Brown ED Chances! I chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everybody! I applied ED to Brown University, and I just want to see how I stack up with the rest of the CC community. I’d appreciate some feedback, and would love to give input to anybody who asks for it! :)</p>

<p>Intended Major: Biomedical engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but I’m top 3 in class
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, AP Physics B, AP Lit. & Comp., & AP Psychology (Toughest schedule in school all 4 years). Will have 9 APs by graduation.
[li] Misc. Awards: [/li]-Moorehead-Caine Scholarship Nominee (12th Grade-School)
-Park Scholarship Nominee (12th Grade-School)
-AP Scholar with Honor (12th Grade-National)
-Yale Book Award (11th Grade -School)
-National Honor Society (11th Grade-National)
-Highlander Society (11th Grade-National)
-Junior Marshall (11th Grade-School)
-Scholastic Gold Key Art Award (9th Grade-National)</p>

<p>[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars:</p>[/li]
<p>Debate (10th-12th Grade):
-Lincoln-Douglas Debate
-Debate Team Captain
-National Forensics League Degree of Merit (11th Grade-National)
-17th Place at State Debate Tournament (11th Grade-State/Regional)
-2nd Place at X Regional Tournament (10th Grade-State/Regional)</p>

<p>Science Olympiad (10th-12 Grade):
-Disease Detectives-Silver Medal (11th Grade-State/Regional)
-Cell Biology-11th Place (11th Grade-State/Regional)
-Trajectory-Silver and Gold Medal (10th & 11th Grade-State/Regional)
-Remote Sensing-Silver Medal (10th Grade-State/Regional)</p>

<p>MIT InvenTeam (11th Grade):
Invention competition where high school students design and develop ideas for submission to gain grants to patent and build their inventions. Served as founder of team, captain, and lead designer of green motor.</p>

<p>X Science Club (changed named for privacy reasons) (10th-12th Grade):
President and Founder of school science club run by students who have keen interest in developing technology, scientific discoveries, and inventions. Editor of online publication with contributions from students in NC, MA, CA, and in Vancouver. Community service involves drives to collect dental supplies and students volunteering at local free clinics and Meals On Wheels. </p>

<p>Clarinet (6th-12th Grade):
-Compose original music and have played with award-winning bands.
-2nd chair School Concert Band
-1st chair in School Pit Band
-1st Place at Fiestaval Atlanta (9th Grade-National)
-1st Place at Fiestaval Washington, DC (9th Grade-National)
-2nd Place at Fiestavel New York City (9th Grade-National)</p>

<p>Spanish Culture Bee Team (10th-12th Grade):
-Regional competitions in history, culture, and language of Spanish-speaking nations.
-1st Place in Spanish Culture Bee at X University (11th Grade-State/Regional)
-3rd Place in Spanish Culture Bee at X University (10th Grade-State/Regional)</p>

<p>Student Government (10th-12th grade):
Class president three times and Ambassador of SG two times</p>

<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours working at free medical clinic. Do Spanish translating, deal with lab/x-ray orders, etc. I’m most dedicated volunteer they’ve ever had (so they tell me). I REALLY love working here, and tried to show why in my Common App essay. Also, 160 hours through my Youth Group at my Church helping the priests and organizing fundraiser</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities: 2 summer@Brown courses, Boys’ Sate, and internship with inventor and engineer at top design firm in New England.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: talked about my passion and experience in inventing, experience in my Church, volunteer work at the clinic, and how my favorite surgeon has inspired me to innovate, just like he did. My college counselor said my essays are good enough to get me in, but it all depends on luck of the draw. </p>[/li]
<p>[li]Recs: I asked teachers that I have best relationship with, and my counselor and I have a great relationship. I also got letters from the person I interned with, and the lady who runs the clinic.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Have 3 provisional patents; invented 25+ legit products and looking to patent and market these in next couple of years. 1100 hours of research have gone into all the develoment of the invnetions (is this a hook?). Also, legacy @ Brown. [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Thanks for reading :)</p>

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<p>You have a very good shot at being accepted.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I hope so! Waiting for those results in December. Best wishes to you :)</p>

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<p>These schools are reaches for anyone</p>

<p>that said, when it comes down to it, your EC’s are outstanding, and your class rank is great</p>

<p>like the poster above, you have a great shot</p>

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<p>Thanks James1G! Yeah I wish it was a bit easier like when my mom applied to Brown hahaha. Thanks guys. I hope that my app catches an adcoms’ eye. Would make for a really awesome Xmas present ;)</p>

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<p>Like others have said, your extracurriculars and GPA are great (although no disclosed rank takes away from this), but the 32 is going to hurt. Fortunately, with all the things that you’ve done, legacy and the ED, you will be a strong applicant.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. By top 3 in class, that means I’m top 10% btw. From what I’ve been told (for my school), my counselor writes in his letter how I compare to my peers in terms of GPA. But we “officially” don’t rank. I have an uber small class, and that’s why we don’t rank. If we did, some bright kids would have terrible ranks, and that would ruin their apps.</p>

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<p>Amazing ECs and being in the top 3 is great. I’m 99% sure you’re in. (Only issue is the 32 on the ACT. What are your SAT IIs?)</p>

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<p>32 act wont hurt lol it’s like in the middle range (though granted, the lower range are usually some of those minorities and stuff).</p>

<p>they just wont be like HOLY F it’s godly/sucks.
its just a ok, proceed type of thing, ya know?</p>

<p>anyway great shot, ECs seem pretty cool, and that legacy surely helps a bit.</p>

<p>But you should know Brown is crazy. They accepted 5 people from our school one year (4 years ago) and since then rejected everyone haha.</p>

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<p>you have such a good chance being accepted! i would say you are basically in!
i play the clarinet too :slight_smile:
good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks yaintime21, NNNNNN, & hopful! Yeah Brown’s ACT middle 50% range is 28-33, so in context, the 32 isn’t THAT ugly. It fits the bill, but certainly won’t drop jaws there. My top subject test scores atm are 690 in Lit & 710 in Math Level IIC. I know…low…my family doesn’t exactly ace standardized testing haha. But since I submitted the ACT, SAT IIs aren’t required for Brown. </p>

<p>Brown can be quirky with admissions; I don’t think many have been accepted from my school in the last 4-5 years, but not many end up applying. </p>

<p>Thanks for the chances, and I’ll do my best to chance you back as best I can!</p>

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<p>A shameless bump for tha lolz. Leave a link and & I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>A few more replies please! I always chance back :)</p>

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<p>You have absolutley no chance, why do you even bother applying?..jk haha
the legacy is really going to help as well as applying ED, you have a great shot, good luck!</p>

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<p>*I spelled absolutely wrong, sighhh</p>

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<p>wow, amazing stats! i would say that you are definitely in! would be crazy to reject you. good luck! </p>

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<p>Thanks airplaneman; I chanced you back!</p>

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<p>bump !</p>

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<p>a few more responses please guys!</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot at ED, but remember that top notch schools are always going to be really random. Your GPA,ACT, rank, EC’s are all really good in my opinion.</p>

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