Thanks all for your advice. I still applied SCEA in Yale. Yale is one of few Ivies which says that academic track record is more important than SAT score and a moderate SAT score can be compensated by strong academic record. I have been a Topper of my school in IB in Mumbai, got predicted of 43/45. Have done Cancer research for 6 months in my Junior year under an Oncologist and submitted entire project as STEM supplement, did community activity for Cancer awareness for below poverty line senior citizens in Mumbai, School Amansador of the year , glowing LORs I guess as assured by my teachers, put 4 months in Essays, English is not spoken at home belong to a middle class family in Mumbai. I have given my best shot. Let’s see my luck and destiny. Anyone else here applied for SCEA ? Thanks
I saw that you too were a fellow international student and I was wondering if you could chance me, I honestly don’t know how good my chances are just due to my situation and I thought getting advice from a successful international student is always nice. BTW I am an Indian who lives in america but doesn’t have a green card so I am considered an international RIP lol. Chance me pls:
Scores/GPA:
SAT: 1530 750EBR, 780M
SAT 2: Chem 780, Bio-E 780, Math L-2 800
Rank 2/197
GPA: 4.92 W, 4.00/4.00 UW
AP Classes:
Taken: AP Bio: 5, AP Chem: 4, AP Calc BC: 5, AP Physics 1: 4, AP Comp Sci A: 4, AP Research: 4, AP Seminar: 5, AP Human Geo: 5, AP Stats: 4, AP USH: 4, AP English Language: 5
Taking: AP Macro, AP German, AP Physics 2, AP Comp Sci Principles, AP US Government
Extracurriculars:
- FIRST Robotics Competition. Awards: World Championship Quarter Finalist Captain, Regional Finalists, Deans List Finalist. Role: Technical Lead, Co-president.
- The Hut Project. Essentially my friends and I have constructed a hut in the woods and we integrate modern technology into it such as solar panels etc.
- Penn State University Labteching. I work under a chemistry professor at penn state and we are revising and improving local chemistry curriculum in our counties by adding labs and other cool stuffs.
4.FIRST Lego League and FIRST Lego League Jr. Mentor. Mentor elementary school kids about STEM and compete in LEGO League tournaments. - Science Olympiad. President of the Club. We compete every year, won regional awards in thermodynamics and biology etc.
- Math Club. Secretary, we compete in the math bowl and also we solve calculus based proofs for the sheer fun of it.
- Bread Club. Breadident(President lol). Started out as a meme club between some friends but somehow eventually got to the point that we have bread drives and stuff for helping homeless people. Still one of the best things that happened in high school.
- Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science. Did an ecology project on salination pollution and its effects on daphnia magna populations in freshwater ecosystems. Won a 1st award at regionals and a 2nd award at states.
Awards:
I think I listed 'em in EC’s ooof. Also got summa cum laude for “good academics.” National AP Scholar, Capstone Scholar, [some other AP awards that dont mean much to me or the colleges I am applying to]. Ye that’s about it.
Recommendations:
Rec 1: Statistics Teacher, 9-10/10. Knew for all 4 years, also was a robotics mentor so he knows me way too much.
Rec 2: Chemistry Teacher, solid 10/10. Knew for all 4 years, a lot of people who go to ivy’s, mit, stanford, duke, etc. from our school got rec’s from him. I am also very good friends with him.
Colleges I am applying to: Yale SCEA (I hope, I really hope)
Hello guys! I am from New Delhi, India applied to Yale SCEA for CS. I would really appreciate if you guys could take a look at my profile and give me honest advice about my chances at Yale.
Stats:
Enrolled in Indian CBSE System
Grade 9: 9.4 cgpa (out of 10)
Grade 10: 94%
Grade 11: 88% (Grade 11 CBSE is known for Dip in Marks)
Grade 12: 95% (Predicted)
Rank: Top 5% in School
SAT: 1440 (640 English, 800 Maths)
SAT 2: Maths and Physics-800
TOEFL: 104
ECs: (10 listed on CA, just writing in short)
- Got Patent Grant
2)Yale Young Global Scholar and Michigan Maths and Science Scholar (Got very good letter of rec. from both the professors at these camps!)
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Published 3 research papers
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Founder at a school club
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Founded and coded a mobile app (available in play store)
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2 internships at tech companies
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Ambassador of YYGS at Yale Uni. & Secretary at Student Council.
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Social Work- created own website to spread cyber awareness ( Also, Organized Sessions under Project-“Cyber Safe” & posting “CyberBliss” Security Tip for 6000 LinkedIn Professional connection to spread Cyber Awareness.) and Part of Rotary Club
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Silver medal at an international competition.
10)School Chess team Captain.
Honors (5):
Best Paper Award at International Conference
Scholarship
State Child Scientist by Indian Government
“Microsoft Office Specialist” by Microsoft
All Rounder by School
Rec Letters:
Maths and Physics, i guess they are very solid.
Extras:
I sent a STEM supplement.
Sending in 2 supplemental rec letters from internship and rotary club Directors .
There was no space to attach my letter of rec. from Yale and Umich summer camp so I specifically asked my counsellor to mention it.
No Financial-need
So that’s it. I would really like to see what you guys feel. Can this profile compensate the low English SAT score ? (acc. to Yale Standards). Will letter of rec. from Yale Graduate (Teaching Faculty at YYGS) and YYGS Ambassador thing help me to show incline towards Yale?
how did how did you submit a STEM supplement I don’t see it on the portal
As far as I remember, common app asked me if I am interested in submitting any kind of supplement. I ticked in that.
