Slightly lop-sided.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Given there are hundreds of "Will I get in???" threads, with each author sporting stellar grades, ECs, leadership positions, and all that good stuff that makes parents wet themselves out of pure joy and make college admission boards seem like cruel, judgemental Nazis for not accepting such a pristine student; my question is a ta-a-a-d different.</p>

<p>I am a Ukrainian immigrant. I can speak, read, and write fluently in both English and Russian. My grades are less than great, but are not horible, having a 3.5 (have gotten straight A's for the last two years, I just messed up my freshmen year).</p>

<p>My ACT scores on the other hand are amazing, a 35 and a 12 in writing.</p>

<p>Should I even bother to apply for top teir schools like the Ivy League?</p>

<p>I am in all Honors classes, I've taken and passed with A's 5 Dual-Enrollment courses, with more on the way. My school doesn't offer AP.</p>

<p>My EC's include:
3 monthes of voluntering with learning impaired children through a school program.
Senior class president (didn't run previous years).
Played a benefit concert for a charity with my band.
Golf team.</p>

<p>P.S. My parents make $15K a year and I live in what can only be described as a "Red-neck Ghetto."</p>

<p>Much Appreciated.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>I don’t think ivy league is an option but many other top schools will be.</p>

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<p>Colleges are more forgiving of bad grades freshman year. They like rising trends.
Are you a U.S. citizen? Then you would have a better chance at the ivies.</p>

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<p>I think my rising trend is good, given that the reason why I have such a bad GPA is that I got two D’s in my first two science course, which were Earth-Space Science and Biology (I refused to do science fair, which was an integral part of the grades, though I passed my exams with 100’s). Since then I have taken DE Biology and DE Chemistry I&II and recieved A’s in them.</p>

<p>Also, I got an A in both semesters of Spanish I; and I got a D in the first semester and an A in the second semester of Spanish II.</p>

<p>Any other oppinions?</p>

<p>Edit: I am in the process of getting my citizenship. I don’t even have a green card, I have what is known as a white card. Meaning I came to the US as a refugee, not an immigrant; and under circumstances that my family wasn’t allowed government aid.</p>