I want to go to Yale!!

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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 (This is what's killing me!)</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>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>Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.</p>

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<p>That ACT score is extremely low by Ivy standards (or by any top-tier standards for that matter). But as a Puerto Rican, and thus an under-represented minority, you have a decent shot and should apply.</p>

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<p>make sure your college counselor lets them know that you have taken hardest courseload available and all of that good stuff.</p>

<p>Maybe go for the SAT I and then you won't have to send the ACT scores.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>you said you spent freshman and sophomore years at a school in puerto rico...so who would expect you to join clubs or take ap classes that didn't exist in your school? but your history as a student in puerto rico who came to texas and succeeded in both situations must be a very important point to make in your application...</p>

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<p>You will definitely need to improve your standardized test scores. 26 is low even for an URM.</p>