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Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:42 pm
by Go_Dog_Go
AA Male, 173, 3.68
Softs:
*1 year of work experience at a fortune 500 company
*Multiple publications in academic journals
*Amazing LoRs
*Double major in History and Finance (3.9 GPA in both majors)
*Lots of volunteer work and extra-curriculars in UG, but nothing especially out of the ordinary.
Do I have a shot?
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:47 pm
by bernaldiaz
I don't think you have a strong chance. Unless you think your PS or softs are that much better than the average Yale candidate, I'm not sure I would even waste the application fee.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:36 pm
by Tiago Splitter
bernaldiaz wrote:I don't think you have a strong chance. Unless you think your PS or softs are that much better than the average Yale candidate, I'm not sure I would even waste the application fee.
Go_Dog_Go wrote:AA Male
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:37 pm
by Grizz
Sort of a black box, but good. Enjoy one of HYS.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:43 pm
by dissonance1848
You claim you got a 3.9 in both your majors (history and finance), so where the hell does the 3.68 come from?
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:46 pm
by vulpixie
Tiago Splitter wrote:bernaldiaz wrote:I don't think you have a strong chance. Unless you think your PS or softs are that much better than the average Yale candidate, I'm not sure I would even waste the application fee.
Go_Dog_Go wrote:AA Male
This.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:50 pm
by bernaldiaz
I missed the part where he said he was an African American. Whoops! Yeah, obviously it is worth an application fee. Well done. I'm sure you'll get into HYS
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:00 pm
by vulpixie
^ Just one? I'd bet all three.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:21 pm
by Angrygeopolitically
Sure Yale is a black box. But I think it is a black box that you will get into with a good application and excellent essay.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:29 pm
by Grizz
Angrygeopolitically wrote:Sure Yale is a black box. But I think it is a black box that you will get into with a good application and excellent essay.
No clue if OP can put together a good app dude. People with good apps get rejected all the time.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:32 pm
by Angrygeopolitically
Grizz wrote:Angrygeopolitically wrote:Sure Yale is a black box. But I think it is a black box that you will get into with a good application and excellent essay.
No clue if OP can put together a good app dude. People with good apps get rejected all the time.
? I didn't say he could put together a good app. or that people with good apps don't get rejected. I said that I think he would get in with a good app/essay. Obviously I am not a soothsayer
I'm just saying I would apply if I were him....
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:37 pm
by Grizz
Angrygeopolitically wrote:I'm just saying I would apply if I were him....
Me too.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:44 pm
by Bodhi_mind
You got this OP
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:28 am
by Gizmo
Black box, black student...
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:56 pm
by vulpixie
Gizmo wrote:Black box, black student...
LOL
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:07 pm
by CanadianWolf
They'll probably send a limo to pick you up.
Re: Chances at Yale?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:08 pm
by duckmoney
AA male + 173 on LSAT + not terrible GPA = winning. Yale is not guaranteed, but you will probably get in if you seem like a decent human being on your app. Harvard is a lock. Stanford is extremely likely.
Also consider Rubenstein at Chicago. Free law school is free law school.