<p>honestly speaking, i’m a pretty mediocre student. I mean, i’m pretty intelligent but i’ve squandered my high school years. I’ll be applying to the likes of Boston College, NYU, etc., but i figured that since i had an empty spot for a reach college, i’d go for the gold - which is why i plan on applying to Brown on the ridiculous offchance that i could get in. Behold my stats:</p>
<p>Rank - Not sure but probably something like barely 20% out of 320 kids</p>
<p>GPA - Something like 3.65 weighted for freshman to junior, which is in between a B and a B+ for unweighted</p>
<p>SATs - surprisingly high - 2360 - 780 (CR) 800 (M) 780 (W)</p>
<p>SAT II’s - 740 Lit, 750 Math IC</p>
<p>E.C.'s - Nothing amazing: FBLA (won 2 awards at regionals), Varsity Golf, a lot of music oriented stuff (jazz/symphonic bands, youth orchestras, private lessons, play 3 instruments, etc.) a lot of community service, etc. I have like two leadership positions at most, so yeah.</p>
<p>Essay - Only started writing it but i figure it’ll be good - writing has always been the one thing i was truly good at (plus whenever i read essays that got into Harvard and Princeton, i can always see how mine could be better).</p>
<p>Lastly, i should mention that i had a bit of an epiphany this summer and decided that life is boring without working hard, thus i’ve decided to literally get all A’s senior year. I improved marginally during junior year, but i plan on going all out next school year in order to have a wicked mid-year report. </p>
<p>So in short, will a godly mid year report and a ridiculous essay make up for all of my shortcomings? I’m not even talking about whether i can get in or not - i’m just asking if i should spend the money to apply or just not bother applying altogether.</p>