Someone please tell me

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<p>if I’m acting rationally by thinking I even have the tiniest chance of getting into Brown, or being completely stupid, irrational, and adolescent, and wasting my time writing up my own thread.</p>

<p>Someone evaluate my chances at Brown…</p>

<p>Am I just too optimistic or am I just a complete idiot by thinking I might even have a modicum of a chance of getting into Brown? Am I better off transferring into Brown later?</p>

<p>I have a 3.6 GPA, predicting mid- to high- 2100’s on the SAT, 630 Bio-E, predicting like close to 800 US History and French, recommendations will likely be glowing, essay will be probably pretty good (no excuse for turning in a bad admissions essay), my extracurriculars: Amnesty Int’l, JSA, Environmental Club, Symposium.</p>

<p>BTW, I’m still a junior. By the end of the yr, I’ll have taken 2 AP’s and 5 honors. I’m planning to take 4-5 AP’s senior year as well. I go to a pretty well-regarded private school in CA.</p>

<p>I’ve had my own thread (in the Chances forum) for awhile and some people were suggesting that I get my SAT in the 2300 range and apply to Columbia or Penn, though that seems preposterous to me.</p>

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<p>Take a look at the ED thread on this same forum. I don't think that you will find any acceptances with your anticipated credentials unless they had a hook: URM, published writer, recruited athlete, or the like.</p>

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<p>Brown seems to look at things holistically, not just adding up the stats and going with the top ones. So, of course, there is a chance.</p>

<p>Is there anything in your application that would really stick out? Why would Brown be the best match for you?</p>