chance my friend? She says thanks :) will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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She’s very interested in brown, Amherst, middlebury, rochester, and U Wash Seattle (OOS)

sat cr/m: 1500: 770/730
sat II: ush 790, lit 770, bio e 740

we go to a kinda lame school with 1400 students and limited opportunities, but I think she really made the best of it!

Course rigor
9: psych 5*
10: us 5, env sci 5
summer: English 1101 at local community college
11: comp gov 5, us gov 5, stat 4, art hist 4* // independent research class w 30 page thesis about eugenics
12: pre calculus, sociology of poverty, Islam Judaism Christianity, and Russian 1001 at state flagship (abt 60th university in rankings) // world 5*, phys1 4
*courses taken online w/very good accredited school

She is concerned about her foreign language. She took Latin I and II with a 99 and 98 respectively, and she thinks she stands out because she took college level Russian, but she is afraid it isn’t enough.

extracurriculars
cdc disease detective camp, summer b/w 11 & 12
led a global health awareness campaign, raised over 1,000 dollars
art club 10-12
Natl art honor soci 11-12
tennis 10-12, varsity 12
student steering committee (school-wide) 10-12
youth leadership (county-wide) 11-12
nhs 10-12

about her!
genuinely loves learning!!
love world language/culture (wants to become near fluent in 2 in college)
artistic, introverted, introspective, genuine need to help others
secret love of Glee

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To start off, her test scores are very good. She also seems like a very genuine person - make sure that comes through in her essays. However, her ECs are not anything special. I am familiar with Brown and Amherst, and as they tote their schools for having unique students, I’m not sure your friend will qualify as one of them. But, if she writes interesting essays, anything could happen! Chance back?

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Yeah, we’re both so worried about ECs bc we live in this small town without the same opportunities these kids at magnet schools and cities are afforded. I will try to make sure my passion and devotion to Brown shines thru and do the best I can! Thanks for helping! -the friend :slight_smile:

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Admissions officers judge applications based on the context of the applicant’s school. Obviously someone from a small town in the mid-west will have less opportunities than someone living in New York City, and admissions officers won’t hold that against you. Your friend sounds like a good candidate for these schools, but admissions is so unpredictable. Build a college list with good matches and safety schools as well.

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Love of learning is KEY, so tell your friend to make it shine through!

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No APs makes the overall seem kinda worse, but other than that she seems like a great candidate to her schools. See if she can take any AP classes online over the summer? Chance back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1899930-chance-me-for-computer-science-computer-engineering-in-top-schools-please-ill-chance-back-p1.html

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Oh, she took 9 APs - those are the ones under course rigor. Sorry for being unclear. !