<p>I’m doing this to help future applicants understand how they should approach applying to Brown, etc. Hopefully this helps you guys!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 780 M 700 W 700
[</em>] SAT II: Hebrew 800, USH 800, Math2 790
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), World Hist (5), Calc AB (5), Psychology (5), Spanish Lang (4), English Lang (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calculus, AP Lit, AP Macro, Choir, Journalism
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NCTE Writing Achievement Award, National Merit Winner
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Worked on newspaper/magazine in three high schools; participated in theater (member of thespian society); PR of GSA; Peer Leader, etc.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at Israeli liberal organization
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities: Studied French for two weeks, moved twice
[</em>] Essays: Common App–about my experience as a liberal Israeli living in the U.S. and how my heritage clashes with my politics; Supplement–about my intellectual development through writing and how it helped me deal with moving
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably okay–was very good student in both classes but teachers didn’t love me. One teacher had a problem sending hers in, so I asked my current journalism advisor to write a rec at the last minute; Brown received all three in the end
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably excellent–she met with me many times, knows all of the troubles I’ve had to go through
[<em>] Additional Rec: See Teacher Recs
[</em>] Interview: Good/OK–nothing “amazing”
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Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Israeli/Romanian
[<em>] Gender:M
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] -Moved to US at age 10
-Went to three different high school because of moves
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My essays really reflected my interesting life story–also well-written; good grades, SAT IIs and APs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Nothing amazing extra-curricularly, SAT score below median
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: I’m a unique applicant who’s passionate about many things, academically, socially, intellectually.
[li] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul][/li]Accepted: All UCs, Wesleyan, Reed, Colorado
Waitlisted: Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, Swarthmore, Stanford
General Comments: Just try to show the admission office what sets you apart from other applicants, and do so in a way that they can understand and appreciate. Make them learn something about themselves from your essays–show that your struggles can also be applied to their situations.</p>