Chance for ED PLME and RD Ivy Leagues

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Chances for Brown PLME ED and RD Ivy Leagues? I am also applying to Duke, Stanford, Vandy, Emory, etc. </p>

<p>High School GPA:
4.00 UW GPA
4.88 W GPA
(Took the most rigorous AP course load possible at a nationally recognized school)</p>

<p>High School Rank:
2/450 - The kid in front of me took 1 extra summer class than I did :(</p>

<p>Course Load: Took every available AP course that would fit into my schedule</p>

<p>Standardized Scores:
ACT: 34
SATI: Taking in October
SAT II: 800 Math II, 700 Chemistry, 750 Math I</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
National Honor Society (10th-present)
Spanish Honor Society (10th-present)
Key Club (9th-present)
Quiz Bowl (9th-present)
Varsity Tennis (9th-present)
Science Olympiad (10th-present)
Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster)
Violin (13 years)</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:</p>

<p>Created the Providence House Birthday Bash - I throw birthday parties for kids at a homeless shelter once a month (9th-present)
Won the National Prudential Spirit of Community Award for this project
Won the LPB Young Heroes Award in Louisiana
Featured in multiple nationally read magazines </p>

<p>Created the Music with Coffee and Donuts Program - I play music for patients at the VA Hospital while veterans pass out coffee and donuts (10th-present)</p>

<p>Play Christmas Carols for the elderly at nursing homes (9th-present)</p>

<p>Volunteer at numerous other places ranging from violin based volunteering to serving at soup kitchens.</p>

<p>Haiti Medical Mission Trip (11th grade)</p>

<p>VIOLIN:</p>

<p>Have won competitions at the local, state, and national levels.</p>

<p>All-State Orchestra (concertmaster)</p>

<p>Won national awards for music composition as well.</p>

<p>MEDICAL RELATED EXTRA-CURRICULARS:</p>

<p>Have worked in a research lab, and used this research for competitions (9th-present)</p>

<p>Worked at Promise Hospital (ranged from filing papers to keeping patients company and escorting them) (11th-present)</p>

<p>Shadowed multiple doctors and spent a lot of time at hospitals</p>

<p>ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:</p>

<p>Science Fair:
first place at regionals and second place at state (9th)
first place at regionals and first place at state (11th)
Selected for ISEF (International Science Fair) and placed 3rd in Microbiology</p>

<p>Junior Science and Humanities Symposium:
third place at the state competition (11th)
Selected for National Symposium as a Poster Presenter</p>

<p>National Merit Scholar</p>

<p>Very Good Essays (as of now)
Good LOR’s from Teachers
Additional Recommendation from Violin Teacher (written letters for students admitted to Yale, Harvard, Stanford, etc. and has taught me for 10 years)</p>

<p>Hooks:
I don’t think I have any</p>

<p>Asian Male (from the South [Louisiana] if that helps at all)
Out-of-state</p>

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<p>You have just as much chance to get into these programs as anyone else. Brown’s PLME is extremely competitive (admit rate around 2%), as are just regular acceptances to your other schools. You are right though, you do not have any hook. Everything you have done, albeit impressive and commendable, could have been done by anyone else and in fact probably has been done by everyone else you are competing against for a spot at a college.</p>

<p>Also, you shouldn’t put down National Merit Scholar using that title since you won’t have heard about Finalist status until after your application would have been sent in.</p>

<p>And I assume you have at least one safety school, right?</p>

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<p>your chances look great! i’m definitely jealous of your isef experience and your research, which I think puts you ahead of myself, anyway LOLOL</p>

<p>but still, like for everyone else, the top schools (and brown’s plme program) are crazy competitive… </p>

<p>anyway, good luck!!</p>