Chance Me (brown Ed) & Others

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>1st generation Asian (Female) from suburban high school. </p>

<p>GPA: 4.06 / 4.36 (UW/W)
Class rank: Top Decile (our school does not rank) But I will guess 10/350ish
SAT: 2220 (780M / 740 CR / 700 W) <--final!
SATII: Math IIC: 800, Math IC: 740, Biology-M: 700 (Retook Bio-M in November.)</p>

<p>Freshman Year Courses:
Honors Math, A+
Honors English, A-
Honors Biology, B+ <-- ew.
World History, A
French II, A+
Computer Programming, A-
Orchestra, A+</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Courses:
Honors Math, A+
Honors English, A
Honors Chemistry, A
World History, A
French III, A+
Science Research, A+
Orchestra, A+</p>

<p>Junior Year Courses:
Honors Precalc, A-
Honors English, A
Honors Physics, A-
AP US History, A
AP Biology, A
Science Research, A+
Orchestra, A</p>

<p>Senior Year Courses (1st Qtr only):
AP Calculus BC, A+
AP Macroeconomics, A-
AP English, A+
AP Chemistry, A+
AP Gov & Politics, A-
Science Research, A+
Orchestra, A+
Excel, A <-- Needed for Graduation, poops. </p>

<p>Extracurrics:
- Student Connect, where club officers can attract potential future members, list meeting dates and publicize. (Founder, Webmaster 12)
- Student Newspaper (Staff Writer 9-11, Arts & Ideas Editor 11-12)
- Student Literary Magazine (Staff Writer 9-11, Layout Editor 12)
- Yearbook (Layout Editor 12)
- Orchestra (Webmaster 12)
- Youth Orchestra (12)
- Mathletes (12)
- National Honor Society (11-12)
- I have been working on a computer science based research project since sophomore year, dealing with cryptography</p>

<p>Sports:
- JV Volleyball (9)
- Varsity Volleyball (10)
- Varsity Winter & Spring Track and Field (Co-Captain, 12)</p>

<p>Awards,etc:
- National Merit Commended. (12)
- Scholar Athlete
- Winner of Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award (11)
- A bunch of other science research related awards (10-11)
- High Honors with Distinction at a State Level Science Fair (11)
- Principal List student (9-12)
- 1st Place in Chinese Written Essay (9)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
- Day Care Center (9-10, 160+ hours)
- Nursing Home (11-12, 2 hrs/wk)
- Volunteer at local Chinese School (12, 3 hrs/wk)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
- Sylvan Learning Center (Summer '05)
- Tutor (9-12)
- Babysitter (12) </p>

<p>Essays:
- Essay about learning to crochet and its implications on my life. (For Brown and Commonapp; everyone I showed it to said it was very well written and would work well for Brown)
- Extra essays for Brown (Comp sci, all very good) </p>

<p>Recommendations:
- Guidance Counselor (We're not allowed to see our recommendations, but she wrote letters that have gotten kids into HYP)
- Science Research Advisor (Stunning! He said I was 'one of the best encountered in his teaching career' and made me sound like I invented cryptography, haha)
- Teacher recommendations (We're not allowed to see them, but I'm guessing that they wouldn't hurt me. Although I don't know what my APUSH teacher would have said about me, haha) </p>

<p>Hooks:
I'm one year younger (how would colleges look at this?)
Girl who likes computers. And calculus, haha. </p>

<p>Brown - ED
MIT
Stanford
Yale
WUSTL
Boston College
Boston Univ
Tufts
RPI</p>

<p>I will be putting Computational Biology / Computer Science down as my major. What are my chances at Brown ED? Are 9 schools enough? Do I need more safeties?</p>

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<p>I can't see Stanford or Yale, you simply don't have the ECs and you're in the most competitive pool. MIT only if your application shows real passion for something they want. Brown 60/40 no, I would predict a deferral. Good shot at the others.</p>

