Comm college to Ivy League--possible?

I graduated from a high school in a poor country in Asia. I have spent only 1 year in American high school and became a valedictorian of 4.0 GPA. [I have only two honor courses in high school here]



I just finished the first semester at a community college. I took five transferable courses with a total of 18 units. [two college honor courses]. My college GPA is 4.0.



I have been volunteering in a hospital. media director of pre-med club. secretary of a science club. volunteer every weekend in the health fair sponsored by CVS Pharmacy. These are all my activities in college. I don't play neither sport nor music.



I have only 1770 SAT score.



Do I have chance to get into the Ivy schools? I am applying for next semester.



What is your advice?

Comm college to Ivy League--possible?
Yes.

Because of the desire of Ivy league schools to have multi-culturally diverse student populations and your outstanding grades and community service, then you have a chance.



You will need to write a really great personal statement with your admission. You should also narrow it down to a few certain schools and attempt to get Letters of recommendation from alumnus of those schools. The alumni calling the admissions officers on your behalf will help. The administrations like to keep their prominent alumni happy.



The SAT needs some serious work. Buy a prep course workbook at the bookstore and do it religiously. Your SAT score needs the most work, in fact, sacrifice some of the volunteer stuff for SAT prep work. That is the most serious obstacle standing in your way. The non-traditional educational background, just makes your story better and your admission more appealing. But, your standardized test scores will prevent your admission. You need to radically increase your scores.
Reply:No you don't. Give up on Ivy league schools and work on finding a school that more realistically works for you.

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