Yale EA RESULTS

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Sat I: 1510 (800 V; 710 M)
Sat II: 800 Math IIC; 800 Literature; 780 Writing; 760 Physics
ACT: 34
GPA: 5.17/5.0
Rank: Top 5% (out of a class of 1,000)</p>

<p>Other Stats:
Essays: I liked 'em.
Teacher Recs: Haven't read them
Hook: Music/theater/ writing; very rounded</p>

<p>Location
State: Illinois (Chicago-land)
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male</p>

<p>Other factors:
Brown book award, playwrighting awards, social service, a good deal of leadership, lots of theatre/music.</p>

<p>Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in, and good luck to everyone deferred.</p>

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<p>Tara, how does your sister already know that she got 45/45 if she applied this year? You can only take two tests junior year, and she has no idea how she did on TOK and EE.</p>

143

<p>Meant to clarify. Straight 7's, (42/42?), transcript grades. TOK and EE aren't finalized. She does higher Physics, English and Chem.
Sorry, I'm not sure about all the points and everything. I don't have to worry about IB for another 2 years.</p>

144

<p>Wow, it's really interesting to go back and read this again. o_0</p>

145

<p>interesting...or depressing?</p>

146

<p>id say depressing and i didnt even apply to yale</p>

147

<p>i just realized i never posted on this thread and i thought i had. odd...i'm sleepy</p>

148

<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M / 800V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II C, 780 Writing, 720 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA: 3.94, unweighted
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>] Other stats: taking 5 senior-year APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read them
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Illinois, U.S.
[<em>] School Type: Private, small
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: upper-middle class boy from the North Shore of Chicago looking for financial aid. I'm easy to pass over.</p>

<p>General Comments: I guess it's because I didn't have a hook. Statistically, I look like someone Yale wants, but I'm guessing they want to use EA to get the truly outstanding kids. I hope.</p>

149

<p>hey dundee is right up the street from me. where do you go to school, if not DC or Jacobs, since you're private?</p>

150

<p>Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest. I'm new to Illinois -- used to live in Massachusetts -- so I've never attended any of the Dundee schools. I live off of Route 31.</p>

151

<p>i live off of 31 too, but down in south elgin. good luck getting in in the RD round. it'd be great to have another local.</p>

152

<p>Lake Forest? wow that's close by. I'm a little north of you guys in Libertyville. I think I know a kid who went to LFA, short guy named Danny Kennedy... all I remember was that he was pretty annoying, ahaha</p>

153

<p>This thread is very scary for me as an RD applicant, since an even less percentage will get in this round.</p>

154

<p>I looked through the first three pages or so, and I only saw one person accepted with an SAT under 1500. On the Harvard version of this thread, there seemed to be many with SAT's under 1500.</p>

155

<p>Well, there must have been plenty of applicants accepted with an SAT score lower than 1500 because the class of 2009 SAT average is 1490.</p>

156

<p>Doomed. I am doomed! Doooooooomed! Doom, doom, d-d-d-doom, di di, dum dum doom.....does anyone remember that shortlived Nickelodeon cartoon with the freaky alien? Zim or something? His little robot friend was cute....</p>

<p>But you shall not crush my spirit! I'm sending in the darned application with everything I've done and trusting to Eli for the rest :)</p>

157

<p>I think there was some chart shown previously where there might have been more acceptances in the 1450-1500 range then the 1500-1550 range.</p>

158

<p>
[quote]
Well, there must have been plenty of applicants accepted with an SAT score lower than 1500 because the class of 2009 SAT average is 1490.

[/quote]
Athletes tend to not post their scores here.</p>

159

<p>Okay, here's what I'm seeing as I read through these again: The people with outrageously good stats seem to get deferred or rejected. The people with lower stats but obvious direction through scores and ECs get in. For example, a lot of >700 maths but 800 verbal with writing awards got in. >700 verbal but 800 maths with research experience got in. They don't necessarily have 4.0s or a zillion 5s on APs, they have a good balance of "well-roundedness" but a focus on their talents.</p>

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<p>That's also because 800s on math is generally seen as easier to come by.</p>