Official Brown University Class of 2015 RD Results

woodhead01 · March 31, 2011, 2:08pm

Some guy named Ted Nesi says you’re wrong:

[Study:</a> Brown U. student body still mostly rich kids | WPRI.com Blogs](<a href=“http://blogs.wpri.com/2011/03/30/study-brown-u-student-body-still-mostly-rich-kids/]Study:”>http://blogs.wpri.com/2011/03/30/study-brown-u-student-body-still-mostly-rich-kids/)

Of course, his analysis is just as shallow as yours.

borfius · March 31, 2011, 3:05pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 640 640 620 (1900)
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: Bio M: 680 Lit: 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): AS Levels - Economics A, English A, History A, Biology A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): -
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): -
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): -
[] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, English, History
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): History prize? Was a school thing but still…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): national economics competition (was captain), football/tennis for school, musician (in a band), economics/history societies
[] Job/Work Experience: various internships
[] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer oxfam charity shop
[] Summer Activities: Did 3 Summer Schools (1 at Brown)
[] Essays: talked about my love of history as a subject - pretty original imo
[] Teacher Recommendation: “glowing”
[] Counselor Rec: -
[] Additional Rec: -
[] Interview: went pretty well
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): UK
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket:
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] none
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: AS level results - 2 of which were in the top 1 percentile of country, recommendations were apparently outstanding
[] Weaknesses: SATs, tho because international feel as though they cut some slack, also extracurrics - but have been told, as international am also given a bit more leeway than domestic students
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea really
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted at Georgetown and Northwestern. Waitlisted at a few liberal arts colleges[/li]General Comments:

always my top choice, go brown!

oceans123 · March 31, 2011, 6:00pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (2230):740m, 740cr, 750w, single sitting
[] SAT II:790bio, 760mathII
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
[] Weighted GPA:4.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):11/270ish
[] AP (place score in parentheses):world(4), bio(5), BC calc(5), stat(5)
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Spanish Language, AP Literature, AP Chemistry, Honors Chemistry Lab, Arts Focus Earth Science (requirement), Honors US History, Calc 3 at UNC-CH
[] Number of other applicants in your school:5?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] elon junior scholar, national merit scholar, rensselaer medal award, morehead-cain semifinalist[/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):Mentoring program for freshmen(senior advisor), rock-climbing club, habitat for humanity, spanish honor society(pres), national honor society(secretary), service club(pres), track and field, cross country, technology student association(multiple state awards)
[] Job/Work Experience:worked as a paid research assistant to a college professor studying local aquatic turtle populations for the past four years, worked as a teacher’s assistant for a high school summer herpetology program at Elon University
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] student conservation association (3 years, >600 hours) kids science camps at local science museum (4 years, >200 hours), organized book drive for iraqi children, various other service events (~250 hours)[/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main:dealing with scoliosis, 10; how working with turtles helped me “come out of my shell” 10[/li][] Teacher Recommendations: didn’t get to read them, probably great
[] Counselor Rec:probably great
[] Additional Rec:from my research mentor for the past four years, glowing

Other[list]
[] Date Submitted App:november
[] School Type:public
[] Ethnicity:white
[] Gender:female
[] Income Bracket:middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]none i guess

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:interesting ecs and strong research experience, passion
[] Weaknesses:senior schedule wasn’t as impressive as it could have been
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:not really sure. i guess i just didn’t stand out
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: accepted: UNC-CH with scholarship, WashU with scholarship, NC State waitlisted: rice, vanderbilt rejected: princeton, yale, stanford, brown
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]applied to different schools i guess haha[/li]
[/list]Other Factors:
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:**kind of surprised and very very disappointed. i really thought i would have a higher yield than 3/9 hah. my condolences to all other rejectees; i totally feel your pain and confusion. super congrats to acceptees, that’s crazy awesome!

