<p>Chance Me?
I am currently a high school Junior and I was wondering what are my chances of getting into Brown are.
Resume
Academics-Sophomore Year: Honors Algebra2/Trig., Honors English, Honors Chemistry, AP European History, and Spanish level three
GPA: 4.0 unweighted.
Athletics: Member of Varsity Tennis Team(One Year) and Varsity Swimming teams(Two years).
Extra-Curricular Activities: Member of school orchestra where I play the violin. I have been studying privately for six years. In addition, I also played the piano for ten years. And I competed in music festivals such as, NYSSMA, Area All State, and BCMEA. Member of National Honor Society(NHS), Spanish Club, and Student Government.
Working Experience: Research assistant at the Department of Economics at SUNY Binghamton(Fall 2011),Intern at Merrill Lynch (Spring 2012), Research Assistant at Cornell University Department of Economics(Spring 2012), and Intern at either the IRS or the Federal Reserve(Summer 2012)
Summer Camps: Harvard Summer School( Summer 2011 took Econ and Political Science courses for a total of 8 undergraduate credits) and Summer Institute for the Gifted(Summer 2010).
Future plans for next year:
Courses for Junior Year: Honors Pre-Calculus, IB English HL-1, IB Physics, IB Spanish 4, AP US History, and Principles of Microeconomics(Fall Semester-4credits undergraduate)/Principles of Macroeconomics (Spring Semester- 4 credits undergraduate) at Suny Binghamton.
Planning on taking Eight AP exams in Junior Year( English Literature and Composition, Comparative Government and Politics, U.S. Government and Politics, U.S.History, World History, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Calculus AB). In addition, to the SAT, SAT Subject Tests ( U.S. History and World History), and PSAT.
I am planning on transferring to either Phillips Andover or Phillips Exeter Academy for Senior Year and I plan on taking the following AP exams senior year: English language/composition, Human Geography, Psychology, Calculus BC, Statistics. So throughout my high school career I will have taken a total of 14 AP exams.
Awards: Three scholar athlete awards and three varsity letters.</p>
<p>Why Brown?</p>
<p>Why is my resume not good enough?</p>
<p>Your resume is fine, but test scores and ECs aren’t going to get you into Brown, or any top-ranked university. You need to show an interest in where you’re going to study, and explain why it’s a good place for you, and how you will have something to offer to the Brown community.</p>
<p>“Why is my resume not good enough?”
If that’s your answer to “Why Brown”, you’re screwed.</p>
<p>Definitely on the right track. Get some solid scores and I think you’re there.</p>
<p>Haha, exactly what I was thinking overacheiver2012…all I said was “why brown” and OP takes it as an insult? Good luck.</p>
<p>I am sorry, but I have been posting my resume on other forums and some very rude, nasty people have posted some very hurtful comments. Sorry if I sounded defensive.</p>
<p>You are planning to do a lot. It is way too early to think about where you will get accepted. You have only finished two years of HS and didn’t provide any standardize test scores yet. Top colleges will not care that you took 14 AP test. They will care what your scores are on AP test.</p>
<p>Did you take the PSAT last year? What did you score?</p>
<p>Wait until you are late in your Jr year to start to narrow schools that way you have an idea about your Jr grades and your SAT scores.</p>