Official Brown ED Thread

[mesokalos]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

* SAT: 760M 770W 800CW
* SAT IIs: 720 Chem, 740 Math I, 800 Math II Literature,
* GPA: 4.216 ish
* Rank: 2/476 (got a B in band last year. .. )
* Course load: as hard as they let me,
* Other stats: AP US 5, AP Euro 5, AP English Literature and Composition 5

Subjective:

* Essays: conveyed the true me very well,
* Teacher Recs: Didn't see, but both loved me and thought i was a strange interesting creature.
* Counselor Rec: I was told it was good.
* Work experience: Internship in Australia, and then in an ice cream parlor
* Hook (if any): Women rugby player artist writter scientist, nature lover

Location/Person:

* State or Country: MD
* School Type: terrible public school (theres hope!)
* Income: Middle class
* Ethnicity: i resent being called white. I am 25% Polish, 25% Irish, 25% Bavarian, 25% welsh-scottish-british
* Gender: Female.

Other Factors: I am a CTYer-- a huge huge nerd, and I love life
General Comments: This is pretty hard to believe,

[vogon bard]

Decision: Deferred

Stats:

* SAT: 2230
* SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 780 Literature
* GPA: 93
* Rank: Top 1%
* Other stats: 6 IB Math SL

Subjective:

* Essays: personality came through
* Teacher Recs: 1 awesome 1 good
* Counselor Rec: very good
* ECs: leadership positions, nothing really that appears passionate
* Hook (if any):

Location/Person:

* State or Country: Canada
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male

Other Factors:
seems like everyone got deferred!

[wepeel]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

* SAT: 2070 (660cr 660m 750w)
* SAT IIs: 620 bio, 610 chem, 690 math II
* GPA: 99.2 w
* Rank: top 10% probably.
* Other stats: 5 IB Physics SL, 5 IB Math SL

Subjective:

* Essays: unique and showed a passion. the mini essays were even more fantastic.
* Teacher Recs: hip.
* Counselor Rec: even more hip.
* ECs: marching band drum major, radio's station manager, german honor society president. lots of random leadership and founding of interesting organizations. lots of music.
* Hook (if any): ethnicity, all-state bass clarinetist, band geek, school's fish-feeder.

Location/Person:

* State or Country: long island.
* School Type: public.
* Ethnicity: hispanic (half mexican, half bolivian).
* Gender: female.

Other Factors:
yay, they must think I'm interesting!

[crzy2rite]

deferred here too...congrats to everyone who got accepted!

[mattgriffin]

Decision: Accepted PLME

Stats:

* SAT: 1990 ( 660CR / 730M / 630W )
* SAT IIs: 760 Biology M, 760 Chem
* ACT: 32
* GPA (w/uw): 3.91/4.00
* Rank/Percentile (# out of #) 7 out of 120
* Total AP's/IB's taken (score): None
* Course load: Attend community college on overload (18-23 Hours/Semester)

Subjective:
* Essays: Acceptable I guess
* Teacher Recs: Both Very Thoughtful.
* Counselor Rec: Also Very Thoughtful
* Interview: Lasted almost two hours. Not sure what she thought of me, however.
* Major EC's: Volunteer at hospital.
* Work experience: Started my own business.
* Hook (if any): Started my own business. First generation college student.
* Notable weaknesses (if any): Poor standardized test scores, public high school in lower-middle class suburb.

Location/Person:

* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: Lower Middle-Class
* Financial aid?: Yes
* Intended Major: Neuroscience


General Comments: I'm very surprised, because I was expecting instant rejection. I started my application in June and didn't stop working on it until October 31st. I guess this shows what a lot of hard work can do.

I'm still in shock, actually!

