<p>Hey!
Chance me please!
Hi,
I’m applying regular decision to Brown
Here are some stats:
Indian Male
SAT’s
Critical Reading : 670
Math : 690
Writing : 750
Overall - 1360/1600 and 2110/2400
Weighted GPA: 4.25 or 4.3
Class Rank : Top 5%
I am on the executive board of the Student Government, have attended Pennsylvania Governor’s School of International Studies (a very competetive program by which I spent 5 weeks at the University of Pittsburgh studying International Affairs at the college level, only 1/8 applicants got in). I am enrolled in an internship for international studies, tutor African Refugees,
taught poverty stricken children in India(for 1 week, came to about 50 hrs)
have protested against poaching with the same organization, have 48 hours of service at a library, was the founder of a school band in India, played guitar for a local band and we got pretty popular regionally, am in Model UN, French Club, Drama Club, Poetry Club, actor in school plays, am on the Highest Honor Roll, am in National Honors Society, and on the Varsity Swim Team and have started the Political Awareness League at my school
My hobbies include horseriding, snowboarding, guitar, piano etc
I have studied abroad in high school (India)
Some hobbies include snowboarding, horseriding, piano, guitar, art
The thing I feel that could hurt me is I took all my AP’s in my senior year, so I dont have any AP scores yet, but I will have that explained, because I studied abroad, when I came to America, I had to take certain required classes before I could take AP, so I couldnt take AP’s before this. Also, currently, I have A’s in all my AP’s, and I plan on getting that explained with a letter from counsellor. My recs should be good considering I see my counsellor like every day and I am the only person in my school applying to Brown and I dont think anybody from my school has ever gotten into Brown.
Also, by the time I admit my regular application, I will have most likely started a program by which students from the distrcit are shown movies about animal cruelty, and then we wrtie letters to major fur and leather manufacturers in the region, volunteer at animal shelters for volunteer hours and also hopefully rally a protest (maybe).
My AP teacher said that I have excellent writing (sorry about seeming arrogant-I’m not trying to be) and my essays are very “spacey” and “out there”. My counellor says I’m so quirky that Brown is the school for me and I should be myself in the interview, and my friends always think I’m on drugs when I’m not lol. I just like to notice things and say what they are, apparently many people have forgotten how to do that.</p>
<p>I don’t know about anyone’s chances, but I would worry about your SAT I M and R scores. They are low for an unhooked applicant, and especially low for an Asian applicant. Given some of your ECs, I think you will be looked on as relatively privileged, so they won’t make allowances for your SAT I. So I would guess it would be a good idea to improve those.</p>
<p>SATs won’t make or break you, if you have something like stellar essays/recommendations to make up for them.</p>
<p>I am really concerned that applicants on this board underestimate the extent to which the top colleges don’t need to choose between high SAT scores and strong ECs. And while I don’t know about Brown specifically, several admissions officers from top schools including Harvard have gone on record to say the essay rarely makes a difference in the decision, given the extent to which they know applicants get help on it. So, consider your options and decide if you want to strengthen your profile.</p>
<p>Brown prides itself on its holistic admissions criterion. Essays make a difference, because it is one of the few areas where they can actually see the applicant’s true character, which is one of the most important facets for the process.</p>