<p>Im a southern california caucasian student looking to apply to a very selective college, and major in business. I have a 3.6 unweighted academic GPA (not too good) and a 2100 SAT score. I have been in ASB LEadership for two years and will be serving elected as next years ASB Secretary for my school. I play basketball for school. I have taken the max number of ap/ib courses available at my school and am a Full IB Diploma Student. MY frist 2 years were almost straight A's and a few B's. Then, My first semester of my junior year was a disaster. I got three C's. Hence; the state of my GPA. The 7 period day with sports and ec's was just too hard to juggle. Can i redeem myself? Is it possible to get into a university like Brown, or any IVy league, Wharton perhaps at Upenn, given my academic record. OR is it far out of reach. I am not the typical boring straight A student. I have had some very big things happen in my life. All of which i can write about and how they changed me. Given these things, teh fact that even though i did poorly for a semester, can my real personality and work ethic shine through to the ivy league schools, is it possible. Any opinions, I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much. :)</p>
<p>Yes, if it was only for a semester and you have other things going for you.</p>
<p>Will you be recruited to play basketball by your future college?</p>
<p>lol i think if everything else looks good and ur grades consistently get better than u have a great chance!</p>
<p>god knows I'm in no position to speak for Brown, but based on your posted information you shouldn't rule them out just yet. If you can write about your troubles in junior year with maturity (don't just make the essay sound like an excuse for your transcript), then I think they'd consider your application quite seriously</p>
<p>More info. needed re: SAT I score breakout section by section ( 700CR, 700M, 700W), SAT IIs, APs and a list of schools that you are considering and why. A 2100 SAT is strong so long as it does not include a disproportionately high writing score (e.g. a writing score of 780, for example, leaves you with a 1320/1600 SAT score which is very good, but Brown & Penn see higher scores typically). Assuming that your SAT I was 700 per section, then you have a strong chance at Brown & Penn, not Wharton, as a 1400/1600 SAT score is outstanding. A 1400 puts you in the mix for admission to these schools if you have strong supporting materials such as great teacher recommendations, convincing essays and your application paints you as an interesting person. Try not to be self deprecating as it convinces the reader that you think that you are not worthy of admission to an elite university and that you are admitting that you did not do well. Tone, or voice, is very important when writing your college application essay; readers admire a positive outlook despite adversity and can be turned off by someone beaten down by one of life's challenges. It is always better to be positive---more experienced and wiser is okay, but negativity is not.</p>
<p>thanks icy9ff8, that was really helpful. I agree that an optimistic approach is obviously a better way. I will definitely write about it on my essays. Thanks so much for the advice and the statistics. :) my sat score breakdown was 720 crit reading, 720 writing, 650 math. if you have any further comments on that because you asked, then please do get back to me. Thanks</p>
<p>I think Brown and Cornell are colleges you can get into if you write great essays, get get good rec's, and keep up the good work. I severely doubt you'd get into any of the other Ivies though.</p>
<p>I think your chances are slim for any Ivy, that includes Brown.
But I wouldn't count you out yet; you'd better write some damn good essays, though.</p>
<p>"Im a southern california caucasian student looking to apply to a very selective college, and major in business."
Bear in mind that Brown does not have a "business" major. The only Ivy League schools that offer undergraduate business programs are Penn and Cornell.</p>