Chance me for Brown ED?

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Hey all - Brown’s my dream school and I was hoping you all could give me an idea of my chances of getting in early. I know it’s a lottery, but any feedback on my relative chance in that lottery as compared to other students is appreciated.

GPA: 3.98, school doesn’t weight or rank
SAT1: 2230 (800 W, 750 CR, 680 M) Took it again in November to try to get math score up, waiting on results
PSAT: 223 (National Merit Semifinalist)
ACT: Taking on Oct 24 in place of Subject Tests
5 on AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lang, 4 on AP Spanish Lit even though school doesn’t offer AP’s

Currently taking 2 history classes, Advanced Calculus, Advanced Bio, English, Urban Planning (elective)
Have taken all Spanish classes available at my school

EC’s:
Newspaper Editor (9-12), design and program website, write articles for each issue, oversee design and publication, 21 hrs/week
Student Government President (10-12) Was president junior year, reconfigured student gov into 4 smaller committees, planned dances, charity events, study sessions, prom. Still involved as a senior
Varsity Basketball Captain (9-12), 4-year varsity starter, MVP, sportsmanship awards, nominated for all-league team, 18 hrs/week
Local newspaper Columnist (9-11) Wrote columns for my local newspaper on college admissions, the importance of summer, other topics
Tufts Summit Summer Program (12) Studied French and International Relations in France for a month this summer with Tufts University European Center
Published in various writing magazines - Teen Ink 3 times, Inspire Magazine once, Unreal magazine once
Social Venture Kids philanthropy organization (9-12) Grantmaking commitee w/ 40 hrs per year, involves public speaking, community service, leadership
Club basketball (10-12) Train in off season with travel basketball team, 8 hrs/ week
Peer Mentor (9-10) Led discussions with groups of 15-20 middle school students, community service, public speaking
Ski Instructor (10-12) Work as a weekend ski instructor in the winter

Other summer programs:
Oxford University 2-week 2014
Spain Immersion 2-week 2015

Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar
Bellevue Rotary Club student of month 2015
Teen Ink 3-time Editor’s Choice Award Winner

Recs: Will be great
Essays: Will be good but not incredible
Hooks: Writing achievements, fluency in Spanish & French, leadership
Weaknesses: white, upper class
Gender: F

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I appreciate your modesty in saying that your essays will not be “unique!” or “best my teacher ever read!” You must be a good writer, so they should be good.

I’m confused about your standardized testing. You have these great SAT scores (OK, math could be higher), yet you are taking the ACT for the first time and not taking any subject tests? Yet you took the SAT again? Why? The SAT is meaningless without the subject tests. Looking at your profile, I doubt Brown would reject you solely because of that math SAT score, since you have so many other strengths.

Emphasize your “real” jobs – as a newspaper columnist, ski instructor, philanthropy. Colleges like that.

Fascinated that you were both student government president and newspaper editor. Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

Anyway – I don’t do chances, but it’s pretty obvious you are a strong applicant, so you’ll be in the running.

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@fireandrain I am taking subject tests on November 7, but I haven’t had time to do them before then as I did the October SAT 1. Because of this, I’m taking the ACT in 2 weeks on October 24th in order to still be able to apply ED to Brown (they don’t take November SAT dates for ED.) I know it’s not ideal but I had had no idea that I wouldn’t be able to apply early with November subject tests so this was my last-minute save.

Thank you for the application advice though! I am writing one of my supplements - about my most important EC and why - on my philanthropy work, so hopefully that will be good.

The newspaper at my school has been struggling since the beginning and didn’t have tons of people begging to get it back off the ground, so even though I had been doing Student Gov beforehand, I had still been contributing articles and was able to take it over once I could commit all my time to it. It has been a unique opportunity to be able to be involved in both! Appreciate all the feedback :slight_smile: