chances?

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<p>Asian chick, private school, Missouri</p>

<p>GPA Unweighted: 3.85 (trying to get that up this semester)
Class Rank: no ranking, top 10%
Curriculum: 4 APs this year, 2 last year, 1 sophomore, Latin since 7th grade</p>

<p>SAT I: 2350 (800 CR 780 M 770 W)
SAT II: 800 Lit 790 US History 680 Math II (whoops)
ACT Composite: 34
APs: AP Euro: 5, AP US: 5, AP Eng Lit: 5, AP Eng Lang: 5, AP AB: 4 (I took the English APs without a course on my own)</p>

<p>EC’s
GSA Founder and Co-President: 11, 12
A&E Editor of school newspaper: 11, 12
Layout Editor of school literary magazine: 10, 11, 12
Environmental Club Co-President: 9, 10, 11, 12
Arts Council: 10, 11, 12
Intern/Contributing Writer/Columnist at music webmagazine: 10, 11, 12
Prom Committee Music Co-Head: 11
Varsity Swimming and State Team: 10, 11, 12 and Sophomore of the Year Award
Local Arts Center/Music Venue Publicity Committee: 11, 12
(soon-to-be) DJ at Washington University’s KWUR Radio: 12
Various Photography Awards in local shows: 10</p>

<p>Academic Awards
Language Honor Society: 10, 11, 12
Alumni Writing Contest Winner: 11
Glory of Missouri Award - “liberty”: 11
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Work experience
I’ve worked at the largest and most legendary indie record store in the city for a year; youngest ever hired by far (at 15)</p>

<p>My cousin was Brown '03, my aunt used to work in the international students office.</p>

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<p>It’s a crap chute. No one can give you any idea of where you stand. Just figure everyone has a 13% or so chance and pray to whatever higher being you find solace in.</p>

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<p>*crap shoot
sorry, just had to fix that;-)
i’m applying brown ed but you’re way better than i am. i’d say if its the school you really want you have a good chance (but then again who am i to ever say?)</p>

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<p>Everyone says its a crap shoot and that Ivies are pretty much reaches for anyone, but honestly speaking I think you actually have a very good chance at getting in. I’m not going to say it’s likely, but you do seem to have a strong application, and your stellar SATs as well as unique ECs will really help you. If you can just write an amazing essay, then I think you will have a much better chance than 13%.</p>

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<p>You have to think of the magnitude of the number of applicants. She has solid grades and boards, a nice list of awards, and some good extracurriculars, but think of how many others have the exact same thing. Hell, some people will have an even better application. That doesn’t mean anything. Remember that several students with perfect scores on SATs get rejected (in fact, keep in mind that SATs play no bigger a role than any other factor). In fact, a report came out not long ago that said that Brown could essentially fill its classrooms with applicants who have perfect scores. Doesn’t mean they all get in.</p>

<p>Is she qualified? Yes, she more than likely is. But you can’t take everyone who is qualified - the numbers are staggering. There were almost 19,000 applicants last year, and only around 2,500 were admitted. I would wager that most of them had impressive records. The fact of the matter is they can’t take them all. No part of anyone’s resume makes you a lock.</p>

<p>It all depends on the mood of the commission and (for Brown, at least) what they are looking for at that particular time.
You have to approach admission with any school with a state of mind that, assuming you have done all you can do in high school and you have given your all on your application, whatever the response is, it is not indicative of your actual worth as a student. The ideal student could be rejected; sometimes that’s going to be you. Know that you tried your hardest, and whatever happens, happens.</p>

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<p>Now, now…let’s not panic.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html[/url]”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>According to the Brown website, applicants with a perfect score in any ONE given area were admitted at a rate of ~13-15% greater than the overall rate. True, even with these scores the admit rate never tops 30%, but in each individual area (M, CR, and W) the number of applicants with perfect scores in 2007 were ~1,600 or less. Over 2,500 were admitted…and many had no perfect scores.</p>

<p>I think she has a fairly good chance.</p>

<p>On a side note, it’s nice to see someone representing Missouri. St. Louis, perhaps? :)</p>

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<p>No one is panicking. I’m just trying to put the OP (and everyone who comes on here asking for chances, for that matter) into a realistic mindset.</p>

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<p>You should take the Math II again, considering that it has a big curve . . . just study for it this time. It’s the only real blemish on there.</p>

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<p>Yeah, stl reppin</p>

<p>i figured i didn’t need to retake math II…don’t most schools only look at your top two SAT IIs?</p>

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<p>also another interesting point someone made to me once: it may be better to have a 2390 as opposed to a 2400…the latter means that if you’re rejected, schools can add you as another rejection statistic to encourage prospective applicants who don’t have perfect scores. i’m not trying to be defensive, but i just wonder if rejecting a perfect score just means accepting something about as high.</p>