What are my chances at Yale or any other Ivy League College?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Yale is one of my Dream Schools and I would like to know if I have any chances of getting in because I will be applying at Yale but if I have no chances at all,I would rather apply somewhere else thatI do have at least better chances so if you could take a look and tell me how it looks I would be grateful!</p>

<p>I am also targeting Dartmouth, Duke and Columbia </p>

<p>Gender: Female</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Puertorrican/American</p>

<p>Income: I will be applying for Financial Aid</p>

<p>Location: PR</p>

<p>High School: Guamani Private School, a self-supporting, non-profit, co-educational college preparatory day school. Our curriculum is English-based, as it is our primary language of instruction. Guamani Private School serves children with above average to gifted academic ability willing to thrive in a extremely challenging academic environment. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.60</p>

<p>Rank: 6/32</p>

<p>ACT will be taking it now but expect a high score</p>

<p>SAT: First- 1980 (500 Math, 600 CR, 630 WR with 10 on Essay) i didnt study at all and i was a sophomore
Second- 1970 (700 Math, 630 CR, 700 WR with 10 on Essay) also didnt study but on junior year
i will be retaking the test again after taking the Princeton Review</p>

<p>SAT II: Spanish (680) Spanish with Listening (670 with subscore of 75)</p>

<p>University Courses: I was selected among the leading 2% of Puerto Rico's highschool students into the elite Talented Students Program at University of Puerto Rico enabling me to enroll in five college courses in which i got all A's</p>

<p>Sophomore: CP Band (one semester), CP Principles of Business (no honors level), English, Algebra II, Pre-Cal, Physics, Chemistry, Civics and Economics all honors; CP Chinese II online (no honors level), Chinese III honors online- all A's</p>

<p>I speak Spanish and English fluently and study Italian and French</p>

<p>I have been playing piano and guitar for years and play violin in Patillas' Concert Band. I'm also a part of my school's NHS chapter and often do community service at The Salvation Army, Elderly Centers and Animal Shelter's. I have also been involved in various Scuba Dogs beach clean ups and participate yearly in a Relay for Life local team. I'm a gifted artist, i have been drawing, sketching and painting ever since I remember and have become remarkably good. Im also an active part at my church's choir and young adult club. Im certified to be a lifeguard and perform CPR. i have done a few scientific investigations involving the safety and level of bacteria or contamination in lakes, beaches and rivers along Puerto Rico's southern area. i have taken singing and french classes. I formerly belonged to a prestigious dance academy and was a pointe ballet dancer and i recently quit swimming and volleyball team but i am considering to return if it increases my chances at Yale. Im also involved in my school's recycling club. I also had a job at Walgreens and Genesis pharmacy and a summer job at Amgen bio pharmaceutical company. i have also been involved in theater and politics by working at the mayor's office. i have an iq of 135 and also skipped a grade.</p>

<p>Awards:
i have always been in my schools honor roll and compete every year in national scientific investigation and have won 3 and second place nationwide.i got accepeted into the NHS. Various swimming, volleyball and scientific investigation medals. cpr and lifeguard certification etc</p>

<p>Leadership:
Choir director, lead violin at the concert band, class representative, secretary of recycling club</p>

<p>I am also planning to create Youtube Videos on Academics and organization over summer</p>

<p>Teacher Rec: i have a math mentor that has been with me throughout all of my high school years and has been present through all of my math successes. i am 100% sure that she will go as far as she can to ensure a good recommendation from her part. same goes for my English and literature teacher. she has been with me throughout all my high school years and absolutely adores me </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: my counselor has also helped me trhoughout the year's and has encouraged me to an ivy league education so im sure shell give me a good letter</p>

<p>Possible Major: political science criminology hoping to pursue a law career in the future</p>

<p>Essay: will probably be about my personal information and background.
mostly because i have really interesting story. i grew up in a really well known family of police men, lawyers, and FBI agents. also because i was raised by my grandparents due to the tragic death of my mom. my mom was killed by her own husband shortly after my first birthday. my mom's court case became well known in PR and the US because it was the first carjacking case ending in murder proven by circumstantial evidence. this impacted my life in a way that i feel the only career suited for me is law. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>You need to improve your test scores. BTW, how did you get such a low score on the Spanish subject tests when you speak it “fluently”?</p>

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<p>Reach for all schools. Need to improve GPA and Test scores.</p>

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<p>i took them on sophomore year and i didn’t even try and i mostly answered them randomly. those scores are obviously not the ones i will submit. ill be taking the tests again with actual effort in order to improve my scores </p>

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<p>and thank you… i will strive this year in order to raise my GPA and test scores</p>

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<p>consider retaking standardized tests to boost your chances</p>

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<p>i will thank you </p>

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<p>Since you come from an unusual educational background, the colleges and universities you are applying to will not know how smart you are based solely off of your transcript, compared to a traditional transcript of straight-A’s. Your test scores become even more important. Also, make sure your essay stays focused on you not your mother, and that it reveals good aspects about you instead of just an interesting story. Your application is meant to make the college admissions staff like and know you so make sure you talk about yourself.</p>

<p>Also, why are you choosing these colleges? Columbia and Dartmouth, while they’re both Ivy, are incredibly different schools. What draws you too them? Their campuses are polar opposites.</p>

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<p>Your score totals are wrong. 500 Math, 600 CR, 630 WR is 1730, not 1980.
And 700 Math, 630 CR, 700 WR is 2030, not 1970.</p>

<p>If you can get in, Penn has an wxcellent criminology program and an option to take law school classes as an undergraduate. Your story just may get you in if recommendations are as strong as you think.</p>

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<p>I realized my scores were wrong after I posted it sorry I didn’t proofread
And my essay will be focused on how my background story led me to strive to be better and choose a career in law
And I was interested in both Columbia and Dartmouth because of their political science majors</p>

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<p>I don’t understand something. Why didn’t you study for your SAT? You took the test twice and didn’t study either time?</p>

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<p>GPA is problematic…also as @mnm111‌ said why didn’t you study for SAT?
Put some safeties.</p>

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<p>i honestly saw college so far in my future that i didnt consider studying since i thought i had sooooo much time ahead of me to do so </p>

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<p>what about Brown? would i have more chances?</p>

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<p>All ivies are reaches for everyone, and it’s higher reaches for you because of that SAT and GPA, which are the two most important factors. What makes you think you would have more chance at Brown?
Oh and as @asukumar‌ said admission officers think it’s weird that you got 680-which is low for Ivies-in Spanish subject test when you speak Spanish as your language.
Also it’s not really good to take Spanish Subject test when you are a native Spanish speaker. Don’t you think that admission officers would think you are trying to do it easy way if you take a “foreign language” test that is actually your own language?</p>

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<p>my parents are Puertorrican, i was born in Buffalo NY and moved to PR when i was 14 which was 4 years ago. at first spanish was a difficult for me but i got the hang of it. i started learning spanish when i moved</p>

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<p>Oh okay that makes sense. </p>

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<p>sorry i meant 12 instead of 14… but now i think im more prepared the spanish subject test but if it helps i can take it on literarure or american history</p>

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<p>@anibal‌ - Unless you can raise your test scores, it’s going to be tough for you to get into any of these schools because 1) they will have more academically qualified candidates to chose from, and 2) they will be concerned that you are not strong enough academically to handle the workload. If you are a junior, you have plenty of time to work on this.</p>