<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I am currently a sophmore in high school and aspire to enroll in Brown. Besides maintaining a high gpa and test scores, what else can I accomplish to add depth to an application? I would like to be in the pre-med program, particular in the likes of neuroscience.</p>
<p>My school uses block scheduling, in which I have four classes per day, each being 90 minutes long. I have those classes for two marking periods, and then I have four new classes for the second half of the year. This year, I am taking honors american lit, honors history, honors american politicts, honors spanish 3, chemistry, bio, geometry, chorus, and a computer class. I plan on taking three AP classes next year, AP euro, AP english, and AP Spanish 4. I additionally plan to take honors chemistry, pre-calc, and psychology.</p>
<p>This summer, I am participating in the People to People Student Ambassador Program, and will be in Europe for 20 days. I am also planning to volunteer at a local hospital. What other summer programs bolster ones application? Thanks</p>
<p>People to People most likely will not help for college apps unless you can some how factor it into a killer essay. I am curious what the responses for this will be since I’m also a sophomore and really like Brown.</p>
<p>We are probally one of the thousands who are hah. I may ditch P2P to attend summer pograms at Hopkins and Brown. Any other insight?</p>
<p>I had a friend who was a group leader for P2P. Seemed like a way to get money from families and call it something else. I mean the food they ate was pretty bad for the $$ they paid.</p>
<p>Thanks. As I previously stated, I very well may not participate in P2P. I would rather enroll in a three week program at brown and two classes at hopkins. Any other replies to my origional post.</p>
<p>Mburgos13- you sound like me when I was a sophomore. I’m applying this year, so I don’t have any real authority on admissions, but I would suggest instead of doing an expensive program to try and get a research position in a (neuro)science lab. There are plenty of lab heads and professors that are eager to pass on their knowledge to today’s youth, and if you have an internship/ research job under your belt, I think it’s more impressive than spending three weeks taking a class. Bonus points if you can do your own research project. But I think even if you’re just in a lab doing the grunt work, it shows that you’re really interested in the field, not just passively claiming to be.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>It is too early to select colleges. It is ill advised to build your hopes and plan your schedule around getting into one particular college. But if you want to be on track for highly competitive colleges, you should select as rigorous a schedule as you can handle. To get into a top school, you ideally should be in the top of your class and taking the hardest classes offered.</p>
<p>You should try to get to calculus level math. Aren’t you skipping Algebra 2?</p>
<p>You need strong and well developed EC’s that demonstrate depth and committment.</p>
<p>Find something you love to do, and do it. Make the world – your school, your community, however you define it – a better place, and have fun while doing it.</p>
<p>Brown Parent, Good call. To me , Brown symbolizes the hard work and academic success I hope to achieve. It may sound outlandish, but in a way I am not focused on Brown in particular. It is more that I want to aim for Brown, as if I have the academic record to be granted admission, I can essentially enroll anywhere I choose. I am not sure if that makes any sense or is more rambling, but I struggle to describe it.</p>
<p>alfredenumen, that makes good sense. I have looked and there is not much lab work that I am eligible for. One of the main reasons for looking at a summer course is to get out of the house and keep me busy.</p>
<p>bump . please. anyone.</p>