Realistically, do I have any chance?

Colleges & Universities Brown University
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<p>I am a rising senior from Orlando, FL, and am in the International Baccalaureate program at my school, which is actually a pretty rough school, and has a “grade” of a C/D. Pitiful, I know, especially since there’s IB there. Anyways, I’m a really fantastic writer, so the essays should really help me out, but I completely suck at standardized tests. I NEVER do well on them, and I’m afraid it could really hurt me. I’m an upper-middle class, white, female. I plan on applying early admission. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>My interests as far as majors are English/Literature, Drama/Theatre Arts, Foreign Languages, Humanities/PoliSci</p>

<p>GPA: 3.95 unweighted (that damn B in geometry Freshman year…)
4.95 weighted</p>

<p>Courses:
9th: Pre-IB everything: Geometry, Biology, English I, Spanish I, Drama I
AP World History
10th: Pre-IB everything: Algebra II, Chemistry I, Spanish II, English II, Drama II
AP European History
11th: IB everything: Mathematics SL, Chemistry II SL, Spanish IV HL, English III HL, Theatre Arts I HL, History of the Americas HL</p>

<p>and my schedule for senior year:
12th: IB everything: Mathematics II SL, Theory of Knowledge, Spanish V HL, English IV HL, Theatre Arts II HL, History of the Americas II HL</p>

<p>I’ve received A’s in everything except freshman Geometry.</p>

<p>Test Scores (again, I completely suck at standardized testing):
SAT: CR/M/W 630/650/680 and an 11 on the essay
ACT: R/M/E/S/Comp. (science really screwed me over…) 30/28/28/24/28
APs: World History-3, European History-4, Lang/Comp-??, US History-??
IB: Chem SL- 4 of 7</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Drama/Thespians (4 years)
Varsity Tennis (9, 11, 12 pending)
USTA Tennis (8,9,10,11, 12 pending)
NHS (10,11, 12)
MNHS (11, 12)
Spanish Club (9,10,11,12)
Piano (2nd grade-present)
Quizbowl (how embarrassing =/) (11,12)</p>

<p>As a part of IB, we have to do CAS hours annually, so I’ve completed a total of 323 hours just Community Service in my combined freshman, sophomore, and junior years.</p>

<p>Miscellaneous:
People to People Student Ambassador (8th- present)
Member of the Student Leadership Board for Cystic Fibrosis (11-present)
Treasurer of NHS (11-present)
MVP on Varsity Tennis (11)
Disney Dreamer and Doer (8)
2nd Most Philosophical Eighth Grader in America</p>

<p>I plan on retaking either the SAT or the ACT, I’m not sure which though…I can’t tell which one I did better on.</p>

<p>So? Is there any hope for me??? =/</p>

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<p>You have great grades but your scores are a little low. What’s your rank?
Of course you have hope, but then again so do so many other applicants.
No one can tell you how much of chance you have.
Just put a lot of effort into your essays and really convince those admission officers that you should go to Brown. </p>

<p>Best of luck :)</p>

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<p>I suggest you work on your standarized testing. The first time I took my Sats I had a 1950, but the second time I got a 2200…(I was still rejected from Brown), but if you want to increase your chances, you need to improve your standarized test scores.</p>

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<p>You need to get your CR and/or Math over 700 to have a realistic (15%) chance as long as you are in the top 10% of your class. As your scores stand right now I chance you at about 1%.</p>

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<p>I’m ranked 11 out of 857 I believe.</p>