<p>Chances for early decision and regular decision, if any?</p>
<p>-GPA: 3.56uw
-SAT: M 720, CR 740, W 740, Total: 2200
-PSAT: National Merit
-Subject tests: Lit-660, USH-720
-Taking as many AP’s and honors as my school will allow me to take (11 honors, 5 AP)
-AP Lang: 5
-APUSH: 4</p>
<p>-White male from Arizona, family makes <60k
-Prestigious college preparatory
-School does not rank, but I’m in the ‘Summa Cum Laude’ program- the most regarded, most competitive diploma, which is typically a good indicator of top 10%
-Prospective major is philosophy/neuroscience</p>
<p>-Founder and president of Philosophy Club
-Vice president of Politics Club
-Diversity/International Club board member; went with the club on a three-day ‘cultural exchange’ trip to our sister school in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
-“Friends of the Orphans” Club President; went on an 8-day volunteer trip to an orphanage in Mexico in March; went back for another 8 days in July
-Over 100 hours community service</p>
<p>-3 years varsity track for school
-Scholar-Athlete Award
-Club track during the summer and off season (Track Athlete Year Round)
-Qualified for and placed 27th overall in the USATF Junior Olympics National Championship for 110m hurdles (basically nationals for club track) (regionals came before this)
-Very good recommendations
-Past employment as a lifeguard</p>
<p>If anything would create a chance for me, I would think that it would be my EC’s. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Brown, Huh? With those stats your chances are not very good.Nice SAT though, you should aim at lower ranked school.</p>
<p>jnoelsaint957 – If he’s in the top 10% of his class, that obviously indicates that his GPA is good for his school. The only thing that’s really lacking in his app is his SAT 2 scores… besides that, his chances are good. ECs are pretty good, so if you write a good essay, you should probably have a fighting chance.</p>
<p>yes being in the top 10% makes perfect.However Brown is extremely competitive and he will be competing against kids around the nation for a spot.It’s an uphill battle,i’m just saying.His SAT scores and his courses are very impressive.I say he should apply, but i’m sure he knows the odds are against him.</p>
<p>I would actually say you have pretty good chances! (and I’ve followed a lot of applicants over the years.) Have other students from your school gone to Brown in the recent past, or to other Ivies? and if so, how does your class rank compare to them? That is something that with a school that looks like it does not have the grade inflation of most, will have to be well communicated by your college adviser to the admissions dept. (ie if you are in top 10%, and historically how those top 10% have done at comparable schools. ) If Brown has previously accepted students from your school, that makes that easier.
In your favor: geography.
track: do you plan to continue, if so how do your stats compare with current Brown track? If well, definitely search out contact with Brown coaching.
Keep up your grades, continue in depth with any above EC passion and let that passion show in your ap. I think you have a chance (and everything about Brown admissions is just that: chancy. ) Your chances are not really any better ED than regular unless you are a recruited athelete, so that really boils down to is Brown unequivocally your no questions first choice? If so then only detriment to applying ED is that it does it make it so you haven’t been able to “■■■■■ the waters” to compare financial aide from multiple other schools.</p>