<p>Applied ED and got deferred (recently sent an updated letter in)
Ethnicity: white
GPA: 3.8 out of 4 UW (not sure what my Weighted GPA is....should be a bit over 4)
ACT: 26 (ehhh)
Class Rank: 11 out 101 (should be 10 by the end of the year)
Extracurriculars: VERY involved in community/volunteer work; youth group president; was involved in chemistry research at a local university; Drama club; guitar; volleyball; NHS; the usual
Hooks: from a small farm town in the midwest; first generation college student; related to a state senator (don't really think that matters though)
Essays: I thought they were good - I wrote about how I will contribute to diversity and how my background makes me different. Plus, I think my character and sincerity really showed through in my essays and letter. I definitely think my essay was a huge part of why I was deferred and not rejected.
Recs: good I hope?
Course load: hardest available
Intended major: listed Marine Biology, Computer science, and International Relations as interests
I wrote a research paper about "adopting an open curriculum" for my ap english class, got a 100%, and sent it in
Wrote a legislative bill that I sent to a state senator for review - its currently still under review....I am going to send the cover page of this in
Got great mid year grades, including a 100% in a college Astronomy course and near a 100% in a college dual credit Calculus course</p>
<p>So do you think I stand a chance at getting in with my academic stats (class rank & act)? I am trying not to get too hopeful....I just love Brown and I am sure I would thrive in that environment! My class rank is due to a bad freshman year when I didn't really care and I got mostly B's....but I have had consistent improvement ever since and straight A's since sophomore year. This will show on my transcript.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>The ACT score kills your application. Everything else looks alright, though.</p>
<p>What does “VERY involved in community/volunteer work” mean?</p>
<p>Like silverturtle said, your ACT score isn’t helping you, but I’m sure if you presented yourself in an agreeably unique way in your essay, then you have a chance. I don’t think the relation to a state senator will matter than much unless you worked with him/her.</p>
<p>I didn’t know coming from a farm city was a hook…</p>
<p>Chance back?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/865994-chance-hodgepodge-applicant.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/865994-chance-hodgepodge-applicant.html</a></p>
<p>I have actually been working with the senator I mentioned - I sent my legislative bill to him and he has been reviewing it. </p>
<p>As for very involved in community/volunteer activities, I volunteer weekly (almost every weekday) at an after-school organization for kids as a mentor/tutor, I have been on six annual mission trips, I volunteer at a nursing home once a month, organize things like food drives and fundraisers as president of my youth group, and participate in other community based events such as Relay for Life, etc. </p>
<p>Geography can sometimes be a hook if you are from an under-represented area - and a vast majority of applicants to Brown come from the east and west coast…so I am figuring that coming from the Midwest and a really small town counts for a little. I hope. </p>
<p>I loathe the ACT.</p>
<p>It is a moot point now, but: Did you ever try the SAT?</p>
<p>Ah, I see you are using your family relation well, haha :)</p>
<p>Your volunteer service sounds good to me. It seems like after-school organization and large fund-raising events would stand out.</p>
<p>I am assuming that since you have been deferred, Brown U would like to see even more out of you. Are there any competitions or maybe set of test scores that you can build upon?</p>
<p>I got close to a 1700 on the SAT so, when converted, it was nearly identical to my ACT score. I wish I would have started preparing for these tests beginning with freshman year. </p>
<p>Well, I have done numerous activities since I was deferred and taken up a few more extracurriculars (the after school volunteering being one of them) and I performed during my school’s talent show (i play the guitar), but I haven’t necessarily won any sort of competitions since I sent off my app. Oh…but I did get voted as “Most kind hearted” girl in my class, if that counts. I did put that in my updated letter 
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<p>Haha…I never thought that my cousin being a politician would ever be beneficial to me. I’m not really counting on that though - if its a contributing factor to my admittance, i can’t complain…but I would really like to be accepted for what I have accomplished.</p>