Sorry! Another "ED chance" thread (u guys must be tired looking at these..)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Hi all…
Its another anxious senior
who wants to be a brown student…</p>

<p>Even though I’ve been looking into this school only for few months,
I like brown’s open curriculum, “students are most happy” traditions, and general atmosphere (from what im hearing)</p>

<p>So I’m definitely going to early decision here
but I do not know how much chance I have…</p>

<h2>OK here we go…</h2>

<p>Nationality: South Korean
(Came to US 4 years ago)
School: Public school in California</p>

<p>@ GPA: 3.8 UW//4.2 W
uw 9th GPA[1st sem.] 4.0 // [2nd sem.] 3.83 (w. 4.0/3.83)
uw 10th GPA[1 sem.] 4.0 // [2nd sem.] 3.83 (w. 4.16/4.0)
uw 11th GPA [1sem.] 3.5(…) // [2nd sem.] 3.68 (w. 4.33/4.5)</p>

<ul>
<li>the reason my weighted gpa is high is that our district weights certain “honors” courses…</li>
<li>my 9th grade classes are not good because I did not speak English well at that time… (well… it’s not so great now either)</li>
</ul>

<p>@ Class Rank: top 6~8% (Most likely 7%)</p>

<p>@ AP scores:
AP English Language - 2 (sigh…)
AP European History- 4
AP US History- 4
AP World History- 5</p>

<p>@ Classes I’m going to take in my senior year:
AP Eng Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Bio
Ap Psy
Japanese IV Honors
Civics/ Economic CP</p>

<p>@ SAT I:
planned to take in Oct.
Hopefully will get 2100ish…</p>

<p>@ SAT II:
SAT Korean: 780 (0_0; i must be pretty stupid.)
SAT Math IIC: 670
SAT Bio E: 690
SAT World History: 750</p>

<p>*I’m panning to retake math and bio and take USH in nov.
(hopefully will get 700+ on them)</p>

<p>@ ECs: (sigh… this should be my weakest point along with SAT I)</p>

<li><p>JNHS club (05-06 Board Member; 06-07 President) [4 years]
-> (03-04: Best Club of the Year; 04-05 Most Inspirational Club of the Year; 05-06 Best Club of the Year) </p></li>
<li><p>Builder’s society club (05-06 Secretary; 06-07 Rep.) [3 years]</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered in local library as a libray clerk - approx. 300 hours</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteered in local food bank - approx. 30 hours</p></li>
</ol>

<p>@ Awards:
-Academic:

  1. Premio de Oro Awards:
    (teachers select 5 best students and among 5 1 gets a medal)</p>

<p>in World History CP *medalist (9th)
in Algebra I (9th)
in English CP (10th)
in AP European History (10th)</p>

<ul>
<li>Etc:</li>
<li>04-05 Best Club member of the Year </li>
<li>05-06 JNHS Board member of the Year</li>
<li>various club member of the months awards…</li>
</ul>

<p>@ Letter of Rec.
Although I can not say this for sure yet
at least I think one of my teacher would give me an exceptional one… (if not better)
and the other one should be fine also…</p>

<p>@ Classes I took in community college:

  • CSU/UC trasferable units
  • Anthro 115: Physical Anthropology - A
  • Enlgish 100: Freshmen Composition - A</p>

<p>@ Prospective Major:</p>

<h2>- Old World Archaeology and Art </h2>

<p>Unlike so many brilliant cc students here,
I do not have 4.0 uw gpa,10 APs, 2300 sats or have amazing ecs either…</p>

<p>Do you think I still would have a chance in brown’s early decision?
arg… I’m worried…</p>

<p>I really would appreciate your concerns and inputs…</p>

<p>Thank You for your trouble and time.
Thank you!!!</p>

<p>ps. again i apologize in advance if my grammer troubled you reading this as you can see I’m still learning english…</p>

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<p>i think you answered your iwn question: "@ ECs: (sigh.. this should be my weakest point along with SAT I)"
basically, you have serious doubts about two really critical parts of the application... my guess is that you have an average to slightly better than average shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks
Somehow I knew somebody was going to say something like that, but it doesn't hurt to ask, you know.</p>

<p>ps.
is my ec that bad?
I thought I could show some kind of "passion" through my achievement(?) in those club activites and awards..</p>

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<p>Your ecs aren't that bad. Colleges tend to prefer depth to breadth, and your ecs show interest. </p>

<p>Your rank is slightly low. Students in the top 5-10% of their class were admitted at the extremely low 7.3% admit rate last year. :eek:
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>On the flip side, you're choosing an unpopular major and applying ED. In past years, only 1-8 people have majored in OWAA. If you bring this out enough in your application, it will help. <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/annrep/2005%20PDF/TABLE11_2005.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/annrep/2005%20PDF/TABLE11_2005.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>My advice would be to write excellent essays and leave plenty of time for them to be proofread and critiqued by others. I would also consider schools that range in selectivity, just in case. Beloit, Boston U, Bowdoin, College of Wooster, Cornell, Dartmouth, Davidson, Duke, Emory, George Washington, Haverford (with Bryn Mawr), Hamilton, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, NYU, Penn State, Tufts, U Chicago, UC Berkeley, UCLA, U Penn, UNC Chapel Hill, UT Austin, U Toronto, and Wesleyan come to mind. You might consider applying EA or rolling to some of these.</p>

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<p>warblersrule86//
I've been little depressed since everybody i asked "do i have chance in brown's ed" said "no"
(not that they were being mean about it.. I guess they were being candid.)</p>

<p>Anyway thank you..! Words of encouragement are always good to hear..
I will take your advice to heart thanks!!</p>

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<p>I'm applying ED and South Korean too!! :)</p>

<p>Hope to see you in Sept:)</p>