Chance me for Brown class of 2016?

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<p>Alright so basic stuff first I guess.
I’m a first senior in high school. I live in Los Angeles. I’m a first generation Catholic Puerto Rican, and I’m conservative (I’ve heard from unreliable sources that might help somehow so I’m throwing it in there).</p>

<p>Sports: Track and Field freshman year, Varsity lacrosse soph-senior year. Junior captain, hopefully senior captain this spring. I have a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I am beginning Brazilian Jui Jutsu.</p>

<p>EC’s: Church usher at 5:00 mass saturday and sunday fresh-senior years
Piano and Guitar (10 years). I compose my own music along with taking requests and arranging covers of songs.
I coach a local youth chess team at my library because the public schools don’t offer chess clubs. We travel and go to team/individual competitions. Several of my kids are actually ranked.</p>

<p>Community Service: 250 total hours of Community Service, mostly tutoring inner-city Los Angeles kids for standardized tests like the High School Placement Exam. I’ve fed the homeless and that whole deal too. </p>

<p>Work Experience: Since the summer before freshman year I’ve worked as a camp counselor at a local summer camp. I coached sports, taught art and music classes, and helped in the nurses office. On occasion I help set up things for the shows etc etc. I’m somewhat a Jack-of-all-trades.</p>

<p>Research: From 8th grade to the end of freshman year I spent most of my weekends studying the DDT effects of the marine population in Long Beach, CA. My partner and I presented our results at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium science exhibit along with some Tufts undergraduates.
In junior year I was selected out of my AP Biology class along with 3 other students to do genetic research on Drosophila regarding the effects of introns on the circulatory system in pre-natal development. My team was published with UCLA undergraduates.</p>

<p>SAT I: W:740 CR:740 M:720 (this was my score from early junior year, I’m taking it again in a couple weeks)
SATII: Us History: 750 Chemistry: 710. I’m taking Math II and English Lit in November.</p>

<p>AP’s: AP World History 4, APUSH 5, AP Language 5, AP Biology 5</p>

<p>This year my courses are AP Art History, Theology (required), AP English Lit., AP Calc BC, AP Physics B, AP Environmental Science.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.19, school doesn’t rank but i know im in top 15% at least. From what my counselor has told me, I’ve taken the hardest possible schedule my high school offers.</p>

<p>So basically Brown has been my number 1 or number 2 choice since sophomore year along with Yale, but after my third visit to the schools this past august I’ve realized that Brown is definitely my #1. I felt so welcomed by just the campus, and Yale felt more like a tourist attraction, very empty and somewhat sketchy in some areas. My interests are pretty broad. I intend to major in neurology going on a pre-med track. I hope to somehow get maybe a minor in music, Spanish, and Italian. My dream has always been to be a doctor ever since I was six.</p>

<p>I’ve worked my butt off on these supplements and my personal statement seems to get good reviews from most people. </p>

<p>I guess my real question is this: Am I close to the Brown standard? Do you think I could get in for ED? Any advice you’d like to give me for the supplements, personal statement, or interview? Is there anything I could add to my app like an mp3 of an original song or a video of something? </p>

<p>Thanks guys so much, I’m sorry if this isn’t formatted very well this is my first post on a website like this. I really appreciate any feedback</p>

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<p>Comments and answers to your questions:
"Am I close to the Brown standard? Do you think I could get in for ED? "
Yes, and yes. but “could” is different than “will”. There are lots of factors that are big unknowns and acceptance rate is so low that can never fully predict.
Also “should” re ED is a question. I would advise you to apply ED only if:

  1. Almost no matter what your financial aid package is (or if you don’t need one) you would still go to Brown if you get in. Yes, Brown is going to base your FA on your need, and it will be very comparable to other colleges, but you won’t know how comparable. Would you still choose Brown over, say your 4th choice college, if that other school found a merit grant making it half the cost of Brown for you?? (this is just very hypothetical, but I think students who need aid, need to consider this sort of scenario.)
  2. Will you have no regrets if you don’t have to/get to apply to other schools also? (or if you get an early rejection??)</p>

<p>"Any advice you’d like to give me for the supplements, personal statement, or interview? "
Be yourself, let “you” come through. Be relaxed, and talk (lol, but some students clam up at interviews) and proof read more than once!</p>

<p>"Is there anything I could add to my app like an mp3 of an original song or a video of something? "
Only if it really is a major part of who you are, and is really good. It sounds like your biggest strengths are your other ECs. </p>

<p>Side note: I felt similar on a visit to Yale: like I was on a part of a Harry Potter movie set (loved the grey stone building courtyards!) but was disappointed when I looked around the “backside”. (and not just the physical environment.)</p>

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<p>You definitely have a chance. Definitely. But will you be admitted? Possibly. Rejected? Possibly. I’d say that you’re more on the admitted side, because yes, being Hispanic/Latin American helps ALOT. Being “conservative” won’t help haha, especially if there are questions raised about your tolerance for others. Overall I’d say you have a strong application, so best of luck to you, mi amiga(: </p>

<p>Chance me everyone?(:
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<p>thanks guys so much! and eli, my friends consider me economically conservative and socially liberal; I’m very tolerant of others (that’s one of the reasons I loved my Brown visits, the diversity is great!) I really appreciate the feedback!</p>