Chance me Brown ED 2022?

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Bio:
-Citizenship: US Citizen
-State of residence: New York
-Race: Biracial (American and Jamaican)
-Gender: Female

School:
-Type (Public/private & size): Public, Class Size of 407 Students
-Graduates (How many go to Ivy’s/top 20): Salutatorian from last year is going to Yale
-AP’s Offered: 20

Academic Profile:
-Unweighted GPA: 94.0625
-Weighted GPA: 97.8542
-AP’s:
Sophomore Year
World History (3) probably won’t report
Junior Year
Calc AB (3) probably won’t report
Lang and Comp (4)
US History (5)
Senior Year (No Scores Yet0
US Gov and Politics
Literature and Comp
Physics C
French
Calculus BC
-ACT: 32 Composite (Retaking next month in hopes of a higher score)
-Rank: 20 out of 407 (top 5 percent)
-Course Rigor: All AP/Honors/College Courses

EC’s:
-Competitive Dancer/National Grand Champion/Award Winning Soloist (Past 14 Years)

  • National Honor Society (President)
  • National Foreign Language Honor Society (Treasurer)
  • Mock Trial (Co President)
    -School Newspaper (Editor)
    -Class of 2018 (Student Government)
    -Glamour Gals (Treasurer)
    -Leadership Intern at a local STEM Summer Camp
    -Volunteer at a local Assisted Living Home
    -Marching Band (Flutist)
  • Teen Advisory Council at local library
    -Junior Docent at local Holocaust Museum

Honors:
-AP Scholar w/ Honor

Intended Major: Political Science

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You seem like an outstanding person. The only thing I would say for you is to definitely get that ACT score up in the 34-35 range just to be safe for a school like Brown. What do your essays/recs look like right now?

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Getting your ACT up would make for a stronger application, but a 34 or 35 (or even a 36) would still put you as a reach (no such thing as “safe” for Brown or any highly selective schools). URM will help, and ED will help (unclear by how much – don’t go by the simple difference in admissions rates between ED and RD, they don’t account for athletic recruits, super hooks like children of major donors or famous people and the generally superior applicant pool in ED vs RD). If you decide ED, can your family afford Brown because you will be stuck to a large extent with whatever FA they determine for you if you get accepted.