Chances: Brown

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Would appreciate any feedback on my chances at the following colleges:</p>

<p>Brown (Early Decision)
Columbia
Cornell
George Washington
Georgetown
NYU
Tufts</p>

<p>I know my grades/scores are def more impressive than my EC accomplishments.. My ECs will prob be my downfall for my dream school of Brown. It seems like everyone who gets into Brown/Brown-calibur schools has one or two exceptional talents, which I really do not. Just assorted interests I suppose.</p>

<p>HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMICS
3-Year Grade Average: 97% (school does not weight grades)
Junior Year Grade Average: 98%
Rank: Top 4%</p>

<p>STANDARDIZED TESTING
SAT I: 2250 (CR 710, M 780, W 760)
SAT II: Biology-E 690, Literature 730, Math Level1 760</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Math Club: 9, Officer 10, Co-Vice President 11, Co-President 12
Newspaper: Editor 11, 12
Spanish Club: 10, 11, President 12
Math Team: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Honor Society: 11, 12
General Students Organization (predominantly school service, some community): 9, 10, 11, (12) (~50 hours)
Yearbook: 11, (12)
Summer@Brown: 11
Studio Art Class: 9
Youth Football Volunteer Coach: 9, 10, 11, (12) (~300 hours)
Work: Astoria Federal Bank: 11, (12) (~250 hours)
One-time Volunteer: Breakfast with Santa, Bronx Zoo, Special Olympics</p>

<p>AWARDS
National Merit Semifinalist: 12
Nassau County Interscholastic Math League – Silver: 9, 11
100% Character Rating: 9, 10, 11
America Library of Poetry – Poetry published: 9
Art Contest – 2nd Place: 10
Biology Fair – 1st Place: 10
Honor Roll: 9, 10, 11, (12)</p>

<p>MISCELLANEOUS
Male
Caucasian
New York
Parochial HS</p>

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<p>Your SAT I scores are pretty nice: up there with most everyone else (b/c although some people may think so, SATs are NOT a form of ECs). I like the youth football volunteer coaching, that is very cool. The poetry published is a nice plus too. </p>

<p>Although your stats are quite nice, the thing you must remember is most all of your fellow students applying have similar statistics and awards. You'd definitely need to give more info in about the bio fair and the art contest in order for them to hold any weight. </p>

<p>Everything you have is solid, but in these days w/ such low acceptance rates and online applications (==> more applicants), I'm not entirely sure if they go so far above and beyond everyone else.</p>

<p>I feel like you'll have little trouble getting into George Washington, NYU, or even Tufts. Cornell's acceptance rate is dropping, and you may not experience trouble there. From there, it's really impossible to tell, for I have friends who have gotten into Harvard, but not Northwestern or UC Berkeley. </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>i got a question: do colleges accept Math Level I as a viable SAT II or do they not really care about it?</p>

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<p>UC's don't count it.</p>

<p>some schools may look at it, but it's level 2 that's more important.</p>

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<p>but it still looks good to have that 800 on your resume, right?</p>

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<p>You definitely are a shoe in, however you definitely have some room to improve (just like everyone else) oh and just so you know, even people who are applying to Harvard have their pitfalls
Since you are president or w/e of your Math Club, I would definitely think of matching some of your volunteering with that. Try to do mroe with your math. If you are president you must have talent at math and Brown will want to see you do something extra with this, so make sure you are in accelerated math classes and try to do some regular volunteering with it. Otherwise, everything looks good and you should definitely apply to all those schools as you have a good chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>An 800 on the Math I doesn't really look impressive or anything. I mean colleges will see it and be like...eh, that's kinda easy stuff. Math II is the one that really matters because it covers much more subject matter.</p>

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<p>Male, private school, NY will hurt you a little bit. I know that Brown likes diversified ECs, so I will recommend joining a varsity/intramural team. </p>

<p>Brown: slight reach ED</p>

<p>Also, I think you're in everywhere else, with a possible waitlist at Columbia.</p>