fgsfds · March 31, 2011, 6:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 – 800 CR, 740 M, 760 W
[] ACT: 35 – 35 E, 36 R, 35 M, 35 S
[] SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 US History, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/764 (7/802 at midyear)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, Spanish Language, English Lang & Comp, Statistics – 5; US History – 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB/BC, AP English IV (Lit & Comp), AP Comp Gov & Pol, AP Econ, online US government, AP biology, drumline, band
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One national essay contest[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music was my main extracurricular. Drumline and marching band for 4 years, captain my last year – about 35 hours a week. Our drumline has done really well at national competitions and is recognized as one of the best in the nation, and I did really well at a national solo competition too. I also compose – a film score I wrote won best soundtrack at ASU’s campus filmfest. And I play piano (solo, jazz band, accompanying), but I haven’t done comparatively well there – it’s more for myself. Besides music, I write for the Dallas Morning News, am in Scouts, am president of NHS, am in JWAC and competed in WorldQuest (got 3rd this year, 4th last year out of about 80 teams), and some other stuff that I can’t think of right now.
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Scouts, NHS – will graduate with 100 hours of service. probably the weakest part of my app.
[] Summer Activities: I went to Europe twice – once with friends and once on an expenses-paid trip from an essay contest. I went to a week-long marimba workshop and geeked out about the world cup. The rest of my summers were taken up by drumline and band practice.
[] Essays: If anything got me in, it was these. Common app was about Kerouac’s On the Road, studying jazz, and how both combined to create an important part of my worldview. Harvard supplement was about conducting an ensemble for my percussion concert. And my short answer was about being in a successful drumline despite being deaf in one ear.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Haven’t read either of them. One from AP English 3 teacher who I was really close to, one from AP Stats teacher who I was not as close to.
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty much just echoed my application. Only caught a glimpse of it though.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Nein.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: mmhmm
[] Intended Major: Economics, International Relations, or Linguistics. But I truly have no idea.
[] State (if domestic applicant): Tejas
[] School Type: Massive, ridiculously competitive public (34 NMSs this year)
[] Ethnicity: White and NA (but no tribal or cultural affiliation)
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 120-150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none unless you count the Native American, but I really don’t think it had an influence because I’m also white and middle-class.

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, definitely. My involvement in music is pretty extensive too.
[] Weaknesses: No massive awards, not a lot of community service.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have 100% no idea. Like, none at all. I was completely floored by all my acceptances.
[] What other schools have you been accepted to/plan on going? Accepted: UT Austin (Plan II), Fordham Lincoln Center with tuition, UChicago, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia. Rejected: Yale (deferred SCEA)

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General Comments: EMMA WATSON I’M COMING FOR YOU

To accepted kids: I may or may not be seeing you at Brown - I’m waiting on financial aid and don’t even know if I’ll be able to visit To rejects/waitlists: I am proof that this is an entirely subjective process and is not a reflection of who you are by any stretch. You’re all amazing people and will live wonderful lives, no matter where you go to school. To kids who are reading this applying next year: BE YOURSELF. Find what you love, think about it, and write about it in your essays. That’s what I did in my app more than anything, and I guess it worked. College truly is not the end-all-be-all of, well, anything.

ANDREACRIST2011 · March 31, 2011, 6:44pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080; m 650, cr 700, w 730
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: math I 650, literature 650, spanish 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): no idea… w gpa is 4.30, though
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 of 102
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Literature, Calculus AB, Physics B
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: hardest available at my school
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, Presidential Scholar Candidate, Ventures Scholar, Sam Walton Semi-finalist
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Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (Secretary), Forensics (VicePresident), History Club, MUN, NHS, Pro-Arte, JUMA-School Spirit Club, Journalism, Church Youth Group, Student Council Member, Senior Class President, Varsity Tennis (Co-Captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: Accountant’s assistant (2008), Tennis TA (2010)
[] Volunteer/Community service: SEMAR - Children’s Christian movement (VicePresident), Community Church Theater Group, Susan G. Komen Volunteer, Tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Jobs, cultural class trip to Italy & Greece (2008), Brown’s Leadership Institute (2009), Notre Dame Summer Scholars (2010), tennis training, helping my mother renovate her office, planning and organizing senior activities
[] Essays: pretty good. I’m a decent writer and my aunt (badass writer) corrected them.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good (as far as I know haha)
[] Counselor Rec: Ok… she’s not really good at her job
[] Additional Rec: Good, as well
[] Interview: Great. Not my best, but it went swell.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Puerto Rico
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: middle-low (the financial crash hit us SUPER HARD :S)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not sure haha [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: good essays (my commonapp even mentioned brown haha!), good EC’s, well-rounded, very liberal & openminded Catholic (as weird as that sounds hahaha), good character
[] Weaknesses: SAT & SAT II scores are so not worthy :S
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Summer program, essays, and my undying love for the school hehe… and the whole minority thing helps, too
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Gtown, Boston College, Notre Dame; Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia, Stanford[/ul][/li]General Comments: i love brown! i just hope they give me a good financial aid packet!

