<p>So I was looking at Brown’s supplement this year, just to see if they were re-using any of the questions from last year (I don’t think they are), and wow! There are a lot of mini-essays/short answers. But my favorite question is the fill-in sentence: “If I could do something with no risk of failing, I would ______________.”</p>
<p>What’s your favorite essay/short answer question?</p>
<p>Hmmm…either nobody’s seen the new supplement or they just aren’t replying…</p>
<p>Wait… what?! It’s out already? When I called the admissions office they said it would be out after the common app. I read last years a million times. I’ll look for this new one and get back to you.</p>
<p>Can oh post a link? I didn’t see anything on the website.</p>
<p>I shall post said link! I don’t know how I found it if it’s not supposed to be out yet. Hmm…but it does say 2011-2012 at the top!</p>
<p><a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University;
<p>Wow. This supplement is going to cause a good drop in the number of applicants, but the one’s who truly belong will definitely be picked with more accuracy. Feeling a lot of respect for the admissions staff. </p>
<p>PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
I know this is a lot of writing for an application with a less than 9% chance of success, but I urge you to not be scared off by this supplement. </p>
<p>Take your time to organize your thoughts now so that when you start writing it is not the first time you are thinking about these questions.</p>
<p>Brown application aside, these questions are quite pertinent to your life and the introspection needed to answer them will help you in whatever you’re doing.</p>
<p>If you start in a timely manner, I think this is a wonderful writing exercise. If Brown was on your list of schools don’t let this deter you. If it wasn’t this supplement should put it on there.</p>
<p>Enjoy filling it out! (really)</p>
<p>This is very different from last years. I like it much more. This one really let’s you show who you really are.</p>
<p>I would’ve been so upset that this was my supplement compared to the one 2 years ago… I miss the “What don’t you know?” question. I kind of like the fact that there’s (essentially) a free response essay, though. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, when I first looked at it, my first reaction was “Gosh, how long is this going to take to fill out?!” I wonder if people aren’t going to apply because of the 4 page supplement…hmmm. But I do like it as a whole. It’s not like any supplement I’ve looked at before. It’s got great, unique questions. Like I said before, my favorite one is the “If you could do one thing with no risk of failing…” one. :)</p>
<p>This seems on par with some of the other ivies. I have nt seen last year’s for a comparison.</p>
<p>SO glad the supplement wasn’t this intense when I was applying.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the link. It’s amazing to me how the application was the exact same for decades, and now it changes every year!</p>
<p>So…who’s actually applying this upcoming application cycle?</p>
<p>I am! This supplement makes me love brown even more! It does seem a lot of work, but the questions are really interesting and I’m actually looking forward to answering them. I checked out a few other ivies’ supplements too, and brown’s is by far the best</p>
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<p>^When I applied, Brown wasn’t even on the Common App. This is really not bad…</p>
<p>When I applied (1973), you had to hand write your personal statement (i.e., no typewriters allowed for that part). There was a rumor that the Ad Com used a handwriting analyst!</p>
<p>I absolutely love this supplement. It gives you so many opportunities to showcase the different parts of your personality and who you are as a student. I was worried when I saw last year’s because I felt like it was way harder to show how you fit into the Brown community, but this is much better. Definitely my favorite supplement so far.</p>
<p>I really like the question “Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz once said, ‘Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.’ With this in mind, describe a moment when your perspective changed.” I know the answer doesn’t have to be art related, but I like that they used a quote from an artist. I’m also finding that the character limit is too small! It’s hard to fit everything I want to say under 250 characters.</p>
<p>As a student applying this year, this suppliment actually makes me worry a little less. I always feared of being just a number in the application pile, but that doesn’t seem to be the case now. All of the questions on the suppliment will really show a student in many dimensions, not just the typical “why [college x]?” and additional essay. I hope many more colleges learn form Brown in the future.</p>
<p>This supplement makes me love Brown so much more because of how interested they are in applicants as actually people not scores and numbers. I really wish I could apply this year. Fingers crossed that next year’s supplement is equally as wonderful.</p>