Official Brown University 2017 RD Results

mcsquared96 · March 30, 2013, 12:12am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 690 CR, 640 M, 790 W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 710 Literature, 550 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.14 (weighted, we still don’t know our unweighteds)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/98
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, Health/PE, AP Calculus (AB, school doesn’t offer BC), Band, AP Biology, Honors US History (Independent study through the University of Connecticut), Honors History 12, Spanish 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): School Science Fair Winner, National Honor Society, Connecticut Governor’s Scholar Semi-Finalist, National Merit Commended Student, National Spanish Exam Honorable Mention, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Connecticut Scholar Athlete Award, Several Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for writing (3 gold keys, 2 silver, 1 honorable mention)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years Founder/administrator of a creative writing website, 3 years National Novel Writing Month winner, 3 years UVA Young Writers Workshop, 4 years band (section leader, Tri-M Secretary, made all-conference and all-region bands all 4 years), 4 years club ice hockey (I played for 10 years) (top scorer, ranked 2nd in state, 3rd in New England), 4 years varsity field hockey (rookie award, captain, MVP, top scorer, made conference all-star team), 3 years varsity alpine ski team (captain, conference champions), 2 years newspaper (editor)[/li][] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Pan-Mass Challenge (Summer 2011), Usher at local theater (Summers 2011, 2012), Local historical society high school representative and transcriber (Summers 2011, 2012), Class Treasurer 1 year. I didn’t keep track of the hours.
[] Summer Activities: UVA Young Writers Workshop, aforementioned volunteer work, aforementioned Creative Writing site
[] Essays: Were fine. Commonapp one definitely could have been better but I always have trouble with word limits. Wrote it about a boy I met on the Internet and how he changed my perspective on stereotypes. I thought my Brown Supplement short answers were much better, and I was especially proud of the longer one at the end. I tried to go outside of the box with them as much as possible, since my CommonApp one ended up being rather generic.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’ve only gotten to read one of them, and it was very good. The other one was from a teacher who I’ve been very close to so I assume it was good as well, but I can’t say for certain.
[] Counselor Rec: I’d only known my guidance counselor for two months when she wrote it (she was a new hire this year) so the rec was probably generic.
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: I talked with the interviewer for about an hour and I think it went pretty well. He told me at the end that he was going to give me a great write-up. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half asian, half caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $250,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Double Legacy[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Writing is really my passion and main interest, so I would hope that my essays were a strong point. Extracurriculars and leadership positions also strong. I’m pretty articulate and I think my interview went pretty well. Also demonstrated interest: I made clear to the admissions officers that Brown was my first choice.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores. I am a terrible test-taker but I was told that numbers didn’t matter as much to Brown (I guess they were right!) Also my grades are above average, but probably nothing outstanding for an ivy league applicant.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths above. Both of my teachers are very aware of my test-taking inability and have helped me work through it these past four years, so I’m sure they probably mentioned it in their recs somewhere. Legacy status probably helped as well (though I was deferred early).
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Reed, Macalester, NYU, University of Rochester, Lewis and Clark, Emerson, University of King’s College
Waitlisted: UChicago
Rejected: Columbia, UPenn, Northwestern

[/ul]General Comments:
START EARLY. That would be my advice to anyone with this process in your future. If you think you’re going to have a school like Brown in mind (and you certainly don’t need to! you can have a great experience at any college!) then you’ll need to keep that goal in mind throughout all four years when choosing classes, extracurriculars, and tests to take (particularly SAT subject tests).

kk2500 · March 30, 2013, 12:23am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 700 Math 800 Writing 730
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Math2C 800 Physics 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CalculusBC 5, Physics B 5, Physics C-M 5, Physics C-E&M 5, Chemistry 5, European History 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics E&M, AP Chemistry, AP Comparative Politics, Differential Equations, Analytical Mechanics, Discrete Mathematics, World Literature
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Physics Tournament Champion, Engineering Fair Merit, National High Schools Debate Grand Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Research for 2 years, Thesis in Physics published, School Debate Club (Vice Captain), School Newspaper Crew Captain, Varsity Swimming Team
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching math, physics, and chemistry to local school children
[] Summer Activities: Worked as a TA in the leadership & debate camp, Physics Research, summer session math class, sports
[] Essays: main essay was solid. my writing teacher commented that it was very humorous and insightful. and I put my best effort into Brown supplements, too.
[] Teacher Recommendation: one from physics teacher, who wrote an outstanding recommendation for me. I did physics research under his supervision, so he had a lot of things to write in his letter. one from my politics & english teacher; he is also my debate club coach - he said his recommendation was a top few strongest one.
[] Counselor Rec: she is very experienced, and knows me very well. She emphasized my positive personality and leadership
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Brown alumni interviewer was so kind![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]

