<p>I lived in France from age 7-16, so my 9th and 10th year grades don’t have Honors or APs since those don’t exist in France. Therefore my GPA isn’t high when it is cumulative (2.9) but if you look at my Junior year of HS it is 4.1. And my senior grades are looking the same so far.</p>
<p>I took 2 AP exams last year: Psychology and French, and got 5 on both.
I am taking AP European History this year and ALL Honors classes. (And i’ll be taking the AP European History AP Test)</p>
<p>My counselor statement explains my lower GPA and grade situation for 9th and 10th grade.
I have strong recommendation letters, one from my AP Psychology teacher and the other from my previous Honors English Teacher who is now my Honors Humanities teacher.</p>
<p>Subject test:
Literature: 640
French Language: 800</p>
<p>I’m the photographer and web designer of my school newspaper, I babysit and do french tutoring, I do community work for the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity, but have only done so since about 2 months. I play the piano and do portrait photography. I’ve been in clubs such as FBLA and the French Club in which I believe I demonstrated leadership in helping others learn about the french culture and language… and I have also been a lead actress in drama class.</p>
<p>My commonapp essay has info about my living in France (diversity), the culture and traveling experiences I had (I traveled throughout Europe a lot) and the effect these experiences had on me.</p>
<p>In my supplement I talk about my reproduction of Jacques Louis David’s “The Death of Marat” as being something I am proud of. I think that I make a good point in explaining why I am applying to Brown and why I would fit in there in the other supplement/essay sections they offered.</p>
<p>I want to major in French, Journalism, or Psychology.</p>
<p>Nobody can tell you what the Brown adcom is going to decide. Yes, your cumulative GPA is a tad low for Brown, as are your test scores (you obviously already know this) but that doesn’t mean that you are automatically rejected. The holistic admissions process can only benefit you. Stop worrying about it, your application is already submitted. You can only wait now.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the opinion. I know all there’s left to do is wait and see, but I figured it’d be nice to see if anyone actually thinks I might stand a chance :)</p>
<p>YAY !! I’m from France too. That is soo amazing (ok, not really, but still…)</p>
<p>We should totally start a random conversation in French, so we can annoy everyone else applying to Brown, so they kill themselves, that way, we’re guaranteed a spot. (I’m a bit over my head here, I can’t apply for 3 more years…)</p>
<p>And, yeah, the french school system sucks, I can’t wait to get out of this hell hole. (exagerating…) Hopefully, I’ll be moving to Boston next year. </p>
<p>(I intended to add a French to say goodbye or something, but it feels a bit cliche…)</p>
<p>Aurevoir, chere inconnue (j’ai (tres) beaucoup l’impression d’etre un psychopathe du Missouri, addict de Google traduction… Mais c’est pas grave, A la place je peux etre une folle parisienne qui ecrit un roman totalement inutile, et sans aucune connection directe avec le sujet initial…)</p>
<p>Thanks! I like to think that I stand out and have an interesting story, but it’s my life so I guess I could be biased, apparently a lot of applicants have had similar experiences living and traveling throughout Europe, so I guess it might not be as impressive as I thought it’d be. I tried my best to talk about my unique assets.</p>
<p>You probably have more extensive experiences in Europe than those other similar applicants considering you lived there for nine years. You’re not applying as an international, are you?</p>
<p>Yes, I was very much involved in France, I participated in political and education protests, traveled to many countries not just in Europe, (Israel for example), I was born in Athens, Greece, lived in Saudi Arabia when I was approx’ 5years old, etc. So maybe that stands out a bit more as well.</p>
<p>No I am not applying as an international applicant, my father is Palestinian and my mother is American, I have US citizenship so i’m applying as that :)</p>
<p>@rbouwens: got a 5 on AP Spanish! Consider myself “semi-fluent” but it’s been a while since I’ve had a full blown conversation in Spanish Sad, really.</p>
Consider myself “semi-fluent” but it’s been a while since I’ve had a full blown conversation in Spanish 
Sad, really.</p>