"please please (chance) me"

<p>^ that’s a Beatles reference, just in case i wasn’t clear enough^</p>

<p>Brown is my Dream/Reach school; I’m aware that it’s a stretch for me, but I’m doing this anyways. I’m applying RD.</p>

<p>African American female, from nc.
3.8 GPA
AP Classes
AP Us, World history, english lit, english lang, biology french, psychology
I’ve gotten a 5 on Ap US and AP psych, and a 4 on english lang. the others are this year
also taking: orchestra honors (4 years)
precalculus (this is my downfall, i have a b-)
and global science issues honors</p>

<p>SAT
I got my best score this past october, but it’s still pretty low.
570 math
660 reading
710 writing</p>

<p>ACT-have to wait until november 10th to know, but I’m using this instead of a sat subject test.</p>

<p>ECs-
all county honors orchestra participant for 6 years
national french honor society
track (2 years) lettered
xc (2 years) lettered
french club photographer (2 years)
japanese club photographer
(i have an interest in photography but couldn’t take the class b/c of scheduling issues)
piano for 4 years
equestrian for a year
cross country camp over the summer
collected and donated books to a primary school in my mom’s village in Kenya over the summer of 2007</p>

<p>i’m writing the main college app essay about diversity. i’m putting info about my background (kenyan mom, french/malian dad) and how my group of diverse friends help me see the world from their point of view</p>

<p>I’m working on writing the essay with the “what don’t you know” topic.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>oh, i’m also a national achievement semi-finalist if that helps at all</p>