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Winning awards is better than not winning awards.

And as a poster has already said in this thread:

Better grades are better than lesser grades. Deeper ECs are better than shallower ECs. Meaningful recs are better than generic recs. Showing good fit is better than showing weak fit. Thoughtful, insightful essays are better than cookie cutter essays.

Everybody knows that.

But here is what you posted to the OP and the many readers who come to this forum for reliable advice and guidance:

The only thing holding you back, in my opinion, is your lack of major awards

Memo to all applicants and prospective applicants: If you have not won an award, such as AIME, AMC, or USAMO (especially for humanities and social science majors) you should not believe that this is somehow “holding you back” in your candidacy at Brown…unless someone can show you proof. If you have the qualities that Brown is looking for–which have been discussed here ad nauseum–your lack of a major award will not “hold you back”, as far as I can tell by looking through publicly available information.

Check out this thread from the MIT forum, and especially the comments from poster “Molliebatmit”. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/408694-is-it-harder-for-people-without-flashy-awards-to-get-into-mit.html

She is an MIT grad and a contributor to MIT admissions blogs. She is familiar with the MIT admissions process. In particular she says:

CC is a somewhat skewed glimpse into the MIT applicant pool (and into the applicant pool in general). Most students who get into MIT do not have one of these awards.

Can anyone find data or statements (besides Tman’s opinion) showing that the opposite is the case at Brown, or that lack of awards will hold an applicant back at Brown, even though this is not the case at MIT?