Please chance me for Brown ED, top LACS, and a few large public schools x

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi guys! I'm a senior from a rural/suburban part of NJ looking to become involved in international law and diplomacy. This is my first post on CC, thanks for reading!</p>

<p>Race: Caucasian
Sex: F
Income: ~150,000
State: New Jersey
GPA: 4.71 (weighted, school has yet to offer unweighted but I'd assume it's ~3.9) (upward trend)
Rank: 2/326
ACT: 35 (35/33/36/36), writing score TBA
SAT: didn't take, but got a 217 on the PSAT
SAT II: taking Lit, US History, and Math II next month, expecting >700 for all three
Intended Major: International relations with a poli sci focus!</p>

<p>Classes/Grades:
9th grade:
English H -- A+
World History H -- A+
Bio H -- A
Geometry H -- B+
Spanish 1 -- A+
Concert Choir -- A+
Women's Choir -- A+</p>

<p>10th grade:
English 2H -- A+
US History H -- A+
Chem H -- B+
Algebra 2H -- A
Spanish 2 -- A+
Concert Choir H -- A+
Graphic Design -- A</p>

<p>11th grade:
AP English Lang -- A+
AP Biology -- A
AP US History -- A+
Precalc/Trig H -- A
Spanish 3 -- A+
Concert Choir H -- A+
Personal Finance -- A+
C++ Programming -- A</p>

<p>12th grade:
AP Calc AB
AP English Lit
AP Macroeconomics
AP World History
AP Government</p>

<p>AP Scores: 5 on APUSH, 5 on Lang, 3 on Bio (ew)</p>

<p>ECs:
Model UN -- 4 years -- President last year and this year, VP my sophomore year. I've attended 8 conferences and received 8 awards. My school's team is hosting our conference this year after 2 years of preparation. I've also attended one Mock Congress conference just for fun!
Executive Student Council President -- 2 years (VP last year); I organize all schoolwide events, do the announcements every day, and attend all BOE meetings as the student rep for my township
Relay for Life Team Captain/Walker -- 4 years; this year I am the student rep for the event
School Musical -- 4 years -- ensemble/dance company roles, lead expected this year
Jazz/chamber choir -- 2 years -- placed 2nd and 4th at two national competitions
Class of 2015 President -- 2 years (freshman and sophomore year)
NHS VP -- 2 years -- I tutor HS and middle school kids every other week
Mu Alpha Theta -- 2 years
Student Liaison at the Teen Coffeehouse in my town -- 2 years --I organize open mics and movie nights at least once a month
Published poet -- 4 years --published 3 times with Creative Communications, 3 times in print with Teen Ink (11 times online), twice with the Live Poets of NJ
Interned last year with the Longpond Ironworks National Park society, did reenactments and tours of the park, made and distributed informational materials </p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
Commended National Merit Scholar
Scholastic Arts & Writing 2014 Awards: Gold Key & Silver Key for Poetry in the Northeast region at large</p>

<p>Misc. info:
Took an International Relations course at UMD College Park this past summer as part of the Young Scholars program -- got an A (4.0 GPA at UMD)</p>

<p>Commonapp stuff:
Essay 10/10: my English teacher this year, who is also a prof at NYU, told me I've mastered the art of the college essay; it's a playful yet intellectual account of my relationship with books. I finished it in June and have been tweaking it since then.
Recs: should be good, one is from my APUSH teacher and the other is from my AP Lang teacher.</p>

<p>Considering all that, please chance me for:
Brown ED (visited, attended 2 info sessions)
Wellesley EE (visited, will be attending the Discovery weekend in October)
Williams (visited)
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
BU EA (visited)
Northeastern EA (visited)
UMD College Park Priority Deadline (visited)
Harvard (visited)</p>

<p>Thank you in advance, and good luck to my fellow seniors during the application process this year!</p>

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<p>In my senior year schedule I forgot Spanish 4H and Concert Choir H, sorry!</p>

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<p>Bump!</p>

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<p>Brown ED and Wellesley ED are good fits and you’re clearly competitive, but that still means your odds are perhaps 1 in 3.
If you don’t get in at Brown ED and/or Wellesley EE, revisit your list and remove 2 from Williams, JHU, G’Town, Harvard. I’m surprised you didn’t include Tufts (one of the top IR programs in the country), Occidental (“semester campaign” and “semester at the UN” are both selective but excellent for your stated goals), Dickinson, GWU, and American.
Northeastern and BU are strange choices, especially Northeastern - what’s your rationale?
If you’re a MD resident, UMD-Honors is probably a safety.
Have you run the Net Price Calculator on EACH of those, then brought the results to your parents? What’s their budget? Are they expecting you to win scholarships, or do you need a 100% need school?</p>

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<p>@MYOS1634‌ Thank you for your response! The results from Brown ED and Wellesley EE will be somewhat telling, so I agree with your recommendation. In the event that I am rejected from both I may remove JHU and Harvard.
As for the other schools you mentioned, I’m considering Tufts and American, but the others really don’t seem “me”. I know that may seem contradictory considering I listed some anomalies – BU and Northeastern – however I’ve visited both and quite liked them. Northeastern has a fabulous Co-op program that can give students international experiences in their fields (including IR) that go beyond studying a semester abroad. Not to mention I am very familiar with NEU from visiting it when some of my relatives attended.
I have run the Net Price calculator on all of these with my parents, and they’ve decided on a budget. I do not require a 100% need school and the pricetag Brown provided on their calculator is a pretty good match to what they are willing to provide. I am also applying to a considerable number of outside scholarships, so that should help as well… Again thank you for giving me such a comprehensive response!</p>