beccaz · March 31, 2011, 7:39pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 single sitting (800 reading, 790 writing, 750 math)
[] SAT II: 750 Literature, 730 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): no exams taken, but predicted 39/45 points
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB English, IB Math, IB History, IB Geography, IB Biology, IB French, Writer’s Craft
[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Playing piano (13 years, currently working on two associate level degrees, one for performance and one for pedagogy), choir (6 years), Arts Council (Head), School Play (Actress and Stage Manager), Cappies (Lead Critic), hot yoga (3 years)
[] Job/Work Experience: teaching piano to six students for over three years, Kumon tutor for two years
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at senior home for three years, as data analyst for autism research program…easily 150+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown course in psychology
[] Essays: Supposedly flawless - one about how allowing myself freedom in learning helped me excel (perfect for Brown and its open curriculum). The supplementary essay was about my struggles with teaching piano to obstinate children, but to try to give them a genuine love for music, like I had. My counselor said that it could get me to any teacher’s college in Canada.
[] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but both teachers loved me
[] Counselor Rec: Lengthy, but good. She told me that she really tried to highlight my integrity and honesty as well as my academics.
[] Additional Rec: I got one from my prof from <a href=“mailto:Summer@Brown”>Summer@Brown</a>. I didn’t know her for very long, but she offered to write it, and I thought it would help to get one from an actual Brown prof…apparently not though.
[] Interview: My first interviewer cancelled on me, so I had to pursue the alumni office until they gave me another one. It was a phone interview and only lasted 30 minutes.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: 200K +
list]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: SAT score, good extracurrics and essays
[] Weaknesses: being asian and international
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly can’t figure out where I went wrong. Neither can my counselor, or anyone else for that matter. I suppose it’s just because there were so many deserving applicants, especially those who were domestic and URMs. It just sucks to get rejected outright from your dream school.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: Harvard, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Williams. Accepted: McMasters, Queens, McGill. So it looks like I’ll go to McGill on scholarship.[/ul]
General Comments: Well it sucks to be an asian international. And I guess I somehow just wasn’t good enough.

Mae777 · March 31, 2011, 10:13pm

Still can’t log in…even with a reset password and help from IT…and attempts now, from 3 different computers. my son is frantic. very frustrating. will call admissions office tomorrow to find out. internet decison was a major disappointment…

JordansMom3 · March 31, 2011, 10:15pm

Anyone accepted to an IVY should be proud. It is an amazing honor. Congrats to everyone! My son got the likely letter and he has done nothing short of extremely hard work-all of his life of learning. The acceptance was thrilling and he will be attending in the fall. No sports!

InfinitelyBound · March 31, 2011, 10:22pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 CR: 700 M: 690 W: 710 (didn’t send)
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/230
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Calculus
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, AP Psych, AP Calculus, Physics, Newspaper, Academic Games
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): LEDA SCHOLAR (Extremely big deal, probably what got me in). Coca Cola Scholar. Tons of National, State, and Regional Academic Games awards, Regional Piano Award, SHS & NHS[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Men of Vision- President, Academic Games- Captain, Swim Team- Varsity Captain, Class Vice President, Spanish Honor Society- CoFounder, National Honor Society, LEDA Scholars Program, Newspaper- Staff Writer, and a lot more.
[] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard, Junior Police Cadet
[] Volunteer/Community service: Really strong Community Service–Helped mentor at-risk youth in my urban low income neighborhood
[] Summer Activities: Aspects of Leadership LEDA Scholars Summer Institute at Princeton University. Crump Law Program at Howard University.
[] Essays: Really strong…showed my passions for helping my community, and how I want to show a brighter side of where I come from.
[] Teacher Recommendation: GREAT. Made me seem involved.
[] Counselor Rec: Awful. Lots of rhetoric, but many typos.
[] Additional Rec: AWESOME. From the LEDA Program.
[li] Interview: Nope[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < $60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] URM + LEDA Scholar[/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test Scores for a URM, pretty high. Strong essays.
[] Weaknesses: None… I worked my tail off in high school, and I guess they saw that.
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: High Achieving URM, Working towards a great cause for my community.
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul] Accepted: Amherst (early write), Penn, Vassar, Carnegie Mellon-Humanities Scholar, Northwestern, Michigan Waitlisted: Yale
General Comments: I love Brown so much. I really think it’s the school for me. See you guys in the fall!

zdmw93 · April 1, 2011, 4:13am

beccaz, I was on the same boat (Asian and international) and got rejected, although with worse stats. Hopefully this will help give international students doing the IB an idea of what Brown is looking for.