[mkt16a17]

Decision: Deferred (like everyone else, it seems)

Stats:

*SAT/ACT: 2220/1420 (740 CR, 680 M, 800 W) (2nd sitting)
*SAT II's: US History 800, World History 700
*GPA: 3.75 unweighted
*Rank: 2nd decile
*AP's: US History and Stats last year, now taking AP Lit, French, and Human Geography
*Course load: medium-hard. taking all the hardest humanities but staying away from AP math/science stuff. generally all honors
*Other Stats: AP US: 5, AP Stats: 5

Subjective:

*Essays: I think quite good
*Teacher Recommendations: didn't read them but one said "after reading this they've gotta accept you" (obviously he was wrong but it's the thought that counts right?)
*Counselor Review: didn't read it; she doesn't know me at all so i'm guessing she copied my self-evaluation word for word
*Interview: fine, we got along well and just talked
*Hook: I wrote my essay on being a feminist? If that's one.... Took a college course at Ithaca College over the summer and got an A (although it was in Musical Theater so I don't know how much that helped) I really want to go!!! (if only that was a hook...)
*EC's: class vp 11th and 12th, class prez 10th, student council member, weekly voice lessons, annual high school musical, 3 years (6 seasons) crew (1 novice, 2 varsity), 1 year member of group which sings songs which promote tolerance among children, weekly volunteering at public library, member of public library's teen advisory group, member of group which organizes annual lecture series at high school, nhs member (12th grade is only possibility at my school), Link Leader (11th grade), United Synagogue Youth member
*Weaknesses: definitely academics: 2nd decile (although at very competitive school), no math this year, no science last year, no AP sciences or maths ever (except for stats which isn't the same).
*Work experience: 2 years part time at ice cream parlor (0-10 hrs/week during school year, ~30 hrs/week during summers)

Location/Personal:
NY, USA
*School type: good public school
*Ethnicity: white
*Gender: Female
*Income bracket: upper-middle class (at least in my town. although if we lived in a city it'd be more lower-middle class. I think. hmmm)
*Financial Aid: yes
*Intended Major: undecided - I said International Relations or Modern Culture (whatever it's called...blanking at the moment)
*Other Factors: Aaaah I wanted to go to Brown! *tear*

[YeahSureWhatever]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

* SAT: 2250 (740cr 720m 790w)
* SAT IIs: 650 lit, 710 chem, 670 math II--I know that they are not very good scores, but I guess that they are not that bad, so I am very glad.
* GPA: 4.something
* Rank: 12/600
* Other stats: I am taking 3 AP courses this year, but I have not taken any before.

Subjective:

* Essaysne on digital arts and how it has affected me, and I did the engineering essay on programming and whatnot
* Teacher Recs: I asked my favorite nice teachers to do them, so I think the recs were nice too.
* Counselor Rec: Very excellent; I did not see it, but I have a very excellent gc.
* ECs: digital art, programming, math team, key club, NHS and whatnot. I mainly do stuff that relates to what I like and community service.
* Hook (if any): I like to draw and paint, and I want to do engineering.

Location/Person:

* State or Country: NH
* School Type: public.
* Income: My parents don't tell me how much they make
* Ethnicity: caucasian
* Gender: female

other factors: I sent in 11 prints of digital and traditional works that I think I did a good job on, and I did the science application too

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope I can make some good friends at Brown!
I am verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111
11111

[LisaT734]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:

ACT:31
SAT II: Spanish 700, Literature 740
AP Lang 5, AP Comp. Gov 5, US Gov 4
GPA: 4.0uw (school doesn't weigh grades)
Rank: School does not rank, but top 2%
Course load: Most rigorous.

Subjective:

Essays: Really good
Teacher Recs: Didn't see them but most likely excellent
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook (if any): Recruited athlete
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female.
Other Factors: recruited athlete with many EC's
General Comments: Excited, relieved!!

Really surprised by all those deferred, hopefully things will work out better for everyone in the RD round. Good luck!

[notrojansno]

Decision: Deferred.

