Chance at Brown?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>3.7 UW / 4.0 W
I've always taken as many APs/Honors classes as possible.
Top 10%</p>

<p>Asian -Viet, CA, low-income, 1st gen</p>

<p>2100 SAT (680 CR, 710 M, 710 W), retaking Oct
SAT II - US History 660, Chinese 620, retaking Nov</p>

<p>EXTRACURRIC
Speech + Debate Team - Secretary, Vice President (4 years)
Red Cross Club - Vice President (4 years)
Adopt-an-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project - Social Chair (3 years)
Campaign Academy - Campaign Leader (3 years)
CSF Representative (3 years)
The Eagle School Newspaper - Editor-in-Chief (2 years)
Eagle News Broadcast - Reporter (2 years)
Fiona Ma Assemblywoman of CA - Intern (2 years)
Student Site Council - Vice Chair (2 years)
Junior Statesman of America Club - Historian (1 year)</p>

<p>PROGRAMS
- Northwestern University - CTD Civic Engagement & Leadership Institute (Summer)
- 3 year participant World Savvy Affairs Competition</p>

<p>JOBS
- US House of Representatives Page (summer 2009)
- The Sixth Graphics + Web Design Studio - owner (6 years)
- Natural Dental Lab - assistant manager (4 years)
- Help-U-Learn Tutorial - Tutor (4 years)</p>

<p>AWARDS
- 1st Place Voice of Democracy Speech Contest: Honoring Veterans of Foreign Wars
- 2nd Place Lion's Club Speech Contest: Water - Will CA be left high and dry?
- 2nd Place Lion's Club Speech Contest: Immigration - My Solution
- 3rd Place World Affairs Competition Best Discovery Poster
- 4th Place Best Speaker - CHSSA Student Congress</p>

<p>HOOKS
started my own graphics/web design company to help out my family through high school, worked as page with US house of rep</p>

<p>notes: my gpa sophomore year suffered b/c parents divorce + having to work. but my junior year had only 2 B's for fall semester and 1 B for spring.</p>

<p>I'm concerned about my GPA and SAT II scores.</p>

<p>My second choice is Wesleyan if anybody knows about that school.
I'm trying to figure out whether to apply to Brown ED or Wesleyan ED.</p>

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<p>Any help appreciated because ED is coming up soon.
I can help chance you for UC schools (I don’t know others as well).</p>

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<p>Will chance back for CA schools.</p>

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<p>I’m actually in your -exact- same position. I was debating between Wesleyan and Brown for ED. I decided on Wesleyan though because of my personality and desire for a smaller school.</p>

<p>Your scores are a little low, but you have great extracuriculars. Make sure to write some stellar essays about those experiences, especially the page, which sounds interesting. Explain your lowish sophomore year scores if you feel the need to. Grade trends speak more though. </p>

<p>You definitely have a shot though. :)</p>

<p>I have a chance thread for Wesleyan ED and I’d love if you would take a peak since you know both schools.</p>

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<p>Oh wow really!
I was talking about this dilemma with my sister and she was asked me sarcastically, “Well, have you found anybody on those college forums who are in the same situation as you?” haha!</p>

<p>I’m don’t know enough about admissions at Wesleyan to chance you (If I knew, I wouldn’t be asking).</p>

<p>I always thought their average entering GPA was around 3.7-3.8 (according to collegedata.com and others), but my counselor has a USNews Premium Edition, and according to that, it was 4.0 UW last year.</p>

<p>Do you know what field you want to go into or what classes you want to take at Wesleyan?</p>

<p>I like small schools, but Wesleyan is a little too small for me. Have you visited?</p>

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<p>with strong essays, you probably have a shot with brown. however, since you never know how ivy league schools are, the school is a reach for you. just work on the essays, make sure theyre strong, maybe talk about your family problems on ur essay. good luck!</p>

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<p>Yup, I have and I am overnighting this weekend. My advisor said it’s a probable school for me, so if you go take a look at my thread you can see what she meant by that, I suppose. Feel free to message me and I’ll answer questions about it.</p>

<p>I want to do a unique Wesleyan major called College of Letters which combines History, Philo. and Lit. Or Gender and Sexuality.</p>

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<p>Brown is an extreme reach for you.</p>