I'm a paranoid rising senior...chance me for Brown ED and others?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chance me for: Brown (ED), Tufts, BC, BU, Northeastern, URI, and UMass Amherst.</p>

<p>Female
Asian (Indian)
MA
Competitive public high school (sends many to top schools including Ivys)</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 93 unweighted (my school doesn't do it out of 4.0)</p>

<p>All Honors and/or AP classes...and this means 3 AP classes total. I know that's a shocker to some of you, but my school doesn't offer very many at all. This won't hurt me, right?</p>

<p>Rank: 16/300...Top 5%</p>

<p>SAT:
CR-540 (yea, i know...)
M- 660
W- 740 with a 12 on the essay
I working very hard to get that total score up to a 2050-2150. I understand that my CR needs a lot of work, but right now I'm getting in the low 600's on practice test things. I'm retaking in Oct and hoping to reach my goal.</p>

<p>ECs <em>Please note that I moved and therefore switched schools after my freshman year. There many seem a slight inconsistency in some activities because of this</em>.</p>

<p>Speech& Debate Team (9th)
-Went to many competitions and won numerous awards even on the state level. Could not continue because it was not available at my new school.
Violin
-Have been playing for 8 years, and freshman year played in the Symphony Orchestra.
Model UN (10th-12th)
-Delegate
Yearbook (10th-12th)
-Will be Editor Senior year.
Science Club (11th-12th)
-Will be Vice President Senior year.
-Serve as a mentor for elementary school kids and help them conduct research at the vernal pool.
PEER Leaders (11th-12th)
-Community leaders from the school.
-We do various community service and help around the school.</p>

<p>Community Service (about 150+ hours)
-Elks Lodge (over 50 hours)
-Pediatric Doctors Office (about 30 hours)
-Local Hospital (about 30+ hours)
-Various other events including Special Olympics, Soup Kitchens, Church
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Other Summer Stuff**
-Did some research in a Genetics Lab at URI. Did everything from PCR to Extracting DNA to helping with a primer design. My professor said she would write me a strong letter of rec. Would this help?</p>

<p>-Will be Interning at InCube for a few weeks at the end of this summer. It's a biomedical research company.</p>

<p>-In summer 2006, I went to India and for about 2 weeks and did some community service there. My grandfather lives in a small (rather poor) village, and he also works in a nearby clinic which treats patients from that area. I worked and helped in that clinic, and will be most likely receiving a letter from the government consulate for my services.</p>

<p>I will most likely pursue something in biology or the medical field and like I said, I hope to get that SAT up to a 2050-2150 when I take it in the fall.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I think you know that Brown is a super-reach unless your SATs go up a lot. The middle 50% CR at Brown is 670-760, math 680-770, writing 660-760.
At Tufts, the comparable ranges are 670-740, 670-740, 660-740. At both of these schools, the low 600s on CR would put you in the bottom 25% of the class, and you're not a recruitable athlete or a URM.
I think you need to have a Plan B in case your scores don't go up tremendously--applying to Brown ED may not be the best use of an early application.</p>

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<p>If you don't get 2050-2150 your chances would be:</p>

<p>Brown (ED) : Huge Reach
Tufts: Reach
BC: Slight Reach
BU: Match
Northeastern: Match
URI: Safety
UMass Amherst: Safety</p>

<p>...reason for this is because your three way SAT score is deceptive (your Math + CR is killing you)</p>

<p>If you do get 2050-2150 (and improve that Math + CR) your chances would be:</p>

<p>Brown (ED): Slight reach
Tufts: High match/slight reach
BC: Match
BU: Safety
Northeastern: Safety
URI: Safety
UMass Amherst: Safety</p>

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<p>Brown is not a slight reach for anyone. With very few exceptions, anybody applying to an Ivy should consider it to be a reach.</p>

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<p>I do believe that if she applies ED to Brown with a 2150, it would be considered a slight reach because she stands a better than average chance of getting accepted relative to the applicant pool (in my opinion).</p>

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<p>Brown accepts about 14% of applicants. In my opinion, all Ivies and several other schools should be considered reach schools for anyone who doesn't have very unusual credentials.</p>

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<p>Well, I just took another practice thing and got a 660 in CR. So as you can see, I am improving. I'm not saying I will get an 800 or anything close to that, but I do know that my score will improve. Last time I had many distractions in the room when taking the SAT, anyway.</p>

<p>Thanks for the feedback so far.....anymore people, please?</p>

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

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<p>bump again....please?</p>

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<p>Brown (ED)-really big reach right now. You have good ECs and background, as well as a pretty good GPA, but no SAT II scores it looks like, and pretty low SAT scores for Brown. I'd say Math and CR need to get close to 700 for a low reach. </p>

<p>Tufts-slight reach</p>

<p>BU, Northeaster-Match/Safety</p>

<p>BC, URI, UMass Amherst-Safety</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Even with a 1400/1600 its considered a huge reach, because it is Brown, not because of the applicant. Brown takes 14 percent of its applicants from a applicant pool of 22,000 kids. The magnitude of qualified applicants for a small and extermely limited number of spaces makes it a huge reach. Only the kids that can get the attention of the adcom for a little bit stand a chance of being admitted, others just fall into the sea of qualified, and unnoticed applicants....</p>