<p>Thanks, but please don’t be! Those “C’s” may kill me (I seriously hope not)!..I had a good reason. Good luck to everyone else though! Oh, and those continued interest letters really do help! Keep your name in Brown’s mind, seriously! Good luck and I really do hope that we all get off the waitlist–I haven’t gotten off (they’re just exploring their options I guess)! Haha, I probably won’t get off though.</p>
<p>I am so confused now. It did cross my mind that the email was from a hacker or either some kind of joke. Thats great news AmbitiousMind that they called your guidance counselor. It means there is still hope for the rest of us.</p>
<p>Its just so weird they would send me the letter thanking me for my continued interest and then send me an email saying they aren’t using the waitlist.</p>
<p>@AmbitiousMind,</p>
<p>You already have a leg up compared to all of us because Brown contacted your guidance counselor. I heard that Brown will rescind acceptances if students graduate with a D, more than 3 C’s, or have committed a felony (source? Facebook. I know, I know.) Also, I think you have pretty good justification for your C’s. Your guarantee to raise your grades only helps 
but remember, I’m not an admission officer at Brown… </p>
<p>If I were, I’d be reading these threads and laughing at how type-A we all are. And then, I would promptly admit ALL of us off the wait-list. After seeing how much we would love to attend Brown, admitting us would increase Brown’s yield and all the extra type-A students would “diversify” Brown’s allegedly type-B campus (you know, because of the freedom of the Open Curriculum, the diverse array of student activities, and general happiness). Oh, my silly imagination~ :)</p>
<p>^I LOVE that plan, sviola! We all obviously have a passion for Brown and really want to be admitted…that should be “continued interest” enough, right? Come on, Brown!</p>
<p>My guidance councilor got a call from Brown today, asking if I was still interested in attending Brown, and if so he should fax over my 3rd quarter grades. I immediately told my councilor that I was interested and then he faxed my grades over. I got very excited, but I am still not quite sure what it means. The other kid at my school who got wait listed at Brown also got a call, so I am a little bit confused.<br>
However I am certain of two things: 1) This can’t be bad if Brown is asking to see my grades, and 2) this means that Brown is definitely using the Wait List which is fantastic.
Strangely enough I never sent Brown any additional materials, I simply told them I wanted to stay on the wait list. I really hope I get in now, that would be awesome.</p>
<p>I really hope you guys get in <em>crosses finger… and toes and other flexible extremities</em></p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, could we always view our financial aid award on the Brown log-in page?</p>
<p>Everyone, do you think this is exciting or what? There has been so much activity on this thread ever since my call on Monday. I visualize us like 10 or so Chicken Littles.</p>
<p>“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” –> “Brown is calling, Brown is calling!” HAHA</p>
<p>Since I’ve been out for the past two days for AP testing, I need to ask my guidance counselor if he’s heard from Brown. I’m not too happy with him because he spelled my name wrong in almost all his references to me in my letters of recommendation. It’s quite sad, actually, because he knows me well and can pronounce my uncommon name acceptably. I’m sure this hurt my letters of rec. <em>sigh of exasperation toward my foreign parents</em></p>
<p>@AmbitiousMind, I’ll check mine if you post the link to the login page! Would Brown even post a financial aid award if we are only on the waitlist?</p>
<p>Here’s the log-in: <a href=“Page Not Found”>homepage;
<p>It’s the same website we used throughout the admissions cycle. When I click on financial aid, then view award letter, it brings up a finanical aid award. Grant it, at the top it does say “ineligable applicant.” (what ever that means)…I’m soooo confused!</p>
<p>Hmm… I don’t have the link that says “view award letter”. Sorry! :(</p>
<p>Sorry, it doesn’t say “view award letter” specifically. You log-in, then click on the “finanical aid” tab. Next, click on “Undergraduate Students.” Then, “current award information,” select the “aid year 2009-2010,” and click “submit.” The award letter then pops up. I’ve never noticed that before!</p>
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<p>But my Requirements page shows that everything is satisfied… Nothing has changed since last month. I don’t want to speak to soon, but maybe the financial aid letter is a positive indicator for you? :)</p>
<p>Eh…that would be nice and that does seem like the case–I suppose, but it’s too soon to assume anything–especially without an acceptance letter in hand! But I highly doubt it’s anything special especially considering it says: “The following information is based on your status: Ineligible Applicant student receiving financial aid for the Fall-Spring Semesters.” That “ineligible applicant” doesn’t settle well with my stomach–good luck to everyone else too though! I really hope that all the CCers get in first, followed by anyone else left on the list :)!</p>
<p>Well, we’ll just ask the first person who gets accepted off the waitlist to check what his/her FA letter says. Secretly, I can’t believe you’re still awake and you live on the east coast, AmbitiousMind. But who am I to judge? You may take afternoon naps! </p>