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<p>bumpppp anyone else?</p>

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<p>Brown - ED - small chance
MIT - no chance
Stanford-no chance
Yale-no chance
WUSTL-good chance if showed interest
Boston College-in
Boston Univ-in
Tufts-in if showed interest</p>

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<p>datadriven, explain small chance for browned?</p>

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<p>Wudanyan,</p>

<p>I think that you should mention geography for a better read on your chances. Great GPA and SAT overall (SAT below average at Yale and Stanford). BTW, having a UW GPA over 4.0 is like dividing by zero or rotating a circle, it's just not possible (looks like a 3.9+ to me). You seem to have a bunch of varied ecs, if you have a concentraion or passion in one it is important to bring that out...as the other poster said, those ecs ain't anything special at Yale/Stanford.</p>

<p>Yale-reach (see above)
Stanford-reach (see above)
MIT-decent chance (being female in comp sci helps a lot, being asain in bio doesn't)
Brown-decent/good chance (your SAT is above their avg, ed will help)
WUSTL-decent/good chance (hope you showed interest)
In at all the rest</p>

<p>Again, providing your location may help (or hurt) ;0</p>

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<p>Kqrl, there's been a great deal of evidence that ed does not help candidates without a hook at ivies.</p>

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<p>didnt i mention a hook or two?</p>

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<p>and being from ny does not help hahaa</p>

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<p>I would suspect being a girl in comp sci would help, along with the op's academic profile at Brown for ed. True, a natl champ fencer may have a better chance, but everyone isn't natl champ fencer.</p>

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<p>Being a year younger a hook???!!!!! Are you kidding? And girls into math/science a dime a ozen at top schools.</p>

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<p>I'd have to agree on the fact that while you have impressive GPAs your SATs are a little low for Yale and Stanford. As for your ECs, don't listen to the comments that they are weak. People here have seen threads(real and otherwise) and therefore tend to think that all Ivy accepts have nationally recognized talents and awards. It is never that way. </p>

<p>You have great volunteering hours, a part time job, and numerous science field awards. You are a Nationally Commended Scholar. Have some hope and put some strength behind those shoulders.
I'd say that Brown would take you. They seem to love 2200's more than 2350's. If Brown will take you, then so will everybody below your list.</p>

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<p>suze, suze, suze,</p>

<p>I believe your depreciating tone and I have met before. The OP was clearly asking how colleges would look at her being one year younger; you are correct in that it would be no big deal, but I like the classy touch of exclamation points and questions in order to mock the OP. A girl into comp sci is a dime a dozen? Lol, hold on while I feed my pet unicorn and talk to my leprochaun.</p>

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<p>You are right Karl, I hang my head in shame. It's just that this time of year some of the things people call hooks are just, well, tiresome. All you need to do is read some old posts on your question topics to get quick answers.</p>

<p>But as to women in math/science, i speak as a recent applicant who thought about applying as an engineering major. extensive research and top college counselors discouraged me(in terms of it being a boost at ivies). Top colleges have many. Witness MITs ability to be just about half female these days.</p>

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<p>suze,</p>

<p>we're talking about comp sci, a big difference from engineering. I would guess that 75% or more comp sci majors are men....I'm too lazy too look it up (you could easily pown me if you got linkable info refuting my claim). Still, I think that while a girl in comp sci isn't exactly a hook, I suspect it will hwlp in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>i think your a guarenteed in</p>

<p>my friend had half of the courses you had, 3.3 gpa and got into Brown...don't worry about this</p>

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<p>what about the other schools? (btw, i am applying to stanford and yale for giggles... if nobody has figured that out yet), thanks for being honest though :)</p>

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<p>To me this increasingly popular concept of applying to schools for "giggles" is very strange. Does anyone actually to schools they don't think they have a chance at. Is it politically correct to say this or a new form of denial?</p>

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<p>it'll be nic eto know i tried... and you never know.</p>

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<p>i'll paste the rejection letters on my wall, or something to that effect :P</p>