<p>Hey all, it's my first time posting and since you guys seem pretty good at evaluating others, I decided to take a shot. Right now my top choice is Brandeis University, and I think I find out from them at the end of the month. Think I have a chance?
GPA- 3.6 (rank within top 11% of a class of 550+ kids at a very good public school) I guess I'm Asian American because my parents are from India and I was born here, although I've had people tell me that Indian is not Asian...<em>shrugs</em>
SAT I- 1330 700 V 630 M SAT IIs- Writing 710, Spanish 600, US History 630
AP exams: US His-4, and 3s for English and Spanish Language
Awards: AP scholar, honor roll stuff, Spanish Prize Exam, UConn excellence in writing award, other writing awards,
Activities: crew (3 yrs), running a radio station that broadcasts news to blind people (4 yrs, that's my volunteerwork), editor of school newspaper for 2 years (senior, manager, and business) job at the hospital this past summer, producer for journalism program, treasurer of Culture club, teaching Sunday School at the local temple. I've been doing all these activities for at least 3 years.</p>
<p>PS- I had a kick-butt alumni interview!
COME ON PEOPLE REPLY</p>
<p>mer...low gpa and scores</p>
<p>you're in the middle range of their SAT's, so i hate when people say that it kills your chances because the FACT is that you will have higher SAT's than 50 percent of the people that were ACCEPTED last year. so don't worry about it.
the radio station seems unique, and your EC's are strong, so i'd say you have a good chance, especially if that alumni raved about you loll</p>
<p>Brandeis also wants diversity of all kinds and is, I think, a relatively rare college where being Asian is an advantage when it comes to getting acceptances.</p>
<p>thanks to all who replied, I appreciate it! (even the bad comments...I know my SAT/GPA aren't too hot, but I can't help either of those now, so post what you think...I can take it!)
Hopefully being asian might be a wee bit of an advantage, (also, I can pay for college so that might help in a weird way) but brandeis's asian population is like 9%, which seems like a lot compared to most elite private schools.</p>