What Are My Chances ED at Bronw

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Hi I Applied ED to Brown and I was just wondering my odds.

I had an alumni Interview and was able to sit in on a class and meet with a professor. I am also a legacy.

Unweighted GPA: 3.85

Weighted GPA: 4.25/ 4.5

ACT : 32

Highest ACT English: 33

Highest ACT Math: 30

Highest ACT Reading: 34

Highest ACT Science: 30

10 on my Essay

AP Test Scores:
Psychology (5) Language and Composition (4)

I took 6 APS

Freshmen and Sophomore Year all honors classes except math.
Junior Year: Honors Physics, Pre- Calc, Honors History, AP English, AP Psychology, Marketing, Spanish Honors
Senior Year: AP Bio, AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Government and Politics, Statistics and Calculus

Senior Year I have two math classes and the rest are AP classes

I continue to have an upward trend in my class rigor.

Extra/Co-curricular Activities and Leadership Positions + Accomplishments/Awards/Recognitions

Work at a Retail Store: Much of the year… Started Junior Year

Lacrosse Freshman- Senior Year

Field Hockey Freshman- Senior Year: Captain my senior year, and received a dedication award my junior year

Am on National Honors Society (junior and Senior year)

Illustrated a Children’s book

Help out at a Conservation Society in Rhode Island: Cleaning up the beaches and fundraisers and raising awareness

Am a driver for the saferides chapter in my town: helping law enforcement prevent drunk driving

Have been on High Honor Roll Freshman- Senior Year

Competitive Freestyle skiing (moguls and slopestyle) competitions (Freshmen- Sophomore) Year

Volunteer at Local thrift store

Volunteer as an Assistant Coach for the youth teams (sophomore-senior year)

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Hi,
Here’s my honest opinion (Remember, I am not an admissions officer. All I am doing is comparing you to several people I know who have gotten into Brown and sharing my opinion. This is NOT meant to hurt your self esteem at all)

That being said:

  1. Academics: Your academics are a bit lacking. Your unweighted GPA is low for Brown so I hope you’re at least in the top 10% of your school! Your ACT is also low. Additionally, your junior year course load seems particularly light. Hopefully, there was an extenuating circumstance for this or your school didn’t offer those high-level courses.

  2. Extracurricular Activities: I hate to break it to you but your extracurricular activities are pretty unimpressive and average. While I’m sure they meant a lot to you, they simply just aren’t all that rare and impressive by Brown standards. You could have potentially justified this if you’re low income and didn’t have the chance to do more impressive things. By impressive extracurricular activities, some Brown applicants have done phenomenal research, created amazing businesses, and have interned at places like the UN or for internationally recognized non-profits. Again, other applicants can still justify not doing these things if they had extenuating circumstances. Hopefully, you’ve made a MASSIVE impact in what you have participated in.

In my honest judgement since you asked for it and don’t take it to heart, you are a solid applicant at many schools but simply average- mediocre at Brown. Now, I’m sure you’re still an amazing person and have some great schools that will accept you! Additionally, essays can make a HUGE difference so let’s hope you wrote those well. Furthermore, as I’ve stated earlier, I’m not an admissions officer. All I did is compare you to people I know who have gotten in/rejected and to what people I’ve met in admissions say. So don’t take this as saying you won’t get in. You still may! I also doubt you will be rejected in the early round. Worst case, you will be deferred.