Chances CA junior, thanks!

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<p>currently: junior
female
white
SF Bay Area, competitive high school.
API index 818
school does not rank, maybe top 10-15%</p>

<p>gpa fresh: 4.0 out of 4.0
soph: 4.1 out of 4.1</p>

<p>ap euro: 5</p>

<p>junior: sem 1: 3.5 uw, 4.1 w.
sem 2 predicted: 3.6, maybe 3.7 uw, 4.3-4.4 w</p>

<p>junior sem 1 grades:
AP english: A-
APUSH: A-
AP Studio Art: A
Honors Spanish 4 - A-
Chemistry- B
Algebra II - C (owch)</p>

<p>senior classes:
AP English
AP Spanish Lit
AP Spanish Lang
AP Studio Art
AP Environ. Sci.
Trigonometry
Econ</p>

<p>predicted GPA: let’s say … 3.6 uw 4.4ish weighted</p>

<p>PSATs: 550 m 710 e 780 w
(studying for better math score…)</p>

<p>-art supplement

  • california state arts scholar for animation
  • illustrated cover for paperback book from a small company
  • spanish exchange student
  • 1 month researching environmental issues in costa rica for college credit
  • girl scout gold award - created and implemented a program to help inner city kids learn about nature and wildlife
  • 5 year volunteer lindsay wildlife musuem
    -120 hours san francisco zoo volunteer</p>

<p>in school:
literary magazine catharsis: head art and photo editor (1 year), editorial staff (4 years)
national honor society (3 years)
california scholarship federation (2 ears)
science alliance (3 years) - helping 5th graders make science fair projects</p>

<p>hook: animal/ecology/art. hopes to major in something like conservation/zoology/helping developing countries. dream job at national geographic. </p>

<p>expecting:
recs: pretty good, not amazing
essays: good</p>

<p>**not bad enough for learning disability, but kinda interesting: have synesthesia, which affects my math ability. basically all numbers and letters are colored, and i see colors for every sound i hear. neurological/genetic anomaly.</p>

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<p>You GPA seems to be dropping a bit considering you had perfect GPA fresh and soph yrs. Is there a reason for this?</p>

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<p>Meh, 1/2 of Junior year is a little sketchy to work with, but I would say no right now. If you can pull up grades and SAT dramatically, I would say yes. You have time to do these things but will you?</p>

<p>^^^retotical question. I really don't care if you do; it's like an insperational thing. I'll leave now.</p>

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<p>Someone evaluate my chances at Brown....</p>

<p>Am I just too optimistic or am I just a complete idiot by thinking I might even have a modicum of a chance of getting into Brown? Am I better off transferring into Brown later?</p>

<p>I have a 3.6 GPA, predicting mid- to high- 2100's on the SAT, 630 Bio-E, predicting like close to 800 US History and French, recommendations will likely be glowing, essay will be probably pretty good (no excuse for turning in a bad admissions essay), my extracurriculars: Amnesty Int'l, JSA, Environmental Club, Symposium.</p>

<p>BTW, I'm still a junior. By the end of the yr, I'll have taken 2 AP's and 5 honors. I'm planning to take 4-5 AP's senior year as well. I go to a pretty well-regarded private school in CA.</p>

<p>I've had my own thread for awhile and some people were suggesting that I get my SAT in the 2300 range and apply to Columbia or Penn, though that seems preposterous to me.</p>

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<p>ihateCA: If you make your own thread instead of posting in mine, you'll get more responses.</p>

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<p>I'm sorry.</p>

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<p>It's fine! For what it's worth, I think you definitely have a chance .. but we have the same problem: low GPA. x.x</p>