Brown or Columbia? Chance me?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>junior in high school! we have about 3000 kids total so it's a bit harder to distinguish yourself. with that in mind-
high school gpa out of 5 point scale: 4.3 right now (trying to work up to 4.4 but let's just say 4.3 for argument's sake)
SAT: 2290 SAT first time around, 2260 second time. 2380 superscore and 1580/1600
extracurriculars: senior dance companies five days a week, editor on school newspaper (landed the position for EIC next year), job at local dance wear store two days or more a week, president/founder of classic literature club, vp of community service club, involved in other community service-y things
essays: i'm a strong writer, but i haven't written them yet so N/A
recs: i have guaranteed rec from APUSH teacher and i need another formal...
classes: with senior year in mind i will have taken 10 AP courses (out of 23 offered) and honors in all core academics, as well as extra english and social studies classes and required arts credits</p>

<p>so i know ivy's are just a ridiculous stretch but if i were to do ED brown would i have any shot? i went to their precollege over the summer and loved it and how liberal/open they are but they said that precollege wouldn't make a difference in admissions (but i could use it in an essay).
i have also taken an interest in columbia recently, and off of naviance my school had an average accepted gpa of 4.34 vs. 4.4 at brown and a higher acceptance rate too at columbia. and i love that its located in the city: connections! the only thing that kind of bugs me is that you have to complete a core curriculum, although the classes sounded interesting to me so w/e.
in any case, would i have a better shot at either of them? which do you think i should go for?</p>

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<p>If you ED Brown I’d say its 50/50</p>

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<p>If you ED’ed at either school you’d be on the lower end of a reach… but it will remain a reach.</p>

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<p>Ivy League admissions are so holistic,unpredictable, and competitive, and it’s fruitless to try to give exact chances. However, your stats and depth in extracurricular activities will definitely make you a competitive applicant in the process.</p>

<p>As for your ED question, I’d suggest that you simply apply ED to the school you like more. It’s impossible to say if you’d have a better shot at one of them, and it’s really pointless to try and guess, simply because of how unpredictable admissions can be (for example, I was rejected at Northwestern but accepted into Harvard). Thus, it just makes the most sense for you to go ED to the school you think you fit into best.</p>