Yale SCEA??? Dream school and looking for reassurance...

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<p>Hello! As you can see by my name, I am a complete language freak! I've been looking through this forum, and I was wondering if you could chance me? We aren't given GPAs officially until the end of our senior year, but I've calculated mine based on our system (93+=4.0, Honors gets +.5, AP gets +1.0 for weighted).</p>

<p>Race: White
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Freshman Year: (GPA UW: 3.95, W: 4.45)
Algebra 2 Honors: A-
English I Honors: A (extremely difficult course)
Chinese I Honors: A+
Latin I Honors: A+
World History Honors: A+
Intro to Science Honors: A (weird class, covers like foundations of all three major sciences).</p>

<p>Sophomore: (GPA UW: 3.91, GPA W: 4.7)
Pre-calc Honors: A
AP Statistics: A-
AP Biology: A
AP European History: A-
Latin II Honors: A+
Chinese II Honors: A+
AP English Language: A+</p>

<p>Junior: (GPA UW: 3.95, GPA W: 4.95)
AP Calc AB: A-
AP Chemistry: A
AP US History: A
AP English Literature: A+
AP Chinese 4: A+
AP Latin 4: A+</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Psychology
German 3 Honors
Japanese 1 Honors
AP World History
English Semester Courses (Shakespeare Honors and Creative Writing Honors).</p>

<p>SAT 1: 800 Reading, 780 Math, 800 Writing, 2380 Total
SAT 2s: (these are a bit ridiculous, so for more info please read:Polyglotishniscoscity??? ):
French w/ Listening: 800
Italian: 800
Spanish: 770
Literature: 790
Math II: 800
(Just took all three sciences in June to try and get a good score. I self-studied physics, so here's hoping!)</p>

<p>APs:
Freshman: French Language (5), Italian Language (5)
Sophomore: Spanish Language (5), Spanish Lit (5), Biology (5), Euro (5), Eng Lang (5), Stats (4)
Junior: idk scores yet, but Calc AB, Chem, Chinese, Latin, English Lit, US History</p>

<p>Class Rank: 2/400 (close to #1, so hopefully....)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Volleyball (9-12) Captain 12
Varsity Indoor Track (9-12) Tri-Captain 12
Tennis (JV 9+10, V 11+12)
President of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
Secretary of National Honor Society
President and Founder of Creative Writing Club
Member of SADD
Member of Math Team
National Merit Semifinalist (Im assuming, considering I got: 76 Reading, 80 Writing, 80 Math, 236 Total)
Volunteer to Tutor People in the Languages
I often translate for people in Spanish, English, Italian, and French
I am the Editor-In-Chief of my school's Newspaper, Literary Magazine, and Science Journal. </p>

<p>Essays: Should be excellent
Recommendations: I am getting one from the Newspaper Head/AP English Lit teacher, and she said that I will be one of the "best in her career". The other will come from my AP Chemistry teacher, with whom I often completed out of class research. He said I will be "best in career" as well.</p>

<p>Please let me know how I stand for SCEA! I really love Yale it is my top choice along with Harvard. If you want a backstory on how I know so many languages/how my love for languages has flourished and grown, I'll attach the link to the forum below. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>For backstory:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/725644-polyglotishniscoscity.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/725644-polyglotishniscoscity.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>No matter your stats it’s completely unpredictable, and you’ll fare much better if you understand that now. That said, I find it crazy that you even need to ask for reassurance. You’re definitely in the running with all of your stats, and I personally find it insane that one person can do all of that!</p>

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<p>you stand out in the crowd (i’m still in awe in your multi-language prowess), and i’m sure you’ll end up at some amazing school. your chances at yale are pretty much as good as they get for a non-hooked applicant.</p>

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<p>The only weakness in your profile is the insecurity and insensitivity that lead you to ask a question like this. Of course, you are an excellent candidate for Yale or for anywhere else. That doesn’t mean you will be accepted SCEA (or RD) at Yale, but the chances are overwhelming that if you apply to a few top colleges you will be accepted at more than one of them, and have great choices and opportunities. But you knew that already.</p>

<p>Most students aren’t in a position to say that. I think it’s hard for kids not to feel anxious and depressed when they see posts by other kids who are Practically Perfect in Every Way begging for reassurance that they have a chance of getting into their dream schools. A good skill to learn would be quiet confidence and a light touch. You are a very lucky, very talented young woman. Why risk squandering those gifts by making other people resent you?</p>

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<p>oh…
i’m really sorry! i didnt want to make anyone resent me!
but thanks anyway guys…</p>

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<p>um wrong forum, post this in the What Are My Chances thread and you’ll get a lot more responses :)</p>

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<p>A little harsh, JHS, but I guess it needed to be said. Well done.</p>