<p>My fee waiver went from pending to approved two days after my interview :S</p>
<p>Chances of Admission
Hi everyone! I not a scea but just wanted to know what my chances of getting into yale are in the rd round? thanks & best of luck to all you scea ppl!!!</p>
<p>ACT w/writing: composite=33 (math-33, reading-36, english-33, science-30, writing-7)
SAT II: math level 1=710, chem=700 (two highest)
Weighted GPA (my school doesn’t do unweighted): 4.07 (cumulative, last quarter was 4.5)
Rank (my school does deciles): 2/10
AP (place score in parenthesis): ush-4, eng lang-5, physics b-3
Senior Year Course Load: music theory, ap micro & macroecon, ap english, ap japanese, ap biology, ap cal ab
Major Awards (academics): colby college book award, headmaster’s list (for ppl whose GPA is 3.5 and above), questbridge finalist, state econ challenge 2nd place (team)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/awards (place leadership in parenthesis):
- international piano competition semi-finalist (legit)
- jack kent cooke young artist & played/was interviewed on npr
- won many state competitions/performances with symphony/interviews on state broadcasted radio station</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
- co-founder/co-president of music club: perform at retirement/nursing homes
- international volunteer - went to rural china and taught kids english/renovated classrooms for 3 wks
- school tutor for past 4 years (japanese)
- peace institute: student representative (organize peace projects around campus, conferences)</p>
<p>Summer Activities: music festivals & camps</p>
<p>jobs: biology lab aide (1hr/5day/wk)</p>
<p>Essays: i’m not a strong writer but i’ve worked on it since the summer & asked many ppl to help me with it (i’m really happy with them & i think the essays really show who i am)
Teacher Recommendation: Never read them but i know its great
Counselor Rec: Never read but i know its great too</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: undecided but definitely a minor in music performance
State: Hawaii
School Type: college prep-private; teachers are really tough on us
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <40,000 & my dad got a pay cut recently & we also have to pay my grandparents’ med bills </p>
<p>once again, thanks for reading & chancing (?) me!!!</p>
<p>Wait another 45 mins Sakamoto, then you will know! lol</p>
<p>Ok this hour has got to be the longest hour i’ve ever lived!</p>
<p>^Sakamoto is applying rd 
Hence, she should have created her own thread and/or gone to the chancing forum. That said: Sakamoto, your academics are rather low for Yale, but if you are playing piano at a professional level, that should give you a boost. Be aware, however, that there is no such thing as a minor (or major) in music performance at Yale, even though we have a great Music Dept. and School of Music in which you can take performance classes and private lessons.</p>
<p>Almost 100% sure I’ll be rejected.</p>
<p>@amazingme17- Don’t be such a pessimist! I’m only 98.678% sure I’ll get rejected.</p>
<p>I am going to be stupidly optimistic 10 mins before time - 80/20 Accepted/Deferred. </p>
<p>I love optimism, because remember boys and girls, if you think negatively, bad things will happen 
check out <a href=“http://www.xkcd.com/828/[/url]”>http://www.xkcd.com/828/</a> and then just all the rest of XKCD because it is awesome</p>
<p>^ </p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>^^^It looks like I was 100% right. =</p>
<p>I got in and i’m crying now this is crazy!!!</p>
<p>deferred.
(i need ten characters so i’m adding this bit)</p>