<p>Hi I'm an rising senior and i'm currently FREAKING OUT about getting into college [due to parental pressure and self-motivation] and i just need to know what are my chances of getting into such a wonderous college such as brown university :]
-My current GPA: 3.75
-SAT score:1850
-Community service hours [up until this point]: over 700 hours
-my school doesn't rank :/
- received a 4 on the US History AP exam & English and Language Composition AP Exam
- received a 3 on the French Language AP exam
- currently the President of my debate team
- involved in numerous clubs [3]
- has no work experience as well as no internships
- Kansas residency</p>
<p>uhhh thats all i can think of at this point but ask if ya need to know more !! [just to delineate a proper picture of my chances!!]</p>
<p>first of all, this is the USC forum not brown. Also, a 1850 SAT score can barely get you into any top 40 university. The AP scores of 3 & 4 isn’t on par with Ivy League standards or any good university if that matters. 700 hours is impressive but you will need to show how it helps your interest and not just doing it for the sake of hours. Lastly, Kansas residency will only help you get in state tuition at your state school. It doesn’t really matter to private university.</p>
<p>superdoo1 has done a fair job assessing your chances at Brown (it’s a big reach). On the assumption that you’d like some input into your chances at USC…</p>
<p>The above link shows that while your GPA is almost the average for admitted students your SATs are well below the 25th%-tile. To my way of thinking that makes USC a reach. Have you taken the ACT? Are you retaking the SAT? Regardless of where you’re applying, higher scores are going to make a big difference in your chances.</p>
<p>okay i understand and appreciate everyone’s advice !! but would organizing and colllecting books from local libraries to send to deprived children in Awlaw, Nigeria as well as organizing “Jammin for Joplin” inorder to help raise money for the tornado disaster in Joplin, MO better my chances? also both my parents have english as their second language, but i wouldn’t be the first one to go to college.
and I love community service and always want to advocate for the common good so I would love to major in legal studies or history. To be evident to my passion, I volunteer for an organization called Youth Court in which the volunteers are attorneys for teens who’ve committed first-time misdemanor crimes, i’ve been apart of this program for about 4 years now.
Some special awards I’ve gotten include a Presidential Service award [bronze] and two other Presidential Service Awards [silver]. My school also offers academic awards based on a GPA greater than 3.65 throughout the school year so I’ve received numerous of those. Also, i’m the Vice President of the NAACP youth council in my area.
And then for debate, me and my partner placed 6th for the regional KCPLD tournment and i placed 9th place for Top Speakers of the Year. In addition I recieved a bar as well as a Degree of Distinction from the National Forensic League
I’m also planning to retake the SAT in october and score higher! :]</p>
<p>obi, when going through a “chances” thread my philosophy is to find the “hole in the boat”. I look for the thing that makes it easy for an admissions committee to say no. For you it’s your SAT score. While they may be imperfect and it is unfair to base an entire academic career on the performance on one test on one day, colleges do use them as important indicators of future performance. At USC an SAT of 1850 is well below the 25th%-tile. Will more community service hurt you? No, probably not. Would another 150 points on your SAT help you more? I tend to think so. I’d devote some of that community service time to SAT prep. There’ll be plenty of worthy causes left after the October test date.</p>
Lastly, Kansas residency will only help you get in state tuition at your state school. It doesn’t really matter to private university.</p>