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 superscored (780M 650CR 730W)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 760 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 40-41/45
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL (5/6), IB Chemistry HL (6/7), IB Biology HL (6/7), IB English A1 SL (7), IB Chinese B SL (7), IB Information Technology SL (6)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None, really. 1 or 2 math competitions. Merit at regional speech festival.[/li][/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Student council), (Amnesty International), (environmental protection), piano grade 8, electric guitar, musical performances, biology research activity, rock climbing, school magazine editor, volunteer English teaching, website moderation work and other really insignificant activities. Basically, lots of breadth but no depth.
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Spent a lot of time and thought they were okay, but I didn’t seek any help/feedback.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Did not see. I assume they were okay.
[] Counselor Rec: Did not see.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: Went quite well although my interviewer and I had little in common. We had a pretty long and interesting conversation (~1 hour).[/li][/ul]

Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[] Country (if international applicant): SE Asia
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: High, did not apply for aid.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Academics? Though not good enough for Brown.
[] Weaknesses: No outstanding ECs.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nothing outstanding in my application. Being international. Many more qualified applicants than me. Also, US schools tend not to appreciate the rigor of the IB curriculum.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul] Accepted to USC, waitlisted at Northwestern.
General Comments:
Congratulations to all those accepted to Brown! Looking through these posts, I really think you all deserve it.

FallenAngel9 · April 1, 2011, 8:01pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send any of these)
[] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Phone interview; she loved me and kept telling me how good of a match Brown and I would be.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country: United States
[] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know why I was waitlisted. Guess someone else filled the spot better than I did. Maybe the fact that I used my QB app in lieu of the CommonApp+Supplement hurt a little, but I didn’t have enough time to finish the supplement so oh well.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Emory, Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Dartmouth, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.

studyzone · April 2, 2011, 12:18am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 W, 770 M, 700 CR
[] ACT: Did not give
[] SAT II: 790 Chemistry, 770 Bio-M, 710 Math 2C
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/20
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Some of you may not understand but in the British Curriculum, I had Biology Unit 4, 5, 6, Chemistry unit 4,5,6, Physics Unit 4,5,6, And Maths C3,C4
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really, just one National Award
[/ul]
Subjective:[list]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Many, such as:
-Yearbook 3 years editor in chief
-Community service club founder
-Badminton Captain(2 years)
-graphics designing(3years)
-Computer troubleshooting for Macs, PCs, and other electronics(iPhone, NDS, etc.)
[] Job/Work Experience:
-Graphics designing for a affluent business in BD
-Volunteered at a blood bank, I know how to carry out tests, etc.
-some impressive jobs at some some villages(helped initiate a program with an NGO at a new village)
-etc.
[] Volunteer/Community service:Oops, I think i mixed this up with the above two
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays:I chose the topic numero 6, and just told about my struggle in Bangladesh, and some EC work. Probably a bit clich

daudette1 · April 2, 2011, 9:56pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 800 M, 700 CR, 750 W
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 740 Math 2, 730 USH, 710 Bio
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/43
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AB Calc (5), US History (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc, AP Art History, PSSC (advanced physics course), AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, Rennselaer Medal, multiple awards at school
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre 4 years, Choir 4 years, Varsity Cross Country 4 years, Varsity Baseball 4 years, Mock Trial 4 years (captain), Admissions Ambassador 4 years (lead), Peer Tutor 2 years (lead)
[] Job/Work Experience: very little
[] Volunteer/Community service: very little
[] Summer Activities: summer writing program for 3 years
[] Essays: Common app essay about summer writing program, very good. I did “What don’t you know?” for supplement. I didn’t think it was very good, but others did.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from math teacher, taught me in 8th-10th grade, advisor since 10th grade, awesome!!! Other from physics teacher, 9th and 12th grade, awesome!!! Didn’t see either of them, but I am sure that they were both fantastic.
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know, didn’t see it.
[] Additional Rec: Theater director, very good.
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): RI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: essay, recs, extracurrics
[] Weaknesses: community service and job
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my recommendations did a lot for me
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: WPI with scholarship, Hamilton College, University of Chicago with scholarship. Rejected: Amherst College[/ul][/li]General Comments:

