Chance Me please. Should I do Brown ED or Yale REA? [WashDC resident, 3.93 GPA, 35 ACT]

Chance Me / Match Me
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Demographics

  • U.S. Citizen
  • State/Location of residency: Washington D.C.
  • Type of high school : Private Catholic School (VERY small)

Cost Constraints / Budget
No financial Constraints

Intended Major(s)
Anthropology/ IAPA (for brown) or global affairs

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

  • Unweighted HS GPA: 3.93
  • Weighted HS GPA: 4.43
  • Class Rank: Top 15%
  • ACT/SAT Scores: 35 ACT
  • AP’s: five 5s, three 4s

Awards
U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete

National merit semifinalist

National French Exam Gold Medal

National Latin Exam Maxima Cum Laude 2x

AP Scholar w/ honor

Scholastic Art and Writing Silver medal

Extracurriculars

  1. Volunteered at a refugee camp in Ghana as an assistant teacher and created a fundraiser in my community to help buy educational supplies and ship to the camp (3 years)

  2. Research on Cultural Vitality. I conducted research through an internship with a museum where I analyzed the traditional influences of modern practice within the prince georges county maryland community. It was posted on the museum website but i’m currently trying to get it published in a journal.

  3. Internship with the Ghana refugee board

  4. Internship with the U.S. dept of state cultural heritage center

  5. Squash. I play competitive squash and im ranked in the top 70 for U.S. boys and i’ve won a few tournaments. I play 4-5 times a week.

  6. Yale young global scholars. Did the session on solving global challenges.

  7. Founder and Editor in Chief of online publication dedicated to cultural appreciation. I interview representatives of various cultures who have an online presence and bring light to their culture on my website. The website also has an opinion section where globally important situations related to cultural topics are written.

  8. Editor in Chief of school newspaper and editor for 2 years before.

  9. Founder and President of school cultural appreciation club. I also organize the annual school-wide cultural showcase.

  10. Internship with American Anthropology Assoc. i created infographics for school children to encourage knowledge about anthropology.

  11. President of school French language and culture club. Vice president for 2 years before.

Essays/LORs/Other
Pretty strong essays and recs (8.5/10)

Please give constructive criticism

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Congrats on your fine accomplishments. As I’m sure you know both Brown and Yale must be considered a reach for any unhooked applicant.

Apply early to the college you most want to attend. If you apply (binding) ED to Brown you should be confident that college is your absolute top choice.

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Ask your counselor at school but both are reaches - really for all.

This may not apply specifically to your school but at Brown, 92% are top 10 ranked and at Yale it’s 96%. If you aren’t, it is extra unlikely - but again that may not apply to your school so ask the college counselor at school.

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What school does your child like? As everyone has indicated, both schools will be high reaches. However, Brown’s ED acceptance rate (14%) is much higher than Yale’s REA rate (3.7%). In fact, applying Yale regular decision is nearly the same as applying to Yale REA. However, without a hook, it will be a challenge to get into both. Good luck to your decision. I presume there’s plenty of targets and safeties as well?

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I note Brown has some advice on this subject:

Please do not assume that your admission chances are improved by applying under the Early Decision plan. The Board of Admission makes the same decisions under Early Decision that it would under the Regular Decision plan.

So this really should be just about whether one of these colleges is your clear favorite, and if you are comfortable committing without seeing what other offers you might get.

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