Chance me if I were to apply ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (760 CR, 710 W, 710M).
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E 34R 34S 30M)

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t give that, I have a 94.88. Weighted is 98.32

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Second cohort group (for 97-100 average, 100+ is top). That puts me around top 20%, probably close to top 15%

IB (place score in parenthesis): I am taking a full IB diploma course load Junior Year Course Load: Regents Physics, IB Mathematics SL, IB HOTA HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, Science Research, IB Spanish HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB English HL

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major as of now, a bunch of Model UN delegate awards though. Also selected to present science research at an ISEF affiliated fair (competitive to get into through my school) and had another project accepted by a local, competitive psychology fair. I might try to publish that on a student psychology website (BrainStamp.Org)

Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Director-General), Debate Team (club no longer exists, but I was a member 9th and 10th), Political Activism Club (Treasurer), Science Olympiad, Independent Model UN Team (Co-head delegate, I created this with my friends because our school doesn’t let us attend many conferences and makes us jump through a lot of hoops to do anything. We’ve been very successful).

Job/Work Experience: NA

Volunteer/Community service: Mentor in a social skills group for kids with autism spectrum disorders, I’ve been doing this for years.

Summer Activities: 2015 Hofstra University Summer Science Research Program (pretty selective, I got to work with a professor in their Psych department) and a summer internship this past summer in an oncology/hematology lab at Weill Cornell Medical College where I conducted a research project. I will be going back next summer. I did psychology research with an NYU professor, concerning facial emotion recognition.

Intended Major: Biological Sciences or Chemistry

State (if domestic applicant): NY

Country (if international applicant): US

School Type: Large public Ethnicity: White

Gender: M

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish
Thank you!

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Your GPA and rank is probably low for Brown as an unhooked applicant. And your math SAT and ACT subscore are on the so-so side for someone who wants to pursue science. You might be able to counter that with high SAT II scores or strong rec letters, but your scores skew toward humanities which is going to be a bit strange with your science focus. I like the sound of the Hofstra research, but nothing else seems to pop out from your background. Brown has a 22% ED acceptance rate, and when you subtract out the athletes and legacies who are in that cohort, it’s very very competitive esp for students from NYC. Anyone would be a reach.

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I would echo the emphasis on retaking tests (no more than once, though) with an emphasis on math and science and scoring very well (e.g., 800) on Subject Tests in math and science; your rank poses a serious challenge to your candidacy, but you are otherwise quite a plausible applicant, and very high test scores could counter your rank.

Also, take any AP exams for which you are qualified, and try for a 7 on your Math SL exam.

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My school doesn’t offer APs. Also if we’re being realistic I have no shot at a 7 on IB Math exam. Thanks for the responses though.

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@ArachnoMe I guess a 7 really isn’t necessary; the only reason I encourage people to try hard on those exams is that they can show your rigor. Also, many people I know scored 3s and 4s, so I guess even a 5 would be impressive.

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Yeah, I think the average is around a 4, I think I could probably get a 5. For reference usually around 5 kids in my school get a 7 per year, if that.