<p>Brown is my first choice school, I’d love some opinions amidst this hectic admissions frenzy.
White male, PA, intended major: Political Science</p>
<p>Academics:
ACT 32 (11 essay), SAT 2180 (780, 720, 680)
GPA W: 4.56 UW:3.9
Top 2% in class
4 APs last year
5 APs this year</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
President of Business Club
President French Honor Society
VP National Honor Society
Captain Varsity Cross Country
Captain Varsity Tennis
All-Conference for Cross-Country
Varsity Debate Club
First chair saxophone in jazz band
First chair saxophone Region Area Band
Self-created business ($200 in profit)
40 hrs community service hospital</p>
<p>Governor’s School scholar
Boys State Delegate, Boys’ Nation nominee
11th Congressional District Youth Advisory Council
Student rep. to the School District Board of Education
Student rep. to County Board of Chosen Freeholders
$500 Scholarship winner to Berklee College of Music Summer Jazz Program
Intern for my state senator
Jazz band placed 5th in the state
Qualified for the State Conference for my business club
Tennis qualified for states (1st time in 20+ years for my HS)</p>
<p>My “Why Brown” essay alludes to my infatuation with the Sayles Hall organist on Halloween…This is a popular tradition that adcoms will recognize, yes? I appreciate the input, guys.</p>
<p>There’s no reason you shouldn’t get in, but at the same time, there is no overwhelming reason why they should pick you over another applicant either. As I’m sure you’ve noticed from myriad threads on CC, you have to make your application emphasize a unique aspect of your high school tenure. While you have a solid list of good ECs, none of them “jump off the page,” to use a term I’ve seen tossed around a lot on this forum. Hence, your ideal strategy, I would say, is to emphasize a select few ECs that put you in a niche that admissions officers would find appealing. If you did that, you should be set, if you didn’t, you still have a shot but it will be more difficult.
The most important thing right now, however, is not to be posting chances threads, but to relax–there’s nothing more you can do, just sit back and try to forget about the upcoming decision letters (and yes, I know exactly how difficult it is to do just that).</p>
<p>You have great things that make you stand out…that said, working at admissions, I’ve seen thousands upon thousands of kids who look absolutely phenomenal. For that reason, I don’t really think these chance threads are helpful. Most people making the judgement calls on this website have never been in the basement of the admissions office to see all of the other applicants. With this year especially, admission to Brown is going to be a whole lot tougher. Good luck, though.</p>
<p>I agree with Mochabear - There’s no reason at this point to post chance threads. What other applicants have to say about you does not have any correlation with what the admissions officers will think about you. Just relax.</p>