Which one am I better suited for?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I wanted to know my chances at Stanford OR Yale. These colleges are different, and I wanted to know not only my acceptance chances, but also the better option, so to speak. If alumni/current students could give their input, that would be great.</p>

<p>SAT I: 2240 (my first attempt, I'm taking another in March)
SAT II: Biology: 750 , I plan on retaking this and taking Chemistry and Math II in June
Rank: My guidance counselor has told me that I'm #1 so far
AP scores: 5 on AP Calculus AB & Biology</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
- Intro to Chem & Physics Honors
- Agriscience & Biotechnology 9 (elective)
- Spanish II
- English Honors
- Algebra II/Trig Honors
- Global Civilizations Honors
- Science Academy
- Gym
Sophomore Year:
- AP Biology, AP Calculus BC
- English honors,Global Insights Honors
- Spanish III, Agriscience & Biotechnology 10 (elective), gym
Junior Year:
- AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Economics, AP US History, AP Language & Composition
- Spanish IV, GYM (they added gym as a junior requirement just this year fml :D )
Senior Year: I plan on taking an anatomy & physiology honors course, ap english, ap physics c, ap government & politics, linear algebra at community college ...</p>

<p>Awards/achievements:
- brain bee state champion (proceeded to nationals)
- academic decathlon : highest scoring individual, first place team (states), highest scoring individual from team (nationals)
- FFA (Future Farmers of America) Public speaking competition: First place in CT Bronze Medalist in nationals</p>

<p>School extracurricular activities:
- senior features editor of school newspaper
- co-captain of academic decathlon
- VP of debate
- on fed challenge team</p>

<p>I also take private lessons & play my violin at a selective regional orchestra. They have four levels, and I'm in the third one.</p>

<p>Internship: under an NGO organizing microfinance for females in Central Himalayas (I'm working on a case study), worked with political campaign for state senate in 2010</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: dance teacher, writing tutor ; it's community service b/c I donate 100% of proceeds from classes to charity
Research: neurochemistry research for Parkinson's disease (have published an abstract); my mentor is a college professor</p>

<p>I'm from Connecticut, so Yale is close by.
I'm also from a public high school.
I am also an Asian female ...</p>

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<p>Personally I think it’s silly for you to retake bio with a 750 as 50 points is so minimal and your time could be better spent elsewhere. As far as Stanford goes…</p>

<p>Academically: I’d say qualified. Stanford’s average SAT is 2250 (which you’re close enough to) GPA? But pretty much your strength is in your academics. Most of your ECs are academic also.</p>

<p>My concern: pretty much all of your resume is academic-oriented. Sports? Clubs? etc. </p>

<p>2400 4.0s get rejected all the time because Stanford values well-rounded individuals. If I were you I’d spend some time building up the non academic ECs. </p>

<p>I didn’t apply to Yale so I can’t help you there. If you keep your trend up while both will still be reaches you have a chance at both.</p>

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<p>Thanks Laeven! Dance is my passion so maybe I should build up on that somehow.</p>

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<p>^That sounds like a good idea to me. I did the arts supplement for music and got in. Several people I know who got in did arts supplements for dance.</p>

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<p>Alright - I’ll look into the arts supplement :)</p>

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<p>Best luck! It’s really not so bad (resume and like 10 minute video for dance I think. Might also need a rec).</p>

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<p>Thanks. Did you know anyone who did classical Indian dance?</p>

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<p>Too early to bump?</p>

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<p>I actually think your extracurriculars are great; the internship and the research sound quite impressive. The only problem is that you don’t have a really clear focus. If someone looks at your profile, he/she doesn’t get a good idea of what your passion is. As for which you’re better suited for, that would depend on what you want to major in and what you look for in a college.</p>

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<p>I’m sorry I forgot to mention this: I would like to do premed with some sort of liberal arts major or molecular biology.</p>

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<p>I didn’t know anyone who did classical Indian dance, but then again no one I knew who applied was Indian so that’s not too surprising. I feel like Indian classical dance is one of the better categories because it’s utilizing your diversity in an EC, but thats just IMO.</p>