Engineerjw · April 2, 2011, 10:11pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 670 M, 710 CR, 670 W (did not submit)
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: I took many - only sent the 700 chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/530 ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chem - 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Stat, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, Physics I Honors, Spanish III Honors, PC Support I
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I do not even know how to apply for these…
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Honor Society/Mu Alpha Theta (President), Academic team, FIRST Robotics FTC League (Historian), Varsity Swim and Dive Team, National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor of summer 2008
[] Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours tutoring peers in math, 100+ hours mentoring children
[] Summer Activities: Camp counselor, child mentor, online economics course, swimming conditioning program
[] Essays: Excellent essays that were quite original - most likely only excellent but no “wow” factor
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good recommendations but not unique
[] Counselor Rec: Probably near perfect
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview:
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $120,000 ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, topics for short answers on application
[] Weaknesses: Interview was only normal, low test scores, challenging senior but not junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My numbers were low, my academics were slightly below par
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCF Honors, UF (attending)[/li]Rejected: Brown (after deferment)[/ul]
General Comments: I decided after getting deferred from Brown I should probably go to UF anyway. I will save money and study industrial engineering for a great degree. I can always go to a prestigious school for a postgraduate degree (hopefully). I did not even apply to Princeton even though I am a legacy. Aw well.

I could write a novel about my life, but there is no point since this post will soon be lost in a jungle of words.

iPixel · April 3, 2011, 12:54am

Accepted with 2000 SAT
40 IB predicted

JustASenior · April 3, 2011, 8:34am

So this is probably really late, but these chance threads helped me a LOT when I was applying and I wanna do my bit for the class of 2016 and beyond! :)

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 800, CR: 800, Writing: 790
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: Math Level IIC - 790, French - 760, Physics - 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school does it out of 100, mine would be about 93/100
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none, school doesn’t offer
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest courses possible (and the only ones available): Math, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, English
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): several awards in school for excelling in different subjects
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Filmmaking, video editing, tutoring juniors at school, quite a bit of badminton, a LOT of music, independent research in Computer Science, event organization around school
[] Job/Work Experience: taught music at a music institute thrice, worked at a spring camp, interned at a university in India and learned quite a bit about videography
[] Volunteer/Community service: nothing major, just been part of a couple of school-organized charity drives
[] Summer Activities: same as my job/work experience
[] Essays: Common App: I wrote about my unique religious belief and brought out a lot about my personality in the essay.
Brown supplement: I did an essay on the best piece of advice I’ve received: I wrote about something pretty insignificant that a teacher once told me and how it turned out to be a huge piece of advice for me.

[li] Teacher Recommendation: #1: really good, the teacher wrote a lot about me and how I’d always been an asset in her class[/li]
<h1>2: pretty good</h1>

[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec: one from my principal, he made sure he captured all aspects of my personality and achievements in it.
[] Interview: Really good, lasted about an hour. It was really balanced; I listened almost as much as I spoke (this wasn’t the case with some other interviews)
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): UAE, but I’m Indian
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: definitely <60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lol I’m an ORM. [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: interest in Brown, grades (yes, my GPA seems low but my curriculum is insanely difficult), unique extracurricular?
[] Weaknesses: no major awards and no immense achievements in any one extracurricular
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Same as my weaknesses I suppose.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Columbia
Waitlisted: Brown, Cornell, Penn, Amherst
Rejected: MIT, HYPD[/ul]
General Comments:
Congrats to everyone who got in, you guys really deserve it! And to those who didn’t, don’t get disheartened: you’ll come out in flying colors no matter which school you’re at.

Whatevert · April 5, 2011, 1:40pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
• SAT I: 2030
• SAT II: US history 750 (crammed in 2 weeks. knew nothing before) BIO M 760
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd
• Major Awards

Highest O level results in the country: 10A’s
4 A’s at A Levels (kids normally do 3 subjects) and highest raw marks in class of 2010
Runner up in Malaysian/Sri Lankan Law Olympiad
Commended with excellence in Intl Essay Anthology 2010
Head Prefect
(I have my final A level results because I am on a gap year)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars:

own a sustainable Tshirt line
Winner of National Scrabble tournament when I was 12
1 Hour radio interview
MUN
represented school in national debating and national quiz
Catwalk model for 2 shows

Sports:
• Captain of school soccer team
• Currently assistant coach at school
• Was in Division II of national swimming team 2 years back.

