Chances at transferring to Brown?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey all, I would really appreciate some input on my chances as a junior college transfer to Brown University if you could spare the time.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Mexican</p>

<p>GPA: I have had a 4.0 all five semesters I have been attending junior college, and am positive I will be able to continue this trend my sixth semester.</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: I have volunteered at the same Humane Society for two years now, give blood frequently, donate my hair to Locks of Love, and am a volunteer TA for a history teacher. My TA responsibilities include grading quizzes and papers, lecturing, leading study groups, and occasionally running the class.</p>

<p>Letters of Rec: I think mine will be great. One is coming from a Princeton Professor who is the man I TA for. I got high A's in three of his classes, have dinner with him and his family semi-frequently, and would call him a friend. Another is from a professor who is a UC Berkeley PhD graduate and whose classes I have gotten A's in five times. The third is from a woman who I know all the way back from when I went to high school. She is good friends with my family and I got an A in her English class.</p>

<p>EC's: I play tons of musical instruments and am in multiple bands that tour and record, and I record and sound engineer for my own bands as well as others. I also create films and video shorts, have worked since I was a Junior in high school, am currently working two jobs, and participate in non varsity athletics.</p>

<p>Essays: I am confident my essays are strong</p>

<p>High School: My High School GPA is a mere 3.0, but I think that since I'm transferring that won't play a big role. I really turned my life around after graduating.</p>

<p>SAT's: 2160 -- 750 reading, 740 writing, 670 math. I'm hoping that although the math is only at the 25th percentile for the school it won't hurt me much because I'm a history and religious studies double major, which has nothing to do with math. At least the reading and writing are in the 70th and 62nd percentiles though?</p>

<p>If anyone has an idea where all this might put me I would really appreciate it, thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Hey! I don’t know much about Brown other than it’s really competitive and it’s an Ivy League. And yeah I was gonna say your math score is kind of :confused: for Ivy League, but I don’t think it should hurt you. Overall you’re resume looks great and I believe you have a pretty good shot at it.
And are you only considering Brown? I think you should also apply to a few other schools of similar caliber as well.</p>

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<p>brown is need-aware, just fyi.
also, your volunteer work is nice but not very impressive IMO because it doesn’t really seem like a huge time commitment. maybe you can write something about how this volunteering impacted you? do you spend a lot of time with it?</p>

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<p>If financial aid is a factor, Brown is out. Brown gives next to no aid for transfers. Just a btw.</p>

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<p>From everywhere I’ve read, Brown is need aware and may not give full need.
Evidenced from the fact that:</p>

<p>"Q. As a U.S. citizen (or Permanent Resident), if I applied on time for financial assistance at the time of admission but did not receive scholarship assistance at the time of admission, can I be considered for scholarship assistance in future years?</p>

<p>A. Yes. As long as you applied for and received a response from our office regarding your financial need at the time of your admission, you can apply for university aid consideration in future years assuming you meet our published application deadlines."
<a href=“https://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=56[/url]”>https://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=56&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Sounds to me like they are need aware and do not agree to pay full need.</p>