174/3.94 from arkansas
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:01 pm
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You probably have more than a 1% chance though.kazu wrote:It's because Y/S is largely dependent on softs, and everybody is a crapshoot no matter what their numbers are. Unless you have a Nobel prize or wrote a bestselling book.
Nothing to do w/ your UG. If I were you I'd still apply to them though, just in case. The 1% chance is worth the app fees.
Didn't read it, but you won't get into Yale or Stanford based on numbers and PS alone. You need some impressive softs.arkansawyer wrote:I appreciate the thoughts. Could you read my personal statement (link above). Ignore the problems (it's a rought draft), but let me know if you think the story is compelling enough to give me a shot at yale?
Yes, my "1%" statement does not have an actual basis. I just meant that chances are slim, as they are for everybody.AreJay711 wrote:You probably have more than a 1% chance though.kazu wrote:It's because Y/S is largely dependent on softs, and everybody is a crapshoot no matter what their numbers are. Unless you have a Nobel prize or wrote a bestselling book.
Nothing to do w/ your UG. If I were you I'd still apply to them though, just in case. The 1% chance is worth the app fees.
..Where are the softs?arkansawyer wrote:I appreciate the thoughts. Could you read my personal statement (link above). Ignore the problems (it's a rought draft), but let me know if you think the story is compelling enough to give me a shot at yale?
I suggest you go read how Yale determines if people are accepted. I won't ruin it for you. Go on, I'll be here when you get back.arkansawyer wrote:Softs are:
Work experience throughtout college (3 years as an RA)
Director of a commission that lobbies state/fed legislatures for the student government
Election official (last federal election years, organize polling stations around a county)
Intern for Ark. Senator
Departmental award for outstanding senior
Honors college research grant for my thesis
Thesis director went to law school at columbia (badass LOR too)
Thesis compares current law of outer space with law of the sea and the antarctic treaty; finds useful parallels...
Won 1st place defending palestine at model arab league in georgetown in the spring
I think these are pretty good, but I don't know if they are yale good....
HC is a given.The Gentleman wrote:I think we're overlooking OP's most important soft: he is a 3.9/174 that grew up in extreme rural poverty. That's a pretty rare breed if you ask me.
Yale may not buy into your story, but I'll plunk down money that Harvard will.
I'll give you that one.ResolutePear wrote:HC is a given.
YS, not so much.
Yes.arkansawyer wrote:Do you guys have an opinion about how my softs should be laid out? I don't go into much detail in my PS about them; will a resume and the questions on the applications suffice?