[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Korea
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]

[] Strengths: GPA, Rigorous Coursework, Two teacher recommendations, Essays & supple, various activities
[] Weaknesses: SAT score wasn’t bad, but not high compared to my peers. No international awards, etc
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I explained well why I’m a fit to Brown.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]General Comments: Enjoy what you do; from taking challenging courses to joining various clubs and extras, I’ve loved doing whatever I chose to do, and I think admin officers saw something meaningful from my applications and letters

JordanSaidWhat · March 30, 2013, 3:07am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (620CR, 700M, 800W)
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 34M, 33R, 36S)
[] SAT II: 720Bio-E, 710Math2, 760Bio-M, 800Math2 (retake)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 105.321
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/515
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geography (4), AP World History (4), APUSH (5), AP Biology (5), AP English Lang (5), six more this year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Music Theory, AP Environmental Science, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Calculus AB, AP USGoPo, AP Microecon, Honors Physics.
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (several state medals; 1st in one event for two years), Marching Band (Drum Major, two years), Symphonic Band (1st chair, three years; 1st chair in all-state, two years), Pep Band, Student Council (Secretary, PR Rep., District President), National Honor Society (Executive Board Member), summer volunteer job for a month at a church camp in Texas, Pit Orchestra for school musicals, a few years of church youth band.
[] Job/Work Experience: As aforementioned, a month-long volunteer job in the middle of Texas, seven hours from where I live. I lived on-camp for a month while volunteering.
[] Volunteer/Community service: The aforementioned summer job (288 hours), as well as various projects through Student Council and National Honor Society.
[] Summer Activities: church camp, music workshops, camp volunteering, drum major camp, summer marching band.
[] Essays: My Common App essays were, in my opinion, strong but not stellar. I felt very good about the Brown essays.
[] Teacher Recommendations: First was from my APUSH teacher, said I was the best student she’s ever had. The second was from my two-year AP Biology teacher, who gave similarly kind and personal sentiments about me. For both of these teachers, I was the second student in their entire teaching career to score a 5 on their AP exam.
[] Counselor Rec: I did not see it, though I would guess it was average or better.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: It was amazing, absolutely amazing. I stepped out of a student council conference at the state convention to have the interview, and it was an amazing conversation. I felt like I fell even more in love with the school and presented myself well.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NM
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Large, non-competitive public (~2000 students)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: High income.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Maybe geographic diversity, ACT score, and state band accomplishments.
[] Weaknesses: SAT (and Subject Test) scores, lack of national awards/summer programs or research.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m wondering if they waitlisted me in case the other NM kids matriculate elsewhere. Otherwise, I was a so-so applicant; I know I wasn’t a shoo-in acceptance, this was a fair decision.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Notre Dame, UCBerkeley. Waitlisted: Brown, Cornell, Vanderbilt. Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth, Stanford.

[/ul]General Comments: Going to do everything I can to get off this waitlist; really hoping it doesn’t end in a z-listing though. Otherwise, I’ll be attending UCBerkeley.

JordanSaidWhat · March 30, 2013, 3:43am

Edit note: Ignore the SAT score in my above post. I didn’t send my SAT score to Brown.

