Official Brown University Class of 2014 RD Results

mindman15 · April 2, 2010, 5:51pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):1830
[] ACT:N/A
[] SAT II: 750 Chem / 680 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/696
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem-4 / US Hist- 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP (Physics C, Psychology, Calculus AB)
Dual Credit (Economics, Government, English: British Literature), Spanish Honors, Sociology Reg
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really, small local awards for academics, Science Fair regionals, and umm QuestBridge Finalist?
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
PHILOSOPHY CLUB:President and Founder
SCIENCE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY:President
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY:Parliamentarian
STUDENT COUNCIL
BHAKTA YOUTH GROUP OF HOUSTON: Vice President
have some other minor ones but those weren’t factored in due to the limited space of the common app…
[] Job/Work Experience:Chemistry Teaching Assistant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Bhakta Youth Group of Houston, couple of school things…
[] Summer Activities: Colorado College “College Ahead” summer program for rising Jrs, Colorado College “Southwest Scholars” summer program for rising Srs: took a real Modern Cosmology college class with college students…recieved an A
[] Essays: Really conveyed my two academic passions: Physics and Philosophy…
The intellectual stimulation essay was about learning the Anthropic Principles and writing a research paper on them while taking the Modern Cosmology course…
The extra essay I did for majoring in Physics really illustrated my passion for Physics and how it connects to Philosophy…
I think my “Why Brown?” essay was pretty generic…could have done better on it…
[] Teacher Recommendation: My Chemistry teacher’s was good…idk about my English teacher…he’s a bit weird…
[] Counselor Rec: Generic…my counselor hates me for some reason…it’s quite apparent when I go ask her for help…
[] Additional Rec: None, besides counselor and teachers…
[] Interview:None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Houston,TX
[] Country (if international applicant):USA
[] School Type: Public-only sends 13% to colleges
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket:15,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Questbridge Finalist
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unique-Dual Academic Passions (Physics and Philosophy) and perhaps my ECs…In particular Science NHS and Philosophy Club which I founded…
[] Weaknesses: SAT Scores and GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Definitely my concrete credentials…SAT scores and GPA
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Rejected: Vassar, Amherst, Oberlin, Columbia, Yale, BROWN, Rice, Stanford, University of Texas Liberal Arts Honors[/li]Accepted: University of Texas \m/
Waitlisted: Johns Hopkins University
General Comments:
Thought I would have gotten in despite my low stats. I really thought my QuestBridge Finalist status and also the QB application would be factored into my complete application package. I really thought the admissions officers would see the innate and pure passion for Physics and Philosophy that I have. O well…onto UT hook em!

I was depressed for about two days as I got rejected from every out of state college I applied to except Johns Hopkins. I worked so hard these four years of my high school while sacrificing a lot. These rejections will serve as a motivation to make the most of UT and then perhaps go onto a reputable grad school hopefully.

Congrats to all that got in or even got waitlisted…Your hard work payed off :)

guitarplayer6516 · April 2, 2010, 8:16pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 760 M, 800 W</li>
<li>ACT:</li>
<li>SAT II: 780 Math II, 770 Chem, 750 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/52</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, USH 5, Lang and Comp 5</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Bio, and Physics B. Other classes are honors. Toughest school offers</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major like USAMO or Intel. Won highest SAT score in county. Other things for piano. (Won a state wide competition for a scholarship, and placed in top 3 of a state wide competition twice.)</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Much involvement in piano, guitar, Cross country (captain), NHS (president), founded a guitar education club at school, initiated foundation of NEHS at school, yearbook graphics designer.</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Teaching guitar/piano students. (14 students over 4 years)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Organize quarterly blood drives at church with Red Cross. (~500 total pints collected.) Christmas book drives with B&N. (~6000 books collected) Many other things with school.</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Teaching, piano masterclass, running camp.</li>
<li>Essays: I thought they were good. Personal and showed thigns about me that I wanted them to see.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Great.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Sick nasty.</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Done by notable pianist Walter Hautzig.</li>
<li>Interview: Great.</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): GA</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Private Catholic</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Pakistani</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: ~$120,000</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Scores, essays, ec’s</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Took the SAT 4 times, maybe didnt focus enough on my passion.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UGA, Georgia Tech, Emory and Vanderbilt. Waitlisted at Duke, Brown, Harvard, Yale. Rejected at Columbia and Cornell.</li>
</ul>

General Comments: Great job everyone.

generallyrong · April 2, 2010, 9:16pm

Accepted yay!

highopes · April 2, 2010, 9:46pm

Rejected, check the stats profile if you want info!

