Official Early Decision Results Thread

[jckrsslltrrrmsch]

i have two other friends who applied to brown early. one was accepted and one was deferred, like me. at my school, one person applied early to columbia and was deferred, two people applied early to penn and get their decisions tomorrow, 3 applied early to harvard and get their decisions on thursday, and about 12 applied early to yale and get their decisions on friday (two of them are recruited for sports and are really good students, so they're basically in)! i'm so glad that we brown applicatns already have our decisions.. it's nice to not be part of the anxious group of people who are still waiting for theirs.

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

bptoast, what school do you go to?

[Addicted]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

• SAT: 2110- 670M, 710V, 730W
• SAT IIs: History- 720 Lit- 650
• GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Rank: 1/357 (unweighted)
• Other stats: 4 on AP US Hist., Enviro. Sci, US Gov., English & Comp.; also taking 5 APs this year

Subjective:

• Essays: original and unqiue
• Teacher Recs: both were very strong and from teachers who've known me since 9th grade through class and through ECs
• Counselor Rec: excellent
• Hook (if any): none

Location/Person:

• State or Country: Maryland, USA
• School Type: Public, medium sized, competitive
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender: female

Other Factors: All but 2 of my ECs are focused on law/politics and debating, and the other two are community service; I'm in a Law and Public Policy Program in my school, which has a low acceptance rate;first generation student
General Comments: Make sure to make your passion and focus clear through your essay and activities (definitely helps if they correspond with the concentrations you're interested in); test scores aren't everything, don't let non- 1400/1500 scores discourage you

[RedButton33]

Deferred

Stats:
ACT: 33
AP: English Comp 4 US History 4
GPA: 3.8 unweighted
Rank: school doesn’t rank

Subjective:
Essays: Great
Teacher Recs: Great ++
Counselor Rec: good, but I didn’t see it
Hook: followed my interests in economics and history to 10 college classes at 4 universities and in 3 different countries... and ECs

Location/Person:
State or Country: Midwest
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Tons of ECs and community service, class pres, founded 3 clubs, golf awards and team captain


General Comments:
kinda sucks, but I guess we will wait until April now

[Marthamydear88]

accepted!

but a little nervous.... I heard a story of some kid's acceptance getting revoked because his grades slid a little. Is that common or am I paranoid? (By slid I mean from a's to b's.)

[legendofmax]

How lame, the acceptance letter is the same as it was last year.

[crumflake]

they could care less... and yes i mean it the way its stated. umm... they dont reject you for slipping a grade

[Lakshmi]

there were two other girls in Romania who got accepted...unlike me don't know their stats...

[clomas]

[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2360 M800 V800 W760
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio(m)750Chem750Math2c800
[ *] GPA: 3.58
[ *] Rank: N/A
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Teaching Buddhist orphans in India/Tibet
[ *] Teacher Recs: Harvard/tufts professors - raves
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as above
[ *] Hook (if any): homeschooled, with a bachelor's degree worth of credit from Harvard Extension School (college classes for last 6 years explains the GPA)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MA
[ *] School Type: 'home'schooled (really a community) / harvard extension
[ *] Ethnicity: white jew
[ *] Gender:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]

[clomas]

bah submitted without meaning to:

male
hooks: cellist in very compet. youth orchestra, professional acting / independent movie acting / tutor .. blah i'm runnin out... go figure, it's a roll of the dice and most people will feel wronged, a few people will feel happy and deserving, and a few people will wonder how they got in. it's life...

[Choco Brownie]

Did anyone who applied for PLME but said don't bind me to Brown get accepted as Early Decision?
Cause' I think the box may be the reason why I am deferred. :-(

[rakeon]

haha, a bunch of us checked that box, most of us were deferred, but i doubt that's the reason

considering how hard it is to get in, you can't blame the box

[aderoberts]

i have been to depressed to post this until now.


Decision: DENIED

Stats:
ACT: 31
SAT: 690cr/720m/720w
GPA: 4.01 w, 3.7ish uw (i think?)
Rank: 40/484
Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate
Subjective:
Essays: i thought my essay was good; i am not sure about the short answers, though
Teacher Recs: both teachers said they were good, plus my principal wrote an (unsolicited) rec; he said that if i read it, it would make my ego too big. who knows? also an unsolicited alumnus rec
Counselor Rec: should have been good, we have a good relationship (as far as counselor-student relationships go; shes the leader for NHS)
Hook (if any): lots of extracurriculars; 3 years of mock trial (third in the state the past two years), national qualifier for speech and debate, state qualifier for speech and debate, 4 yrs class treasurer, nhs, founder/president of investment club, editor of literary arts magazine, on my city's cultural arts council, very active in local gov't (volunteered for America Coming Together last fall and am currently volunteering for a democratic candidate's governors campaign), did the summer at brown program, did a summer program at oxford university (uk) the summer before, on the IB student advisory council at my school (the IB programme is new here so i'm basically a student voice for how it's going, how to change/improve it, etc) ...blah blah blah. the list goes on (most people probably didnt even read this far; i wouldn't)
Location/Person:
State or Country: ohio
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: off-white
Gender: female
Other Factors: ? i have no idea. probably rejected because of my grades and lack of any spectacular/unique thing (i am not a world class mandolin player, have not published a children's book, i have not advised the president on drilling for oil in alaska...you know what i am tlaking about)
General Comments: blahhhh. pretty bummed. the three weeks i spent there this summer were soooo fabulous, i wanted nothing more than to go back....oh well

[brassmonkey]

would have been more use to you earlier, but you might notice that 96% of the admitted students took the SAT's. It's not always the best idea to put yourself in the 4% minority group, especially when you aren't a world class mandolin player.

[crumflake]

WAIT... i turned in ACT scores... and i love your "off-white" description, i found it to be hilarious.