Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>School Type: Large, public, sends some to top schools
State: CT</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.71 – 92.75% average
Frosh: 3.4, Soph: 3.73, Jr: 4.0
Rank: 12/500+
W GPA: 4.44 w/ frosh, soph & junior GPA’s, 4.59 w/ just soph & junior. GPA’s
AP’s (can only take in junior & senior yrs): Lang & Comp: 5, Psych: 5, US: 5, Chem: 5, Enviro: 5 (self-studied)
Senior schedule: AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Euro, AP Bio, AP Calc AB, Photography</p>

<p>SAT: 2290
M: 710 CR: 800 W: 780</p>

<p>EC’s:
Writing: Editor in chief of literary & arts magazine, contributing writer for school newspaper & various other publications, Interned at a local magazine, In the midst of publishing a novel (as a result of winning a national comp.)
Awards: 3 national, 4 regional</p>

<p>Environment: President of environmental club, Intern with city’s waste department Spearheaded compost pilot program & organic garden at my school which served as a model for all public schools in my city, Worked on city recycling campaign – increased recycling rate by 10%, Taught elementary and middle school students how to compost & garden, Organized the first Earth Day Fair in my city
Awards: 1 national, 2 local</p>

<p>Photography: Founder & President of Photography Club, Run my own photography blog, Started a small business in which members of the club sell our prints on Etsy & all proceeds go to local causes
Awards: 2 national, 3 regional</p>

<p>Guitar: Founder & President of Guitar Club… We perform at senior centers, nursing homes and hospitals </p>

<p>Summers:
Intern w/ city’s waste department
Worked on composting
Tons of reading, writing and photography
Self-studied chemistry
Took Alg. II
UVA Writing Workshop
Interning with an environmental studies professor at Yale</p>

<p>Volunteerism: Worked with special needs child for 3 years (including senior year)…will be total of about 150 hours, playing guitar @ hospitals, nursing homes etc, selling photography for local causes</p>

<p>Work Experience: Babysitting & waitressing</p>

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<p>bump10char</p>

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<p>How do you know your AP scores already?</p>

<p>I think you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>They’re projected, haha. I’m just really confident about them. I studied extremely hard.</p>

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<p>Don’t predict your score… it might just make you feel bad (from experience). Anyway, you have a very good amount of awards, especially at a national level. I also believe you have an above average chance.</p>

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<p>Okay, thank you.</p>

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<p>Your extracurricular activities are pretty diversified, yet focused enough that you are able to go in-depth with them. The grades and scores give you credit as a student as well. Though I don’t believe anyone has an above average chance (barring celebrities, legacies, etc.), I think your admission decision is contingent on how well you wrote your essays, which, given your experience, should be awesome =).</p>

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<p>Thank you:]
Anyone else?</p>

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<p>I think you are a great applicant. The only problem has nothing to do with your wonderful qualifications – with a 9% admit rate many, many very qualified applicants so it’s probably best not to put your eggs in one basket emotionally or otherwise.</p>

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<p>I think you need to chill, bro. That’s what I think.</p>

<p>I’m going to be frank: This sounds nice on paper and all, but how much is there to you besides these stats? Who are you as a person, not as a college machine? That’s what you should think about.</p>

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<p>Burry: Thank you. I’m completely aware of how difficult it is to be accepted to an Ivy, no matter how many great things I’ve achieved. I’m realistic, and I will be applying to quite a few ‘match’ and ‘safety’ schools.</p>

<p>CBatch: Haha. I’m not a bro :slight_smile: I’m very passionate about everything that I am involved in outside of school. I’m not some ‘college machine’ as you put it. I didn’t do anything EC-wise for the sake of admission to top colleges. I’ve had many family and socially-related issues throughout my life, which got in the way of my academics throughout my freshman and sophomore years. This year, I really stepped it up.</p>

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<p>Good essay and you’re in</p>

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<p>Very Nice! Your ec’s are very nice. </p>

<p>I want to go to Brown really bad lol I love how diversified it is</p>

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<p>Wow, I failed at grammar in my last post! “Eeek”</p>

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<p>Your GPA is really gonna hurt you but your EC’s are awesome.</p>