NORTHWESTERN 2014 :)

anonymityftw · April 2, 2010, 10:10pm

@username243 - Thank you for your cute ■■■■■■■■! Your three posts are SUPER insightful and helpful. If I’m fine with being rejected from Brown and view it as a blessing, that’s my right. And last I heard, an 800 on the CR section paired with a 770 in W (albeit a 700 in M, which is not amazing) was a pretty decent score. If you check on this thread alone, there were several who got in with lower scores - and I’m genuinely happy for them. They deserve to go to Brown, just as I deserve to go where I’ll go next year. Please have a lovely day and get a life away from ■■■■■■■■ :)

sententia · April 2, 2010, 11:28pm

^ You’re test scores were definitely fine.

answer313: Congrats, but…

“Income Bracket: ~160,000 <a href=“applied%20for%20finaid”>b</a>**”

…why?

chair2 · April 3, 2010, 12:40am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (780cr / 770m / 800w / 12e)
[] SAT II: 800 mathII, 790 bio-e
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: most rigorous, as always.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): see below[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): art (10x int’l/nat’l awards, 3x int’l/nat’l publications, 5x int’l/nat’l/local galleries, years of independent study, lessons, classes, workshops, city-wide activities, volunteering), varsity swimming (captain), culture club (president), service club (president), multicultural club (leader), social outreach program (president), school summer program (director), school board (elected official), yearbook (executive editor), research, and miscellaneous volunteering.
[] Job/Work Experience: a little bit, but nothing major.
[] Volunteer/Community service: worked as a TA and teacher, but nothing crazy amazing.
[] Summer Activities: art, internships, research, work, volunteering, and relaxing.
[] Essays: my commonapp was a narrative rooted in a studio experience in which i reflected on self-hate and beauty defined in the asian community, and how living against those notions influences and drives me in my artistry and life. i did “what don’t you know,” and my essay was a massive risk–it wasn’t in prose, to say the least.
[] Teacher Recommendation: presumably excellent, but i doubt they were anything jaw-dropping.
[] Counselor Rec: i’m sure this was fabulous: specific, long, lively, and stuffed with anecdotes. we get along great!
[] Additional Rec: it went with the art supplement, and it was fine–nothing special.
[li] Interview: i had it in late february, and it went great. she kind of dished out brown’s semi-confidential admissions habits, and we had a good, hour-long conversation.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): usa
[] School Type: small, secular, suburban, competitive private.
[] Ethnicity: east asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: didn’t apply for financial aid.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, leadership, essays, awards, scores, and the art portfolio i submitted was really strong.
[] Weaknesses: gpa: i have 8 B’s, and i’m an ORM. just get something to make up for it, whether it be super talent or risky essays.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my brown supplement essay failed, i’d guess.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at yale, harvard, columbia, cornell, uchicago, wustl, pomona, swarthmore, wesleyan, nyu, carnegie mellon, uiuc. rejected at stanford, brown, penn, princeton. waitlisted nowhere.
[/ul]General Comments: congrats everyone! i actually applied to the brown/risd dual degree, but i’m already out of the running. i loved brown, but i’m completely fine. good luck to all!!

