Please CHANCE me for Brown!

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<p>Specifically, I am looking to apply to Harvard, Brown, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Stanford (amongst others I am also considering). Please chance me. Your help is much appreciated!</p>

<p>Country: Canada
Ethnicity: Asian (female)</p>

<p>IB/AP: not offered at my high school (however, I am taking the most rigorous courses offered, such as calculus, etc.)
Average (in %): consistently in the 90s, usually around 95%
SAT Score: First time with zero practice: 2030 (CR: 630, Writing: 660, Math: 740). I expect a MUCH better 2nd score!!!
SAT Subject Tests: will be taking 3 in November </p>

<p>Essay writing skills: excellent
Teacher recs: will be stupendous
Interview skills: excellent</p>

<p>Interests, Volunteer & Work Experience: piano (level 8 certificate), violin for a few years, volunteer at a hospital (200+hrs), volunteer tutoring at school, work at a library, many other volunteer events… </p>

<p>School involvement: was very involved in music in gr.9 (many bands and even choir), many youth justice groups in gr.11 & planning to join again in gr.12 (probably…), badminton intermurals in gr.10</p>

<p>Leadership: link crew leader at school (we welcome new gr.9 students and plan fun activities!), lead kids through educational activities at a volunteer event</p>

<p>Awards & Special things: various academic awards at school, various piano awards from festivals (got selected to advance to provincials, but became very ill… this is a touchy subject… I ended up not being able to attend because I was taking 8 pills a day and I felt so horrible ): … ANYWAYS), painting (art was shown at a festival and displayed in a <em>professional</em> art gallery; honourable mention in Robert Bateman contest)</p>

<p>Oh and I have a customer service training certificate for disabled/impaired customers.</p>

<p>Field I’m going to go in to: medical/health sciences</p>

<p>Please chance me, especially for Brown, Johns Hopkins, and Harvard (my top 3)!</p>

<p>And all BS aside… I actually have a personality. I am not a brainiac automaton who sits around and studies all day long. I think that I am an intriguing person.</p>

<p>Thank you for your time</p>

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<p>Brown:61.38% +/- 25.2% depending on your essays.</p>

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<p>Low chances. An asian 2030 at Brown/Harvard just won’t cut it. Since your asian you’ll need 2300+.</p>

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<p>She said she was retaking. And there’s no required SAT score, whether you’re asian or not. It’s true that if you have a weaker SAT score, you’ll need to compensate for it in other areas of your application, but I think if your next score is higher you’ll be fine (especially if your essay humanizes you).</p>

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<p>I also think the SAT is too low. While I wouldn’t say you need a 2300 SAT, I would not recommend applying to Brown without a 2100 and solid SAT Subject scores (over 700 on each).</p>

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<p>Alright, that’s pretty encouraging. Thank guys! I will definitely get over 2100 on the next SAT, as I’ve actually prepared this time. I just love everything about Brown and I hope I will make it!</p>

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<p>btw: @mattgriffin, where did you get the percentage from? It’s so precise, I’m just curious.</p>