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<p>Hello there! I’m currently about to end my junior year, and I’m very much planning on doing Early Action to Brown. </p>

<p>GPA: Weighted: 4.72 Unweighted: 3.92
Not exactly sure about exact rank, but I know I’m in the top 3% out of 419.</p>

<p>SAT: 2230
ACT: 34
PSAT: 208, so commended most probably</p>

<p>Classes:
Freshman:
Honors CA I
Honors Bio
Honors Geometry
Concert Choir (the only choir available to freshman)
Spanish 2.5
Gifted Education/Journalism
Soph:
Honors CA II
Chemistry
Honors Pre-Calc (took Algebra over the summer before high school)
AP Euro
AP Stats
Spanish 3.0
Chorale (audition choir)
Junior:
AP CA III
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP US History
Honors Spanish 4
Chorale
Physics
Senior:
We The People (weighted government thing)
AP Biology
Honors Multi-Variable Calculus
AP Spanish 5
AP CA IV
Chorale
Gifted Education/Psychology</p>

<p>I feel like it might be worth noting that my school does not actually start offering AP classes until sophomore year, when even then AP Euro is the only one usually offered to students.</p>

<p>ECs:
KAY Club: Active member for 3 years, Presidential Service Award (250+ hours) every year
DECA: Member for 3 years, placed in top three for state competition every year, competed in Nationals once, but was selected twice
Jewish Student Union: Treasurer for two years, member for three
Secular Student Alliance: Co-President/Founder for two years
Political Science Club: Vice President for two years
Student Government: Representative freshman year (decided I didn’t really like what it stood for, so I quit)
Drama Club: Participated in three musicals and four plays
Hindu Temple Youth Group: four years
National Honor Society: two years
National Spanish Honor Society: two years
Tri-M (kind of Music Honor Society: three years
Thespian Honor Society: two years
Mock Trial: participated three years, President Senior year
Model UN: participated two years, President Senior Year
Chorale: As I said, audition choir at my school, lettered in it three years
Academics: Lettered in it three years, principal’s honor roll three years</p>

<p>Other random things (just so you get to know my personality a little better:
-Played soccer, volleyball, and did Tae Kwan Do (second degree black belt) until I tragically (lol) dislocated my knee during a sparring accident
-Indian, but born in the US; first in my entire ancestry to be a natural citizen here, as well as first female in my family to be choosing an education on my own terms (My mother went to college, but it was not her choice to do so. No other females have been educated that far.)
-Really interested in a lot theology stuff, as well as political things, but I’m a total atheist and liberal (Green Party, what up)
-Very musically inclined; I play 12 instruments, and most of them for a long time (ie at least 5-6 years)
Volunteer work: Lots of hospital stuff (200+), volunteered at a hospital for two weeks overseas
Research: Got to work in a lab for two months over the summer junior year, and another lab this summer before senior year. Most probably will get my name in a neuroradiology publication</p>

<p>Sorry if this is a lot of extra and unimportant detail, but I don’t know, anything anyone can draw from anywhere would be helpful to me. Thank you so much. I’m really stressing about college a lot, and I just want advice on how to improve my chances more.</p>

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<p>I had very similar stats as a junior (eerily similar), and I got in RD this year. You have many more extracurriculars than I did. I think you have a very good chance, especially ED, as long as you express your desire to attend, love of the open curriculum, etc. in your application.</p>

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<p>Only note, since I don’t chance people: Brown is ED, not EA.</p>

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<p>Erty, you are clearly very bright and accomplished, and trust me – if you apply to a good group of schools, you WILL be going to college.</p>

<p>Like bruno, I don’t do chances. But I will address your stress level about improving your chances.</p>

<p>At this point, you’ve done almost everything you can do – you have amazing grades, scores and ECs. Be confident that you’ve laid a really good foundation.</p>

<p>Now, you have to market yourself to colleges and convince them that they WANT you on their campus. Study college websites, visit campuses, talk to professors and students and alumni, read student newspapers/blogs/etc. Write applications that are specific for each school you are applying to, and don’t be modest about your accomplishments. </p>

<p>Second, apply to a really good list of schools. Find a safety school (both safety for admissions and cost) that you LOVE. A school you would be thrilled to attend. Find schools with rolling admission or early action, so that whatever happens at your lottery schools, you have an acceptance in hand before Dec. 15. Look very closely at good schools that are not Ivies and not based in the Northeast – look at liberal arts schools in the south and midwest, for example. </p>

<p>Hope this helped. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Hi everyone. I am also reaching the end of my Junior year in HS. I just joined College Confidential and I was hoping that maybe you guys could help me out. I also want to do Early Action for Brown University. So, can you can please chance me? It would be a huge help.</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8</p>

<p>ACT: Still low, 25
Senior Year Courseload: English-IV Honors, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, PreCalculus, Film Studies, Gym, and Accelerated Reading</p>

<p>Clubs
• Newsletter Club (Founder and President)
• Debate Team (Founder and Captain)
Basketball Club (Founder and President)
• Intercultural Dialogue Club (2011-2013)
• Treasurer of Film Club (2012-2013)
• Model United Nations at Yale University (Member) (2012-2013)
• Environmental/Recycle Club (2011-2013)
• Member of the ALA (American Library Association) Committee (2012-2013)
• House of Representatives of PSA Student Government (2012-2013)
• Soccer Club (2011-2013)
• Drama Club (2011-2013)
• Robotics Team (2011-2014)
• Art/Creativity Club (2012-2013)
• Chess Club (2010-2011)
• Music Club (2012-2013)
• Volleyball Club (2011-2013)</p>

