Chances to get into Brown (asking here because brown is my #1!)

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<p>sorry if i’m being obnoxious by posting here. i’m planning on applying early to brown and want to know your guys’ thoughts on my chances</p>

<p>-Junior at a school in the 2nd “highest ranked” public high school district in California
-3.7 unweighted, 3.8 weighted
-Took old SAT and got 1330 (this was after forgetting i was taking it until the night before, and going through the entire test with a pretty nasty cold. just took it to get an idea on how i’d do), now taking intensive SAT classes to prepare for new SAT’s
-Haven’t taken any SAT II’s yet
-School doesn’t rank
-Took AP Euro last year, got a 4 on the test
-Taking more or less the most AP’s i can take at my school (my school doesn’t offer too many). -Schedule this year is Calc AB AP, AP US, Spanish 4 Honors, Physics, French 1, Orchestra, English. Next year’s schedule will be (if i get the classes i want) AP Statistics, Gov/Econ (no ap offered), spanish 5 AP, psychology, orchestra, english. </p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
Been playing cello for 6 years
Been in school orchestra every year since 6th grade
Been in selective private youth orchestra for 2 years
Currently in a string ensemble that’s playing at competitions and the such
Played Piano for 6 years also
Won numerous piano competition awards</p>

<p>Will have had been in the Interact club at my school for 4 years</p>

<p>Volunteer for Amigos de las Americas (to make a complicated thing simple, it’s pretty much peace corps for high school/college students, living in a tiny village in latin america by yourself for the entire summer [2 months], supporting the community to implement projects). I was a volunteer last summer and I’m going to be a volunteer this summer again (for someone to volunteer 2 summers in a row is very rare). also on training staff this year, training the new volunteers for this summer. With this project I have also tutored under-priveleged hispanic immigrants in my area in learning English. </p>

<p>Went to selective summer school at UC Berkeley 2 summers in a row, one summer taking German 1 and the other summer taking Japanese 1 and a Linguistics class. </p>

<p>Part of a program where I am to take place in a fake car accident to promote awareness of Drunk Driving. Once again, another hard to explain activity. Maybe a 50 hour + commitment for me overall</p>

<p>As of the middle of sophomore year (before my volunteering in latin america with Amigos) I’m ranked 19th in “spanish ability” in california among non-native speakers (we took a big standardized test that the entire state took and i got the 19th highest score in the state). I also take french. </p>

<p>Gone to the world finals for Odyssey of the Mind (another impossible to explain activity, a creativity/drama type activity) 2 years in a row, ranking 5th the first year. </p>

<p>Been on a panel for my school about stress on students </p>

<p>For my rec letters, one of them will be AMAZING (my spanish teacher) and one of them will be pretty good (math teacher) </p>

<p>As far as what I want to study, I’m thinking along the lines of Japanese/Spanish/Linguistics. I want to get into international relations / affairs, but I don’t think I would want to major in it</p>

<p>Thanks SO much for reading this. I really appreciate it</p>

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<p>You look like you'll be competitive. The thing to remember is that EVERYONE applying to Brown has great academics. You need to pick a few of the things about yourself that you feel set yourself apart and really touch on those in the application. Make yourself a unique person to them.</p>

<p>Keep up the great work and apply early! Don't be disappointed if you're deferred either -- I was deferred and was recently accepted in the regular pool.</p>

<p>The being said, there is also a good chance you won't get in to Brown; however, given your impressive stats you'll be very competitive at whatever other schools you might also look at applying to as safeties.</p>

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<p>Agreed with Pete. You'll certainly be competative, especially with an improvement of SATs into the 1400s, but certainly competative even now. The real trick is taking the time to explaing Odyssey of the Mind and other unique activities you take part in and their importance to you. On a resume, these things are nothing but ECs to add to a list, in a passionate essay relating them to your personal passion, they can be the very thing that puts you over the top.</p>

<p>Don't fear writing additional letters explaining those activities etc, especially if you are deferred from ED.</p>