<p>I’m pretty sure even the most amazing athletes have to have semi-decent scores/grades, otherwise they A) wouldn’t be able to keep up academically at Yale, since the classes themselves are challenging and B) would mess with the school’s statistics too much. I heard somewhere that even athletes needed like a +2000 or +29 SAT/ACT respectively, but I definitely could be wrong…</p>
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<p>Highly doubtful. Judging by the data on the Common Application, there are certainly some students admitted who have well under 2000.</p>
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<p>The most commonly cited data pertain only to the 25th to 75th percentile scores. Accepting recruited athletes with scores well below the 25th percentile would have no effect on that range if the scores would have been below the 25th percentile anyways.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, so potentially, a hooked URM recruited athlete with an ACT of 25 could have a better chance of getting in than an applicant with ACT of 34? I realize that scores are not everything to an applicant, but just for an example.</p>
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<p>I don’t know the relative acceptance rates for groups as you have broken it down. All I can say is that the data strongly suggest that there are some hooks out there that have such an influence that those with very relatively low scores can be admitted. I don’t believe that the hooks of being a URM or a legacy applicant are sufficient in that respect, so the low-stat acceptee group probably comprises heavily recruited athletes and developmental admits.</p>
<p>Yale SCEA 2016 hopeful here! :D</p>
<p>Sorry to be hijacking you ‘15ers thread, I’m just a meager junior, but I wanted you guys’ opinion on this… does geographic diversity matter alot to Yale? I’m from Louisiana. Also, I’m a Hispanic male. So does my underrepresented-state coupled with my URM status mean I can be significantly less impressive than, say, silverturtle, and still have an above-average chance of getting in SCEA? I have a 33 ACT and a 3.95 GPA, but I still have a year or so til I’d write my app… what do you guys think? :P</p>
<p>being from LA wouldn’t help if you were white really, but being coupled with being hispanic it probably will. regardless, being hispanic helps a ton. your stats seem appropriate in the context of your hook.</p>
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<p>Really? A senior member on a CC thread somewhere posted that, for the class of 2013, only 1 student from Louisiana matriculated to Yale. So I thought that might help even more. I’m already aware about the whole URM thing, though.</p>
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As far as I know (and I am only an interested outside observer) the amount of compromise an Ivy can make in pursuit of athletic talent is governed by the Academic Index and is the reason why the AI was invented. See “Playing Varsity” here: [College</a> Admissions Planning](<a href=“http://www.roadtocollege.com/home/Forbes.aspx]College”>http://www.roadtocollege.com/home/Forbes.aspx)
You can play with the AI calculator elsewhere on CC to see what kind of impact this has. Somewhere else I have read (sorry, no link) that the average Ivy admit is about 211 AI but that athletes average about 190.
Almost certainly, but it can’t be quantified. There are quite a few threads on this topic, and in some you’ll see that LA is near the bottom in terms of admits per state population. However since we don’t know how many apply nor what their aggregate statistics look like we can’t really conclude anything from this information.</p>
<p>I’m so excited about going to apply to Yale class of '15 when/if I get in, I’m going to be soooo HAPPY!!!</p>
<p>What’s SCEA and URM</p>
<p>Single Choice Early Action and under-represented minority</p>
<p>Does yale have binding SCEA contracts</p>
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<p>Unlike ED, SCEA does not require that you attend if accepted. It means that you cannot apply early to any other school, with several exceptions:</p>
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<p>I’m going to visit the campus nxt month, what are the chances that I’d get to meet the dean?</p>
<p>So I keep hearing that Yale SCEA is more competitive and “cut-throat.” Does this mean that if I don’t hold up to the standards of most SCEA admitted students, is there more of a chance that I’ll be deferred or more of a chance that I’ll be rejected outright? If the answer is rejection, I’d rather go for RD and apply EA or ED to another school. Yale is my absolute #1 choice, but I don’t have any big awards nor have I started my own club or business or something. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>^I have no definite answer on this (try silverturtle), but if you are hypothetically good enough to apply RD and get in, then you would probably be either accepted SCEA outright OR deferred SCEA and then accepted RD. There are probably disparities though, but if Yale is your #1 choice, I would suggest applying SCEA.</p>
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<p>If you get accepted SCEA, you would have been accepted RD. If you get deferred SCEA, you may or may not have been accepted RD. If you get refected SCEA, you would not have been accepted RD.</p>
<p>So I should go ahead and do it? It’ll restrict me from EA or ED somewhere else, but I guess that’s okay.</p>
<p>How do you apply for SCEA</p>
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<p>On the Common Application, there is a tab called “future plans.” Make sure Yale is already on your list of “My Colleges” and then select “Restrictive Early Action” under the Yale section for future plans. Also, when the Yale supplement comes out, it will give the option of selecting between SCEA and RD.</p>