<p>Hello everyone! I am a white male interested in biomedical engineering. I am going to be a senior this year at a small school in Wisconsin. I would really love to go to any Ivy League school. I plan on applying to one of the early decision (brown) or action (yale) programs. I would love to hear honest opinions on my chances to get in to either of these places. Here is my criteria:</p>
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<li>32 (32 E 31 E 34 M 31 S 9 W) on my ACT the fourth time (previous 3 tries: 26,27,28). </li>
<li>4.0 GPA (ranked 1 out of 165)</li>
<li>First generation college student</li>
<li>President of spanish club, VP of NHS, VP of junior class. Also in FBLA and church groups.</li>
<li>Three sport athlete (football, basketball, and track) </li>
<li>Have been captain of football and basketball team</li>
<li>150 hours of community service including working as spanish translator.</li>
<li>My schedule isn't to rigorous mostly because my school doesn't offer ap or ib. I have taken college credit precalc and next year I will be in College credit calc, chemistry, and english. </li>
<li>Went to Boys State.</li>
<li>Had National History Day project win regional documentary competition. </li>
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<p>ACT is a little low but being from Wisconsin is a plus since I’m guessing they get fewer super competitive applicants and fewer applicants in general, and they’re all about diversity. No AP’s isn’t good but it seems you’re making the best of what you have which is good. Could go either way honestly, amazing candidates get rejected. I’d say they’re both reaches for you but they are for anybody. I’d say try and get ACT’s to a 34 at least. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you for the honest opinion! Would you say there would be a better chance of me getting admitted through Brown’s early decision than Yale’s early action?</p>
<p>Yale requires you to send in all of your scores from each time you have taken the test. I would avoid taking the ACT a 5th time, but maybe consider trying the SAT.</p>
<p>I would say you definitely have a better chance at Brown ED. Though I’m guessing you’d be deferred and then either accepted/rejected, but they like ED applicants better because there’s a high chance they’ll attend. Yale EA lets in very few people, the best of the best of the best (repetition intentional). Good luck!</p>