IdleDevil · March 30, 2013, 6:27am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (800 CR, 790 W, 710 M)
[] SAT II: 760 English Lit, 780 Math II
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/~200
[] Senior Year Course Load: Indian CBSE Board, courses are not differentiated as per rigor.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None? Won a couple of awards for debate in an international fest…[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Council leader all four years of HS, state/national swimmer, state/national debater, some other literary activities.
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at local office of a national newspaper
[] Volunteer/Community service:Organized and headed some major community service projects in school, teacher-volunteer at NGO
[] Summer Activities: Nothing special, swimming, internship
[] Essays: I believe the essays got me in. Wrote Brown supp hours before the deadline, but it really turned out well; answers were out-of-the-box, and I think I managed to show that I am a great fit for Brown. Commonapp was excellent, too, IMO.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Interview: Amazing! Interviewer was an awesome lady, young, very frank and fun to talk to. She got a very positive impression of me.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): India!
[] School Type: Private International
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None whatsoever.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays. Consistently high academic performance. Well-rounded applicant.
[] Weaknesses: Nothing really special in my application, ECs are all-right compared to other applicants.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My personality is VERY Brown, and that shone through in my essays and interview.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: HYP, Dartmouth, Amherst
Accepted: Brown, Duke, Wesleyan, UCLA, UNC Chapel Hill

[/ul]General Comments:
I am incredibly happy, Brown was my DREAM. I’m attending
To future applicants, please don’t procrastinate! I suffered a lot for it.
And focus on personality in your application. Make full use of the essays.
To those who didn’t get in: If there’s one thing I learnt from this whole admissions process (which, btw, is wayyy different and MUCH more random compared to the process in my country) is that it’s very easy to start believing that college decisions determine your worth in life, but that is absolutely not true. Sometimes this process is literally like throwing darts in pitch dark. So tell yourself you don’t need these colleges to tell you how good you are.
To those who got in: Congrats! Hope to see some of you in Providence :D

purpledrops · March 30, 2013, 11:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%?
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 5’s, 2 4’s
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOBY Award, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, regional art award

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, NAHS, African American Student Union (president), lots
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: really, really good
[] Teacher Recommendation: have no idea
[] Counselor Rec: she said it was excellent
[] Interview: excellent

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):PA
[] School Type: competitive public
[] Ethnicity: black
[] Gender: f
[] Income Bracket: >100,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, one of my extracurriculars

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, extracurricular, essays
[] Weaknesses: ACT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: unique extracurricular
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Princeton, Yale, Brown, UPenn (Wharton), Johns Hopkins, Duke, Georgetown, Lehigh, Holy Cross, William and Mary, Villanova, Drexel, St. Joes, Temple. No rejects or waitlists!!!

[/ul]General Comments: Future Applicants: Find something that makes you stand out!! Find an extracurricular that is unique, it will help you out!

purpledrops · March 30, 2013, 11:10pm

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allysonbrianna · March 31, 2013, 1:45am

Decision: Accepted (Likely)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math-690, CR-750, Writing-680 =2120
[] ACT: Didn’t Send
[] SAT II: Lit-760, USH-740, Math 2-680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank: NA
[] AP: APUSH (5), Writing Comp. (5), Physics B (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP English, Latin III(h)
[] Major Awards: A lot of community service ones.

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Track (Captain), Cross Country, Piano, Soccer, SSA, ASB (Treasurer), Student Council (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I started a non-profit.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Pretty good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Average
[] Supplementary Material: Penn’s supplement was probably my best.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: CA
[] School Type: Parochial
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks: None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: The non-profit I started.
[] Weaknesses: SAT
[] Why you think you were accepted: The non-profit I started, teacher recommendations.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Brown (Likely), UPenn (Wharton), Duke, Boston College, Pepperdine, Tulane, Seattle-Pacific, NYU
Waitlisted: University of Portland, Vanderbilt, Georgetown
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Pomona

[/ul]**General Comments: ** Glad college application season is over!

