<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740M, 760CR, 800W- 2300 Total
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Bio M, 770 Math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Biology
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: not too difficult
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
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Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of volunteering and community service (hospital work, tutoring, soup kitchen, mentor, etc)- no significant leadership
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: private tutor, started own business
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a lot over the years
[<em>] Summer Activities: mainly research/ volunteering, took college courses in my intended major
[</em>] Essays: quite good- why brown was really creative, common app essay was really emotional
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec: great, from lab mentor
[</em>] Interview: went well, interviewer said i was perfect for brown
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Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: prefer not to answer, but low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen, low income
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Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: scores, essays, my ec’s/ essays made sense together, first gen, low income
[<em>] Weaknesses: no awards, nothing too amazing- lack of leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred: see strengths
[li] Where else were you accepted/deferred: ED’d- got into safeties but withdrew from other schools before i could hear back[/li][/ul]
General Comments: I think with Brown essays mattered a lot so try to give them your all. Also, as cheesy as it sounds, write from the heart because unless you care about what you’re writing about, adcoms wont either. don’t write what you think they want you to write, because that just sets you up for uninspired, generic writing. good luck rd’ers</p>