Brown 2023 ED Results Thread

Outcome: Accepted :slight_smile:

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1460, Math: 780, English: 680
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: didn’t send lmao
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t do unweighted but my weighted is 4.16 (pretty low tbh)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP European History, AP French, AP AB Calculus, AP Art History, AP English Literature, Studio Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Member of decorative committee), Philosophy Club (vice pres), Students Concerned for the Needy (VP of Projects), Habitat for Humanity (Head of Fundraising Committee), Model UN, French Club
Job/Work Experience: Worked as file clerk for an attorney for the last 2 years
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Red Cross Council in my county (Membership Adviser),
Summer Activities:

Interned on Phil Murphy Gubernatorial Campaign 2k17
Interned on Tom Malinowski Congressional Campaign 2k18
Interned for partner of a law firm
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5, Ik that sounds cocky but deadass I swear my essays were the only thing pushing my application forward lmao. I actually really liked them, I tried to make them encapsulate my “personality” and kept working to make them memorable. I let myself be funny when I wanted to and talked about things I genuinely wanted to talk about. Also my essays were really personal. Each one was pretty specific to me and kind of made the reader (at least my intention anyways) sort of resonate with my “character”
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8, I know one of my reccomendations was really good but the other one I can’t be sure because I lowkey had a breakdown in front of that teacher and idk how she interpreted that.
Teacher Rec #1: One was my ap chem teacher/philosophy club adviser and this one I think really pushed me forward. I have a really good relationship w him. He’s very eccentric and he helped me find direction when I was in a low place.
Teacher Rec #2: This one I can’t be sure about. I was a good student and nice to her but there was no real personal relationship. I broke down in front of her once and I think she maybe sympathized w me but it didn’t exactly bridge us together so who knows tbh.
Counselor Rec: No idea, my counselor barely knows me
Additional Rec: none
Interview: My interview went really well. It was over the phone and we actually had a really fun and engaging conversation. We talked for like an hour and a half. I made her laugh a few times too which raised my confidence teehee. She was really sweet :slight_smile: By the end of it she said she hoped I got good news in December which was a little telling of how the interview went.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: lmao haven’t applied for fasfa yet … college tuition? who is she
Intended Major: Double major in international relations and literary arts
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: My essays were very passionate, shout-out to my aries moon haha. Also my extracurriculars and classes and essays made me out to be a pretty “pointy” individual in that most of my stuff fell into the political science / law side of things. (My long term goal is law school so that’s important :P). I think that helped me sell myself as an applicant.
Weaknesses:
My gpa lmao lowest out of all of my friends I’m gagging. Also no awards bc I was dumb and insecure about my writing and also deadlines and I don’t get along so …
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Cohesive application, personality really shined through while also being pretty personal,
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
None bc ED