Anyone have a miracle to share?

CAR1992
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:13:32 +0000

I basically applied to see if what everyone says is true about college admissions. I have a weighted 104 average, but that only ranked me in the top 30 out of 121 kids in my graduating class. This years graduating class has been abnormally competitive. I go to a upper-middle class high school on Long Island. The only thing that distinctly separates me from most kids is that I am a dual enrolled student. I have been taking classes at a local community college now for four semesters. I plan to attend college as a second semester freshman student next year. I have ben told that my transcript is unique as well, in addition to multiple AP courses and honors courses, I am currently studying seven foreign languages. Foreign language studies, and international relations are my intended interests for majors. I currently take Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, Sign Language, Chinese, Arabic and of course English…so maybe technically eight languages. My reason for applying to Brown was because it is a perfect fit for me. Although Brown is probably my first choice, I haven’t gotten my hopes up. I think it is nearly impossible for me to get into even after meeting with several of the deans at Brown. I applied after learning how small the classes were and how they needed students with intended majors, simply to fill classes. In fact in the Italian department there are a mere 8 students in some of the classes. A couple of the deans were kind enough to send brief messages to admissions on my behalf. I have low SAT scores, in comparison to what Brown is looking for. I have been working in retail part time for two years now. I have a lot of EC’s and am a member of every honor society that my school currently has. You can let me know what you think my chances are. =]