Brown seems incredible and I think it’s my dream school. The acceptance rate is so low, however, and applying seems daunting. Do I have a shot?
SATs:
May: M 710 W 770 R 770 (2250)
June: M 800 W 770 R 730 (2300)
Superscore: 2340
Haven’t taken SAT2s yet
GPA: 4.0
(Have taken basically hardest course load since freshman year)
Am taking hardest course load senior year
Recs will be fantastic from one teacher, very solid from the other. One supplemental rec from my music teacher, should be great as we have a very close/solid relationship and a mutual respect
Extracurriculars:
Editor in Chief of one of my school’s papers
Editor/writer for Literary Magazine
Writer for other school paper
Will possibly be “Writing Fellow” (Writing tutor, have yet to hear back from program at my school)
President of JSA
Founder and President of Speech and Debate Team
Model UN
Prestigious choir in NY (then I moved)
Lead in School Musical
Drama Club
Acapella group (leadership position)
Choir (leadership position)
Out of school choir
Will have recorded album as a supplement
Have played piano for years
Teacher’s assistant
Math tutor at school
State: MA
Gender: Female
Race: White
School: Small, private
yea you should definitely apply. You have the test scores and grades as well as the ECs. Who cares if you don’t get accepted theres plenty of other schools that will gladly accept you.
I can’t imagine why you would even question whether it is worth it to apply. All your stats are very solid and well within the range of the majority of accepted students (meaning the range of the 25th to 75th percentile or however they express the range). But, just to give you a comparator, my daughter was accepted in 2012 with lower SAT scores, not nearly as many ECs, I am pretty sure a lower GPA (not sure, still, what the whole weighting thing means) and had no hooks except legacy. Don’t know what your class rank is, but that’s probably an important stat as well. You should have as good a chance as pretty much anyone, I would think – it’s still a roll of the dice, but your stats are very impressive. Good luck and keep working hard.
Since you go to a private school, I’d ask your college guidance counselor. S/he probably has a good idea how your application compares to applicants from prior years.
And yes, of course you have a shot – it’s hard to imagine someone with a better profile than you. Doesn’t mean you’ll get in – but you will most certainly get in somewhere good if you have a balanced list of schools you are applying to.
