Chances of getting accepted to Brown University (applied ED)

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Ok, after reading a lot of rejection posts from students who are waaay more qualified than me, I’m freaking out. I don’t know if this will help at all, and it might even make my anxiety worse, but I figured I’d put my stats out there to see if I even stand a chance lol so pls try not to rip me a new one because I’m beginning to think I’m extremely average…
I applied to Brown Early Decision and here are my stats:

I am a half Korean half Senegalese female, upper/middle class
ACT: 33 composite (took the ACT Oct 27, still waiting on results which will hopefully come out tomorrow)
SAT: 1350 (yeeeaah this is an oof)
My AP scores are p low: average of a 3

Swimmer for 10 years now, have recieved 3 All Americans honors, 3 top 8 finishes at D1 State, 4 year Varsity, and team captain, 3 school records, 2 conference records, 4 year all conference and 2 year all state awards (D1), 6th place finish in 50 free at national meet in Nashville, TN

GPA: 3.89
Weighted GPA: 4.23
Class Rank: 48/524

Classes/ grade:
Pre-Calc / Geometry - 7th
AP Calc AB - 8th
AP Calc BC - 9th
AP Lang - 9th
Dual Enrolled Multi variable Calc - 10th
AP Lit - 10th
AP World - 10th
AP Microecon - 11th
IB French - 11th
CAD - 11th
Coding - 11th
IB Theory of Knowledge - 11th
AP Stats - 12th
AP Psych 12th
Metals (only girl lol) - 12th

Extracurricular:
Swim high school and club
Youth advisory council for my town
Women’s club
Editor for school newspaper
NHS
Senior Class treasurer
Treasurer for senior selection committee
Worked at a Sushi restaurant over the summer sophomore year

ok… so that’s like my entire app pretty much, and if you know me, you most definitely will be able to figure out who I am lmao but here’s my stats, so please give it to me straight. I think my common app essay and supplemental essays were pretty strong, I’ve had them reviewed a lot and edited by some teachers. I think overall it’s well rounded, but I’m still so scared. I really, really like Brown and I don’t want to get my hopes up/realize all that work was for nothing… I don’t know…

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How did you finish calculus in your sophomore year and get a 1350 on your SAT? Not to be rude, but something doesn’t seem right.

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What do you mean you don’t think you have a chance??? Just by looking at your swimming records alone, you’re incredibly talented and have a spike at something that’s really hard to achieve! I would by NO means count you out of the running.

Forget about your standardized test scores, colleges don’t put much weight on them anymore; they pretty much only glance at them to make sure you are within the ballpark of all their admits (which you are), so don’t think that that would be the reason you would be counted out.

I will also repeat what I am sure you are tired of hearing, but you also cannot have to much confidence, or too much hope going into it. With such a selective college, it really is the roll of a die. Personally, I went through exactly what you were going through about a month ago, really freaked out about getting rejected. Now, I still am to some extent, and I would still chose Brown as my first school, but I have come to the point where I have accepted that it doesn’t really matter what school I go to. We both come from relatively privileged families, and regardless of the college we attend, the education our parents, teachers, friends, and family have given us throughout our lives will be more than enough for us to be successful in life. So please, please, PLEASE don’t place your entire worth in the hands of a single slip of paper.

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hahaha yeah I know, I took my first SAT last year and I don’t think I was prepared well enough for it. It was school mandated and I don’t think I took it seriously enough because I was hoping to just rely on my ACT lol