international,gap year,low GPA high act,strong ec's.chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>gender: female
nationality: indian
act composite: 34(took it just once)</p>

<p>cumulative high school % : 83% (math,phy , chem , english and french)
EC's :
high school: prefect(elected-grade 10th),volunteered every summer of high school at the same organization for 1.5-2 months, was promoted too. was the head for my city branch until last year.</p>

<p>Gap year: started an initiative to teach English and computers for students of a vernacular medium school. two colleges have agreed to be a part of it.around 21 volunteers recruited until now.
i also freelance humor essays to a top national English newspaper.
will have a term worth of college credits, again, two math courses,english,chem and physics. the exam is a little later this year.(took it to prove i can cope up academically, kind make up for the HS% )</p>

<p>RECs:
1/2 from high school is great the other is ..
could get one from the editor of the newspaper (or someone junior ).</p>

<p>i plan to apply to amherst,darthmouth,harvard and yale(#1 choice).</p>

<p>do i even stand a chance at these places?
any last minute suggestions that might help my chances ?
please help. i fell overwhelmed and lost with no inputs as no one in my family has ever stepped out of their towns and cities to study, let alone country.</p>

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<p>Your academic and EC profile dose not look very strong. I’d say:
Yale :No
Harvard: NO!
Dartmouth and Amherst: Maybe if your essay is kickass and you can somehow “show” your academic profile to be stronger!</p>

<p>I do not mean to be harsh but, that’s the truth. Live with it baby!</p>

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<p>“cumulative high school % : 83% (math,phy , chem , english and french)”</p>

<p>Are those all of your classes or only the most important ones? Since 5 subjects are not really that many…</p>