<p>I just came upon this and had to respond. First, how were you in the exact same position as sammylee? Maybe similar, with not being sure about your chances, but He/She is an Asian international and you are white from SoCal. Second, it’s not racist to say he/she sounds overachieving. Why do Asians do better academically than other races? Are they smarter? I really don’t think any race is smarter than another. It comes down to effort, and Asians “overachieve” by emphasizing academics over other things. Anyway, you got in b/c you had the weird, creative essays that Brown likes and you worked in other countries. I’m just saying it seems it will be difficult for this Asian international with nothing that stands out to show the same quirkiness that you did. The test scores/grades are good, but there will be loads of Asians with better ones AND better EC’s so it all comes down to essays.</p>