<p>Your having worked with a professor and done research there might be your biggest pull, as above all, Brown is really looking for self-starters and people who can both collaborate and work independently with great success.</p>
<p>I don't agree with any of the people who said that because you look typical college prep from the stats you gave, you are not what Brown wants or that you would be better for another ivy. If you asked any current Brown student to fill in the same information you gave, most of theirs would be equally filled with seemingly generically long activity lists and high scores. There is never any substance to flat out statistics, no matter who you are, so I don't think anyone could look at what you've provided and say definitively that you do or don't have a shot. </p>
<p>In my view (and having spoken to many admission officers about this and seen the kinds of people that come in and out of Brown for several years), the difference for admission to Brown lies in two things-- a) how you present those activities and scores and what they mean for you specifically, and b) whether the activities and scores and your presentation in your application reflect a consistency of character, interests, and goals. People who have done an array of things are charged with the task of writing about themselves and their experiences in such a way that they tie things together and show that their involvement went beneath the surface; those who have chosen to focus all their energy on just one or two main areas are charged with the task of relaying their passion for that area and explaining how it has shaped them into people who are ready for a variety of other experiences. Everyone who applies is charged with connecting their extracurricular and academic profiles to the kinds of people that they are.</p>
<p>Brown is not looking for one kind of person--rather, looking for consistency in an application in the kind of person that you present yourself to be, that your scores and academic profile presents you as, and that your recommenders present you as. In answer to the title of the post, you can better your chances by taking a look at what angle you want to present yourself from and crafting your application to reflect that in a sincere, insightful, and cohesive way. That is what distinguishes the strongest applicants from the rest of the pool--depth AND breadth. Thousands of applicants have the breadth, including our original poster here, but only a small portion of those will have the depth, and of those, an even smaller portion can tie one to the other.</p>