<p>GO, GO, GO CC’ers!! I’m praying for all of us~ :)</p>
<p>^I actually DO take afternoon naps! Haha…I wake up at 5:30am, go to school until around 4:30 or 5pm, get home, take a two-three hour nap, and stay up until 12:30 or 1am…and start the process all over again! I’m pretty much a night owl.</p>
<p>So I called about that financial aid award that was in my account and the lady, after having me on hold for a little while to “speak with someone else about the situation”, told me that they were in the process of reviewing my financial aid application and that they have not received any word from the admissions office as to whether or not I have actually been admitted. When I checked my account again, the award letter was gone. Now I’m just–I don’t even know how to describe it…I want this process to be over! (I’m seriously thinking about calling to ask for my decision over the phone–just a “yes” or a “no” and if they can’t provide that, I may think about withdrawing…this is just such an agonizingly painful process…so brutal!)</p>
<p>Good luck everyone! Hopefully this will end soon!</p>
<p>*** Note: This has nothing to do with Brown waitlist updates. Don’t read it if you’re in a rush, but I hope it will raise the spirits of bored/obsessed waitlistees.</p>
<p>Aww, AmbitiousMind! I once read that the waitlist is not for the weak-willed, and I admit it has been such a rough ride, especially after yesterday’s confusion. At night, I blissfully dream of attending Brown sometimes. Then I wake up to the cold, harsh reality of the waitlist. I wake up to a world where my boyfriend got into and will attend my first-choice school, though I, his wait-listed girlfriend, was the one who encouraged him to apply in the first place. I wake up, knowing I am at a geographic disadvantage and aware Brown uses a quota system for its waitlist (in which case, my boyfriend most-likely occupied my “niche”). I admit it’s ironic, but I have accepted it. I truly think he is a better candidate and I’m happy he has come to love Brown as much as I had initially. College admissions are SO unpredictable; though my boyfriend and I got into 6 of the same colleges, Brown, of all universities, had to be the only discrepancy we had in our decision letters (down to our only matching rejection letters from Yale, where he persuaded me to apply SCEA instead of Brown ED and we were both deferred).
----- End of silly personal story. HAHA. Maybe it makes others feel better about whatever situation they are in. We’re all a little emotionally-exhausted. I hope nobody else on the waitlist has a close friend going to Brown, because it <em>does</em> hurt a little. I encouraged him to enroll into Brown, btw. I’m not that wretched and self-serving. -----</p>
<p>I learned the importance of independent decisions and not to be so easily swayed by peer pressure in the future during the college application process. Like you (AmbitiousMind), I removed my name from all my other waitlists (Harvard and MIT) to challenge the odds at my dream school and this is where our hope has brought thus far…</p>
<p>First, remember all the reasons why you chose the school you are committed to. I know that I gave up scholarships and honors programs to go where I currently think is my best choice. For some of us, college is our first decision as an adult and for most of us, it will be our second largest investment in our life, behind a house. No matter what, stick with what you choose. If new opportunities open up, great! Just know that even if you do meet some setbacks, don’t regret your choices or spend all your time thinking about the "what could have been"s. Keep on keepin’ on wherever you are, and learn from every mistake. I believe that a mistake firmly remains a blemish until you extract a valuable lesson from it. Also, my grandma, who constantly supported both my “right” and “wrong” decisions, always told me that whatever happens, the consequences will never be so bad that you “can’t be happy ever again” and that everything will be okay. Her advice is something that I’m trying to remember right now. This past month was absolutely frustrating!</p>
<p>If Brown is still your first choice, I encourage you to stay on the waitlist. If this is too emotionally-exhausting and if you think withdrawing your name from the waitlist is worth the closure, proceed. Use your best judgment, but consider which you would regret more: the wait or the wonder. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, keep your chin up! Most of us only have a week or two until the final verdict. Find anything to keep your mind off the waitlist. If it helps, try not to check these forums because unhealthy anxiety may result from all our speculation and hearsay. These are our final three months! Since I’m leaving my home state for college no matter what, I’ll spend it with my family and friends. Make the most of what’s left and you’ll see that the end of May will be here soon. :)</p>
<p>I hope everybody else is doing fine. I know this is a grueling process. I wish there were something else I could do to improve the morale up in here, especially for pinklady and AmbitiousMind~ :)</p>
<p>^^ very nice post… i agree 100%, im currently trying to get excited for the school i sent my deposit into while still not over the shock and disappointment of 3/31</p>
<p>That was a very nice post sviola. It made me feel better. Actually two friends of mine from my high school were both accepted into Brown-one of them was my prom date.</p>