Chances for Brown?

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OBJECTIVE

GPA: 3.75 (most rigorous courses)
ACT: 33
School does not rank.
Awards: I’ve won some playwriting competitions (I’d rather not say which for privacy).
Scholarship: In 8th grade, I won a competitive $100,000 scholarship to attend the private school I now attend. The board’s decision was unanimous. Honestly, I don’t know how competitive it really was.
I’m a white male.

SUBJECTIVE

I’m a critic in a local high school theater journalism organization. Every review I’ve written thus far has been published (they pick the top 3).
Founder/leader of a playwriting club @ school (started junior year).
In charge of the peer tutoring program (since junior year).
Some volunteering @ local library.
Section leader in chorus at school.
Voice student for about 7 years.
Opera camp for 3 years.
I’ve participated in at least one school production per year.
I taught myself and am now fluent in Dutch.
I taught myself Latin junior year and tested into AP senior year.
I will interview.
I imagine my recs are good, but obviously I don’t know how good.
My essay is creative and decently written.
Brown is my top choice and dream school.

Chance me?

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Oh, and I’ve also been a member of the literary magazine at school since junior year.

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Your EC’s are very solid and unique, they stood out to me!! Your ACT score is also definitely in the median range for a school like Brown! A lot of people on here are probably going to tell you that your GPA is low, blah blah blah, but honestly don’t take it too seriously–while it’s not the highest Brown has seen, at the end of the day, it isn’t everything, and I’ve known people who have gotten into ivy league schools with similar GPA’s or even LOWER, and if you were taking a rigorous course load, that should help you as well! Make sure your essay is as creative as you want to be, and go in there very confident in yourself–I can never give an exact estimate since so much of it is luck, but make sure that you stand out in a sea of people, which only you can decide how to do so! Don’t let this website give you too much anxiety (a lot of posters can be harsh), all in all, I think you have a steady shot if you keep your eye on the prize and really illustrate why Brown is such a dream of yours. Good luck! :slight_smile:

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Thanks!

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What’s your unweighted gpa?