ConnieKang · April 3, 2010, 2:05am

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (780W, 800M, 720CR)
SAT II: 750 Physics, 800 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/180

Subjective: Nothing note-worthy

Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): 9
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main:
EC Short Answer: Carnegie Training assistant coach
Why Brown: kinda mediocre
Academic Interest: Literature/Anthropology

Other
Country: China
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: High

Reflection
Strengths: Essays (put much effort)
Weaknesses: No fancy stats/awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: LOVE, BABE

Tara_doll · April 3, 2010, 3:19am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 640 M, 780 CR, 800 WR
[] SAT II: 690 MII, 740 APUSH, 780 LIT
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 5 Eng. Lang
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Gov, AP Calc, AP English Lit, H Physics, Creative Writing, Comparative Religions
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really… National Merit Commended…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (President), Speech & Debate (President), Veritas Club (Founder - outside of school, group of kids engage in political activism, discuss ideas & books, current events, etc.), &some minor ones.
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: blah blah nothing spectacular
[] Summer Activities: volunteer
[] Essays: Supplementary was about my interest in developmental studies (Brown offers it as a major) that arose from my witness of Third World country living standards as I was born and raised in those conditions. Second essay was basically me saying: Take me, I’m gonna do big things.
[] Teacher Recommendation: French teacher gave a stellar one (checked all far right she says), and Gov teacher wrote a very good letter but didn’t check all the right boxes…
[] Counselor Rec: probably mediocre. She doesn’t love me or hate me.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: I effed up. Interviewer contacted me, I got the email a week later because it was in my spam folder, he tried to set another interview up, I was late in replying to THAT email as well despite his efforts to go out of his way to get me an interview even after the interview info had to be sent in to the office.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Private, Catholic, College Prep
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $100,000-$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] Foreign…
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My sincere passion for development studies, my background (I’m from a very sparsely populated developing nation in Asia), and my fierce (I like to think it was persuasive and sincere but it may have been borderline aggressive) essay that was something along the lines of… “I know my stats are mediocre but I promise you I’ll do spectacular things”
[] Weaknesses: Beyond mediocre stats/EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Denied - UCLA, Cornell, Columbia; Accepted - Tufts, Middlebury, Vassar, Bard, Boston College, Boston U, UC Berkeley, NYU, UCSB, UCSD
General Comments: Admissions is arbitrary.

An0maly · April 3, 2010, 9:05am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800, 800, 770)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 800 Math2, 770 Physics, 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Seven 5’s, Two 4’s
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Taking 10 ap exams
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar/National Merit Finalist
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MAO (president), Science NHS (president), Varsity tennis (Co-Captain), Basketball
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: 300 hours
[] Summer Activities: Volunteered/attended a summer program
[] Essays: Great
[] Teacher Recommendation: saw them, excellent
[] Counselor Rec: saw, excellent
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: He said it was one of the best he’s done.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public/Charter
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 75k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores/grades
[] Weaknesses: no national level EC’s
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was a good match
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul][/li]
Accepted: Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Georgia Tech
Waitlist: Cornell, WashU
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT

General Comments: Congrats everyone who’s in. If you didn’t make it, it just wasn’t meant to be. You will have a terrific time wherever you end up so no worries!

j92ferr · April 3, 2010, 11:11am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (730M, 650R, 630W)

ACT:29 Comp. (Did not send)
SAT II: 730 M1, 700 M2, 610 Bio-M, 560 Lit (Did not Submit)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): #1
AP (place score in parenthesis): None-See Bottom
IB (place score in parenthesis):" "
Senior Year Course Load: Pre-cal, physics, English, Spanish, Machine& Tool Tech
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cert. of Acad Exc.: Ma. Assoc. of Superintendents, Walter J. Markham Award, Outstanding Voc. Tech Student, MIAA Sportsmanship
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (P), Golf (C), Senior Class (P), Student Council, Student Advisory Committee (Rep. to School Committee), Skills USA-regl. gold& silver win, Tutoring

Job/Work Experience: Movie Theater (Supervisor0, Co-operative education @ Medical Instrument Production Facility
Volunteer/Community service: Never Counted
Summer Activities: Work, Hiking, Kayaking, trying new things
Essays: Apparently good enough, would describe as “passionate”
Teacher Recommendation: Great
Counselor Rec: Outstanding
Additional Rec: Great, from members of Admin.
Interview: It was very awkward, she had poor conversation skills.
</code></pre>

