Yale SCEA..Chances Please

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>First off, all comments are greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Name: Ian
Ethnicity: African American Male
School: Queens High School for the Sciences at York College ( a specialized high school in nyc...its competitive...we have had students sent to top schools such as Cornell, Columbia, Brown, Uchicago..in only two graduating years with each class of around 90 students...unfrotunately no HYP acceptances)
GPA: 3.8
SAT: 600 CR 610M 630W OUUUUUUCHH!!!!
SAT2: 700 BIo 620 US
I PLAN TO TAKE THE ACT IN SEPTEMBER AND HOPE TO RECIEVE A 33 SO I DONT AHVE TO SEND THESE
Courseload: ALL Academic Classes are honors. My school doesn't offer many AP classes. I took AP BIO and AP US so far.
AP Grades: BIo- 4 US - ?
Senior Courseloud: AP Lit, AP French, AP Calculus BC, Senior Math Team, Advanced Swimming, Astronomy and Microbiology
Awards:
Venture Scholar
Lincoln Douglass Debate Octafinalists
Women's History Month Essay Contest Finalists
Poety Contest Finalists (poem is going to be published)
Programs:
NYU STEP PROGRAM
York College Now Jazz
York College Blue Notes
Clubs:
Co Founder of Baroque Club (Violin)
Captain of Debate Team
Drama Club
Swim Team
Summer:
Engineering Internship
Job at Daycare
Activites:
A Pletheora of Community Service
I can play the piano, trumpet, and violin
trumpet-a jazz group
violin-orchestra
piano- have completed NYSSMA</p>

<p>Chances for: Yale SCEA, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, UChicago, Binghamton, Penn State, Boston University, and NYU</p>

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<p>no one likes me.lol</p>

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<p>get the 33 then let's talk.</p>

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<p>Your EC's and academic accomplishments show a lot, and it sounds like your SAT's were a fluke. I seem to remember that Chicago has its own "SAT forgiveness" policy, where if they like a student a lot, and the SAT doesn't match the rest of the academic profile, they will forget about it. Your SAT scores don't align with the rest of your app. I'd sooner discount your SAT scores than I would discount your profile.</p>

<p>I think at this point it's up to your teacher recs and your essays to give more insight into who you are as a person. Even without your URM status, I think you have a good shot at the schools you're applying to.</p>

<p>Even with your scores as they are now, I'd say:</p>

<p>Yale, Penn-- Reach</p>

<p>Chicago-- Low reach</p>

<p>CMU, BU, NYU-- match (I'd be surprised if you didn't get into all of them, though)</p>

<p>Bing, PSU-- safety.</p>

<p>Do not underestimate Bing. It's a great school and it's ubercheap.</p>

<p>Any idea for what you want to study?</p>

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<p>I would like to study microbiology, biomedical enginerring, or neuroscience....im leaning towards micro and biomedical engineering... I'm still deciding if I want to go to med school or not. I do one thing.. I plan to continue my musical studies and my passions for both debating and swimming...btw if I do get a 33...do i have a shot at Yale</p>