"Omg yeah, so I come from a high school where not a lot of people go to high ranking schools, so we tend to be overlooked by lots of admissions staff. Because of this, I knew that I needed to stand out as one of the best students from my high school. I had straight A’s, took all honors classes, played two varsity sports, was involved in about 4 clubs, and held leadership positions in all of them, and I had a 31 on the ACT(equivalent to about 1410 on the SAT). Now with these stats, I am not sure how other applicants compared, but I think what made me stick out was my essays. I think being honest about my struggles in life and truly showing that I understood how these hardships made me a better person (not just saying I was better because I went through a lot) helped me stand out among highly scholarly applicants. However, I did not receive any feedback on my application after the national match so I can never be sure as to why I became a finalist and eventually a QB Scholar."  

 "basically I got a 32 on the act (33 super score), and a 1370 (1390 super score) on Sat. I’m a national merit finalist (1410 on psat) and an IB diploma candidate, and I’ve taken AP Euro and APUSH both of which I got a 5 on. I work with my community and with my local YWCA, where I organized a walk against domestic violence (2 years). I play varsity tennis (3yrs) and did show choir (3yrs). I was a two-term fbla state officer and 4 terms local officer. this year I served on the fbla national presidents council as well. it's my school's valedictorian." 

"SAT: 1480 (720 English and 760 Math) I didn’t bother raising my score because it was in the range for most of schools but always aim for the highest score possible. SAT II Chem: 730 but I don’t think Yale will look at them for the next admission cycle so I wouldn’t bother taking any. Tips: START EARLY!!! Have multiple people read your essays. Show personality + passion. Don’t stress too much because admissions is a crapshoot but always hope for the best! Tbh I did not expect to get in."