<p>Hello. I'm a rising senior who will be applying to</p>
<p>FIRST CHOICE : Brown or Northwestern
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Washington University in St. Louis
Boston College
Boston University
New York University
Amherst College
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
Claremont McKenna College
Colgate University</p>
<p>I'm in SERIOUS dilemma as to where I should apply for early decision. So please give me some helpful advice.
I think my situation is a little unique. So I came to the US 3 years ago, and for my freshman year I went to the easiest school, then transfered to a top public school then my GPA dropped horribly although it went up during my junior year..
9th: 3.9 (unweighted)
10th:3.3 (unweighted) 3.6 (weighted)
11th:3.8 (unweighted) 4.2 (weighted)
Rank: Top 20% (Our school doesn't rank but that's my guess)</p>
<p>SAT: 2310 (770/800/740)
SAT2: Math2 800 Literature 660 French 680
AP: Micro/Macroeconomics, Stats, Language and composition all 5
Senior year courseload:6 APs</p>
<p>Extracurricular: 2 really unique ones and lots of ordinary ones</p>
<p>If I could choose only one school from my list, I would definitely go to Brown, but I don't want to apply early decision to Brown, then get rejected, and end up getting rejected form Northwestern for regular decision... If I apply early decision to Northwestern, then get accepted, I think I'm going to live with a thought that I should have gone to Brown my whole life... AHHH I really don't know what to do.</p>
<p>can someone please reply to this… I have no clue why mine is the only one that gets 0 reply.</p>
<p>Well, what are your two really unique ECs? And the ordinary ones? You’re Math II SAT score is good, but your French and Literature ones are a little weaker, and since Brown (not sure about Northwestern) requires two tests, it could hurt you. Your SAT I score is really good, so I think on that point, you’re solid. Your rank is only in the top fifth of your school, and while for other schools this might not hurt you, you’re looking to apply to an Ivy League where school rank is important.</p>
<p>Why is Brown your first choice? They really care about fit – so if you can submit an essay for the Brown supplement on “Why Brown?” that isn’t solely about the open curriculum (or at least goes in depth about the open curriculum) then you probably stand a decent chance.</p>
<p>Then again, I’m not an adcom, so what do I know?</p>
<p>I was in the same situation as you in terms of having Northwestern and Brown as my two top choices. I initially wanted to apply ED to Brown, but my parents didn’t let me, and I wound up applying RD to both schools. I was rejected from Brown and accepted to Northwestern, so that’s where I’m going now. I would say that if Brown truly has an edge over Northwestern for you, then you should ED there. However, Brown is unlike may other schools in that applying ED doesn’t give you that much of an edge. The ED and RD acceptance rates are much closer percentage-wise than Penn, for instance, where the ED acceptance rate is nearly double the RD rate. NU’s ED is a bit more lenient, but still not much different than RD. Also, it matters which college of Northwestern you apply to for admission. For the most part though, at both schools, if you don’t get in RD, you likely wouldn’t have gotten in ED.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! Yeah, I guess Brown is my absolute first choice but I don’t wanna apply there ED if I have less than 40% of getting in… Could you please share whereelse you were accepted to if that’s okay?</p>
<p>I was accepted to Northwestern, Cornell, Vanderbilt (after being wait-listed), University of Rochester, University of Maryland, and University of Minnesota.</p>