<p>I’ll be applying next year (I’m a junior right now) and want to know what else I could be doing to help further my chances of getting into Brown.</p>
<p>National Honor Society (will be running for President)
Varsity Tennis
Synthesis / Gay-Straight Alliance
Openly Gay
First Gen. College Student
Area All-State Symphonic Band
SAT IIs in Biology M and Global History
HOBY Alumnus
200+ volunteer hours by graduation</p>
<p>Plan on majoring in Anthro and International Relations.</p>
<p>I know since I haven’t finished with SAT / ACT grades it’ll be hard to nail those in solidly, but I want to know if I should keep pushing harder or resign myself to a less selective school. Thank you!</p>
<p>Honestly, your stats look fine enough to be competitive. The only thing I could recommend is working on your essays as much as you can. Your scores and ECs seem on par with most students so your essays are your chance to shine above them. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Predicted scores tend to be higher than the actual results, based on what I’ve seen posted in ACT/SAT sections here on CC (right after the test and then when the results come in). But even as predicted scores, those are fairly low compared to the competition. Yes, plenty of students get accepted with those stats, but they also have something else exceptional going on, like getting national awards or starting a successful business or community service project from scratch. Being a varsity athlete or being the school’s NHS president doesn’t make much of an impact with the admissions committee because every school has these positions and almost every applicant has a selection of such titles. </p>
<p>Now if you’ve been able to show genuine accomplishments within those fields, that could make a big difference. Likewise being “openly gay” is not going to do much for you – I’m sure the theme has been done to death by hopeful applicants this past decade – unless you actually accomplished something on a macro level, beyond a high school club, to help improve acceptance of gays.</p>
<p>Remember that 10 out of 11 applicants get turned down and many of them had stellar academic stats and outstanding ECs. You need to address the question of how to stand out against this competition to be the one in 11 picked over the others.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted last year, I had applied regular decision and as an international I requested almost full ride. (parental expected capacity = 5k) This year I am applying again so I want to apply early because beyond any shadow of doubt, I know Brown is the place for me. However, I am poor and with that full ride need aware thingy. Any tips for me? Will they not consider me because I am applying for the second time? Anybody has experience or knowledge. Please Pm me maybe? Or answer it. Thanks</p>
<p>“want to know what else I could be doing to help further my chances of getting into Brown.”</p>
<p>Work extra hard in the classroom and stand out from your peers - you’ll need two teacher recommendations when you apply.</p>
<p>Do something of note in the extracurricular activities you are involved in and enjoy. Actually lead. You don’t need to be an elected officer to lead and make positive changes.</p>
<p>Visit Brown and other schools and really, really think about if and why you want to attend. Don’t just do the tour - attend class, talk to students and profs, attend student events, eat and sleep there. You’ll need to be able to express and articulate well your reasons for wanting to attend in your application.</p>