Transfer Application Thread

<p>Let me start off by saying that I was rejected by Brown University for admission to the class of 2014. Brown has been my dream for the last three years and currently is. I understand that those who apply to transfer are accepted at a lower percentage than regular decision. I understand that I have not started my undergraduate experience yet, but I feel that Brown is where I belong and should do anything within my power to graduate from Brown.</p>

<p>I will include my application’s stats and I am asking you, College Confidential Users, to pinpoint my areas of weakness and strengths. </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 2100/2400 (700 CR, 700 M, 700 W)
SAT II: 770 U.S History, 690 Math Level 1
GPA: 97 unweighted, 99.05 weighted
Class Rank 2/87</p>

<p>Classes Taken:
Freshman year: Geometry Honors, World History 1, Japanese 2, Concert Band, Earth Science, French 1, Physical Education 9, English 9.</p>

<p>Sophomore year: World History 2, AP Us History, Algebra 2 Honors, French 3, Japanese 3, Concert Band, Pre AP English, Biology</p>

<p>Junior year: AP English Literature and Composition, Advances Math Honors, Chemistry, Concert Band, Japanese 4, French 4 (Independent Study), Physical Education elective, AP Physics, Creative Writing</p>

<p>Senior Year: AP Calculus, AP American Government, AP Statistics, Concert Band, AP English Language and Composition, Senior Capstone (For a senior project on writing a one-act play and performing the one-act play), Japanese 5, French 5.</p>

<p>College Classes taken: American Government, Introduction to Politics, Survey of Political Theory, Public Opinion, Local and State Governments</p>

<p>My college application included the following infromation:</p>

<p>Common Application Essay: Weight loss and the feelings associated with it ( I lost 50 pounds)</p>

<p>Supplement Essay: (My reaction to my mother’s death that transitioned me into a more “in-the-now-person”</p>

<p>Activities:
Summer@Brown participant in Fiction Writing and Flash Fiction
President of Young Democrats
President of Student Senate
Advisor to the Governor of Boys State
Lead Actor in Drama Club
First Doubles in Tennis
300 + hours volunteering at summer camp </p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
Various Aptitude Awards in High School
All-State Music Festival Participant
Best Actor at One-Act Festival
Best Citizsen from the town of Smith.</p>

<p>This is the activities paragraph I wrote:</p>

<p>I enjoy the runs of sixteenth notes with different articulations. I enjoy the melodic moans of a wood’s timbre. What I enjoy even more is being the one who articulates those runs, the one moaning on a piece of wood. With many quirks and various committments, making time for the clarinet has always been my priority. Any cited accomplishments on the clarinet are trivial compared to the passion I feel towards my wooden marvel. I painlessly writhe and sway, losing myself in the imagery the music conjures. With my clarinet, I am a lord waltzing with a lady, a wolf howling at the moon, and a knight walking gallantly into town after heroically slaying a dragon. And that very elation and </p>