<p>Out of all the Ivy Leagues, I really don’t know which one is for me. I want to major in Political Science and Foreign Languages. I’m absolutely obsessed with foreign languages and I want to continue to pursue them in college. I currently take 2 AP language classes so maybe that’ll show you how dedicated I am to them. I love history classes also. I’m taking AP Government and AP Euro. I took AP US also. I want to explore this further in college. </p>
<p>I don’t like colleges with strict requirements and rules. I don’t like colleges that are intensely competitive like Princeton or Yale, but that doesn’t mean I’m not a competitive person by nature. Ugh, I don’t know what else to say… </p>
<p>My only problem would be my GPA. It’s a 3.97 weighted. It dropped from a 4.1 because last year I had a lot of health issues so I had to miss a lot of school days… I’m ranked 50 also which kinda sucks.I think out of 350 people. But senior year, I have all A’s and A+'s in my AP classes so I think I’m doing alright. But my SAT scores is a 2100. </p>
<p>I think that you are qualified for Brown, and I think Brown is an amazing place, but I feel like being in DC might b a better idea (more internships) … or the general area. Maybe consider Georgetown, GW, Hopkins, and even schools a little farther like UPenn! But in the end it’s up to you! If you don’t get the best feeling at Brown, you shouldn’t apply! Good luck and I hope you figure out what you want to do!</p>
<p>Brown looks like a reach statistically but honestly just go for it. If you have a lot of passion for history/language that will show, and Brown LOVES passion. Good luck.</p>
<p>What is the UW gpa? That and the rigour of your courses are more relevant, imo. </p>
<p>Sounds like Brown is a good fit for you. It is super competive for admissions, as you know, but gpa/sat isn’t everything. I advise you to write an essay that hits it out of the park. That could be the make or break for you.</p>
<p>You might be interested in the Watson Institute for International Affairs and the Taubman Center for Public Policy. Check the Poly Sci department page for the Seminars you can attend:
<a href=“Political Science | Brown University”>Political Science | Brown University;
In addition, my daughter was able to see an amazing array of speakers including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before they ran for office.</p>
<p>My daughter took Mandarin Language (2 sem) and Russian (1 sem), although she was into sciences. She said that for Mandarin they had 5 instructors for each area (writing, pronunciation, etc) and that she met once or twice a week with just one other student for a pronounciation session, in addition to regular classes. I don’t know how well she did but she was able to have conversation with a server in a Chinese restaurant I took her too once (lol.) The Russian helped her when she took a long train trip in Urkaine one semester.</p>
<p>Brown classes are rigorous, but the atmosphere within departments and between depts is cooperative–that’s just the culture there and within the student body, from my daughter’s perspective.</p>
<p>“Out of all the Ivy Leagues, I really don’t know which one is for me.”
You shouldn’t apply to any of them. You honestly don’t even seem like you want to go to Brown at all. You’re comparing it to other “Ivy Leagues,” and that’s a bit pretentious. I’m not saying you couldn’t get in, but these schools really depend upon your interest, and unless it’s pretty clear that it’s your dream school, it’s even harder to get into.</p>
<p>I said this in a past post and I’ll say it again: Brown is very difficult to get in for students with low GPAs. The reasons lies in the curriculum structure that Brown has, which is its lack of distribution requirements and its pass/fail system. Brown admissions takes high school performance in serious consideration (more so than at other elite colleges), to help ensure that students don’t take advantage of the system and slack off in college. The logic is that students who get straight A’s (or near straight A’s) in high school are less likely to take advantage of Brown’s open curriculum than students with less stellar grades.</p>
<p>Other schools may be more lenient with low GPA if they are countered with rigorous coursework, positive trends, other desirable institutional needs, and/or factors that are out of your control (family emergencies, health, etc.). From my observations, generally speaking, Brown is not one of those schools. Since even your Weighted GPA is below a 4.0, you are going to need an extremely compelling reason as to why Brown should admit you.</p>