<p>Athletics
• Junior Varsity Soccer (2010-2013)
• Varsity Basketball (2011-2013) (Captain)
• Junior Varsity Basketball (2010-2011)
• Varsity Tennis (2011-2012)
• Intramural Volleyball
• Intramural Basketball (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Intramural Soccer (9th, 10th, 11th)
• Manager of the Varsity Tennis Team (2012-2013)</p>

<p>Awards
• 3rd Place in the 2012 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 1st Place in the 2013 Northeast Prep Basketball Tournament Championship
• 1st Place in the 2011 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic in Hartford, Connecticut
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Doc Hurley Basketball Classic in Hartford, Connecticut
• Inspire Award at the FTC (First Tech Challenge) at the 2013 Connecticut State Championship
• Finalist Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• Think Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• Promote Award at the 2012 Connecticut Championship
• 2nd Place in the 2012 Intramural Volleyball Tournament
• 4th Place in the 2011 Intramural Soccer Tournament
• 3rd Place in the 2011 Intramural Basketball Tournament
• 22nd Place overall out of 34 teams in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad at the University of Connecticut
• Participated in Chemistry Lab in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad
• Participated in Anatomy in the 2013 Connecticut Science State Olympiad
• Participated in Fermi Questions in the 2013 Connecticut State Science Olympiad
• Three Point Champion in 2012 Varsity Basketball Madness
• Participated in 2013 Google Science Fair
• Nominated into the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists
• Leading bench scorer of the 2012-2013 Varsity Basketball season.
• Helped my school win the Ring and Ding Challenge from the Salvation Army in 2011 and 2013
Nationwide
• Connect Award at the FTC (First Tech Challenge) at the 2012 Northern New York Championship
• Winning Alliance Award at the 2012 New York Championship
• Inspire Award at the 2012 New Hampshire Championship
• Alliance Award at the 2012 Champions Scrimmage
• Connect Award at the 2012 New York Championship
• Auctioned/Participated in the 2012 Turkish Olympiads (Singing Category) in Clifton, New Jersey</p>

<p>Work Experience
• Worked at Long Neck Diner (Family Business), Georgetown, Delaware (Summer, 2011)
o Showed dining guests to their tables
o Passed out food
o Also helped clean tables
o Worked for two and a half months
• Helped deliver bread for Deluxe Bakery (Family business) (Summer, 2012)
o Worked with my cousin
o Worked during the Summer
o Worked for three weeks
• Worked at Cedar Farms (Father’s Business), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Summer, 2011)
o Wrote down the food products that other Restaurants/Diners needed.
o Helped deliver products with my Father.
o Also went from diner to diner, asking the cooks what they needed from us.
o Worked for three weeks. </p>

<p>Miscellaneous
• Took part in the Nationwide challenge for Accelerated Reader Quiz-taking
• Fluent in Turkish
Volunteer Work
• Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army (2010-2012)
o Freshman Year: 3 Hours
o Sophomore Year: 6 Hours
o Junior Year: 6 Hours
• Helped the 2012 Putnam Halloween Festival
• Distributed out Noah’s Pudding in front of Wal-Mart to the public
• Passed out invitations for a Thanksgiving Dinner held at our school
• Passed out invitations for a 9/11 even held at our school
• Helped organize the school’s library
o Put books in the right places
o Put the books that we didn’t need into different plies
• Set up the Book Fair
o Helped put up the shelves for the books
o Cleaned up every day after it was finished
• Judged at the 2012 FLL (First LEGO League) at Central Connecticut State University
• Helped collect money for the Helping Hands Relief Foundation 2011 (Japan Support)
• Took part in Robotics Outreach programs.
o Went to visit the Lisbon and Putnam Wheelabrator. They are our main sponsors for the Robotics Team.
o Visited different Elementary schools to show little children how the robot works during the 2012-2013 academic year.
• Job Shadowing for the Chief of Police in the Town of Putnam, Connecticut
• Volunteer at the American Red Cross, South Jersey Region.
• Helped clean the Putnam Rotary Park in Putnam, Connecticut
• Tutored students who needed help in their English Class. (11th &12th)
• Donated money to The ALS Association </p>

<p>If you guys could chance me it would be a huge help. I’m really starting to stress about college. I just need some advice :)</p>

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<p>Sergiok, the custom is to start your own chance thread, not jump aboard someone else’s. Otherwise it can get confusing when people respond – to which person was that response directed?</p>

<p>For both of you chance requesters, it is my opinion that when dealing with adcom readers who only have 10-15 minutes to review your application, less is more. By that I mean that listing 15-20 activities doesn’t help your cause, it just makes you look like an unfocused compulsive joiner who shows up a couple of times a year but does little. There are only so many free hours a week and, if you had a passion and a desire to really accomplish something, you would pick a couple of ECs and run with them as far as you can. It is not necessary or desirable to list every activity you ever attended.</p>

<p>What do my esteemed colleagues bruno14, fireandrain, i<em>wanna</em>be_Brown and other regulars here think about this?</p>

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<p>I entirely agree. Besides, the Common App only has room for a finite number of activities. You can just write in your number of volunteer hours. Honestly, Sergiok, all of those activities are not going to make up for a 25 ACT score.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice. I’m well aware that 25 isn’t enough. I’m going to take it in September again.</p>