<p>I am a junior at a very respected, competitive high school and I have a 4.04 weighted, 3.95 unweighted GPA. I just started the 2nd semester of my junior year and I have 3 AP's so i can definitely raise my GPA by the time I apply to college. I am part of the Interact Club (so I do a LOT of community service), I am on the cross-country team, and I can write a really good essay about almost losing my life from a life-threatening disease and having to spend almost two months in the hospital. Do you think I have a chance to get into any Ivy's (especially Yale)?</p>
<p>You need SAT or ACT scores and class rank to get any kind of chance.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention your standardized test scores or your class rank. If you provide those, we’ll have a better understanding of your chances at Yale.</p>
<p>Your unweighted/weighted are almost the same signifying that your classes aren’t rigorous at all. But yeah, you don’t have a chance at Yale.</p>
<p>1st of all, I haven’t taken the SAT or ACT yet, so I don’t know what my scores are going to be. And, second of all, Mayonaise, I have 3 AP/Honors classes that I got all A’s in. The reason my GPA is lower is because I got lower grades in my freshman and sophomore years because I was so sick. And, I am taking 4 AP’s and 1 Honors class next year.</p>
<p>I’m uncertain about your chances at an ivy, especially Yale. You will need really good SAT/ACT scores, and, quite honestly, harder classes. You may find that 4 APs will not cut it. Sorry. Good luck anyway :)</p>
<p>Chance me?</p>
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<p>how many APs were offered at your school? if you’re taking the most rigorous courseload available to you, then with high scores you have a decent chance. however, if honors classes were offered and you chose not to take them (excluding any decisions resulting from your time in the hospital), then you don’t have a great chance there, sorry.</p>
<p>everyone’s pretty much right 
a really rigorous course load, along with great grades, is what the ivies are looking for. HYPB are out, and probably penn, but you could try cornell- i think that’s your best shot, as an attainable reach.</p>
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<p>Not necessarily. My school only gives .25 for APs and no weight to Honors classes, so my weighted GPA was only .1 higher than my unweighted even though I had all honors and AP classes.</p>
<p>OP, we can’t give you accurate chances without your test scores or class rank. Do you have PSAT scores that we could use? Do you have an idea where you are in your class?</p>
<p>Also, we need more info on these extracurriculars. Did you have a significant role in these activities? Were you extremely successful? (i.e. went to the championship meet in XC, received awards for your service, did exemplary service work such as starting a program of some sort, leading either of those groups as captain/president, etc) Otherwise, they just look like average ECs. You should get more involved in order to be considered for top-tier institutions (Top 20 or 30 schools)</p>
<p>So the bottom line is that you need to have great standardized test scores, difficult workload, and stronger ECs in order to be competitive at these schools.</p>
<p>The essay could be a little iffy. Although it’s a great story, college admissions officers want to hear how it affected you. You can’t just say “I almost died from a life-threatening illness, but then I recovered.” You need to describe how it affected you and how you’ve grown as a person from that experience.</p>