Sophomore applying to Brown after HS

Carolin16
Sat, 09 Apr 2011 07:52:18 +0000

Hi!
I am a sophomore at HS and I’m currently thinking about applying to Brown after I finish High School. Since Brown is one of the Ivy League schools, I was wondering if I have any chance or do I have to start thinking more seriously about UK schools which, as I have heard, like IB program students more.
So - my stats and questions:
SAT I - 2050, but I will retake after a while when I get a better hang of the vocabulary. Math was 800. SAT II - planning to take Math Level II, Chemistry, Literature, World History and maybe French. I’m sure about the first four, French is really a maybe.
Next year I will be an IB student. Does Brown care?
EC’s - Red Cross volunteer work at children’s hospital since the start of my sophomore year; martial arts since 10th grade; blogging; writing (have won a few contests but nothing national yet. But I will do my best); yoga. I’m going to participate in Student Council next year, run a few half-marathons and marathon (not sure than counts but I love running) and basically use my 24 hours for the best. About competitions - Math Olympiade awaits and next year I will try Chemistry, too.
Additional - I study in the best school in my country which requires an entrance examination. GPA around 3.8 or so the calculator says, I have always been in the top 15th percent of my class. I have to study about 13 subject and sports lesson kind of hurt my GPA.
And how does that fact that I’m an international affects my chances? Does it?

Thank you for reading this! I would be very happy if you left a response with your thoughts about this :)