Official Brown University Class of 2014 RD Results

<p>Decision: Waitlisted (and pretty psyched)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (on the dot!) (Maths 690, Reading 620, Writing 690)

  • ACT: N/A

  • SAT II: 750 Phy, 690 Maths

  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Duznt work that way where I’m from, but my transcripts were pretty good

  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st totally!

  • AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A

  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

  • Senior Year Course Load: A Levels (and 7 subjects, thats ALOT in translations)

  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): well, seeing as this is Pakistan, NO!
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ok, LOADS!!! My Activities list was 3 pages…

  • Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs
  • Volunteer/Community service: Loads… Volunteered at 7 places over the four years and started a campaign to educate the peons at my school
  • Summer Activities: MUN. Jobs. MOVIES LIKE CRAZY ! =p
  • Essays: I’m a good writer, so … But i actually wrote “called as” in one of my essays. “CALLED AS” like “we call it as”… I mean, I deserve to be crucified!!!
  • Teacher Recommendation: excellent, they love me… One of them thinks I’ll be a world achiever in my A Levels =)
  • Counselor Rec: She LOVES me… And well, i dont blame her… =)
  • Additional Rec: N/A
  • Interview: I was shivering the first few minutes, and then rantin the next 30 minutes… I’d say 50-50…
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<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): -

  • Country (if international applicant): Pakistan…
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<li>School Type: private

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<li>Ethnicity: Asian…</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Well, middle class, I guess…</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Um, socially active, non-explosive paki?</li>
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<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: ECs, Volunteer work, Grades, Recs, CA essay

  • Weaknesses: SATs (utterly crappy, i mean didn’t meet my own standards)
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Volunteer work, and essays… I’m very lovable =)
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Wooster, OWU… Waitlisted: Colby, Hampshire… Rejected: Vassar, Bates, Conn Coll, Yale, Dartmouth, Colgate… And still waitlisted by Brown, HA!
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<p>General Comments: I’M ONE OF UR UNEXPECTED CASES… SWEATING LIKE A PIG!!! I WANT THIS SOOOOO BAD, I’LL SELL ME KIDNEY ONLINE TO GET INTO BROWN, SERIOUSLY!!!</p>