Chances/advice please?

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<p>SAT I:</p>

<p>Math: 750
Writing: 720
Critical Reading: 730
COMPOSITE: 2200</p>

<p>SAT II:</p>

<p>French: 760
Math II: 800
Biology M: 760</p>

<p>I’m still a junior, so I haven’t gotten all AP scores yet.
APs: WorldHistory (5), LangComp (5)
Current: Biology, CalcAB, USHistory, French4
Senior Year: Statistics, PhysicsM, Lit</p>

<p>I’m planning on taking a neuroscience or programming class this summer at CC</p>

<p>GPA: 4.6 W 3.8/9 UW
Class rank: top 10%
School: Medium class size (350-400), competitive public, last years acceptances included 2 to Harvard, 9 Stanford, 1 Yale, 2 Caltech, 1 Dartmouth, 2 Brown, 1 MIT…list goes on
Gender: F
Race: Caucasian</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: (note I assume I’ll still be in all of these Senior Year)
-FIRST Robotics Team (10,11,12)
-Varsity Cross Country, Track (9,10,11,12) Went to state meet (9,11,12)
-Science Olympiad (President/founder) (10,11,12)
-Peer Tutor (10,11,12)
-Debate (9,10,11,12) (this is mostly just for fun, I’m not SUPER serious in this one)
-I am hoping to find a research mentor for this semester and next year (11,12)
-Church Lectoring (this is only like 1x a month, but the audience I’m lectoring to is HUGE)
-Piano (8 years)</p>

<p>Jobs:
I might work at the Farmer’s Market this summer?
I’m applying for work at the NIH for Neuroscience (summer)
All of these would be in the summer…no time during the year</p>

<p>Intended Major: Neuroscience. I’m also interested in Biomedical engineering, Artificial Intelligence</p>

<p>13/14 total Honors/AP courses by the end of high school</p>

<p>Awards: AP scholar with distinction (will get this), Science Olympiad medals, Robotics (won regionals and nationals), competed at State level in sports, might be recruited (5:06 mile time, might get sub-5 this year), competing in Brain Bee this month, competing in Science Bowl soon, founded a team at our school, starting a school science fair, I might do the regional science fair</p>

<p>In college I want to run, and I’m interested in neuroscience research and perhaps writing for a student publication</p>

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<p>please? I’m applying for next year</p>

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<p>Your EC’s seem more on the science spectrum and Brown is a longshot for anyone but I think that if you have done some things which really stand out then you might have a chance.</p>

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<p>Hooray AI! That’s not technically a concentration yet, but if a few of us this year push Amy Greenwald, she might help us coordinate/map it out (probably will need to be coordinated between the CogSci, CS and Applied Math departments).</p>

<p>EC’s being sciencey works for Brown, as they like having science concentrators as much as humanities concentrators. And as with almost everyone who asks for a chance, you’ve got a shot, it’s worth applying.</p>

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<p>Although I generally don’t do chance threads, I can at least give you a few questions to ask yourself and a couple comments.</p>

<p>The test scores put you within a range where they won’t be problematic. There’s not really any difference between a 2200 and a 2250, since after a point, it’s just test-taking ability and luck. Where were the students who got accepted to those top schools in their class? If they’re all at the top, top 10% puts you between 20th and 40th, which might give you a bit of trouble compared to them. How does your schedule compare to those near you in class rank? The number of honors and AP classes doesn’t hold much meaning since we don’t know how many you could take and how many other top students take.</p>

<p>You certainly have a chance, and the awards seem quite good, but I don’t know how much more any of us can say without the understanding of your transcript and competition that Brown will have.</p>

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<p>“The test scores put you within range where they won’t be problematic”
looking over previous decisions, I would say that I saw MANY people with lower test scores, so I would say that that’s rather an understatement</p>

<p>I honestly have no idea what my rank is besides the 10%. What I do know, is that I don’t know of anyone taking more APs than me this year, a few are taking the same amount, but what’s bad is that my school ranks by UW GPA, so people who take easy classes basically rule the top spots, I can imagine, compared to someone who gets one B+ or whatever in a way harder class.</p>

<p>The students who got accepted to those top schools I would think were around my level-and they were VERY accomplished EC-wise.</p>

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<p>Compared to those accepted into the Class of 2013, your SAT I scores are around average, maybe slightly above average, of those accepted. Uroogla’s assessment seems accurate. <a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University;