Do I have any shot at Brown?

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<p>I’m going into senior year in a competitive suburban school district.</p>

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<li>GPA: 3.95.</li>
<li>Top 10% of class.</li>
<li>Very Low SATI: 1720 and low SATII: 630 math. 650 bio (taking SATI & more SATII’s again)</li>
<li>Senior Schedule: AP Chem., Economics, College Spanish, AP Psych, AP Music Theory, Contemporary Lit., Govt RE</li>
<li>I’ve many taken AP and College classes sophomore and junior years and gotten A’s in all except AP US.</li>
<li>My essay is very good. (It was editted)</li>
<li>I assume my recommendations are good (one from a Brown University professor)</li>
<li>My possible majors include: Psych, Criminology, Law, Genetics & minors possibly Spanish, Music, or Forensics. </li>
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<p>EC:

  • I volunteer at Smithhaven Animal Hospital. Approximately 3 hours every week… (I am thinking about maybe going into veterinary)
  • I play baseball for a top ranked travel team on Long Island. I played HS baseball as well.
  • I play piano/ sing and write my own music. I’ve wrote 2 songs so far, and I’m in the process of writing another. I take lessons weekly.
  • I run Fitness Classes at a gym 4 hours per week. </p>

<p>ACC.

  • I got inducted into the NFLHS (National Foriegn Language Honor Society) for Spanish.
  • I also got into the NHS (National Honor Society) for overall achievement.
  • I recieved honorable mention at the Business Olympics 2007 for writing a radio commercial.
  • I had two of my songs selected to be played on WUSB radio station.
  • I completed a 2-week mini-course program at Boston University. I took Intro to Business & Criminal Justice
  • I completed a 3-week course (Genetics and Human Behavior) at Brown University. I got 9 hours of lab work working with my own DNA.</p>
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<p>All of the Ivies are crapshoots obviously. To improve ur chances, u should try to bump up your SAT to around 2100-2300. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Im pretty sure Brown doesn't have law, criminology, or forensics</p>

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<p>Your majors are too professional for most of the Ivy League which give more "all-encompassing" or "liberal arts" kinds of majors. A 1720 is simply too low, and I don't see anything that counters it. Your ECs are average-looking, and those sumer classes that are ability-to-pay-based, as opposed to merit-based do little to supplement your application. If you can raise that SAT to a 2100 (which, I'm sorry to admit, is extremely unlikely unless you took the test on your deathbed) Brown might be a reasonable reach. As it stands, your chances are extremely low. If you do get in, it is probably something that we can't see on this internet post.</p>

<p>Try taking the ACT. Many students do better on it. Best of luck!</p>