Stats:
ACT: 32
GPA (w/uw): 4.27/3.72
Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %: 15/515
Total AP's/IB's taken (score): Two [4 - U.S. History, 4 - English Lang]
Course load: Four APs (Eng. Lit, Econ, Amer. Democracy, Enviro. Sci)

Other stats: ...
Subjective:
Essays: main one was strong, others very concise but compelling
Teacher Recs: One wonderful recommendation, one medicore (read), one supplemental by advisor of the club i founded who is also a former teacher of mine(excellent)
Counselor Rec: principal did it. my school is big ( about 2500) so this is a big deal. was pretty good.
Interview: Quite well...45 minutes with one of my dad's friends.
Major EC's: founded peace club, started local chapter of Save Darfur Coalition with a local elementary school teacher, temple youth group (VP 10th, Prez. 11th, VP 12th), school newspaper (editor), 4 years varsity tennis (1st team all-league, co-captain, MVP), tutor for local immigrant third-graders in reading and english (since 10th), Academic Decathlon, Knowledge Bowl, World Quest, Geo Bowl, Key Club, NHS, Calif. Scholarship Federation
Work experience: day-camp counselor
Hook (if any): eek. none that i know of...
Notable weaknesses (if any): kind of low GPA, B in every math course except for first semester of 9th grade
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: avg-low public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Upper middle-class.
Financial aid?: yeah, not that I would qualify, but jewish parents are stubborn
Intended Major: Public Policy
Other schools in mind: Tufts, Duke, Vassar, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, Skidmore

General Comments: Called it! not taking it personally, just trying to decide if i'm going to actively pursue brown or refocus my attention on someone who wants me...i lovvvvvvvve the open curriculum. yeah, vassar's is pretty flexible, but it just isn't the same! boo

[tonyspizza1800]

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
SAT: 2270 (780M 690CR 800W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 740 Chemistry
GPA: 4.21
Rank: top 5 out of 300
Course load: Most rigorous.

Essays: Main one was unique...short ones were fun, but definitely expressed my interest in Brown and showed I really knew the school well
Teacher Recs: the one that i saw was okay...the other i didn't see but i'm sure it was very very good
Counselor Rec: Good
Work experience: worked at syms...pretty insignificant
Interview: AMAZING...I loved my interviewer
EC's: Student Government (secretary 10th, treasurer 12th), Drama, Math Team (captain 12th), Biology Club (vice president 12th), Asian Culture Club (President 12th), Men's Small Choir, NHS, Mu Alpha Theta,
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: CT
School Type: Public
Income: Upper middle class
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Other Factors:

General Comments: I AM SO EXCITED! I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET EVERYONE!

[NorthEastMom2]

Quick update....Add 1 to the deferral list. My d was deferred.

[Earl]

deferred .

[browninfall]

As the parent of a current Brown senior, best of luck to all of you who have been deferred and congratulations to those who were fortunate enough to have been accepted into an absolutely wonderful place.

We're going to miss it.

[Nachopatado]

Decision: Deferred
Stats:
SAT: 2140 (750M 640CR 750W)
ACT: 33
SAT IIs: 760 Math II, 760 U.S history, 680 Bio M
GPA: 4.52, 3.83 unweighted
Rank: 14 out of 584
Course load: Most rigorous.

Essays: I thought they were good and described me wll
Teacher Recs: didnt get to see them but i assume both were good if not excellent
Counselor Rec: Didnt get to see it, would assume good but cliche
Work experience: Host at Olive Garden
Interview: Thought it went pretty well
EC's: Several clubs, conferences, Varsity Tennis, hospital volunteer, many many more
Location/Person: California
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Income: Middle Class
Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
Gender: Male
Other Factors: Alot

General Comments: Whatever

[aetaylor7]

what do you think is the point of deferring so many people? i don't understand it. it seems like it's a waste of time to not outright regect more of us...but then again, that observation is based soley off of this forum, and most regected people probably wouldn't post....very frustrating. I just don't understand it.