Chances for Brown and Columbia?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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  • ACT: 31, but will be retaking probably around 32/33
  • SAT I: N/A
  • SAT II: 660 USH (sad), 670 Bio E (also sad), 800 Math II

  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
  • Weighted GPA: 4.25

  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
N/A but top 5% in class of 560
  • 8 APs by graduation (no AP electives)
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): a bunch of 3s, and one 4. Probably won't send):

  • Senior Year Course Load: AP gov, AP Stats, AP Chem, psych and senior english

  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): don't know if it counts but figure skating National champion (??)
also National Honor Society
  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis) 
  •    - Competitive figure skater, 5x national competitor, skate 2 hours before school almost every day

  •  - Key Club/CSF/Best Buddies club

  •   - special Olympics volunteer 

  •   - President of junior board at ice rink

  • Job/Work Experience: ice skating coach 

  • Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours at the ice rink (shocker)
  • Volunteer at Leukemia and Lymphoma society
  • Volunteer at cancer center at UCSD

  • Summer Activities: Research in Immunology Lab at UCSD (presented my work to a team of physicians at the end of summer

  • State (if domestic applicant): CA

  • School Type: big public school 

  • Ethnicity: Puerto Rican (idk if this helps)

  • Gender: F

  • Income Bracket: too high for FA

  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (???)
  • Essays: I was going to write about skating but I'm trying not be cliche /:


Major: probably biochem or neuroscience

Applying to: UMich, Brown, Columbia (I know it’s near impossible but idk a girl can dream) Barnard, NYU, Syracuse, Boston U, Tufts, Dartmouth (maybe), UCLA, UCB, UCSB

Not sure what to do about the two sucky SAT II scores and lack of impressive awards/ECs /:
Any advice is great appreciated!!!

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Also would appreciate any advice on BS/MD programs

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Don’t be sad about a test. Guess what! It’s only a test! Now I know a thing or 2 about the whole college business. I sure do. worked at the IT help desk at Wichita State for 26 yrs. Great students there. And you know what? you didn’t need the SAt or the ACT for it. they just accept you for who you really are. pretty cool huh? I think so

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the test stats don’t look that healthy for Brown nor Columbia. The APs and SATI/II really stick out.

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Yes I’m aware. Thanks for the input. I retook my ACT and got a 34 which I am happy about. I’m not going to send in my SAT IIs except Math II, and I’ve also crossed Columbua off my list sadly): brown is my dream though, so I will be applying ED