a brown hopeful with a weird little question...

Applying to College
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<p>my gpa is very weird. i've gotten all A's in all my AP classes (taken 7 so far), however I've got several more B's in pre-ap and honors classes, id say about 5 or so. furthermore, i'm an AP scholar with honors and my final gpa should be around a 3.7 with a 4.7 weighted. i know i should have worked harder in my pre-ap's but i've technically gotten a 4.0 (6.0 for that matter) in all "college classes" and tests. can i still get in because:</p>

<p>-2250 on SAT, planning on retaking for hopefully 2300+
-Top 10% in class
-National Merit Semi-Finalist
-excellent extracurriculars
-very good recommendations
-excellent essays
-took 3 week mini course at brown
-BIG ENTHUSIASM!!!!! im planning to brown on applying ED</p>

<p>basically what i'm asking is: do colleges like brown care more about pre-ap grades than AP grades???</p>

<p>thanks for any help. im seriously freaking out but please be honest.</p>

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<p>pre-ap? 10 characters</p>

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<p>what do you mean 10 characters? sorry if this is a stupid question...</p>

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<p>Your message has to be at least 10 characters to go through. I've never heard of Pre-AP classes.</p>

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<p>they're honors classes basically</p>

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<p>Colleges care more about AP grades than honors classes. Also, the way that your school calculates AP credit most likely comes up with a different weighted gpa than college calculations. I've never heard of a high school classes granting 6.0 for an A. Replace all your 6.0s with 5.0s and recalculate that weighted, i think it'll be quite a bit lower.</p>

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<p>I mean if you have a 2250 and a 4.7 GPA weighted with all the back-ups you have, I think you have even a possibility for colleges like HYPSM. I'm pretty sure you'll get into Brown.</p>

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<p>^ sounds good! :)</p>

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<p>the number 2250 showed up on my SAT exam booklet.... and that's what i got on my SAT's too. got into Stanford though, and I am so very very happy. If you think 2250 is too borderline however for the top schools, then I suggest you retake.</p>

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<p>^so true. Yeah...I got into MIT with a 2220.</p>

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<p>maybe i'm the only one thinking this, but it does seem like your gpa is a little low for brown...i mean for an ivy, having a 3.7 is probably well below the average for brown.</p>

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<p>don't count on the three week program to help you much</p>

<p>i have 60 friends from the 7 week program</p>

<p>about half applied ED.....1 got in</p>

<p>i think 2 more were accepted by RD (including the other half that waited for RD)</p>