Random Ivy League Chance Thread (brief)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I was thinking of applying to Brown University, and was wondering what my chances are. Brutal honesty encouraged. Thanks</p>

<p>UW GPA-3.8
W GPA-4.0-4.1
SAT 1 Reasoning- 1960
ACT Composite- 33
SAT II's- U.S. History/Literature/Math II- 690/680/580(yuck)</p>

<p>Activities/Awards
-Won a city-wide competition in which I designed an advertisement for a local company that was then published in the newspaper.</p>

<p>Community Service: 250+ Hours
-At 2 different food shelters
-Local nonprofit television station
-Planting trees</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities</p>

<p>-Varsity Wrestling 10th,11th,12th grades. Lettered all three years. Team Captain since 11th grade.
-Varsity Swimteam, 9th,10th,11th, 12th grades. Lettered since 10th grade.
-Japanese Language School since 6th grade, 3 hours a week, 40+ weeks a year.
-Piano- 9 years. Attend weekly lessons, practice daily, have performed on occasion at recitals.
-Guitar- 6 years. ^^</p>

<p>Work Experience
-For about 2.5 months, 14 hrs/week, worked at Japanese grocery store as meat+fish cutter.</p>

<p>Thank you very much</p>

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<p>go with the ACT. don't include the SAT. i don't know if you're planning on doing that, anyway. just my $.02.</p>

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<p>I heard that when using SAT II scores, the SAT Reasoning Score is inadvertantly revealed. Any truth to this?</p>

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<p>^yes, when you send one sat score you send the complete history.</p>

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<p>I have similar stats and I am applying to Brown. (Except for SAT IIs, which I did a little better on)</p>

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<p>To be honest, I don't think you'd be accepted RD. Your stats are a bit low (ACT is fine, but SAT is ehh) Those SAT IIs probably would hurt as well. Like all other Ivies, brown wants SAT IIs over 700, and 700+ on ea. section of the SAT as well. </p>

<p>Your e/cs are standard. Iunno, it's hard to say how much the adcoms weigh essays and recommendations. according to princeton review, brown doesn't put so much weight on scores, but rather, secondary school report and character/talent.</p>

<p>best of luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the informative post.</p>

<p>Trust me, I would MUCH rather use my ACT score than my SAT Reasoning. I understand that adcoms can see the my SAT 1 Score when I send in the Subject Tests, but wouldn't they notice that since my ACT score is considerably higher, that that score is the one I would want them to see?</p>

<p>Is character/talent something they would look for in an essay? I can write very good (albeit not life-saving) essays that I dont think would hurt. As for Secondary School History I already know that's gonna hurt, just gotta live with that.</p>

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<p>bring up my post</p>

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<p>You do not have to submit Subject Tests to Brown, they need the ACT or the SAT and Subject Tests.</p>

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<p>Only send the ACT and I'm usre you'll have a good shot of admission but you're pretty much an average applicant for them so good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys. ConLax11, when you say "average applicant", what kind of chances are implied?
Again, thanks guys for the help.</p>

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<p>Average Applicant in the Brown Pool or Average in the entirety of College Application as a whole?</p>

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<p>bring up my post</p>

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<p>average means...?</p>

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<p>Super-reach, impossible, no chance? The silence is killing me...</p>

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<p>he means you are an average brown applicant. u have a 50/50 shot id say (at worst, 40/60)</p>

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<p>oh and dont send your sat scores.</p>

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<p>I got deffered with the following:
hope this helps</p>

<p>White, Jewish male from western massachusetts
small, but competitive, public high school</p>

<p>SAT: 2140, m690, v690, w760
SAT II's: Bio M 700, Math 2c 720, USH 690
Rank: 2/65
GPA: 4.37 out of 4.5
AP US: 5, didn't even take the course</p>

<p>Transcript lowest grade is an A-, only twice
First quarter senior year:
Honors physics A+
Honors Biochemistry A+
AP Studio Art A
AP French A
AP Calc A
Humanities A
Internship A+
Concert Band A</p>

<p>Most rigorous course load possible</p>

<p>Hooks: i am from western, yes western, not eastern mass
class president four the past 5 years in a row
got the Brown Book Award (only for Brown I guess)</p>

<p>recs should be really good and essay was definitely out of the norm, yet very well-written</p>

<p>crap load of other EC's as follows:
Varsity Tennis Team (2003 - Present) 8 hours per week
Varsity Golf Team (2005 - Present) 10 hours per week
Varsity Crew Team (2003 - 2005)
Student Council Member (2002 - Present)
Member of High School Quiz Team (2003 - Present) 2 hours per week
Member of As School Match Wits Television Show Team (2005 - Present)
High School French Club (2003 - Present) 1 hour per week
High School Concert Band Percussionist (2003 - Present)
High School Marching Band Percussionist (2003 - Present)
High School Jazz Ensemble Percussionist (2002 - 2005)
High School Mock Trial Program (2005 - Present) 2 hours per week
Junior Class Prom Committee - 2006
Yearbook Committee (2006 - Present) 1 hour per week
High School Peer Education (2004 - Present)
National Honor Society Peer Tutoring (2005 - Present) .5 hours per week
High School Art Club (2003 - Present)</p>

<p>bunch of awards and honors too:
Just selected with 1 other student to represent the school at Deval Patrick's inaugural ceremony in Boston. I will have the opportunity to meet the governor-elect and have open discussion with him.
Recipient of The Brown University Book Award (given to the individual in the junior class “Who Best Combines Academic Excellence with Clarity in Written and Spoken Expression”)
Recipient of The 2006 Art Award (given to four members of the junior class who show “Outstanding Skill in Visual Arts”)
Recipient of The Foreign Language Achievement Award (given to a select few members of the junior class who show “Strong Interest in the Study of Culture and Language and Achieved the Highest Level of Proficiency in French”)
Recipient of the Kodak Young Leaders Award (given to four members of the junior class “in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and leadership”)
Recipient of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship
Nominated for the Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate
Received distinction of Lauréat National on the Concours National De Français
Twice-received distinction of Lauréat Du Chapitre on the Concours National De Français
Three-time Participant in the Annual Berkshire County High School Art Show, exhibiting artwork at the Norman Rockwell Museum
Recipient of The English Book Award (given to two members of the freshman class)
Two-Year Member of the The National Honor Society (“Membership is based on Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character”)
Recipient and delegate of the 10th Annual Massachusetts Student-Athlete Citizenship Awards Ceremony (April 11th, 2006)
Asked by music and art teachers to design poster for The Lenox High School Fine Arts Night (May 2006)
Yearbook Cover Design selected for The Class of 2007 Yearbook (October 2006)</p>

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<p>Pardon me for my ignorance, but being deferred means that you early-applied, were not accepted early, and still have a chance for regular decision, correct?</p>

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<p>yeah it does</p>