Sorry, it's another "What are my chances?" thread

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<p>What do you think my chances are of getting into Brown? It’s my number one, but I couldn’t apply ED because I still have not been able to visit. Anyway, here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA - 4.7 on a 4.0 scale (goes up to 5.0 if you take all honors/AP)
ACT - 32 with 11 on writing</p>

<p>Extracurriculars</p>

<p>Newspaper - Co-Editor-In-Chief, Asst. News Editor
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur - Co-Fundraising Director
Interact (Community Service Org)
Diving - I dove up until this year. I was on Varsity for two years.
Tennis - I played up until this year. I was on Varsity last year.</p>

<p>APs - European History - 5
AB Calculus - 5
U.S. History - 4
I’m currently taking 4 AP classes (Stats, World Hist., Spanish Lang., and English).
I have never taken a regular academic course.</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
NHS
Cum Laude
Nominated for National Young Leaders Conference
National Merit Scholarship Program – Letter of Commendation (never took the SAT, so couldn’t advance anymore)
Academic Honor Roll
AP Scholar Award
Illinois State Scholar
Newspaper awards -
Editor’s Award – Selected by all editors (2006-2007)
Most Bylines (2006-2007)
Best News Writer (2006-2007)
Northern Illinois School Press Association Conference – Blue Ribbon for In-Depth Reporting (2006-2007)
Quill & Scroll (2007)</p>

<p>I also participated in a foreign exchange program, in which a student stayed with me for 10 days during the fall of 2006 and I stayed with him for 10 days during the spring of 2007.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, around 14 people from my class are applying to Brown. I’m not at the top of the heap, but I’m certainly not at the bottom. I do have a connection to the Midwest Director of Admissions, though. My mom and dad have been good friends with her aunt and uncle for a long time. My dad was actually friends with the director’s uncle when he was a kid, too.</p>

<p>So what do you think? And congrats to EDers!</p>

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<p>I think you have a decent chance; however, I cringe a little inside whenever I see someone listing their "nomination" to NYLC or an equivalent program on their college application. Almost all of those issue letters to everyone with above a 3.5 GPA! </p>

<p>Again, though...chances are dec, I think you've assessed yourself correctly: "I'm not at the top of the heap, but I'm certainly not at the bottom."</p>

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<p>i agree with mflevity, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>So do you think that I should take off the nomination, mflevity? I can see why that might bother someone who's reading my application.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, mflevity and newjack.</p>

<p>Anyone else wanna weigh in?</p>

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<p>I would take it off...unless, of course, you actually attended. The nomination is not selective, but some have gone and had great experiences.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/199281-national-young-leaders-conference.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/199281-national-young-leaders-conference.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>^See this, and many more.</p>