Ripziro · March 31, 2013, 2:01am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ list]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (M: 760 CR: 760 W: 780)
[ ] ACT:
[ ] SAT II: 780 Chem, 750 Math II, 770 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 1%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7 Math SL, 7 English Literature, 7 Chemistry SL, 7 History of the Americas, 7 Visual Arts, 7 French B
[] Senior Year Course Load:Math SL, HOA HL, Visual Art HL, French SL, TOK, English HL
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing much, MYP certificate & with distinctions in Math and Science
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Club (President), Table Tennis Club (President, Founder, Team Captain), Chess Club, Java & Python Programming Club, 1 yr debate team, Web design and maintenance (I maintain a website for my school), table tennis instructor, guitar lessons and ukulele recording[/li][] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at Innovest Systems LLC, Intern at Mount Sinai Medical Center
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local community center & few hospitals
[] Summer Activities:Self-studied physics (not offered at my school), computer programming, guitar performance and recording
[] Essays: My common app essays were weird, but good weird (I think one essay I wrote about an eerie experience I had purchasing an american fender strat from a vendor on craigslist might have gotten me in). As far as the supplement is concerned, I feel like I had really unique responses about myself that I was able to tailor to the information I had collected about Brown (one was about coming out as a public speaker – I’m an introvert, another one was about table tennis, and a final one was about pulling unnecessary all-nighters to work on math problems.)
[] Teacher Recommendation:Phenomenal, one of my teachers is an electrical engineer and MBA who was able to, I assume, demonstrate how fit I was for the field of study I was determined to enter (also included a line about me being top of my class).
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure, all I can say is that I had a good relationship with my counselor.
[] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: Fantastic! I contacted my interviewer after receiving my decision. He told me that the minute I left his office he pegged me as a clear admit. [/li]
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, merit-based entrance exam
[] Ethnicity:White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$190,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation in the United States.

[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, Transcript,
[] Weaknesses: No 800s, but I think my test scores were adequate (could’ve been more diverse though).
[] Why you think you were accepted: I think I was accepted because I came across as an applicant that was capable of doing a lot with very little offered. I think maybe colleges look for people who are capable of attaining success regardless of their institutional context or course offerings. This may be especially important for brown because they want students who are capable of being proactive architects of their own education (oops - that was also one of my short answer topics, forgot about that).
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Stonybrook (full ride), University of Rochester, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton (waitlisted), University of Michigan

[/ul][ b]General Comments:** Brown is my dream school but they skimped out on my financial aid, this makes undegrad at Stonybrook followed by a more serious graduate engineering program pretty attractive. But I think if I’m being honest with myself, I will end up going and doing as much as I possibly can to minimize debt. For those of you applying to brown: Its financial aid office is not nice to the middle class. So get to work on those outside scholarships and grants as soon as you possibly can and try to secure summer jobs for the two summers prior to your entry freshmen year (you can’t go wrong if you find a paid internship that is relevant to your desired field of study). What I have to say so far however is that Brown, along with any other reputable school, makes a really strong effort to bring its graduating classes together as early as possible. It seems like the social and educational opportunity of a lifetime, but I’m not sure I can handle ~200k debt right out of undergrad even with a degree in engineering or computer science.

newpond17 · March 31, 2013, 2:45pm

Accepted!

[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):n/a
[ *] ACT:31 (34 math, 30 science, 31 Reading, 27 english)
[ *] SAT II: 740-bio, 780-chem, 750 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/250
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) stat (5) AP US (5) AB Calc (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Spanish, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, Honors English, Honors International Relations, Partial Differential Equations (MIT) (Yes, my official math classes offered through my school are well below the classes that I take on my own)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Rensselaer Medal, Bausch and Lomb Scholarship, AP Scholar Award, and others
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founder and vice president of intellectual discussion group, NHS peer tutoring program, Curling (U18 Optimist and US Youth Olympic trials)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: NHS, Volunteer water monitor (Neponset river), other projects for NepRWA
[ *] Summer Activities: MIT Junction (quantum Mechanics) and independent research.
[ *] Essays: I spent a lot of time on my essays. I wrote about my home laboratory, the Curling community, sailing, MIT Junction, and underwater photography.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 (one of my teachers referred to me as the best student that they have ever had)
[ *] Counselor Rec: 9/10 (he didn’t know me very well)
[ *] Additional Rec:10/10 letter from my quantum mechanics teacher at MIT
[ *] Interview: 9/10. It went well but wasn’t the best interview that I had.

[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket:100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: My home lab, Independent research, independent learning, my intellectual group.
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT, school activities

[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my essays and recommendation letters added a lot to my application. I also made a website to show the admissions committee how seriously I take my home lab and my independent research.

[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: MIT, Brown, Tufts, RPI, WPI, U-mass.

