Please chance me for Brown?

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<p>Visited recently after much research beforehand and I’m fairly certain I’d like to apply to Brown ED 2016</p>

<p>Gender: M
Location: New Jersey
College Class Year: 2016
High School: Competitive and prestigious prep school
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:
Weighted GPA (12-point scale): 11.1
Weighted GPA for Junior Year: 11.4
-We don’t calculate unweighted GPA, and my GPA would translate to about a 4.3 or 4.4 weighted GPA
-We also don’t rank, but I would fall in the top 10-15% of the class</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT I Math: 760
SAT I Critical Reading: 770
SAT I Writing: 760
SAT II Physics: 730
SAT II American History: 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Leadership positions:
-Member of the Arts Council, application required (11, 12)
-Appointed to the Student Council (12)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-Two week service trip to Tanzania run by my school, application required with only 5 students taken school-wide
-Performed in two benefit concerts to support a local cancer patient
-Occasional volunteer at the local food bank and soup kitchen</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
-National Merit Scholar Semi-finalist (based on last year’s numbers)
-AP Scholar with Honor
-Received the school Italian language award for my respective grade (9, 10, 11)</p>

<p>Misc:
-Played on school rugby team (10, 11, 12)
-Percussion ensemble (9, 10)… all music ensembles hold weekly after-school rehearsals
-Jazz ensemble (10, 11, 12)
-Wind ensemble (9, 10, 11, 12)
-Coordinator for school-run, tri-annual open-mic nights (11, 12)… proceeds from each show are donated to a charity; I helped to raise over $1000 dollars this year to put towards our service trip to Africa</p>

<p>Courses:
9th
Biology: A+
English: A-
Ancient History: A-
Italian I: A+
Algebra II: A</p>

<p>10th
Chemistry: A
English: A-
AP European History: A
Italian II: A+
Precalculus: A-</p>

<p>11th
AP Physics B: B+
AP English Lang: A
AP American History: A
Italian III: A
Calculus: A+</p>

<p>Summer:
-Two week service trip to Africa
-Part time job (20-30 hours a week)</p>

<p>12th (courses only):
AP Psychology
AP English Lit
AP Macroeconomics
AP Calculus AB
AP Music Theory</p>

<p>Thanks for reading and thanks for any and all insight!</p>

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<p>Normally I don’t offer my opinion on these chance me threads but my daughter almost went to Brown (as an athletic recruit) so we looked closely at the school.</p>

<p>Test scores and grades are good enough, I think.</p>

<p>Maybe your music will help you stand out.</p>

<p>One area you might what to improve is your Leadership resume. Being a member
of an organization isn’t leadership. Being President is.</p>

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<p>One thing any Brown student will ask you on this forum:</p>

<p>Why do you want to go to Brown? Brown accepts students who are really obvious fits, who are really aware of how Brown’s unique offerings can benefit them. </p>

<p>The rest of your resume/whatever the info you’ve given should be called is spot-on. Your profile matches most of the students who get in-- and a good chunk of those who don’t get in. </p>

<p>The way you can make the difference is by identifying what Brown means to you, and demonstrating that in your application.</p>

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<p>Your stats fit 2 groups:</p>

<p>1- those that were accepted into Brown
2- those that were rejected from Brown.</p>

<p>Brown rejects 75-90% of applicants that have superb stats: Valedictorians, Salutatorians, those with 800s on Math or CR SATs . . . Brown said no to about 70% of those with a 36 on the ACT.</p>

<p>The Messages
1- GO For It . . . but do so knowing that that Brown is a Reach for almost everybody who applies.
2 - Find and Love Thy Safeties</p>