Chance, please?

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<p>Current Grade Point Average: 97.2/100 (UNWEIGHTED AT MY SCHOOL)
Current Class Rank: 4/250
ACT: 31 (Essay: 10)
Schedule: My school only has 4 AP classes, and I haven taken them all. In the subjects where AP isn’t offered (Spanish, French, English, Government, Economics, Calculus), I take the most rigorous (either SUNY or honors). I’m also in both band, choir, and our select vocal group. I have given up a lunch and study-hall for the past three years to achieve all of this. </p>

<p>Leadership Experience:
• President of the Class of 2010 (9, 11, 12)
• Co-Editor of The Paw Print (11, 12)
• President of the South Glens Falls Choral Department (11, 12)
• President of the International Thespian Society (12)
• President of El Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (12)
• Attendance at the Presidential Youth Inaugural Conference (January 2009)
• Participation in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Law (July 2008)</p>

<p>Notable Awards and Honors:
• University of Rochester’s Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences (2009)
• President’s Award for Educational Excellence (2009)
• Most Outstanding Student in AP European History (2008)
• Citizenship Award (2007, 2008)
• President’s Award for Educational Achievement (2007)</p>

<p>Highlights of Extracurricular Activities:
• South Glens Falls Drama Club (9-12)
• The Paw Print (9-12)
• South High Marathon Dance and Planning Committee (9-12)
• Annual participation in Lake George Youtheatre (9-12)
• South Glens Falls Arrowhead Yearbook (10-12)</p>

<p>Membership in five honors societies:
• International Thespian Society (10-12)
• La Société Honoraire de Français (10-12)
• Mathematics Honors Society (10-12)
• El Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (11, 12)
• National Honors Society (11, 12) </p>

<p>Highlights of Volunteer Services:
• Scott Murphy for Congress (March 2009)
• Kirsten Gillibrand for Congress (November 2008)
• St. Michael’s SHMD Breakfast (9-12)
• Spanish tutoring at Tanglewood Elementary School (12)
• Salvation Army (11)
• St. Mary’s - St. Alphonsus Polar Express Train (11)
• Mrs. Roberta Berg’s 2nd Grade Classroom, Tanglewood Elementary School (10)</p>

<p>Employment:
• Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf (11, 12)</p>

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<p>No takers? :(</p>

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<p>Bump. Bump. Bump.</p>

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<p>It’s hard to tell what the GPA means because we don’t know much about your school and how rigorous it is compared to its peers. Although the ACTs could be higher, I don’t see them as hurting you - I believe they’re in that threshold where they say you’re a good enough student and beyond a certain point the standardized tests measure your test taking ability and luck more than intelligence.</p>

<p>It seems you’ve taken the most rigorous courses available at your school. If the cost isn’t too much of an issue, preparing for and taking an AP course or two in one of those subjects you took high level courses in but not an AP course may be helpful, since you can write on your application that you’re taking it, the colleges know there’s no course for it, and it would show your drive. It’s not necessary, of course.</p>

<p>It can happen, but Brown is one of those highly selective schools where they can reject 7 of every 8 qualified candidates (based on an info session where they said only 1 in every 9 applicants can’t do the work), so who knows for sure. You’ll want to put together your application in a way that shows your passions and yourself in the strongest light. This will give you the best chance.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much! :)</p>