Do Quarter Grades Mean Anything for ED (Brown)?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I submitted this thread a while back, but just got my quarter grades in and did very well. I was wondering if that helps at all or if they don't really care about quarter grades and they just use semester grades?</p>

<p>Tests:
ACT: 35 (36 on Math and Science, 32 on Reading, 35 on English, 10 on writing)
SAT2: 800 Math 2C, 790 Chemistry</p>

<p>School/Race:
White Male, Midwest, Competitive Public School</p>

<p>Grades/Classes:
AP's taken:
Calc BC 5 / Stat 5 / Euro 5 / Chem 5 / US 3 / Spanish 3
AP's i'm currently in:
Physics C, an advanced math class that goes beyond Calc BC, Econ, Spanish V, and English: Composition and Literature. </p>

<p>GPA:
Weighted 4.572 (All Honors Fresh. / 3 AP + 4 Hon Soph. / 4 AP + 2 Hon Jun. / 6 AP + 1 Hon Sr.)
Unweighted 3.898 (1 B Fresh / 3 B's Soph / All A's Jr.)
No rank, but top 5%
Senior Quarter GPA: 4.93 (6 AP + 1 Hon)</p>

<p>Activities:
-President of a club i made that tutors kids in math and donates the proceeds (an hourly fee) to charity.
-Cross Country (Varsity team Soph-Sr year), although I will not do it in college/get in because of it.
-Track Freshman year only.
-Math Team all years, 1st at regionals twice (out of 3 years).
-Math Tutor, about 100 hours, not including my club.
-Habitat for Humanity
-Saxophone since I was about 4, have a few competitions I have won.
-AIME Qualifier (A Math Competition)
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction
-I have a summer job as a lifeguard
-I also teach saxophone as a job.
-I got the Presidential Volunteer Service Award and a Youth Service Medal of Honor, but idk how important that is in admissions.</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good, especially for a math guy :)</p>

<p>Recs: 1 is amazing (my teacher loves me ... talks about me to his classes...is basically obsessed with me) and the other will probably a good one but not as good as my math teacher's one. They will actually be very different recs -- one thinks I'm a naturally brilliant kid (the math one), the other thinks I'm a hard worker who is dedicated to school. </p>

<p>So, if you've gotten this far I really appreciate it, could you chance me at these schools, preferably with percents:</p>

<p>Schools:
Brown (ED)
Amherst
Carnegie Mellon
Stanford</p>

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<p>well, if u did Brown ED, that means ur first choice is Brown.....and I would say u're in at Brown, no problem!</p>

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<p>I'm inclined to say in, but you never know</p>

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<p>thx for the chances. Does anyone have an idea on how influential quarter grades are in admissions (if at all)?</p>

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<p>I'd think that quarter grades would be influential to show that you aren't slacking. As to what extent i'm not sure</p>

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<p>First quarter grades play as much a role in ED admission as first semester grades do for RD admission. At least that is what I've always been led to believe.</p>

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<p>bump....any other opinions on my chances/quarter grades?</p>

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<p>bump...........!</p>

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<p>does anyone else know if 1st quarter grades for ED are the equivalent of 1st semester grades for RD? Are they really given that much weight?</p>

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<p>They probably won't get you in if your scores aren't good enough already, but haven't terrible grades could keep you out if it looks like your slacking.</p>