<p>I am a rising junior at a private school in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and I am white but I think Brown has a blind application. Anyway I was looking for some advice from people that have applied to Brown and/or PLME or current students on whether I have a good chance and what I should improve on.</p>
<p>Classes:
Freshman and Sophomore:
-Everything that can be taken honors, I have taken honors.
-Exception from normal first 2 years is that I have already taken honors bio, chem, and physics.</p>
<p>Junior year:
-English (my school only has one option)
-Honors Pre-Calculus
-AP US History
-AP Latin Vergil
-AP Biology
-Independent Research Class</p>
<p>Senior year:
-2 English electives
-AP Econ most likely
-AP Latin literature (kill me)
-AP Chem
-Maybe AP Physics
-Science electives (anatomy most likely and something else)</p>
<p>Grades:
-All A-'s to A's and one B+
-GPA: 3.87
-ACT: Haven't taken the real one but I got a 30 on the practice without studying at all</p>
<p>Sports:
-JV XC
-JV Squash
-Varsity Swim Team
-Varsity Sailing Team</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Model UN Club
-FOCUS Club
-I am working on an independent research project. I am engineering a hydrogel scaffold to optimize the differentiation of a certain type of stem cells into cartilage. I am working in conjunction with an institute at the National Institute of Health.</p>
<p>Summers:
Between Freshman and Sophomore:
-Lead America Medicine and Healthcare conference at Johns Hopkins University
-Volunteer program at Georgetown University Hospital mostly in the surgery department</p>
<p>Between Sophomore and Junior:
-I am currently working at the National Institute of Health in the National Chemical Genomics Institute working to synthesis new therapies for rare diseases. This job is not related to my independent research and was obtained separately.
-Working at an ice-cream stand (Free ice-cream!)</p>
<p>Any advice would be much appreciated!</p>