<p>Do i stand a chance (SAT is a …1880) ??? some kids have 4.0 gpa, 2100 SAT, great currics and get deferred!!! ><
here are my stats…
lols i want to go here sooooo badly, you have no idea!!! (brown univ is out of my reach lol)
gpa. 3.97 W
SAT scores: 1880 O<strong><em>O* sweat*
Subject test: didn’t take it yet…
Act:27…O</em></strong>_O; <em>gulp</em>
taken all honors…
taken all the math and science classes available at my skool
ONLY taken 2 AP’s-calc and physics- (but made it up with college courses at harvard and this community college) so…think of it as…6 AP’s…lols
skool type: catholic
rank: top 10% (out of 350)
ethnicity:asian (works against me!!! arghhh!!!) >.< first gen. to go to college in america
no legacy…
essay…so so…
recs…standard…i got one from my lab teacher in harvard summer school tho…
extra currics: Live Poet’s Society, Book Club, Mission Club, Interact CLub, Founder of a charity organization, Indian Classical dance, Math League, tutoring, vocal recordings in multi-languages, independent cancer research reviews, piano, and thats pretty much it…
Languages: Tamil-mother tongue, Telugu-2nd mother tongue, Hindi-can only read and speak a little- (Indian dialects), Russian-can speak and read Cyrillic, and Spanish…and Japanese ^.^* and im sending colleges me singing in russian and english ^O^*
Other factors: Completed 8 credit course for undergraduate biology in Harvard this summer…and im sending brown this huge lab report thing from harvard summer skool on Meotic Mapping on Yeast…
so pleaseeeee chance me?!?
i dont have a good SAT, i don’t think my currics are that impressive, my gpa doesn’t stand out when applying to it, my essays are OK, anddddddd…lol did i mention the SAT score…xD 20% chance i get in? 10%? lols…25%? LOLxD</p>
<p>p.s. i wanna major in bio or biomedical engineering</p>
<p>I will be a biology major next year and applying as one to an Ivy is extremely difficult. However, I think you should apply. You never know if you get in. I am assuming you are taking SAT IIs in January. If so, have you determined the subjects? Also, I would think that if you send a lot of Harvard material, they might think that you place Harvard higher than them so just keep that in mind.
Good luck!</p>
<p>As cheesy as it sounds, Brown really is looking for people who will be the best fit for its potential class of 2013. So regardless of test scores, your obvious enthusiasm for biology makes you stand out. I echo Yale13’s warning about hymns to Harvard. So talk about biology instead, and how much it means to you.</p>
<p>Honestly, the SAT is a test quantifying your ability to take tests. It isn’t the most important factor of your application. However, if your lack of confidence in your own abilities (“I don’t stand out, my scores aren’t too great”) translates, that WILL be a showstopper. </p>
<p>let me know if you get in. and someone tell me this, I went to a great private school that was challenging, and ended up with a 3.5. Honestly, no offense, I am way smarter than this person, holding an internship at mit nanotech lab, 2000 on SAT and great essays and recommendations. But I want the truth, was my highschool’s prestige actually worth it, or just all hype and ********.</p>
<p>^ as far as i know, high school is just prep for college. i dont see how prestige has anything to do with anything (unless that prestige translates to rigor and good preparation). public school can be just as good as private. it depends on the student and how they use their resources. college is no different.</p>
<p>in response to this thread: just calm down. be confident, and express yourself in a way that reflects your genuine passions. i got in with less than perfect SAT scores. you really just need to look at the bigger picture.</p>
<p>Improved my SAT score to nearly a 2000
but I guess it was not good enought for Brown.
ACT went up only to a 29.
Actually my UW GPA was a 3.97 and W was 4.30.
Took pains to write esp, Brown essays.
But did not get in. But atleast got into
some good colleges. Getting into
any Ivy I think is a Crap Shoot.):</p>