YALE is my dream school-but what do you think?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>City-New York City
Grade-rising senior
Rank-4/40
SAT (I took it as 'practice' junior year)-1450
GPA-4.0
Junior Classes:
AP English Language and Composition-97
Honors Pre-Calc-94
Honors Chem.I-98
Honors French 4-94
Gym-98
AP Europen History-95</p>

<p>Senior Classes (what I plan on next year) :
AP AP English Literature and Composition
AP Calc.
AP Chem.II
Honors French 5
Gym
AP American Government</p>

<p>Extra Cirriculars-
Tennis (9,10,11)
Student Body Government (11 Vice President)
Piano (9,10,11)</p>

<h2>Drama (9,10,11)</h2>

<p>Schools I'm considering:
-Harvard Universtiy-
-Princeton Universtiy-
-Brown University-
-Wesleyan-
-Vassar college-
Yale University-
-Georgetown University-</p>

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<p>First take the new SAT(need like a 2200+) and do you have done anything significant in terms of sports, piano, or drama? Any AP exam scores?</p>

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<p>your EC might be a little low. but be sure you do good on your SAT and/or ACT</p>

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<p>Consider Dartmouth, its right in with your other schools. Its a little farther from a city, but its an awesome balance between a LAC and a place like Harvard.</p>

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<p>anyone else??? bump!</p>

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<p>You might check your spelling -- extra curriculars is correct. Also, you need more AP courses & leadership positions. Club presidencies (beside student govt VP) and team captaincies would help. Also, what's your volunteer work and/or community service?</p>

<p>You have to be more than grades & scores to get into the schools you're thinking about. Of the schools you're considering, Vassar seems the most reasonable at this point; much will depend on what you do senior year. Also, are you a URM and do you plan on applying early. You could also look at Emory, Haverford, Michigan, Tufts, Connecticut College, Oberlin, Hamilton, Brandeis, Kenyon, Trinity, Skidmore, Wake Forest and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>to be honest, i don't think you'd get in any of those schools. Make sure you have safeties</p>

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<p>Your stats are sufficient. What you need is great essays, an outstanding interview, enthusiastic and perceptive recs, and THEN a whole lot of luck. Apply to 1-2 schools where you're an ABSOLUTE shoo-in, and would be happy.</p>

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<p>i think stats wise, ur're matched with everyone else-4.0, and the SAT is pretty average...so your good there</p>

<p>but, it's the Extra cirriculars lol that you're weak on, and that's what usually determines it when you pass the 1st level.</p>

<p>so, i think that u would get into some, but prolly not all of them</p>

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<p>collegeparent - she says she is 4th out of 40. That means the school is probably too small to offer a bunch of AP classes. I would think colleges take that into account.</p>

<p>But yalecitygirl - I think the posts are on target. If Yale is your first choice, that's fine. So apply early, and do a good job on the app. But I didn't see any in your list that seemed to me to qualify as match or good bets. So like the previous posters, I also suggest you now focus on selecting your match and good bet schools so you are comfortable with all the schools you should be applying to.</p>

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<p>it's a total crapshoot. You can have a perfect 1600, be valedictorian, volunteer daily at a hospital, have awesome essays and recs and still not get in. You have the same chance as the person i just described, who i know, and he didn't get in. i recommend applying, but having a strong safety that you'd love jsut as much.</p>

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<p>You're right, hayden -- she's only at the bottom of her class 10% - not good enough for Yale. She's got to be #1 and that ain't gonna happen. Suggest that she look seriously at the schools I mentioned above since her chances there are much better than her dreams. I hate to tell this to the OP but her dreams ain't gonna happen & she needs to wake up and face the reality of "safety schools."</p>

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<p>Analyze why you like Yale, then look for other schools that fit your preferences. What are your interests?</p>