Drama: Just got cast in Oscar nominated director’s (Deepa Mehta) new movie (Midnight’s Children based on Salman Rushdy’s novel). I get to act alongside Satya Bhabha (played Matthew Patel in Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Soha Ali Khan, etc.

Was in a Broadway show in Sri Lanka
Won best actress in school competitions for 4 consecutive years
Directed school musical with 78 kids (including costume design, make up, lights, sound, choir, choreography, etc) and sold out a 700 seat theatre for 3 nights.

Journalism:
• Manager of school website and prospectus
• Senior editor of school magazine
• photographer and comic artist for school newspaper

Job/Work Experience:

assistant soccer coach at school
art teacher for 120 kids aged 10-19
school photographer
worked at renewable energy company
etc

Volunteer/Community service:

hundreds of volunteer hours
exhibitions to auction off paintings for cancer hospital being built
work with Zonta Intl
president of initiative at school to build Braille libraries in war torn areas

Essays: common app was original (about painting myself but it was an extended metaphor)
Teacher Recommendation: great
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: yep I had 2 and they both went GREATTTTT

Country (if international applicant): Sri Lanka
School Type: Private, best in country
Gender: F
Financial Aid: need full ride
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): in an oscar nominated director’s movie? tshirt line? successful gap year? god knows!

Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:
A: Harvard, Princeton, U Chicago, NYUAD
W: Williams
R: Yale, Brown, Columbia, Amherst, Hamilton,

General Comments: Oh well I’m going Harvard :)

AlexZJ · April 13, 2011, 10:49am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I (breakdown): CR 790, M 800, W 670(LOL, I know…), E 12
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 10)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[] SAT II: M2C - 800, PHY - 800, CHEM - 790, BIO M - 790, WHistory - 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0
[] Weighted GPA: N/A
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/451
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus AB (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics B (5), Physics C (5), Chemistry (5), Microeconomics (5), Macroeconomics (4)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load:
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Not sure…
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, Informatics Olympiad Bronze Medalist, AMC 12 - 140 points [/ul][/li]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math and Science Council (President), Student Council (Vice President), Economics Club (Secretary), Charity Club (Vice President), Entrepreneurial Society (Treasurer), Tennis Club (Secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a bookstore ~50 hours. Worked for the local newspaper ~100 hours, freelance writer.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered for St. John’s Ambulance ~20 hours, Volunteered as a student facilitator to train juniors ~40 hours, volunteered at nearby old folks’ home ~100 hours. [/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects): 8[list]
[li] Common App Main: 8[/li][] EC Short Answer: 9
[] Engineering Essay (if applicable): 8
[] Other: N/A[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 7.5
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 8
[] Counselor Rec: 10
[] Additional Rec: 7
[] Interview: 8
[] Art Supplement: N/A [/list]

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: December 30
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 50000~70000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen, legacy [/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT score, ECA
[] Weaknesses: essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected:

[list]
[]Admits: MIT, Brown, Stanford, Yale
[] Rejected: Caltech, Amherst, Swarthmore[/ul]
[*] What would you have done differently?: Not sure… [/list]

tylrrvera · April 15, 2011, 1:02am

@AlexZJ: Accepted to yale, and rejected from swarthmore? =_= wth

Dennis622 · April 22, 2011, 1:25pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Total: 2160 M: 800, CR: 640, WR: 720,
[] SAT Subject Tests: Math800 Physics800
[] GPA-UW: 3.68
[] Rank: top10%
[li]AP/IB classes: no, going to take it, but they had no clue[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): biology club
[] Job/Work Experience: market stall for a few days
[] Volunteer/Community service: little
[] Summer Activities: no
[] Essays: Im not an excellent writer; the why Brown essay wasnt even very persuasive to myself lol
[] Teacher Recs: good, with details; English teacher(also class teacher), Chemistry teacher, Biology teacher(also bio club supervisor)
[] Counselor Rec: same with TR
[] EC highlights: This is where Im weak at, I dont have many ecs and the ones I have are really not that unique. Some leadership, but nothing big[/ul]
[] Interview: no
Other[ul]
[] State or Country: China, intl student
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li]
Reflection[list]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses: everything, since its Brown were talking about
[] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: poor SAT, I think only >2200 stands a chance
[] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted:[/ul] ad:USC BC BU UIUC IUB St.johns U; rej: NU Cornell Brown; wl: Umich
[*]General Comments ** I didnt have much time, so no regrets, the result was kind of expected

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