GPA: 4.0 UW (Number one in my class entering senior year)
APs: World History, US History, US Government and Politics, Chemistry, Spanish Language, Psychology, Calculus BC, English Language and Composition, Statistics, English Literature, Spanish Literature, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Physics II
ECs:
Founder, President; Model UN club (9 - 12)–President all 4 years
Member, then President; National Spanish Honors Society (10 - 12) President for one year
Member; National Honors Society (11-12)
Varsity baseball player (9 - 12), captain senior year
Pianist, Arizona State Univerisity jazz performance ensemble; auditioned, (9 - 12)
Understudy with professor of jazz performance at ASU (7 - 12)
Member; Ruhi Institute Study Circle
Instructor; Ruhi Institute Children’s Class
150+ hour internship; Arizona State University professor of African American Studies
200+ hour internship; Baha’i Office of Public Affairs, Washington DC
Founder, Director Jazz4People nonprofit; Merged my interests of urban economic development and jazz to form nonprofit Jazz4People; a program designed to bring jazz study and performance to inner-city youth; (10 - 12); 350+ hours
-100+ hour volunteer Tempe Community Action Agency
-Using Jazz4People and ASU internship, published research in undergraduate journal regarding correlation between musical expression and economic urban development.
You are a minority with a perfect GPA, strong community engagement, and academic research, I would say you have more than a chance. You have a good chance! I would be pretty surprised if you don’t get into Brown (given that you don’t slack off). Hit a home run with your essays and you should be good! (I have no doubt that you can get a good recommendation). Don’t get overconfident though. Admission into schools like Harvard is never a sure thing but I think you are a strong candidate.
Just for the sake of curiosity, isn’t Baha’i religion a regional sect of Islam limited to some Asian area? Wouldn’t that make you Asian? Are you part Mexican/part Asian? If you are indeed Mexican then your odds are significantly better.
As far as your question, nobody can answer it. Same applicant can be rejected from one Ivy and accepted at another or vice versa. Apply to one you prefer. If we must play this game then statistically compared to Harvard, everybody’s odds are better at Brown.
The Bahá’í Faith is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.[1] Established by Bahá’u’lláh in 1863, it initially grew in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception.[2] Currently it has between 5 and 7 million adherents, known as Bahá’ís, spread out into most of the world’s countries and territories
One’s religion is not confined to one’s race and/or ethnicity. Indeed, one can change religious affiliation at any point in life.
That’s like asking Drake, who’s Jewish, “Doesn’t that make you white?” If the OP says he’s Mexican, he’s Mexican.
Personally, I don’t believe this to be statistically significant. While Brown’s ED acceptance rate is higher versus Harvard’s SCEA acceptance rate (21% vs. 15%), if one were to pull out the athletes and legacies from both, the numbers may be closer. Regardless, Harvard states that they don’t admit anyone in the early round that they would not admit RD; I’d be surprised if Brown were any different.
Anyway, back to the OP, neither Harvard nor Brown, nor most universities, will care what your religion is. You’re a competitive applicant; nobody here can give you any better assurance. So as @happy1 apply early to whichever one is your first choice, with the caveat of you should only apply ED if you do not need to compare FA packages.
OP given the open curriculum at Brown I would suggest you contemplate what classes you would take over your 4 years at both schools. While premature looking at specific requirements and courses offered and jotting down theoretical options will help differentiate what your academic experiences may be like. At a minimum it will help you prepare consistent applications.
I know several students who made decisions involving Brown having made a theoretical side by side comparison of likely classes. With an open curriculum school the practical vs the theoretical often doesn’t hit until you are on campus. Given how qualified you are I would recommend getting into that level of granularity to aid in a decision.
Congratulations on putting yourself in a strong position and good luck. You are likely blessed to be in a position to consider what you want your college experience to be luck. Take advantage of that opportunity by not basing your decision on the words of others who don’t know you or reputations. Both schools are great!!
You’ve got decent odds at either school. Possibly up to 50/50 at Harvard just based on stats, so put together a strong application and hope for the best. Good luck!
Let’s not argue the faith.
US citizen?
No one has 50/50 odds at H or B, unless you mean the simple “you either get in or you don’t.”
So, OP, do you know what these colleges look for? Are MUN and ball the only high school activities? (Honor societies aren’t much tip.)And how do you feel the many faith and music activities relate to economics? The way you listed, they overshadow the TCAA.
The rest of the world had more data points to make that assessment on Rachel Dolezal. An AO will have more data to make his/her own assessment for any applicant. Based on the self-reported info the OP provided here though, no user has reason to challenge the OP’s race/ethnicity.
Further to Lookingforwards comment don’t just consider what the schools are looking for think about what you want. You are talking about A binding decision at one school and you are a good candidate. Where do you see yourself?
^No one can answer that question authoritatively but I highly doubt subject test scores like yours will top a decision at all.
Once again you are a great candidate and best of luck! Don’t self doubt yourself. It is a bizarre and imperfect process but you have done all the heavy lifting. You may be surprised by the results but you will undoubtedly have some great options.