<p>Okay, so I’m trying to decide if its really even worth my time to apply to Brown.
I absolutely love the place, but its also Brown, so lots of other people love the place. Is it even worth my time applying EDII or RD and what do my chances look like for both. Do I have a snowballs chance in hell? If I do, is the snowball big enough to squeak by?</p>
<p>SATs: Writing 760, Math 640, Critical Reading 660.
Spanish: 580, Lit 580 (Mononucliosis)
Test taking is not my forte, this is clear in my counselor rec. </p>
<p>GPA around a 3.6/3.7 at a competitive New-England Prep school. There is no class rank but I have a very high average GPA compared to most. I would say top 10-13. I made a note that there were some issues with having mono and untimely divorces. I have consistently made high honor roll. </p>
<p>Extra curricular:
Job working for the Inter-American development bank in Colombia for a summer (all in Spanish)
wrote a 70 page thesis on Colombian Economic policy afterwards.
Proctor of my dorm (Junior and Senior years. )
Eagle Scout (471 hours of CS)
Bassist (though I quit jazz band junior year out of hatred for the teacher)
I have a (small) business going custom making bass guitars to customer specifications. I have made 3 so far.
Founder of the Jam-band club and downhill-skateboarding club at my school as well as the informal debate club.
Modern dance team for 2 years (performs tri-annually)
Student-Faculty senator (writes school rules)
Member of the Honor Council for three years(school disciplinary board)
I am an avid fitness buff.
I won a poetry recitation contest between all members of my class (120 students)
I have an extensive international travel/study resume from studying new cancer treatments with hot springs and proton rays in Japan to shamanic medicine in Costa Rica. </p>
<p>Very opinionated essay on walking out of a Cultural Coffee House meeting after the teacher in charge posted pictures of kids drinking on a billboard and jeopardized their futures at my school. </p>
<p>Two very good recs: (from the dean of students/history professor and the head of the English department.)
I enjoy long walks on the beach and so-forth.
an excellent recommendation from my boss in Colombia. </p>
<p>I submitted two extra little blurbs on my experiences with international travel and what it means to me/changed my life (getting robbed at gunpoint in Colombia and visiting Palistine with an NPR reporter and an eccentric anti-Zionist writer)</p>
<p>I have a feeling the numbers game is not in my favor. Do you think the “what?” factor of my EC’s could overthrow that? </p>
<p>Honest opinions appreciated. You have probably heard it a thousand times but hey, if CC isn’t for neurotic “chance” threads I don’t know what it’s for.</p>