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How to get into Yale?

How can I get into Yale, Columbia, Princeton, or Harvard?

  • Hello guys, I am a freshmen who lives in Louisiana and attend a school that does not offer much, but does offer honor courses and some college classes. I have a dream of attending either Yale, Columbia, Princeton, or Harvard. But out of them all, I love Yale and hope I can get accepted when I graduate high school. I would like to get my undergrad degree in either computer science or political science. Below are my high school stats: Unweighted GPA: 3.89 SAT: (Not taken yet) ACT: 27 (1st time) Freshman year: *We are not allowed to choose classes our freshmen year, the school did so for us and all of these classes below are the most rigorous classes in 9th grade. (No foreign language is available to freshmen) -Honors Algebra I: B -Honors English I: A -Honors Geometry: A -Honors World Geography: A -Honors Physical Science: A -Health : A -Ed for Careers: A -Gym: A -Basic Composition- A EC's -Soccer - Jr.Beta Club (President) -Peer Mediators Club -Interact -Student Government (9th grade class president) -Future business leaders of America -Explorers Club (La Gear Up) -Generation Eco Club Awards: -1st place district Public speaking award (Jr. Beta Club) -1st place district Public speaking award (Future Business Leaders of America) -1st place district science fair, regional, and state. (Computer Science) -1st place district technology fair (Computer Science) -1st place science (Jr. Beta Club) Recognized as an Academic Scholar, Jr. Parish Public Speaker and Jr. Computer Scientist.

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    You should have waited on your ACT until your 2nd semester of your junior year and retaking it may work against you. If you are looking Ivy then your scores need to be quite high, ACT at a minimum should be around 30, and SAT around 2100. In addition, your class rank needs to be at a minimum the upper 10th percentile. Depending on your class rank you might be borderline and when you take your SAT it will need to be around 2100 to make yourself competitive, otherwise it may be out of reach for you.

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Looks to me like you would be the perfect candidate with your grades, the unfortunate thing is...these schools are very competive and difficult to get into. I have a nephew who graduated HS with a 4.25 GPA and could not get into columbia. That is not to say you can't. You have to stay focus and write a hell of a thesis. Apply to all those schools, each individual has a lot to offer and it looks like you do.

Maria DelDiablo

Competition for any of these is extreme. Top grades (perfect 4.0 average) and test scores are nowhere near enough. Leadership, character, exceptional talent, initiative, creativity, community service, and more are required. Win national and/or international competitions like science fair, math or music competitions, write and get a book published - you need something which really makes you stand out.

ibu guru

Keep up the grades, start prepping for SATs now! You'll need almost perfect scores. Play a sport. They like to see sone sports/team experience. Find a project you are passionate about and pursue it. While they like to see lots of leadership experience and community service, they are looking for people who take it to the next level. Self starters who show ingenuity, passion, creativity, forward thinking. You have to STAND OUT. They get almost 40k applicants and accept less than 6% of them

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