<p>Okay, so I’m far from being a Super Brilliant Genius and I’m NOT expecting to get into Brown, though it’s my ultimate dream school. I do believe I have the kind of personality they’re looking for. I’m mostly wondering, have people with relatively lower scores gotten in before, and is there a miraculous chance it could happen again? Let’s roll out some stats.</p>
<p>White female
Homeschooled throughout education
Income around 30,000
Dad has bachelor’s; Mom did not complete college
GPA: 3.8ish
ACTs: 28 (34/23/28/27); 29 (33/24/34/26); superscored = 30 (I can’t find a definitive answer as to whether Brown superscores)</p>
<p>Heavily involved in theatre (classes, drama teams & various productions; I have a few leads.)
Voice lessons with CMU teacher, member of church choirs and stuff
Envirothon team captain for 2 years - I’ve won 3rd for forestry statewide the last 2 years
Associate board member of the Allegheny Conservation District
Won a scholarship to Conservation Leadership School @ Penn State
Dual-enrolling at community college (will be taking 5 total classes this school year)
Really involved with youth group
Volunteered for two missions trips with youth group: a local one where we helped out at a soup kitchen and one this summer where we ran a camp for lower income kids. A lot of preparation went into these.
I work at Panera? </p>
<p>My family takes in foster children and I’m grateful to have been able to help my mom take care of them. Unfortunately, my grades suffered in sophomore year because of a few kids who stayed with us and the stress they caused the family. I’m going to try to address this in my interview tomorrow. </p>
<p>Basically, I know I don’t have a large chance, but I would like to know if I have ANY chance based on past admits. </p>
<p>That’s all folks.</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<p>So, your ACT score definitely falls in Brown’s range. Please note, however, that this range is so wide (27-32+) because Brown is so much more concerned with who the person is. What it really comes down to is some combination of your letters of recommendation and essays, because those reveal the most about you. I know of people who have had scores that landed them in the top 1%, yet they were not accepted to any Ivy schools; once you get past a certain score, it doesn’t matter anymore. Brown gives every legitimate applicant a fair chance, so I think you’re fine in that department.</p>
<p>Good luck! =]</p>
<p>You have as good a chance as anyone else on this forum. It’s tough to peg Brown, they seem to sometimes go for candidates with an unusual story, which you have,so you never know. In addition you seem to have a passion for theatre and environmental issues. That will help also. Looking at past acceptance threads I see valedictorians who are denied followed by people with stats like yours (with no apparent hook) who are accepted.
I’m curious, if you were home schooled how can you have a GPA of 3.8? Is it from your community college courses? Did you take cc courses for 4 years? I always wondered how colleges evaluate homeschooler’s GPA.
Anyhow, I didn’t take the ACTs but I think I remember that at the info session they said that if you send in your ACT scores they will take the single highest sitting. SATs are different. There they will take the highest from each section and superscore. Anyone, if I am wrong, please correct me.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your input, guys. I really appreciate it. =] </p>
<p>Luvtoski, I was enrolled in an online charter school in 9th & 10th grade, and they gave me a gpa. From then on, I calculated it by myself. It doesn’t really even appear on my transcript, it’s just to give you an idea of my grades. Most colleges tend to rely less heavily on homeschoolers’ grades since they can be unreliable.</p>
<p>As you know, your odds are quite long, but you MIGHT get accepted. And I don’t think Brown superscores the ACT. Just write the best essays/everything else you can! GL.</p>