I’m in love with Brown because it emulates my values and objectives so precisely. I’m very, very pointed in my extracurricular activity (spending 20 hours+ per week on it) and have an SAT above Brown’s average. The one thing prohibiting me from applying ED is my class rank. I’m an asian guy ranked 26 out of ~ 350 students at my somewhat competitive high school in Connecticut. I received a B last year in AP Bio and am not projecting first sem. senior year grades to be anything spectacular due to heavy involvement in my activity and load of tough AP courses. Last year, over 30 talented, unique people applied from my school and none got in… so it seems like there’s virtually no chance for me. Will my rank and grades disqualify me immediately?
Seems to me everyone is entitled to one or two reach schools. If you don’t try you might always wonder “what if?”