Other

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

Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Vocational Technical
Ethnicity: White- Portugeuse
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diverse education, brother at Brown, technical background helped play into how I want engineering.
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: Education Background/ Ambition

Weaknesses: SATs, Lack of APs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
</code></pre>

For me I feel it was ambition. Despite the fact my school doesn’t offer APs I took the time to take college level courses AFTER school hours and over the summer in order to supplement my education. They Included Bio, Calc 1&2, and Philosophy. Also coming from a voc-tech high school, I’ve been educated in technical area related to Mechanical Engineering, which is my chosen major. Couldn’t have hurt that my brother goes to Brown too.
* Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
ACCEPTED: BU, WPI, UMass Amherst, UMass Dartmouth, Wentworth
WAITLISTED: Northeastern U
DENIED: Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, MIT

Accepted: Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Georgia Tech
Waitlist: Cornell, WashU
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, MIT

General Comments: To everyone who got didn’t get in, the admissions process doesn’t seem far from a lottery, so don’t sweat it, I’m sure you’ll do fine somewhere else. To those who got in, Congratulations! You’ve just won the Brown University Lottery!

rickmanfan · April 3, 2010, 12:54pm

GPA: 3.9U / 4.4W
SAT I: 2350
SAT II: Lit 760, Math II 780
ACT: 34
AP’s: Chem 4, US Hist. 5, Eng Lang/Comp 5, Stat 5; will take 5 more this semester
Science club president
UC Irvine COSMOS summer camp, astrophysics
200 volunteer hours physics lab, CSU Sonoma
Will graduate HS with concurrent AA degree from local JC
Rejected: Stanford, Princeton
Accepted: UC Santa Barbara (College of Creative Studies, physics, with Regents), UC Santa Cruz (Regents), UC San Diego, Cornell, UPenn, Pomona
Northern CA

Whiteazn · April 3, 2010, 1:53pm

Waitlisted

Stats:[ul]
[]SAT: 2400
[]SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem - 800, USH - 800, Bio - 770,
[]GPA: 4.6
[]Rank: 1
[]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Chem, Micro, Macro, USH, Calc BC, Bio, Eng Lang: All 5’s
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[]Essays: Pretty good, not amazing.
[]Recs: Same as essays
[]Supplementary Material:
[]Summer Activities: 2 years of Sci Research, Boys State, Research internship camp, CTY
[]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Research and US Trail Orienteering team
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[]Location: NJ
[]High School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: See username
[]Gender: M
[/ul]Other[ul]
[]Extracurriculars: Orienteering, Tennis, MUN, Mathletes, Academic Team, etc
[]Awards: Siemens Finalist, NMS Finalist, some other state/national stuff
[]Accepted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, UPenn, Cornell, MIT
[]Waitlisted: Brown
[]Rejected: Yale (deferred early), Stanford
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Eh. PLME essays were too much work =p[/ul]

saltyballs · April 3, 2010, 2:22pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 Math, 800 Writing, 740 CR)
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics, 770 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4 of 572
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry(4), Physics B (5), US History (5), Studio Art (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Spanish 5, AP Economics, AP Government, AP English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Tower Awards (School recognition for distinguished students)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, and Oceans Bowl; extensive tutoring; 2 years of soccer; MUN
[] Job/Work Experience: Chemistry assistant for summer course (60 hours)
[] Volunteer/Community service: NONE
[] Summer Activities: Chemistry assistant for summer course
[] Essays: Essay was decent, supplementary short responses were better.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One crappy one, one decent one.
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see it.
[] Interview: Phone interview went well.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): United States
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 40,000-60,000 per year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT Scores, AP Scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: I did have leadership in the sciences, but not real awards to show for it. One letter of rec was of poor quality.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If the SAT scores didn’t do it, then I’m sure the supplementary response hammered it in.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted: Cornell, UCLA, UC Berkeley /// Waitlisted: Caltech, Duke, WUSTL, Northwestern /// Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Columbia (deferred early), Dartmouth
General Comments: Likely to choose Brown.