Rejected: Harvard, Yale

[ /list][ b]General Comments:**

I think I wrote my best essays on the Brown application. There was a lot of competition just from my school alone so I was pleasantly surprised to get in. Congratulation to everyone else who got in!

Laniarakaki · March 31, 2013, 3:48pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (770 CR, 800 M, 760 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 750 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chem, 5 English, 5 Physics C Mechanics, 5 Calc AB, 5 Calc BC, 4 Physics C E&M, 4 Physics B (self-studied 3 of these)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Stats, AP Environmental Science
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, Young Woman of the Year, Best Buy Scholar, Coca Cola Semifinalist, Latin Spelling Bee Winner[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cancer Research Internship, Piano, CM Level 10, Orchestra First Clarinet, Started a nonprofit org, President/VP of 4 clubs, Captain of dance team & school math team
[] Job/Work Experience: SAT Tutor, Dancer for dance company
[] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours for local hospital, and hundreds of hours for clubs
[] Summer Activities: 9th & 10th summer school, 11th Summer camp for aspiring physicians, 12th Research Internship
[] Essays: My PLME essays were the ones I was most proud of! Really showed that I knew what I wanted out of an education and why PLME was the perfect fit for me.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One teacher wrote a terrible letter of rec (not terrible about me, but just uninformative) I had a very close relationship with my other teacher and he assured me that it was amazing
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been good? Close relationship with her too
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: Had a doctor at Mayo Clinic. It was over the phone and he only asked me what I knew about plme and brown. But then the call got cut off and he never picked up my calls after that![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: public school > 2,000 students
[] Ethnicity: Chinese & Japanese
[] Gender: Female
[]Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Um the research internship? My essays!
[] Weaknesses: My ranking
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: supplement and essays & extreme luck!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, UPenn, USC, UC Berkeley w/ Regents, UCLA. Waitlist: Harvard, Williams, Washu, Tufts / Rejected: Yale, Swarthmore

General Comments: Oh my goodness, I am just ridiculously lucky! To me, getting into Brown was hard enough… I can’t believe I was admitted to PLME too! So so blessed. To future brown applicants reading these stats, just remember… you are not a statistic. You have no idea who they are going to accept so just apply! Miracles really do happen (:

elitenoob · March 31, 2013, 6:10pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (didn’t send)
[] ACT: 35 (34,36,33,35 W8)
[] SAT II:800 Math II 790 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.13/4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):unofficially top 3 of 300, should be 1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on Stats (self-study), Chem (self-Study), Psychology, Biology, Calc BC, Computer Science, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, 4 on US Hisotry
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calc, Organic Chemistry, Linear Algebra at University, AP Lit
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, National AP Scholar, Top 1% of WI math contest, State Science Olympiad Medals [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Science Olympiad (President and Founder), Middle School Science Olympiad Coach (Outstanding coach for 2nd at State) Math Team (Co-Captain), Soccer, Table Tennis Club, some other small stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: 400 hours internship at a lab
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200 at hospital
[] Summer Activities: Internship
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details):8, about seeking my true potential
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
[] Teacher Rec #1: 7, good but could be better
[] Teacher Rec #2: 7, good but a bit of a list
[] Counselor Rec: 8, new counselor so doesn’t know me as well
[] Additional Rec: From the lab I interned at, short but good
[] Interview: 1 hour interview, went well [/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):WI
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type:Suburban (rarely sends students to Ivy League)
[] Ethnicity:Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 120k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Independent, Push myself
[] Weaknesses: Essays?, no hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not sure
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted UW-Madison,
Waitlisted Rice
Rejected Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown PLME, Northwestern HPME[/ul]
General Comments: I am not sure what to say. My school isn’t that great but I hoped that I could still shine through my own efforts. I guess I will graduate in 3 years and go to medical school. Still a bit mad but I hope medical school acceptances will be better.

researcher067 · March 31, 2013, 8:38pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
*SAT I (breakdown): CR: 760, M: 670, W: 800 one sitting
*ACT: didn’t take
*SAT II: US History: 800, World History: 760, Math 1: 690 (didn’t send)
*Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
*Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/326
*AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), English Lang (5)
*IB (place score in parenthesis):
*Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult (AP Lit sucks)
*Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

-Intel STS Semifinalist
-Junior Science and Humanities Symposium National Finalist
-Intel ISEF Finalist
-National Merit Finalist
-AP Scholar
-Yale Book Award?

