Can I still make it into an Ivy?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I was wondering if there’s any Ivy that you think would admit me, taking my situation in consideration (Yale is my dream school):</p>

<p>ACT: 26</p>

<p>GPA: 4.25
I've taken the most rigorous course load my school allows.</p>

<p>I was borne in Puerto Rico, and lived there until I was 16. I decided to move to Houston, TX to get a better education that could prepare me for a good college. Freshmen and sophomore years I was the top student in my class, but it was a class of 40 people. Now here in Houston I’m in a class of 800 and since in Puerto Rico I couldn’t get higher than a 4.0 in my GPA because none of the schools offer like AP classes, that is holding me back in my class rank. That doesn’t mean that the classes were good or not, it’s just that everyone in my school had to take the same classes, it was like a fixed schedule for everyone. Also, in the school in PR there weren’t any ‘clubs’ or extracurricular, so I guess that’s not good. But here in Texas I joined the national honor society, and a research group called Amateur Spaceflight Association. (we are building a rocket to send it to space, it’s incredibly amazing!!) I’ve been trying to practice for the standardized testing, but it is so hard for me the whole timed test, because even though I can speak and understand English really well, it’s still really hard for me to accomplish the entire test in so little time. I moved to Houston by myself and live with my aunt and uncle, so I guess that could be impressive, how I left my family behind to achieve my goals… </p>

<p>Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot to add that I took the AP U.S. History, AP Spanish Lit & Lang., and got 5 on all. And, my next school year's curriculum is going to be:
AP European History
AP Comparative Government & U.S. Government
AP Macro & Microeconomics
English 4 Honors
Pre-AP Pre-calculus
Pre-AP Physics
Chinese I </p>

<p>I can still make changes, any suggestions of a different course?
(I don't know if I should take chinese or another AP class. But, I would really like to learn chinise and continue it in college.)</p>

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<p>People are going to tell you you have no chance in hell.</p>

<p>But, if you really want to go to an Ivy, there is no harm in applying. Anything is possible. Half of the CCers get rejected with perfect stats. </p>

<p>Good Luck :)</p>

<p>I would advise you to take the SAT and ACT again.</p>

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<p>Only the ACT score is dragging you down for Ivy consideration. Improve the ACT, its not that hard if you can read fast. Also, do well on the SAT IIs and also take the SAT Is to see if that's easier for you than the ACT.</p>

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<p>Yeah, your ACT is horrible. Try for a 34 at least.</p>

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<p>Study chinese. Good choice</p>

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<p>Please I need more advice!!</p>

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<p>Yes chinese is a great choice, never never give it up and stick with it! It's going to be incredibly important in the future.</p>

<p>That can't be your UW gpa, what is your unweighted GPA?</p>

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<p>don't take pre-AP's such as (Pre-Physics). If I wer you, I would at least take AP Calculus, either AB or BC, AP Physics B or C, and AP English Language or AP English Literature. Eliminate English 4 Honors
Pre-AP Pre-calculus
Pre-AP Physics, and add the courses I mentioned.</p>

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<p>My UW is 3.90476</p>