Your connection to Brown is relevant to the students who post here desperate for good advice. I’m upfront about my connection to Brown, as are many of the other posters. Students can judge my comments based on the 30+ years of experience I’ve had as an interviewer, as an alum and as a parent of a student, and as someone who’s been on College Confidential for a very long time and seen many admissions cycles. I’ve attended workshops for Brown alumni with admissions officers, and that’s where most of my information comes from. If you are a freshman in high school whose knowledge of Brown and admissions is based on watching Gilmore Girls and listening to friends who are seniors – I think that’s a relevant fact.
It’s not a question of “pulling rank.” You seem a little paranoid about that. I don’t rank higher than you. I may have more experience and knowledge than you, though. Although there’s no way for me to judge that.