<p>I think it's ridiculous to expect you to take APs if your school doesn't offer them. Don't bother with EPGY and the other online AP classes, the schools will definitely take your situation into account. They always talk about taking advantage of the opportunities presented to you, the most rigorous course schedule at YOUR school. Don't try to take up community service this late; work on your essays this summer instead. Still apply to the Ivies if you want to and can afford it - it never hurts to try and coming from a rural area can help you.</p>
<p>Look at your school records. I don't think posting these "What are my chances" threads really help; most of the people who reply are asking for their chances for themselves anyways, and so the input is definitely skewed.</p>
<p>These people are right. Ivies will be extremely hard for you, especially since you're not an URM or a legacy at an Ivy. Stick to the UCs and other similar-level institutions. Good luck!</p>
<p>i think u gotta a pretty good chance to get into an ivy league but it depends which ivy league you wanna go to. ok i think u have amazing sat scores so can u pls holla back at me and tell me how u got to get good sat scores cause miine were pretty bad. aim higher always.</p>
<p>You have to improve those EC's. They don't have to be major or anything but just do things your interested in. Raise your gpa, sat score. Being smart and taking hard classes is not going to get you into ivy's unless you are able to present yourself as something different that shows you are a worthy candidate.</p>
<p>I think it's more accurate to say that this just goes to show how immigrant status / low-income status / high-disadvantage status can help. People of the OP's caliber are admitted in so few numbers to Yale, etc.</p>
<p>So your score report showed three instances of taking the test, and you got into Yale. That should be encouraging for some of this year's applicants.</p>
<p>So your score report showed three instances of taking the test, and you got into Yale. That should be encouraging for some of this year's applicants.
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<p>The fallacy in that logic has been pointed out the last several times you posted it, and refuted in detail in each instance. It is odd that that you keep reposting the same material, as though the refutations never occurred; did you not understand them?</p>
<p>Let's suppose for a moment that Yale had a systematic preference for fewer than three tests, viewed many applicants in a worse light for having taken a third test, and (all other things being equal) admitted those applicants at a lower rate than applicants with just one or two SAT sittings. Do you agree that virtuoso_735's story, and ten more stories like it, would be consistent with Yale having such a negative view of multiple SAT retakings?</p>
<p>Does this alleged "idee fixe" appear in any postings by users other than tokenadult? Can it be quoted, or does it exist only in TA's imagination? This being at least the third explicit reference to "idee fixe", it's about time to see some evidence that such an idea exists.</p>