Change me please!

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Hey guys I’m really interested in Brown, maybe the other Ivies, so chance me please!
Race- white
Dual citizenship with Italy, US citizen/resident
GPA- currently 4.3 Weighted, not weighted 3.8
ACT- 35
Class rank- probably top 10%
Italian Subject SAT- 770
APs- probably 9

Course load (just honors/AP): I’m taking almost the most rigorous courses possible

AP: World History, Psych, Lang. & Comp, Bio, US Hist, Euro, Environmental, Lit, and French
Honors: Chem, French (4 yrs), US History, Calc

Honors/Awards:
National French Exam- Silver Award: won Sophomore year 2015, one of 2 people to win it
High Honor role- all of HS
AP Scholar
Maybe more but im just a Junior!

Sports: JV Tennis 2 years, Varsity Tennis 2 years (Captain next year), JV Golf 1 year

Leadership: started the Animal Rights club (president of it too for 2 years), got a grant of $4,000 am leading a project on Healthy Eating for it in my school district

Volunteer: Pony Power Therapies (Soph year 25 hrs), I help kids with disabilities (Soph-Senior, 20 hrs), my grant project also gives me hours (at least 30, Junior year)

Recommendation Letters: one 10/10, the others im guessing 7-9/10

Additional Info:
I’m bilingual (Italian and English) and will do a gap year to be a foreign exchange student in Italy as a 5th year of HS.
I am interested in Majoring in Psych, Italian Studies, or History

THANKS SO MUCH GUYS!!

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Well… if you don’t have a chance, I’m not sure who does.

You’ve got an interesting and appealing app and you definitely have some interests. Your strengths are likely ACT/service/course load/hook. As for weaknesses, (to clarify, you’re really not weak in anything. most applicants aren’t–but if I had to choose,) fairly narrow ECs, slightly lower than average GPA.

You’ve got a chance, certainly! Mine:

Objective:
SAT (breakdown): 2300 superscore (800 R 800 M 700 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT Subject Tests: 800 MII 740 Lit
Unweighted GPA: 3.79
Weighted GPA: 3.99
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): HS doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Comp Sci (4) (school offers no APs, only “Honors”)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: Art, Honors Senior English, Honors Senior History, Honors Calc 1, Ecology, Honors Computer Science year 3
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Merit Scholarship Finalist (along with 12% of my class…)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Varsity soccer (team top 100 in nation)
Varsity track
Varsity snowboarding (I placed top 25 in competitive state, captain)
Founder/leader of service project (passion of mine–I really care about this. Fed 900 people, projected to move up to around 2000 fed this year. Relationships with local/national businesses)
Youth group (elected official)
Diversity workshops (presenter)
Rock climbing (anywhere from 6-10 hours a week)
Student-led outdoor group (80 members or so. Elected official)
Art and poetry
Chess (an hour a day)

Job/Work Experience:
nada (since sophomore year)

Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours.
Service with outdoor group and my own project (35 or so members, or 13% of my school). I also speak to people at my school about the value of service learning.

Summer Activities: CTY, calculus, reading, soccer, climbing, a little bit of travel.
Essays: Unique, I think. I feel like they were strong.
Teacher Recommendation: strong.
Counselor Rec: strong.
Additional Rec: very strong.
Interview: n/a
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): n/a

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: private (11% of my class were national merit scholarship finalists)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $80-100,000.00
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

best of luck to all.

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Why do you want to be changed, OP?

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Thank you so much @AnExcellentSheep for that comparison! So you applied but are not sure if you got in yet?

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@bruno14 What do you mean by that? Why do I want to be changed?

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What state are you from and are you public or private school?

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From New Jersey (not going to help I know!) and Public HS

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I applied regular decision :slight_smile:
and no worries–happy to help you. You’re a great applicant, hope it went well for you. Think I have a chance?

also, Oregon, private school.

Thanks!

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Ricks, because there is a glaring typo in your title. You ask us to “change you.”

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Your GPA is incredible and your SATs are good, plus you are a Merit Scholarship Finalist and you are on varsity sports, so yes I think you have a fair chance of getting in!

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Thanks for the kind words, ricka. I appreciate it. Best of luck to you as well!

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Op and Anexcellentsheep seem to be strong candidates. Anexcellentsheep may want to stop following and could be competitive for an even more competitive school. Seeing oneself as a sheep seems change worthy.

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Sorry, @lostaccount --what do you mean by stop following? I’m not so sure that I’m competitive, I was deferred at Colorado College early action. Feeling a little timid about applying to difficult schools as a result. Thanks for the kind words though.