b5a4toolow · April 4, 2010, 1:56am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380, 800 W 790 CR 790 M
[] ACT: nope
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 790 Math II, 780 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 of 450
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: USH, Euro, Physics B, Macro Econ, Calc AB 4: Physics C Mechanics
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): 7: Econ SL
[] Senior Year Course Load: All IB: TOK, Math HL, English HL, World History HL, Physics HL, Spanish SL
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (Scholarship Recipient), AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Honor Society (President), Interact Community Service, American Red Cross, MUN, Three Years Varsity Soccer (Captain), Three Years Club Soccer (Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Job At University (Lab Helper)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing Notable
[] Summer Activities: Exchange to Japan, Soccer, Work, Travel
[] Essays: Pretty Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Good 2 Bad
[] Counselor Rec: Good, Known since age 8, coincidentally a family friend
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: None
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA (Southern, Inland Empire)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (Quite ghetto apart from the IB program)
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 300k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Scores, Transcript, Essays
[] Weaknesses: Volunteer, ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academic Strength, Interest in Engineering
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Dartmouth, Reed, UCB, UCLA, UCSB, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins Rejected: Stanford, Princeton[/li]General Comments:

axtang · April 6, 2010, 4:58pm

Any PLME kids going to the open house 15-16?

I’ll be there!

Cinquemb · April 9, 2010, 8:36am

Decision: Accepted

was so surprised, and i was in morocco doing community service and events when i found out. this week has been awesome

dark_knight_178 · April 22, 2010, 1:33pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 770 M, 580 CR, 600 WR

SAT II: 750 Math I, 750 Physics
Unweighted GPA: 8.7/10
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/30
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some prizes in city contests for Physics
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurricular : Physics Club (founder), Karate Club, and some other ones. ( internship + volunteer)

Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: some
Summer Activities: volunteer
Essays: Supplementary was about my interest in International Relations and Egyptology =) (Brown offers them as a major). Second essay was about my goal and how I strived to archive it.
Teacher Recommendation: The Physics and also head teacher gave me an awesome one, and English teacher wrote a very good letter
Counselor Rec: great. He loves me so much
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: I think that it helped.
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): n/a

Country : Vietnam
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $10,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation college in my family, I only applied to Brown (in the Ivy League)
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>* Strengths: My passion for IR and Egyptology, my background (I’m from a very sparsely populated developing nation in Asia), and my effort to write an essay that was something along the lines of… “I know my stats are not good but I sure that I am gonna do big things”

Weaknesses: Low stats/EC’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
</code></pre>

Accepted: Brown University
General Comments: DREAM BIG, TRY HARD !!!
CLASS OF 2014, I’M COMINGGGGGGGG!!!.

asbjaved · May 7, 2010, 6:07pm

Decision: Waitlisted (and pretty psyched)

Objective:

<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!
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<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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Other

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

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

<ul>
<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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Reflection

<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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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!!!

guitarclassical · May 28, 2010, 3:12pm

Decision: Accepted

SAT I (breakdown): 650 R, 660 W, 710 M = 2020
ACT: NA
SAT II: 750 Chem and 770 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 91/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/150
AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: :Physics,Chemistry, Biology, Math (Calc) and English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sponsored solo-concert, International Debate winner, Theater awards, Music awards

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Guitar 5 years, Theater 4 years (many awards), Singing (awards), Debate
Job/Work Experience: trainee at local university lab
Volunteer/Community service: NA
Summer Activities: trainee at local university lab
Essays: about a losing a guitar competition and 2nd about a book - pretty good, could have been better.
Teacher Recommendation: one amazing, one very good
Counselor Rec: very good
Additional Rec: amazing - from the professor at the local university
Interview: good, not great

State (if domestic applicant): NA
Country (if international applicant): INDIA
School Type: Jesuit
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: no FinAid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Musician?

Reflection:
Strengths: music, short answers, essays
Weaknesses: SAT, unheard of high school in the middle of nowhere
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: short answers, academic inegrity
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted - Duke and Brown & Rejected - YP and Williams

General Comments: Brown rules!

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