Chance me for Brown ED?

cagedbird
Fri, 15 May 2015 22:42:36 +0000

Hey y’all!

I know that college admissions are very tricky to navigate and that it’s close to impossible to give an absolute answer. But, I figured that I’d give it a shot lol

To start off, I am an Indian female who goes to a very big, competitive public school in CA. I’m currently a second-semester high school junior. I’m trilingual (English, Spanish, and Hindi), and I’m planning to concentrate in Cognitive Neuroscience/Cognitive Science/Neuroscience (Pre-Med).

Stats:
SAT Reasoning: 2400 Superscored (2320 highest sitting, but since Brown Superscores, they’ll be taking the 2400)
Math II: 750 (retaking)
Chem: 730
USH: not released yet
Bio E: not released yet
Weighted GPA: 4.47
UW GPA: 3.94
At the end of senior year, I would have taken 9 APs from sophomore to senior year.
My school doesn’t rank (so, no, we don’t have valedictorians either), but I’d most likely be in the top 9-10% of my class.

EC/Leadership/Volunteering/Awards:
-Piano: 12 years. I’m an Advanced Level 8 (yes, there are 8 levels) student affiliated with the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music.
-Fundraising: I give piano lessons to kids in my community and send that money to a blind school in India (my picture is on their website too!).
-Choir: 9th - 11th grade.
-I’m an officer for the Pledge to Humanity club at my school.
-Speech and Debate Club: I’m the Prepared Speech Captain of the school team (so yes, I am a club officer). I’m also directing this year’s Speech and Debate Senior Showcase. Here’s a list of awards~
GGSA IE 1 2014-2015: 2nd place, Varsity Original Oratory
GGSA IE 2 2014-2015: 2nd place, Varsity Original Oratory
GGSA State Qualifier 2015, Original Oratory
GGSA IE 1 2013-2014: 4th place, Varsity Original Oratory
GGSA IE 2 2013-2014: 6th place, Varsity Original Oratory
GGSA IE 3: 2013-2014: 5th place, Varsity Original Oratory
GGSA State Alternate 2014, Original Oratory
GGSA IE 1 2012-2013: 7th place, Novice Original Oratory
*Of course, this will be condensed in some way on my Common App.
-Writing: I’ve had my poems published in anthologies such as Creative Communications.
-2nd place at the CCCSEF Science Fair under the Math/CompSci division
-Volunteering: Member of CSF. 300+ volunteer hours
-Summer Internship: This summer, I will be working under a Harvard professor in his lab working on research about stem cells and Alzheimer’s. I’m the only high school student there; the rest are undergrad.
-Summer Courses: The summer after sophomore year, I completed a Cognitive Neuroscience course at UC Berkeley through ATDP.
-Sophomore year, my Spanish teacher awarded me the Student of the Year award (read: kissup)
-Created and actively maintaining a music/feminist blog

Courses:

Freshman Year-
English 9
Biology
Algebra 2
Spanish 2
World Geography/Health (both semester-long)
Women’s Ensemble Chorus
PE 9

Sophomore Year-
AP Euro (4)
Honors Chemistry
Honors Pre-Calculus
Spanish 3
English 10
Treble Chorus (advanced women’s choir)
Yoga (yep, this exists)

Junior Year-
AP US History
AP Lit
AP Calculus AB (took the BC test though)
AP Biology
Honors Spanish IV
Oral Interpretation
Concert Choir (highest choir, advanced mixed chorus)

Senior Year:
AP Lang
AP Stats
AP US Government/Politics
AP Macroeconomics/Microeconomics
Honors Physics
AVID Tutor (I’m a peer tutor)
Advanced Speech and Debate

Thanks <3