The letter used for taking an emotional support dog on a flight needs to outline the specific mental disorder or disease you have and how the dog helps you cope with it. The letter must contain a recognized mental or emotional diagnosis in order to be considered valid. It is important that the letter from your doctor is dated within a year from the date of your flight. Before your flight, you should let the airline know you are flying with an emotional support animal. Give them at least 48 hours notice, so they have time to make any accommodations that may be required.  When calling to let the airline know that you will have an emotional support dog with you on your flight, it is also a good time to review the emotional support dog rules with an airline official and ask them any questions that you have. To begin with, you should not have to pay additional fees when bringing an emotional support animal on a flight. The dog should be allowed to be out of a carrier during the flight. It can either sit in your lap or sit on the floor of the airplane. You will likely have to get your dog vaccinated a certain amount of time before the flight and provide proof of these vaccinations to the airline. Find out what the timeline is for getting the require vaccinations and what documentation the airline will need before your dog can fly. When you check in for your flight, let the airline official know you have an emotional support dog. Be prepared to show your letter of need and answer questions about your support animal. Airline officials are allowed to ask you why the animal provides you with mental support. Be prepared to supply an accurate answer.  If the first airline official you interact with does not want to let you on your flight, ask to speak with a customer service representative that deals with disability-related issues. While you are flying it is important to make sure your emotional support dog exhibits good behavior. Try to keep your animal as calm and quiet as possible during the flight. Any threatening or dangerous behavior can get your dog kicked off a flight.  Emotional support dogs do not need to have any specific training. However, it is a good idea to keep overly aggressive, loud, or jittery dogs off of flights.  Taking an obedience class with your dog can be a good way to ensure that he will be well-behaved for the flight. This can also be helpful for your dog’s other interactions with people.
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One-sentence summary -- Get a letter from your doctor. Give advanced warning to the airline. Familiarize yourself with the rules for an emotional support dog on a flight. Answer questions and present paperwork to airline officials. Keep your emotional support dog under control during your flight.


Challenge yourself with difficult college prep curriculum in high school. Because Yale is an Ivy League school, admissions officers look for students who have proven they can survive a heavy course load. Achieving high grades in easy courses will likely not be enough to get you into Yale, so load up on advanced placement and college prep courses to prove you stand out among your peers.  If your high school offers unusual or unique courses not found in most high schools, take them. For example, if your high school offers an exotic language such as Japanese or Mandarin in addition to Spanish, French and German, choose Japanese or Mandarin. This will help you stand out. Don’t take “easy” or “blow off” electives. Getting a 4.0 in easy elective classes will not help you gain admission to Yale. So ditch the dodgeball class and take something a little more challenging. . The first thing Yale will look at is your academic performance throughout your high school tenure. Maintaining a consistently high grade point average throughout high school is a critical step in applying for Yale.  As an elite Ivy League school, Yale will examine your grade history from all four years of high school whereas less exclusive schools tend to weigh your performance in your junior and senior year more heavily.  However, you should make sure that your senior course load reflects a rigorous program of study. Do not indulge in "senioritis." There are a number of programs and courses designed to help you prepare for the SAT and ACT. These courses can help you devise methods for studying and taking the exams that will help you achieve the highest score you possibly can.  These courses or programs generally provide techniques designed to help you maximize your score on the ACT or SAT, like how to increase the speed with which you work through individual questions or how to eliminate clearly wrong choices when you don’t know the answer. Community centers and public schools sometimes offer these classes for free or at a reduced rate, so check in your area to see what options are available to you. SAT Subject Tests are recommended but not required for admissions to Yale. However, these tests are a great way to showcase your knowledge in a specific area and can help distinguish you from the rest of the pack. Be sure to pay close attention to the dates when you can take the ACT or SAT in your area and compare those dates to Yale's yearly application deadlines. This will help you plan out a schedule that maximizes your chances of scoring highly on a standardized test before you have to apply to Yale. The application deadline for Single-Choice Early Action applications -- where you agree to accept an offer of admission if it is made -- is November 1. The regular application deadline is January 1. If you are applying for regular admission, Yale recommends you take the SAT or ACT no later than December. If you are worried about your score, consider taking the SAT or ACT more than once. Your score on these exams is a major component of your application package. However, Yale does suggest that you not retake the test if your score is already in the ballpark, since your time will be better spent strengthening other elements of your application.  Yale does not have standardized test score cutoffs. However, the most recently enrolled freshman class had SAT scores ranging between 2130-2400 and ACT scores ranging between 32-36.  Yale does not participate in “Score Choice” reporting on the SAT and ACT general exams. This means that you must submit all of your SAT and ACT general exams scores to Yale.  On the SAT subject test, Yale does allow “Score Choice” reporting, meaning you can choose which scores you want to submit to the university on the SAT subjects test.  While you can take these tests multiple times, there is little evidence to support the idea that your score will rise drastically after the second or third time you take the exams. Save yourself the time, money and headache by focusing on exam preparation in the beginning rather than trying to maximize the number of times you take the test.
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Take AP or college prep courses if they are available. Get good grades Enroll in SAT or ACT prep courses. Schedule your exam dates carefully. Consider taking the SAT or ACT multiple times.