Please chance me for BROWN! (and columbia if you want)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>I am currently a junior. Please forgive me if I come off conceited. I’m really sorry.</p>

<p>I’m going to apply Early Decision to Columbia University, and I’m planning to go into pre-med. But I am also planning on applying to Brown if I get deferred/rejected (hopefully not). </p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: 2260 (I’m going to retake it, but the breakdown currently is 790M, 730CR, 740W)
SAT Bio M - 800
SAT Chem - 800
SAT Math II - 800</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0/4.3 unweighted and 4.75/5.0 weighted. I’m somewhere from 5th to 8th in my class of 420 students.</p>

<p>AP Coursework (11 listed): AP Bio (10), AP Chem (10), AP Language and Compostion (11), AP American History (11), AP Calculus BC (11), AP Physics B (11), AP Statistics (12), AP Environmental Sci (12), AP Literature and Compostion (12), AP Psychology (12), AP Econ (12).</p>

<p>College Coursework:
UConn Spanish V (12) - An immersion course by University of Connecticut.
Fairfield University - “Human Biology: Form and Function” taught by Dr. Indrani Dutta. It’s an undergraduate level Biology course. I ended up with a 99% in it.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Medical-Related Activities and Achievements:

  • Qualified for and completed 30 hours in a medical internship under dermatologist Dr. William A. Notaro (11)
  • Completed 42 hours as a volunteer at the Pathology Labs at Danbury Hospital (10)
  • Completed 35 hours as a volunteer at the Dialysis Unit of Danbury Hospital under Dr. Winston Shih, Dr. Raymond Raut, and Dr. Howard Garfinkel (11)
  • Completed 17 hours as a nursing-volunteer at the Ashlar Senior Home (9, 10)
  • UPenn Biomedical Research (2009) - A research immersion program that I had to apply to for the summer based off of SAT scores, essay, and extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Science Related Activities and Achievements

  • Science Quiz Bowl Team (9, 10, 11)
  • 3rd place and 7th seeded science quiz bowl team at 2008 U.S. High School Northeast Science Bowl (10)
  • 4th place and 4th seeded science quiz bowl team at 2009 U.S. High School Northeast Science Bowl (11)
  • 2008 Connecticut Chemistry Olympiad State Finalist (10)
  • John’s Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Program in the summer for sciences (2007 and 2008)
  • Fast-Paced Chemistry Course and Laboratory under Dr. Art Frankel at JHU CTY (9)
  • Fast-Paced Physics Course and Laboratory under Dr. William Kallfel at JHU CTY (10)
  • Yale Labs (2009) - I research along with my principle investigator, a PHD at Yale who I follow as a mentor. This consumes most of the summer.</p>

<p>Mathematics Related Activities and Achievements

  • Founded the Math Team (9)
  • President of the Math Team (9, 10, 11)
  • 2nd Place Team for Western Connecticut Mathematics League Tournament (11)
  • Completed 45.5 hours of volunteer work as a Math Tutor for high school students (9, 10, 11)
  • AMC Recognition Award (10)</p>

<p>Debate Related Activities (9, 10, 11)

  • Junior-Varsity Debate on the Lincoln-Douglas National Circuit (9)
  • Varsity Debate on the Connecticut Extemporaneous Circuit (9)
  • Varsity Debate on the Lincoln-Douglas National Circuit (10, 11)
  • 8th Speaker at 3rd Connecticut Extemporaneous Tournament of 2008-2009 (11)
  • Double-Octofinalist at the Princeton Classic in the Varsity Division (11)
  • 2007-2008 Best Underclassman Debater Award with a season record of 15-8 (10)
  • Captain-elect for the 2009-2010 [Senior] year (I have to take care of a roughly $20,000 budget).
  • Summer of 2007 National Debate Forum Debater in the Varsity Locke Lab (10)</p>

<p>Athletics

  • Obtained varsity letter in golf (9)
  • NHS Boys Varsity Golf (9, 10, 11)
  • 2007 South-West Conference Academic Team Award (9)
  • 2007 South-West Conference League Champions (9)
  • 2008 South-West Conference Academic Team Award (10)
  • 2008 South-West Conference League Runner-Up Team (10)
  • Selected teaching assistant for PGA Professional John Hiteshew – completed 30 hours (10, 11)
  • Probably placing at some Connecticut State Junior Golf Tournaments.</p>

<p>Religious Services

  • Drummer of the junior youth group praise team (9)
  • Drummer of the primary youth group praise team (10,11)
  • I ended up playing for the church’s fundraising concert in order to make money for church repairs. Recently our church burned down due to a severe electrical problems =’(.</p>

<p>Other Awards and Achievements

  • 2008 English Department Chair Book Award (10)
  • Spanish Honors Society Award (10)
  • 2008 CAPT Mastery Award (Perfect Mathematics Score, and highest level scores in all sections) (10)</p>

<p>Other/Misc:

  • Korean-American
  • Connecticut
  • $125,000+, so i wont be applying for financial aid.
  • PLEASE CHANCE/COMMENT!</p>

<p>As for recommendations and personal statements, I guess, to be safe, we can assume they will be decent (or a little better than average - whatever that means to you).</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Good chance. Your fine, dont worry about retaking SATs.</p>

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<p>holy friggin insane stats…
how could you NOT get in?</p>

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<p>Go for PLME!</p>

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<p>I would cut down on the number of activities and focus on developing your leadership roles and increasing your proficiency in a select few roles. For example: becoming a better debater and entering (and winning) more higher-level debate competitions.</p>

<p>Don’t spread yourself too thin. This is relevant because you won’t be able to fit some of your activities on your college applications (most of them, including the Common App, restrict the number of activities you can put down), and your essays can’t refer to more than a handful of them as well. So the details that really matter are the depth and scope of your high-profile activities. It looks like science might be one of them, although as an Asian student, you need to balance that with a non-stereotypical activity as you write the “deep dive” essay(s) for your Columbia and Brown applications.</p>

<p>Finally, a word of caution on your obvious drive towards medical school. It hurts your chances at the top schools to state your interest in becoming a physician. Already, almost 25% of all medical students (and about 1/3 of med school applicants) are Asians. Quotas are there to serve a purpose: to ensure that Asian students do not dominate undergraduate and med school enrollments. Back in the early 20th century, the same was true for Jewish students (the so-called “Jewish problem” encountered by the Ivies).</p>

<p>Best of luck to you in the next few months!</p>