>

<p>Thank!
-A</p>

<p>P.S. About the Who's Who Among America's High School Students, I got the thing in the mail saying that I'd been recognized or nominated something like that, is only filling it out and sending it to them all it takes?
Also, is anyone familiar to the Venture Scholar Program? Does it really help at all?</p>

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<p>Who's Who Among America's High School Students is really nothing in the eyes of the admissions officers. Don't bother with that.</p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are pretty average. If your interviewer were to ask you what you would bring to the Yale community, what would you say? Think along those lines and market yourself to the Yale admissions officers in that way.</p>

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<p>i think you have a great chance. Yale seems to be really making a concerted effort to reach out to under represented minorities who may not have had the access to as many opportunities as other candidates. You seem to fit that profile. Play that angle, and you have an excellent shot of getting in.</p>

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<p>I know my ECs are way below average, but somethings gotta give :(</p>

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<p>i would tell the interview, "what can I bring to Yale? that's an obvious answer! I'll add to the percentage you're trying to reach when it comes to minorities, you accepting me will only help you as a college ;)"
lol jk...
i would NOT bring the minority thing up sicne that would only hurt my chances...(i believe)</p>