(pretty please) Chance me for yale and other ivies

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Unweighted GPA (9-11th grade) 3.600 // Weighted GPA 3.97
ACT- 30 (31 if you count highest science score)
Break down: English 32, Math 29, Reading 33, Science 27 (29 on my first test), Writing 10
Still have to take the SAT II subject tests</p>

<p>Only one Ap class offered in my school (9-10th grade)
AP Macro, all honors classes, intro engineering course - 9th grade
all honors plus a bio technical engineering course- 10th
AP Calc/AP Chem/AP Euro, CIS Spanish, and honors classes - 11th
AP CALC BC/AP Physics/AP Lit/AP Micro/AP Stats plus CIS Government -12th</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars and roles (if any):
Student Council – Vice President (Sophomore year) 3 years
Debate – Member (Senior Year) 8-12 hours per week (went from Novice to JV after one tournament and ended the season with strong scores)
Tennis - JV Points player, maybe Varsity this year (4 years) 10-12 hours per week
National Honor Society – Member (Senior Year) 30 hours per semester minimum
Superintendent’s Student Advisory – Advisor (4 years) This is a group of 2 students from each grade that are chosen to meet with the Superintendent of schools 3 or 4 times per year to give our input about various issues.
Chemistry Club – Member (Junior and Senior year) 2 hours per week
Table Tennis Club- (Junior and Senior year) 2 hours per week
Math Team – (Sophomore Year) 4-6 hours per week
Student Liaison to the School Board – I attend bimonthly school board meetings/workshops for 2 hours and I represent the views of the students (only one student chosen for this position)
Job (senior) 15-21 hours per week</p>

<p>Letters of rec from my honors language arts and AP Euro teachers as well as one from the Superintendent of Schools </p>

<p>I wrote my Common App essay about my struggle to identify my self as someone who moved from Africa to the United states at the age of 5. My supplement was about how I got started listening to Metal. Both were read over by a current student at Yale and were apparently fantastic</p>

<p>I also started a small t-shirt company with a friend that managed to get pretty popular for a while (1700 likes on facebook) and we made a decent profit.
(I want to study business in the future!)</p>

<p>I know my grades are not competitive but I hope they wont kill my application</p>

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<p>Since you moved from Africa i’m guessing you are a URM?
Usually all Ivies, especially HYP would be major reaches for someone with your GPA and Test Scores. But if you are a URM, I would say they are a just a reach. Definitely not impossible.
With URM + Great Essays + Great Recs , you can be a strong applicant.
Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Whats URM?</p>

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<p>URM: under-represented minority</p>

<p>I’m going to disagree with quotable on that being a URM helps significantly in this case. Having high grades and scores is still a prerequisite. You don’t automatically have lower standards than white or Asian applicants. If you look at qualifications of many universities’ admittees, many minority students are just as qualified as students from other backgrounds.</p>

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