Do I have a chance?

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<p>first post, pretty nervous about this whole college thing…</p>

<ul>
<li>Asian female</li>
<li>TX</li>
<li>VERY competitive high school</li>
<li>national merit semifinalist</li>
<li>ED applicant</li>
</ul>

<p>rank: 52 / 586 (ouch)
GPA: unweighted 3.6, weighted 5.03 (ouch again)
AP classes/tests taken: (scored fairly well on all except calculus)

  • US history (10)
  • European history (11)
  • Spanish language (11)
  • English language (11)
  • Calculus BC (11)
  • Biology (11)</p>

<p>SAT: CR 770, M 690, W 800
SAT2: biology e - 780, literature 730
extracurriculars:

  • newspaper staff (editor positions)
  • debated for two years, entered elim rounds at tourneys
  • very competitive piano player (13 years), several awards
  • also competitive violinist (7 years)
  • two-year concertmaster of school orchestra, which has won state awards
  • Chinese cultural dance
  • NHS
  • NSHS
  • IB student organization (officer)</p>

<p>Also an IB student, am writing extended essay over East-Asian linguistics. Higher Levels in History, English, Biology, scored 5+ on all standard-level exams taken as of yet.</p>

<p>hooks:

  • was diagnosed with cancer last year (recovered now), essayed about my experience and how it changed/motivated me. I also have a feeling my counselor, who I believe wrote me an excellent rec, discussed this in her letter.
  • one of the few people who helped organize STUDENT-RUN statewide IB conference, people from all over TX actually came for two days to participate
  • attended summer@Brown this past summer, stayed for 3 weeks…yay!</p>

<h2> - I’ve made use of my ability in music to coach children in chamber music sessions</h2>

<p>So overall, my class rank/GPA are pretty weak, but I’m hoping that my hooks and dedication to extracurriculars will pull me through. What do you think?</p>

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<p>Good chances....</p>

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<p>bump?</p>

<p>hehe</p>

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<p>What class did you take at Summer@Brown (plus were you 3A or 3B)? I was there for 6 weeks this summer!</p>

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<p>I was there for session 3A (June 25 - July 15) and it was pretty amazing =)</p>

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<p>summer sessions don't help; it's a matter of priviledge and not intelligence, etc, no offense. it might show interest, who knows.</p>

<p>i'd say you're an average applicant. class rank is low, your e/cs are about the same as mine so i guessit all comes down to the subjectives (essays, reccs,etc)</p>

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<p>Cool! I was there for 4A and 2G (or F, I don't know but it was the 2 weeks right after 4A)</p>

<p>It was so much fun.</p>

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<p>I hope your experience with cancer - and its apparant positive outcome - will help your accept Brown's decision REGARDLESS of the outcome.</p>

<p>Getting into Brown isn't all that important. ]</p>

<p>Getting on with life is.</p>

<p>Best of luck - and hope you DO get in!</p>