<p>Hi I’m a senior at public high school. I applied to Rd and really worried about it :P</p>
<p>International Applicant. (Came to America beginning of junior yr)
RD Math major (not engineering)
GPA: 3.723/ 4.0
Race: Asian (Korean)
Class Rank: top 20% (our school is really competitive.)
class size: 450
ACT :27 (do they super score ACT? if they do, it’s 29…) yea really bad
No sat IIs
Really strong Essays
didn’t apply for Financial Aids </p>
<p>E/C :
State Math Competition placed 67th out of 20000. ($1500 prize)
AMC (forgot what I got… )
KMC (Korea Mathematics Competition) Coach (I was really lucky to do this)
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2008 gold
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2009 gold
ARML (team math competition)-national size (Team captain) won 6th place in U.S
Chemistry Olympiad 2009 (silver)
Research (2010 summer, with Chemistry professor)
Research (2009 winter, with Math Professor)
Varsity Soccer (3years, vice captain for 2yrs) , city champion 2009
Exchange student in Japan (2008 summer)
Korean American club-President (senior yr, junior yr-vice P)
NHS
Safe Sex Educator (80hrs)
Teaching Assistant in summer school (50hrs)
korean school (100hrs)
Hip Hop Festival (Beatboxing) 9th place
ETC (Small things…)</p>
<p>I came to American 2009 summer. really low ACT score, great essay, decent E/Cs… do u guys think I even have a chance of getting in?? </p>
<p>Yea because I’m a citizen in south Korea. Everyone who has a citizenship other than US is considered as international applicant. So what’s ur opinion about my stuff? :P</p>
<p>I have citizenship in 3 countries but applied as a U.S. applicant. Having citizenship in another country does not automatically make you an international applicant. I asked how you applied because your chances will go down significantly as an international applicant. Brown (and schools in general) accept a much smaller percentage of international applicants and they are generally a very strong/unique pool to begin with.</p>
<p>What were your essays about? (I hope beatboxing!)</p>
<p>As an international applicant I’d say your chances are extremely slim to none. As a traditional applicant you’re probably a high reach. Your ACT, unfortunately, isn’t doing you any favors, but your olympiad gold metals are a definite plus!</p>
<p>A 27 is not bad. The range for brown act is 28-32, so you are close; yes, they do super score. Don’t let your scores curtail you from applying. Your extracurriculars are good; Your GPA is also not bad. Brown looks at candidates holistically.</p>
<p>honkeytonk// thanks for the reply ! I really appreciate your posts. So, I didn’t ‘submit’ my application yet, and I think I should make sure rather I’m international applicant or not. Can I ask you what kinds of citizenships u have? n also, for my essay, I wrote about my childhood memory at Brown University :)</p>
<p>I applied to UM(A2), Georgetown, Notre Dame, Northwestern // Early Admissions,
I’m going to apply some safety schools, Brown, NYUAD, Emory, etc
what about you?</p>
<p>Anne// Thanks for ur post I’m taking december’s test and aiming for 31! I really hope I can get over a 30. I’m doing another math competition, volunteering, and working … hope these experiences can help me. I’m glad my score isn’t super super low … seems it’s low … lol
btw, where did u apply ?</p>
<p>no SAT IIs? Brown requires two SAT subject tests.
ACT 27 is much too low, especially because you’re international (like me, unfortunately), but your ECs/contests look very good</p>
<p>Want to chance me real quick?
Basic Stats:
-top 3%
around 95% average
-2200 SAT superscore
-SAT II this month (bad scores from last month-low 600s-being verified!!!)
-medical research mentorship
-volunteering at a hospital 200+hr
-made it to provincials for piano competition, but got rly sick at the time so couldn’t go (8 pills/day, for an entire week, and more after that)
-won national art award
-other volunteering/other ECs</p>
<p>SOMEONE PLEASE CHANCE ME!</p>
<p>also: amazing recs, both teachers said how I was outstanding, passionate, and had leadership skills, along with other words like “responsible”, “kind”, “dedicated”, etc. counsellor rec was amazing too!</p>
I’m taking december’s test and aiming for 31! I really hope I can get over a 30. I’m doing another math competition, volunteering, and working … hope these experiences can help me. I’m glad my score isn’t super super low … 
seems it’s low … lol