Hey everybody! Starting a little early, but wanted to get the conversation going for my year, please feel free to discuss! What schools are you guys thinking of applying to?
Harvard
“posted at 1:53 a.m.” bro we all have those nights lmao
Lol yeah I just like to plan ahead of time @bandathlete157 is clearly pointing out that my stress level is off the charts lol on my other posts. Sometimes I just lie awake going like “I don’t know what I’m doing with my life”, and I guess that was one of those days!
I don’t think Yale is a top choice for me, but I’ll probably apply. Some of my other schools are Brown, Dartmouth, Tufts, Northeastern, Boston U., Worcester Polytech, etc. UCONN and UMaine Honors college are my backups. I got UMaine honors college in the bag–full scholarship. Is it stupid to be upset over that haha? I reallyyy don’t want to go there.
Ahh junior year is hella stressful man. Anyhow, gotta go do IB History and AP Bio homework (ie. kill me lol).
Strongly considering Yale and Harvard… I just want a university that will essentially guarantee me admission into a top 5 law school…
@iblifeishorrible yeah we’ve been pretty much all been there. Also, @thesafasaleh how can you already say that you “got UMaine honors college in the bag–full scholarship”? I’ve thought the same thing about Rutgers Honors College, but I think it’s best for all of us that we don’t get too complacent and make cocky remarks.
Sorry for being the police here, I just don’t want any of us to further perpetuate the cynical and presumptuous Ivy League student stereotype if any of us are lucky enough to get in. Thanks.
@bandathlete157 Lol calm down. I’m not being cocky here, I literally have a full scholarship to the honors college…
@FreePariah Although many of my classmates went onto top 14 Law Schools – the determining factor will be the individual, not the college. Neither Y or H is a “guarantee” into any T-14 Law School, much less a top 5.
That’s very poor thinking (esp for a future top law school applicant).
Many people go from Wrinkydink University to Harvard Law School because they make an impact in their communities .
@FreePariah no school will guarantee you a top 14 law school. At the same time, any accredited school will give you the tools you need to go for Harvard or yale or whatever. Law school is LSAT and GPA and little else
@bandathlete157 you’re so rude. This was supposed to be a nice chat and of course you come in and make it all negative. That awkward moment when that person actually has a scholarship to UMaine. Nice. Haha.
@sciencenerd123 @thesafasaleh I was not trying to make this chat negative by any means; to be honest, I had simply never heard of a student being able to secure a full scholarship to any college, much less an honors college at the beginning of junior year. I apologize again for what I thought was an honest question, and I owe you my sincere congratulations if you have succeeded in getting this scholarship. I hope we can get back to the discussion. Thanks.
@T26E4 @hhjjlala @blountwil2 Perhaps I worded my statement in a way that made me sound like I thought I would automatically be accepted to law school. What I meant was that statistically, Yale and Harvard students are more likely to be accepted into their respective graduate programs. I want whatever advantages I can get in that regard.
On a separate note, I would also like to attend those universities for the sake of getting a world class education. I am personally very interested in comparative politics at Yale. Harvard is a college I am interested in because their financial aid is really good, and the education is top notch. That being said, Yale is likely the only one of the two I will apply to.
hey guys! I’m also looking to going to Yale 
not really sure if I’ll make it though…
@FreePariah the financial aid at Yale and Harvard (and for that matter Stanford and Princeton) are all going to be fairly close and more importantly they are 100% grant (vs grant and loan). As to law school, of course all other things being equal, going to a highly competitive college will be an advantage but you still need to be a top student with great LSAT’s and a complete applicant. Here is data from the profile page from HLS:
Class of 2019
Number of Applications: 5,485
Number of Admission Offers: 908
Percentage Offered Admission: 16.5%
Newly Enrolled 1Ls: 562
GPA 75th / 50th / 25th percentiles: 3.94 / 3.86 / 3.76
LSAT 75th / 50th / 25th percentiles: 175 / 172 / 170
51% women
44% students of color
13% hold advanced degrees
80% at least 1 year out of college
62% 2+ years out of college
188 undergraduate schools represented
43 states represented (plus DC)
20 foreign countries represented
17% non-US citizens
Note how many schools are represented and that only 20% came straight out of undergrad.
Hey @iblifeishorrible, thanks for starting the thread!
I’m in IB too, haha, and I do agree that it is quite stressful.
For everyone in IB, do you know if schools such as Yale weigh your final IB score / predicted score out of 45 heavily or do they place more emphasis toward your converted percentage mark / converted GPA?
Hey, I believe they look mostly at your converted GPA, but predicted grades probably weigh in there too. But because the predicted may not be the real grade, they are probably more lenient. For example, my friend was predicted around the 6 range with a 96 in the class and ended with a 4 (not good!). And my other friend was predicted also a 6, studied her ass off and got a 7.
Hi! I’m considering applying to Yale SCEA as an English major, and I’m a bit considered about a first try 33 ACT. [It’d be great if any of you could check out my chance thread, where I elaborate… of course, I’ll chance back. Thanks! :)]
If I’m not wrong the 25%-75% ACT Scores for Yale are 32-36, which means your scores probably fall just slightly below the median for accepted students. It’s worth noting that standardized test scores are just one of the many parts in your application, and that the accepted students with ACT Scores below 32 are probably people from disadvantaged backgrounds/ a few development cases/ people with some extraordinary ability in some other field like sports or the arts.