Chances??

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<p>I am curently a junior</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0
QPA: 4.75 (will be 5.0 at end of senior year) *I’m valedictorian as of now</p>

<p>I go to an extremely competitive public school in Pittsburgh, PA</p>

<p>Not an Underreprsented minority ( I am from Pakistani-origin) </p>

<p>I plan on applyin to the PLME Program…but will be happy if I just get into Brown also ;)</p>

<p>SATs: 2030 M: 690 CR: 630 W: 710 (will be taking for the 3rd time in June)
ACTs: 30 (first time score, will take second time in June)
SAT IIs: - Math I: 760, Plan to take Math II, Chem, Physics next fall</p>

<p>In my school, students are generally allowed to take AP in Junior year (would be an elective because we have other requirements like Honors Physics, etc)</p>

<p>AP I take this year is Chemistry (projecting a 4)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule: AP Eng, AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Bio, Honors Spanish, Video Media 2, Regular American history </p>

<p>Taking AP Psychology at local Community College during this Summer for elective credits</p>

<p>Plan to study Pre-Med</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<ul>
<li>National Honors Society (running for President this year)</li>
<li>Student Council, Senator (running for Executive Officer, under President)</li>
<li>Video/Media Club, President and Founder (instruct and create clips with video cameras</li>
<li>Highest Honor Roll (All 3 years) – highest school academic achievement</li>
<li>Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at Georgetown
*Attending PA Governor’s School of Excellence for Sciences this summer (very competitive application program)
*Private Apprenticeship at Local Hosptial with Radiologist/Chief MRI Director</li>
<li>Attended Harvard Summer School Progam to study Neurobiology</li>
<li>Internship with Associate Professor of Carnegie Mellon University Science Department to help revise Chemistry 101
*Volunteer at nursing home (all 3 years)
*Volunteer at hospitals (2 years)</li>
<li>High School Soccer (JV- 9, 10, 11 Captain) (Next year varsity)</li>
<li>Play Saxophone in Concert Band (grade 9Section Leader), Advanced Jazz Band (grade 10, 11) </li>
<li>Captain of team in Rec Basketball League (all 4 years) {considering taking this out eventhough it shows some versatitliy)</li>
<li>Travel Soccer Team (9,10, 11 *Captain)</li>
<li>Pittsburgh World Affairs Summer Seminar (I will be attending a 1 week vigorous seminar during summer that involved a competitive application for a scholarship invitation) </li>
</ul>

<p>That’s only a few of my ECs from my resume, what do u guys think, any advice or comments is helpful, Thanks!</p>

<p>Ive been studyin nonstop for my sats this june so I hope they go up signifciantly</p>

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<p>** Improve your SATs, or else... **</p>

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<p>haha thanks for tha comment, ive been goin crazy over the last month specifically studyin for the SATs, ive pretty much had no social life in the past month beacuse i figuerd, i month of absolute torture would be worth gettin into a great college. plus summers comin up so i can definitely relax then. </p>

<p>other than my SATs, do i seem like a wellrounded competetive applicant? thanks</p>

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<p>Hey I live in Pittsburgh, PA too! You go to USC or NA or neither? Haha, well I think you'd do good because you're valedictioran. Try to put those SATs or ACTs up, i think ACT is easier and i hate the SAT. Schedules look good so I think you're good candidate. If you become President of those clubs that'd be good, but still there's no big EC hook...</p>

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<p>hey i go to usc,how bout u? i also thought that the acts were easier, i only got a 30 cuz i didnt study much cuz it was right after spring break.. i can prolly bring that up to a 33 or 34 if i dont succeed in gettin a 1400+ on these SATs in june.</p>

<p>no hook?? hmm i figured that it would be science-related ECs,, but i havent included all my Ecs, just the main sciency ones, </p>

<p>thanks though</p>

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<p>I don't mean to sound overly dreary, but you are like every other candidate they see. Sure, you're valedictorian, but so is everyone else. Your not above the minimum non-recruit SAT scores of 700 on every test. You're projecting a 4 on chemistry?! Decent but not great ECs. If you get up your SAT scores you may have a shot at regular admissions; however, you're going to have spin some tale to even make the great science you've got good enough to get you into PLME. 1) I'd apply early 2)I'd write the best essay you can. 3) You get to get your test scores up, radically, to be competitive in the PLME pool. You're lucky since western PA is underrepresented in the pool usually, but still I wouldn't get too confident unless you get the scores way up.</p>

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<p>thanks for the truthful comment. honestly ive been workin incredilbly hard to increase my sats.. </p>

<p>i can defintely increase my math to about 770+ but i dont think i will see improvement in CR according to the scores I am still unfortuntely getting... </p>

<p>also, why apply early? i was plannin to apply to a EA early so i could have an option. i was plannin on Georgetown and Stanford for my EAs.</p>

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<p>Well as far as i know, stanford is still SCEA, meaning you won't be able to apply to georgetown EA if you do that..</p>

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<p>wait, is georgetown single choice also?? </p>

<p>what other substantial schools allow you to apply to their school as well as others through EA??</p>

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<p>There are plenty of people that had 700+ SAT's who got rejected from Brown, and people with under 700's (me!) that got accepted.</p>

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<p>sweet lol, thats great news. </p>

<p>anyways, bump to my previous question</p>

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<p>well today was studco elections and i didnt win... cuz are school is a bunch of superficial idiots who vote for the kids who have no high desires in life (true statement, im not being mean). </p>

<p>anyways i didnt win Execeutive Officer, but i think i may be bumped to Governor, do u think this is a big factor for colleges? I was a senataor this year but had no office in 9th nor 10th grade. Do you think colleges will even know the difference between Execeutive Officer and Governor? thanks</p>

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<p>I go to a public school in Miami, and we don't have anything called "executive officer" or "governor" positions on student council.</p>

<p>If that's common in your area, it shouldn't be a problem. If not, you might want to try and find out what the equivalent title would be in a President/VP/Secretary/Treasurer-type system, like mine.</p>