Yale just destroyed my confidence should i just stop applying??

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Yale EA just killed me, i mean hardcore, denied not even deferred i dont understand, it came out of nowhere i thought i had what it takes to at least get deferred. should i just stop applying and take my safety uofm? Please help me to tell me that i can still get into other colleges.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA 3.8 out of 4.0 unweighted Hardest possible courseload graduating with 10 APs and lots of honors</p>

<p>3 APs last year: AP US, AP English Lang, AP Chemistry all 5s on the tests taking 7 more this year, AP English Lit, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Biology,
AP French V, AP Euro, AP Calc AB</p>

<p>School doesnt rank</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 31, 11 on essay
english 27
math 29
reading 35
science 34</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Chemistry 800
Lit 730
Math I 800</p>

<p>Honors & Awards:
11/15/2004'5'6' AAA For Success Years: 04', 05', 06'
10/29/06 Detroit Free Press Marathon Top 10 in My Age Group Finisher
5/26/06 Grosse Pointe South High School Scholar Athlete
12/08/05'06' Macomb Conference All Academic Team
12/08/06 Macomb Conference Championship Team
12/13/2006 NCTE Junior Writing Contest Participant
National Council of Teachers of English holds a writing test where kids from every high school are selected to compete in a very selective writing contest.
4/15/2006 National French Honors Society
Inducted into the National French Honors Society for maintaining a high GPA along with a B+ or higher in French.</p>

<p>Activities & Interests:
Freshman-Present GPAAS Foster GPAAS
I take in stray dogs or dogs that would be otherwise euthanized for the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society and care for them until they got adopted.
Freshman-Present Cross Country Grosse Pointe South
Participated in cross country at first junior-varsity then as a sophomore on the varsity squad during that fall and since.
Freshman-Present Track and Field Grosse Pointe South
Participated in track and field since Freshman year every spring.
Junior Summer Wayne State Internship Wayne State University
Internship in the Biomedical Engineering Department of Wayne State studying Anatomy and Phyisology and applications of modern technology to particularly crippling diseases/injuries.
Junior-Senior Year GPAAS Promotional Coordinator GPAAS
I arranged for and organized the promotion for donations to Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.
Junior-Senior National Honor Society Cum Laude
Accepted to GPS HS chapter of National Honor Society, Cum Laude.</p>

<p>Im applying to:</p>

<p>Boston College
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
Northwestern
Williams</p>

<p>Unfortunately dont have any national awards or competitions. Getting really good recs from my AP teachers from last year. Essays about my experience on an inner city detroit track team my mom coached and how that taught me about values of diversity. Very passionate about running as is evident with marathon and dedication to cross country and track.
Sorry its so long but its better chances if you know everything, whatever you can give me is great,
Thanks.</p>

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Clearly you have an offer from Michigan. Why no Chicago if you have NW?</p>

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<p>i dont know i thought uchicago was just looking for a different person than me and ya i did get an offer from uofm a week ago or so.</p>

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<p>I really wouldn’t take Yale’s rejection as seriously as you seem to be taking it. Yale is a giant reach for anyone, and I’ve heard that the acceptance rate for EA is actually lower than the one for RD.</p>

<p>I think you have good chances at BC, Williams, and Cornell, and the others are reaches for anyone.</p>

<p>Williams does stick out, though, since it’s so small and so rural.</p>

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<p>ya im applying there because they just made some massive financial aid thing my mom read and she is making me apply</p>

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<p>yeah i wouldnt give up just yet</p>

<p>but just to be clear teenage-cliche the acceptance rate for ea is much higher than rd…idk where u heard it was the other way around…perhaps u heard it was easier to get in rd because the applicants are less competitive but i would doubt that even that was true</p>

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<p>your act score is probably what got you. you still have competitive chances at the rest, and even if they all reject you, um isnt a bad school</p>

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<p>don’t stop believing</p>

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<p>Wms is as good or better school for an undergrd than any listed. A small LAC w/ personal att’n, beautiiful campus, and great golf course (at least the first few holes anyway…).</p>

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<p>You have a 31 on the ACT, an 800 in Math ONE C, and only THREE AP classes (by the end of junior year). Check the other stats of the people who got into Yale, and you’ll see that your stats are not as strong as the other applicants.</p>

<p>On another note, grow a pair. Just because you did not get into one of the most prestigious colleges in the nation does not mean your life is over. Life is difficult and things never go your way. Deal with it.</p>

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<p>DUDE F*** that, man!! F*** yale, dont let that school demoralize you. u have a great shot at them other schools</p>