Subjective:
*Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (National Director of Technology, Northeast Convention Coordinator, Chapter VP), Taekwondo (Certified Instructor, 3rd Degree black belt), Trumpet (Been in county and state bands/orchestras for the last 3 years), Drama Club (Treasurer, Sound board operator), National Honor Society (I do the absolute minimum number of hours required haha)
*Job/Work Experience: Taekwondo Instructor for after school program (kids ages 5-13), one day per week
*Volunteer/Community service: Not much. Peer tutor (lol), volunteered for state assembly office
*Summer Activities: Intern, NY State Attorney General’s Regional Office, Intern, Nita Lowey for Congress (2012), Junior Statesmen Foundation Summer School at Georgetown (2011), summer research (2011-2012), Camp Counselor at my Taekwondo school
*Essays:
Common App: I showed it to a teacher who reads a lot of college essays at my school and she said it was “fantastic” and “a breath of fresh air.” Supplemental: Some of my best. I covered everything from my town’s influence on me to my interest in mushroom foraging so I got a lot of breadth
*Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
*Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but I can only guess very good. We have a great relationship.
*Additional Rec: One from my Taekwondo teacher who I’ve known since I was 4, One from my State Assemblywoman who I’ve also known a long time, and one from a county legislator who is a family friend
*Interview: Eh. One of my least interesting. The guy graduated from Brown in like the 40s and I couldn’t relate to him at all. Left me really nervous.

Other
*State (if domestic applicant): NY
*Country (if international applicant):
*School Type: Public, somewhat competitive because of science research program and being in Westchester
*Ethnicity: Bout as white as you can get
*Gender: Male
*Income Bracket: 150000-200000
*Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mia madre)

Reflection
*Strengths: GPA, Awards, common app essay
*Weaknesses: SAT math score!, interview
*Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I think a combination of STS, ISEF, and legacy sealed the deal somewhere.
*Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Wesleyan, GW, Brandeis, SUNY Geneseo, Waitlisted: Harvard, UPenn, UChicago, Georgetown Rejected: Princeton, Northwestern

General Comments:
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! I’M SPEECHLESS! Brown was definitely up there for me, and while I’m going to put in a bit of effort to try and get off the Harvard waitlist (I did my science research project with a Harvard professor so that might help), I’m ridiculously excited! Also, I know anyone who didn’t get in to any of these very competitive schools won’t believe it, but it honestly doesn’t matter where you go that much anymore. The gap between people that go to Ivies and everywhere else has been lessened a lot in the past 20 or 30 years. For me, I consider this just a lucky strike. I was like 99% ready to go to GW and have a fantastic time. If you’re smart, you’re going to do well no matter what, so don’t let this be the end. That is all.

Iamcuriousbrown · March 31, 2013, 11:02pm

Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:**SAT I (breakdown):800 CR 760 M 740 Writing
[ *] ACT: NA
[ *] SAT II: 720 M2 710 WH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:Honors Calc AB; Honors Chinese 5; Economics; Religion; Advanced Biology; Arabic 2
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US State Department Summer Study Grant in Asia
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Advanced Debate, Editor, School Newspaper; Varsity Volleyball Captain; Dormitory Prefect;
[ *] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 
[ *] Summer Activities: Study in Asia and Middle East with home stays with local families -3 summers/ all scholarships from school or government
[ *] Essays: pretty good; best I could do at the time
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great
[ *] Counselor Rec: great
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: quick and unsafisfying

[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private boarding
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: $250,000 +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: great school so my grades has major credibility. True love of difficult foreign languages and culture.
[ *] Weaknesses: boring ethnicity, privileged background
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my academic record and summer activities were consistently strong. I really wanted to go to Brown and made that clear.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at UVa, Wesleyan, and Amherst; Waitlisted at Princeton; rejected at UPenn, Tufts, Yale and Harvard

