How are my chances?

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<p>Hi, would you guys please chance me for Brown class of 2018?</p>

<p>CHANCE:
Brown (ED)
PLME (ED)</p>

<p>About me…</p>

<p>ACADEMIS STATS:
GPA: 3.8uw/4.0w ish
Class Rank 5/100 ish
*GPA and class rank are educated estimates because this year’s transcripts haven’t been released
SAT1 700-CR 710-M 670-W
SAT2 BIO(M)-800 USH- 750</p>

<p>SENIOR COURSE LOAD
AP Chem
Physics
Calculus
Spanish
AP Language and Composition
Economics
Participation in Government
Psychology
**Hardest schedule I could take, Grades 9-11 were also as loaded as they could be. 3 AP’s and 2 other college classes junior year. Waiting on AP scores.</p>

<p>ACTIVITES
Cross Country and Track: Captain, multiple school records
Food Pantry 100+ hours
75 other community service hours
Working 100+ hours in a hospital this summer
Shadowing a few doctors this summer
Have been in touch with a neuroscientist, she’s going to try to get me a position in her lab this summer
Tutor migrant farmworkers (ESL). 1-2 times per week, about 3 hours a pop</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP
XC and Track Captain
Freshman/Junior Class President
Varsity Club President
Student Gov. Treasurer
Language Club Secretary</p>

<p>AWARDS
Bausch and Lomb Science Award
College Heights Award (Award worth $50,000 to a local school for academics/character)
AP Scholar Award (Given to best AP student annually at my school)
Various athletic awards on the school to regional level</p>

<p>RECS
Will be Awesome…my history teacher shows his 2 year old son pictures of me at home and tells him that he needs to strive to be like me someday. He’ll definitely talk about how hard I work, how self motivated I am. He’ll say how I’m the hardest worker he’s had. etc.
Bio teacher will have great stuff to say as well, probably will talk about my self motivation and curiosity</p>

<p>ESSAYS
Should be pretty decent.</p>

<p>OTHER COOL STUFF
Play trumpet and tuba in school band
Mock Trial Attorney
Sign basic ASL</p>

<p>Hey it’d be really cool if you guys would chance me for Brown and for Brown PLME. I know they’re reaches, but I’d like to know if I stand a chance.</p>

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<p>I think your chances seem pretty good (or as good as they can be at a school where admission is never guaranteed). The only thing is that your SAT is pretty low in terms of Brown’s standards, so maybe just retake those?</p>

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<p>Self-motivated is great; so is internally-driven. Beware that “hardest worker” is a double-edge sword: it often implies that the student is not a top-tier talent, but succeeds in a relatively benign high school environment by working twice as hard as his classmates to get the same work done. Those kinds of students are often overwhelmed with the higher standards of an elite college.</p>

<p>So in a recommendation, “hard worker” needs to be paired with “best student in my class” or concrete examples of breath across other aspects of your life (“always well prepared for class despite heavy involvement in…”) to avoid being misinterpreted.</p>