Hi everyone! I’m applying to Yale RD, but I’m just looking to see what chance I have. Here are my stats(pasted from another thread):
Race: Hispanic(Colombia)
Gender: Female
ACT: 34
SAT II: Literature 750, Spanish 800, U.S. History 660(Not submitting)
AP: European History(5), Psychology(5), English Language(5), Seminar(5), U.S. History(5), Calculus AB(5), Spanish Language(5), Physics 1(3), taking Biology, English Literature, Microeconomics, U.S. Government, Calculus BC, and Research this year. I self-studied for Spanish Language and Physics 1.
Rank: 1 out of 51 in a competitive catholic high school.
GPA: 4.0 UW/4.4898 W
ECs:
School Activities-
Concert Band(First Chair: Saxophone)
Junior Civitan Service Club(President)
Spanish Honor Society(President 11th grade, Student Advisor Currently)
Mu Alpha Theta(Captain)
National Honor Society(Community Service Director)
Pep Band(First Chair: Saxophone)
Spanish Club(Student Advisor)
Student Ambassador(Senior Leader)
Peer/Eucharistic Ministry(Rigorous selection process, catholic EC)
Community Activities-
UF Health VolunTEEN(Hospital volunteering)
Gainesville Youth Chorus(Student Leadership Team, regional televised soloist)
Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center Volunteer
St. Augustine Church Choir(Psalmist)
Tony and Al’s Restaurant(Hostess)
Breakthrough Junior Challenge(Semifinalist)
Advanced French Student(several regional competition awards, including the judge’s choice prize)
Awards-
National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
National Merit Commended Scholar
Bertie Green Junior National Travel Award(Spanish Honor Society, only 24 students in the nation get selected each year)
1st Place-Regional Spanish Competition Team Award
Outstanding Leadership Award-Student Ambassador
AP Scholar(1st person in my school’s history to achieve this award in 10th grade because usually there’s a cap of 1 AP sophomore year)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Published Author(and working on several other books)
Intended Major: Neuroscience
Intended Minor: Music or Creative Writing
Hey everyone! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED! I’M SO PROUD OF Y’ALL AND I just want to wish you all THE BEST OF LUCK! 
Also to everyone who’s posting their stats and asking us to chance them, I’m going to be honest I get it. I’ve done a chance me before and looking back now I sort of wish I hadn’t. The reason I did it was due to insecurity, not that I’m saying that’s why everyone on here is also doing it. But I’m just going to say that it’s fine to continue doing chance me’s. Freedom of speech.
But I’m also gonna say that you all have great stats and activities and awards and so on but we’re not admissions officers. Sure we can give you feedback on what you can do to strengthen your application like test scores and grades. But other than that, especially to people who are already strong in pretty much every area of the application, we really can’t tell you whether or not you’re gonna get in. People on here can say you’ll get in. Some people can say you won’t but our opinions, in the end, mean nothing. There have been plenty of people who’ve either gotten in despite the negative feedback and people who haven’t despite the positive feedback.
Again, we’re not admissions officers. All we do is provide validation not read the future. Even if your application is strong we can’t make a fair conclusion because there are thousands of other applicants that you’re going to be compared to that we haven’t seen to make that fair conclusion. The only way you’ll actually know is on decisions day. We don’t actually know what goes down in that office. We don’t know what Yale is thinking or what they’re looking for for the 2024 class. You can definitely have a fair shot at acceptance but despite your perfect stats and Extracurriculars you could also be rejected. Good job to everyone who’s applied but I think it’s better to not think about your chances and focus on continuing your passion, staying focused in school and what not, because the chance me’s are just going to make you more nervous and anxious and you can’t change what you can’t control.
YALL I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM MY ALUMNI INTERVIEWER SDKFJLSDKHFLKJSD
@lamdanu Ooh congrats!!!
I’m not a SCEA applicant but to all of you who are, good luck! I hope you all receive some great news in mid-December!
Have a nice day.
I haven’t gotten an email from an alumni interviewer yet, and I live in a mid-size city but without too many applicants (I assume). Should I be worried? I know Yale says it doesn’t disadvantage people without an interview, but I feel like I can really shine through one (I’m very much an extrovert). Thanks 
^It’s also a function of the number of interviewers in your city/region and how timely the regional director is in assigning interviews and the interviewer contacting applicants. All we have is your email, so for applicants, make sure you check your email and look in your spam folder in case an email ended up there.
Thanks @BKSquared ! I didn’t see anything in my email since when I submitted my application, so I guess I’ll just wait and keep checking my email. Is there a date that would pretty much be the latest I could expect an alumni interview notification?
^ the deadline for turning in reports is Dec 1.
BKSquared, you wrote in the 2023 thread that you were a Yale alumni interviewer. You had such excellent advice. My child received an interview request, does that mean that she probably won’t be admitted to Yale? (Based on your experience)
^Getting an interview request is definitely not a negative. I do think it represents an opportunity to put a face/personality to the app. To the extent that our interviews are evaluative, the AO is looking for us to provide qualitative notes on characteristics such as curiosity, ability to express complex thoughts, thoughtfulness and depth of analysis, energy, focus. A good way to sum it up, would we enjoy engaging with this person intellectually and socially as a classmate, whether in a classroom setting or in the dining halls?
I think a strong interview report will help at the margins. I do think though that a negative or even lukewarm report may hurt unless the rest of the app is spectacular. In an exercise where you are trying to weed down 36,000 to 2,200, people tend to look for reasons to say “no” vs “yes”, especially among roughly comparable candidates.
Best of luck to your daughter. She should have try to have fun with the interview. For most of us who do this year after year, we generally want to support our interviewees.
Quick question @BKSquared, do regular decision applicants also get interviews?
^Yes. We start doing those after RD applications get turned in.
Okay, thank you!