Last minute chance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Hey Guys, I’m a current Senior and was just wondering my chances given my stats. I understand that my application is nothing spectacular but I would like to get somewhat of an idea of where I stand.</p>

<p>Pakistani/White Descent.</p>

<p>GPA:4.0 all 3 years and plan to maintain this in my Senior year.
Class Rank: #1. Medium Sized Private School.
I take the hardest courseload my school offers
All Honors Classes in Grades 9 and 10
Grade 11: 3 AP’s (US History, Chemistry, and Language and Comp.) 5’s on Chem and USH, 4 on Comp. all All other courses were Honors.
Grade 12: 4 AP’s (Lit, Physics B, Calc) and other Honors Classes.</p>

<p>SAT I: 1560 or 2360 (760 M 800 CR 800 W)
SAT II: 770 Chem, 750 US History, 780 Math II
Extra Curriculars:</p>

<p>National Honors Society-Member Junior Year, President Senior Year
National English Honors Society- President and Founder of School’s Chapter</p>

<p>Varsity Soccer 9th grade, switched schools, and Team Manager 10th grade.
Varsity Cross Country 11th and 12th.
Varsity Track 11th and 12th.
Captain for Cross Country Team. (12th)</p>

<p>Senior Class Representative
Published in National Anthology of Short Stories for Young Americans
Play Piano and Guitar (13 and 6 years respectively)
Won two state wide Piano Competitions.
Organized and played in 2 Benefit Concerts at School for Senior Mission Trip.
Teach Piano and Guitar Lessons as a source of Income to many students.
Organize regular Blood Drives at Church with Am. Red Cross
Organize Holiday Charity Book Drives with Barnes and Noble for needy children in the Atlanta Area.
Attending 2 camps this summer for a piano masterclass and running.
Founded Musical Education Club at school.
Tutor for AP Chemistry (paid)
Volunteer at Public Library
University of Georgia Academic Merit Award
Play guitar at weekly church services
Played guitar in first gig at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
I plan to compete in more piano competitions in my upcoming Senior year, and will try to put on another charity concert.
AP Scholar</p>

<p>I will have great teacher recommendations and feel confident about how I will perform in my interview.</p>

<p>Thanks for looking at this. I am undecided about my major right now but would just like an idea of where I stand in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>yeah you have a pretty good shot of getting in.</p>

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<p>I’d say that it just depends on your essays, because your stats are great.</p>

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<p>do you honestly think that this is “nothing spectacular”</p>

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<p>I would say that spectacular is someone who’s got 10+ AP’s, travels the country with his/her instrument, and wins multiple national or international awards for what they’re interested it. I’ve seen eagle scouts, 2400’s, Math Olympiads and Intel winners on these forums. I’ve seen citizens awards and all star athletes. Yeah I’m not going to be a ■■■■■ and say that I’m worthless just for attention, but “spectacular” is a special class I should think.</p>

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<p>I think your stats are pretty impressive. I think students on this site have a bizarre sense of what are amazing stats and what are not. You scored higher than 99% of the country on most of your exams, have better grades than 99% of the students out there, are #1 ranked in your school, have amazing ECs and won two state piano competitions. If you don’t get into Brown, it will only mean that the admissions process is somewhat of a crap shoot, as we all know it is. Some other elite school on your list will admit you, as long as your essays are great. Start thinking of yourself as spectacular.</p>

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<p>once someone goes above a 3.9 and above a 2300 the numbers don’t matter
at that point what the admissions officers are looking for is what kind of a person you are
a.k.a your essays, reccs, interview so on
you are obviously good enough for brown
it has low standards</p>