[ /list][ b]General Comments: I worked hard all through the school years and summers. I really wanted to go to Brown, applied early and was deferred. I am grateful to have been accepted RD. **

yissycu · March 31, 2013, 11:43pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (780-math, 800-writing, reading)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 math 2, 800 chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/383
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Calculus BC (5), Gov’t and Politics (5), Chinese V (5), Music Theory (5), World History (5), Statistics (4), Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: APES, AP Spanish Lit, AP English Lit, APUSH, AP CompSci, free period, TA Period
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, National Spanish Exam Gold[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech & Debate (President - some national medals), Spanish Club (President & Founder), Science Club (Secretary), Science Teaching Club (Founder)
[] Job/Work Experience: started a home daycare freshman year, worked as a paid teacher in China, waitress in Chinese restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: teaching English in Spain and China, counselor at day camps, other random stuff (200+ hours)
[] Summer Activities: traveling to foreign countries to teach English to kids
[] Essays: very unique.
[] Teacher Recommendation: generic.
[] Counselor Rec: generic.
[] Additional Rec: good.
[li] Interview: fantastic. we had a good conversation.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public, highly competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $90,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essays, unique extracurriculars, SAT
[] Weaknesses: no extremely impressive achievements, low ranking (5%), mediocre teacher recs (they didn’t even like me that much), frankly, i’m just another Asian girl
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think Brown looks for applicants with personality. Make sure your essays/short answers have a lot of character. Also, try to have some sort of special “passion” that shines through in your essays and extra-curriculars.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brown, Dartmouth, Duke, Williams, UCLA, UC Berkeley; Waitlisted: WashU; Rejected: Stanford, UPenn, Columbia, Georgetown

[/ul]General Comments: To all the Asian girls out there: if you believe there’s something that makes you special, bank on it. If you’re lucky, everything just might work out all right.

swagsohard · April 3, 2013, 4:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (750 CR, 760 M, 800 W)
[] ACT: 35 (36 E, 34 V, 34, M, 34 S)
[] SAT II: 780 Bio M, 740 Math Level II, 710 German
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP World, 5 Calc BC, 5 AP Lang, 5 AP US Gov, 5 AP Bio
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics Mechanics, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP US, AP German, AP Human Geography, Advanced Anatomy and Physiology, International Relations, Disease Biology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): PASCH-Goethe Institute Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient [3-weeks of intensive advanced German in Germany, one of three students selected for stipend, placed in highest possible class (B2-C1 level geared)], AP Scholar with Distinction, AATG German National Exam Winner, Top-10 in State; Tamil Intermediate (Level 4) Certified (AP Level)[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Speech and Debate (16th in the Nation at the National Forensic League National Tournament in Indianapolis, IN in Policy Debate, School Varsity Coordinator for Policy Debate)
Scholar Bowl (Captain of Nationals B-Team, Top 100 Teams nationwide, Top 30 Individual Player at State, Qualified 2 years in a row to both National Tournaments)
Hindu Temple Youth Group (President, helped raise $676,000 for Temple renovation last month and $4500 for the Joplin Tornado last year, take classes on Hindu theology)
Model United Nations (School Chapter Secretary-General, and Top 3 Speaker at a couple conferences)
Website Design Club (Co-President, 3rd Place at Webster University’s Annual Programming Competition)
Carnatic Vocal Musician (Indian Classical/Devotional music, Sing in 5 different languages at Temple/cultural events)
Hindu Temple Newsletter (Youth Writer)
National Honor Society

[] Job/Work Experience: Lol no
[] Volunteer/Community service: 170+ hours
[li] Summer Activities:[/li]Research Internship at WUSTL using Bioinformatical Analysis to find drugs that could potentially hinder Lung Cancer, Published my paper in the Journal of Experimental Secondary Science
Research Internship at SLU using fruit fly specimens to conduct professional-grade Western Blot Analyses and contributed proof of the functionality of a mutant protein-expresser/promoter called NinaE in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

[] Essays: Hit or miss essays
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read but should be outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read but should be outstanding
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read but should be outstanding
[] Interview: Didn’t have one
[] Supplementary Material: Research Abstract

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MO
[] School Type: Midsize Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian Indian (Brown People FTW)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): meh
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): um no?

