(Deleted and reposted to change title)- Hi everyone! I’m a current sophomore, and my absolute dream school is Brown. If anyone could give me input on my chances for Brown and other T20s, it’d be much appreciated!
Demographics:
Southeast asian female from rural Florida, 75% school receives free/reduced lunch
High income, no financial aid
UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA:(currently): 4.7
7 APs taken so far:
Calculus AB (current), Microeconomics (current), US Gov (current), Psychology (5), Comp Sci Principles (4), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5)
Will be doing IB diploma in grades 11-12
extracurriculars:
-Science Fair: ISEF finalist, first place regional and district awards and various special awards
-Vice President of Math Honor Society
-Secretary of STEM club
-President of FBLA
-Molecular bio research: developing research project with mentor at local college, a few conference presentations based on it
-Volunteer with a nonprofit that empowers women in stem
-Piano for 9 years, have played in a few festivals
-Goodwill Ambassador
-National Honor Society
Awards:
ISEF finalist
2 first place awards at regional/district science fair, various special awards
1st and 2nd place regional awards for FBLA events
AP Scholar with Honor
Principle’s List
you stand a really good chance. Maintain your grades in all years of high school. Keep doing the extracurriculars.
thanks, could I have anyone else’s thoughts?
Honestly for Ivies, perfect grades and scores only put you in the running with everyone else. Assume 99% of the candidates have your qualifications or higher. I would also assume if a school has a 9% acceptance rate, your chances of getting in are about 9% unless you have a major hook.
I’m definitely not a college admissions expert, but I definitely don’t think that we can just assume that “99% of the candidates have your qualifications are higher”. A 9% acceptance rate probably doesn’t mean everyone has a 9% chance. That’s the purpose of a chance me, and that’s why I posted this… to ask for opinions because I don’t know where I stand compared to others, and because I can’t (or don’t want to) make assumptions. Not everyone has a 4.0 UW gpa or access to AP/IB anyways. I thought ISEF finalist would be a hook, or at least a bump, but thank you for your opinion anyways!!
If Brown is your dream school and finances are not an issue I’d suggest you apply ED because the acceptance rate is definitely better in the ED round.
That being said the RD rounds at all the Ivies are challenging to say the least. There are plenty of vals and kids with amazing awards, perfect stats etc…who are rejected in droves every year.
Not all kids have AP/IB options but you’re assessed based on what’s available at your school…whether you took the most rigorous schedule available at your HS.
My school doesn’t offer many APs, so I took about half online since my state has a free virtual school. IB diploma is the most rigorous curriculum offered in my county. Thank you for your input!
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