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Replies to: Brown Class of 2023 Applicants Discussion
SAT I (breakdown): 1480
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 770 Bio E 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.52 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 450
AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Human Geography 5
AP European History 4
AP Macroeconomics 5 (self-study)
AP US Government 5
AP Psychology 4 (self-study)
AP Biology 4
AP Comparative Government 5 (self-study)
AP English Lang 5
AP Environmental Science 4 (self-study)
AP Microeconomics 5 (self-study)
AP Statistics 4 (self-study)
AP US History 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): school does not offer
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gifted English Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Lit, AP Physics, Choir, DE Accounting I, DE Theatre Appreciation, DE Speech III, DE Criminal Justice, SPAN411 Special Topics in Spanish (not DE)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Associate Degree Fall 2018, The president's service award, national AP scholar, placed at state social studies fair in economics (my intended major), regional science fair winner, Coca-Cola finalist (did not mention), U Rochester George Eastmen Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Beta Club (Freshman Rep, Secretary, VP, President), SCIP (President - received $20,000 grant), Leo Club (VP 2 terms), Youth Advisory Council (Chairman), LA HOBY (JC), Maplewood Church of Christ (tech assistant, song leader), National Honor Society, GSA, Student Council, Spanish Honor Society, Key Club, Quiz Bowl, Literary Rally, Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission, LA Boys State
Volunteer/Community service: 250 per year
Jobs/Summer Activities: took college classes 9th - health & pe; 10th DE Stats, SPAN101 not for credit; 11th DE World Hist, ECON341 junior level econ class & I was top scorer
Counselor Rec: Counselor knows me well because I have formed a close relationship with her because I often need her help! haha
State (if domestic applicant): LA
Country (if international applicant): USA
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: 80,000
Hooks: gay, gender-nonconforming
It IS a little late to add schools, especially because your teachers/school probably won't be able to send stuff before New Year's, but there are schools whose deadlines are later (I know there are some Jan 10th, I think there were a few that are Jan 15th). I have a pretty large list (nineteen schools, I believe?) but I only truly finished researching and adding last Monday (because my school said they weren't going to send to more schools after that).
BOTTOM LINE, four might not be too little, and those are wonderful schools, but you should try to search for more schools. I'm assuming your apps are mostly, if not completely, done. Spending a good number of hours (even a full day) just researching might be worth it—you never know, maybe one of those colleges will be the perfect fit, the one that you end up going to and loving.
The graded paper can be any length.