<p>I'm trying to decide whether or not to apply early to Brown (it's my first choice), so thoughts on the effect of ED would be great, as well as any comments as to whether or not I even have a chance of getting in (darn acceptance rate!)...</p>
<p>School: suburban Phila, v. competitive (sends many grads to "top" schools)</p>
<p>GPA: UW 3.75- 3.8, upward trend with just 1 B junior year</p>
<p>All Honors classes except for 3 APs junior year (Calc, Lang/Comp, USH) and 4 senior year
Senior year- AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, AP Stat, Spanish 4 Honors, Art, Journalism Honors</p>
<p>SAT:
took twice, highest combined= 2360 (800CR, 760M, 800W- 12 on essay)
SAT II= 730 US History and 730 Lit</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
-Track (Pole Vault, 9, 10, 11, 12)-- JV 9, then varsity
-World Affairs Club (10, 11, 12)-- sort of a Model UN
-Amnesty International (10, 11, 12)-- Co-Pres (11), then Pres (12)
-buildOn (community service/activism- 10, 11, 12)-- VP (11), Pres (12)
-Theater- Publicity crew one show(9), Crew and then "Crewhead" (10- like vars. credit)
-Culinary Arts Club (10,11)
-Writer for school newspaper (10, 11, 12)
-Features Editor- newspaper (11)
-News Editor (12)
-Peer Leader (11, 12)
-9 years of piano lessons- no competitions, I just love to play
Some other assorted leadership groups (spinoffs of these orgs)</p>
<p>-Member of Student Steering and Advisory Committee for World Affairs Council Phila
(group of 10 or so students helping the WAC with programming)</p>
<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE (basically one of my favorite things):
-Volunteered delivering food boxes (5 hr/month) with JRA for upwards of six years
-SAT tutor disadvantaged students for 2 hours on most Saturdays
-hundreds of hours with buildOn (<a href="http://www.buildon.org-%5B/url%5D">www.buildon.org-</a> a GREAT organization) at various projects
-Volunteer Coordinator for the Friendship Circle (11)
-Summer community service volunteering at women's cooperative bakery and youth activism group in El Salvador
-Summer studying sustainable development and volunteering in eastern Kashmir and studying education in Delhi (India)</p>
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<li>Was selected as one of twelve Philadelphia students to travel on an all-expenses paid "Trek" to Mali through buildOn. We helped to build a school and lived with local families-- didn't count hours, but it was 4+ each day for two weeks. (Another plug for buildOn!)
To where they're needed | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/04/2009</li>
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<p>Wrote an article in local paper about building school in Africa vs. new school in district
Teacher recs should be pretty awesome
My essays will turn out to be great (hopefully) as soon as they're started/finished</p>
<p>I'm very interested in international/global affairs (particularly international development studies). I really like the sound of the "Development Studies" major @ Brown.</p>
<p>So how much would playing the early D card help me? And thoughts on regular admission?
Much appreciated, peace!</p>