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades and Test Scores, ECs
[] Weaknesses: Essays, anti-hooks galore
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: lol who knows?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Columbia (C. Prescott Davis Scholar), Cornell (Joan and Irwin Jacobs Scholar), Brown, Johns Hopkins (BME), Duke, WUSTL, Case Western (University Scholarship), Tulane (Presidential Scholarship), UMKC Combined Medical Program, UT Dallas (full ride) and Mizzou
Waitlisted: UPenn and Dartmouth
Rejected: Harvard and Stanford
[/ul]General Comments: So glad I’m done with this process! To all those rejected or waitlisted I wish you the best of luck; you guys will end up somewhere awesome.

physicist2016 · April 6, 2013, 1:01pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II: Math IIC-800, Chemistry-800, Physics-800, US History-800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 12 APs - all 5s mostly math/science
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest possible
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO Semi-finalist, USPhO Semi-finalist, AIME Qualifer (4x), National Merit Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): couple of clubs that I was extremely dedicated to (Captain/President in both), JV(9-10)/varsity(11-12) basketball [/li][] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[] Summer Activities: basketball camps
[] Essays: Excellent, really showed I fit into Brown and was ready to take on the open curriculum
[] Teacher Recommendation: probably decent
[] Counselor Rec: she knew me very well, so I would assume really good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: couldn’t attend[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 80k-90k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): passion to learn[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Brown is the perfect place for me since I possess many different academic interests
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, CMU, state schools; Waitlisted: Yale

[/ul]General Comments: Life is good, got decent FA package!!! Going to Brown, baby!

somnosaepe · April 10, 2013, 7:02am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 800 M, 750 W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no idea
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on APUSH, AP Euro, AP Lang, APES, AP Comp Sci, and AP Bio
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang, AP Econ (Macro & Micro), AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Chem
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, NJCL/ACL Latin/Greek Tests (forgot the exact)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of two clubs (won’t go into detail, but one involves community service, the other a more interesting/unique interests club), others
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Intern at well-known engineering firm
[] Essays: A bit of a rush, but I had fun and I think I showed my personality through them (: Although they seemed like a pain at first, I ended up enjoying writing my Brown supplement.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Signed the waiver to not read, but I’m pretty sure they’re good - I know both well and get along great with them
[] Counselor Rec: no idea…probably not stellar, but likely just good
[li] Interview: short (due to time constraints), but nice![/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] School Type: Private
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <50,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, sadly

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I think my essays for Brown were quite reflective!
[] Weaknesses: I don’t think I demonstrated my interest too well for some other schools
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, but really happy! (:
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Columbia, JHU (BME), Northwestern, Cal, UCLA, USC (Trustee), UCSD, UW
Waitlisted: Duke
Rejected: Penn, Stanford, Harvard

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! Hope to see you @ Brown (: (though I am also still deciding…) To those who didn’t: Good luck with everything else! I didn’t get into my “dream school”, but am still very happy and believe that everything will turn out for the best.

Future Applicants: Don’t become too attached to any one school (until you get in, of course!), and make sure you will be happy to see yourself at ALL schools you apply to. I was of course very happy to get into Brown and others, but definitely still allowed myself to be disappointed at not getting into my first choice. But it’s okay - it will all work out, and, really, there is a lot of luck and some random factors involved in the college hunt. Make sure you let your personality show through and be genuine!

Random13 · April 13, 2013, 9:08am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1870 CR 650 M 610 W 610
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: Chem 670 USH 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/125
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4) English Lang (4) USH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, Physics, Anatomy
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] AP Scholar, lots of school/district and community awards
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutoring, Babysitting, National Honor Society, Science Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, and other service over 500 hrs
[] Summer Activities: Babysitting, Harvard SSP 2012, Art classes
[] Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay was cute, funny, and personal. Everyone loved it.
[] Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):[list]
[li] Teacher Rec #1: Good[/li][] Teacher Rec #2: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:[/ul]
[] Interview:[/list]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Low
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]URM, low income, first generation American, first generation college, female in science, art

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, Essays, hooks,
[] Weaknesses: SATs and lack of leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Low SATs, no leadership, low acceptance rate
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted St. John’s, SUNY Albany, CUNY Macaulay Honors, UMiami, Cornell (Likely letter), Boston U, Johns Hopkins, NYU
Waitlisted: Princeton, Brown
Rejected: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UPenn, Columbia
General Comments:

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