<p>for reference to my situation my brother also applying to brown he was about in the 7% in the same school at, he was wait listed at brown, but did not have compelling essays, did not show a deep interest in brown, and demonstrated no leadership in any extracurriculars. He was put in the the final and smallest pool of wait-listed students and was eventually rejected. His SAT’s were nearly identical to mine and we obviously both had/have legacy status. Im just asking is it possible that I could get in with having just the blemish of not being in the top decile (also i have an upward trend in my grades)</p>