Show of Interest?!

fireandrain
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:55:40 +0000

I don’t think Brown keeps track of who visits, so going to an info session may not help (sorry, franglish).

The best way is to show it through your two short-answer responses.

A caveat: Yes, it is important to show interest. That means that Brown likes to accept students who have researched the school and express what they can contribute on campus. Many, many students who apply to Brown really really want to go there, and most of them don’t get in (which is to be expected with an acceptance rate of 13%). And there will always be exceptional students who get in despite the fact that they just applied to every Ivy and didn’t show specific interest in Brown.

Your best bet is to carefully research the website, get as much information about the school and its offerings, its professors and extracurriculars, and write a very specific short answer. Don’t say “I’d like to study geology.” Do say, “I’d am fascinated with geology because of (give some great specific reason) and I can’t wait to take a class with Prof. James Head, because the work he has done with NASA and the Mars mission is the type of research I want to be involved in.”