**Decision: Accepted/b
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250: 690 (CR) 800 (M) 760 (W)
ACT (breakdown): 34: 35 (E) 36 (M) 32 ® 34 (S)
SAT II: 800 (Math Level II) 800 (Chem) 800 (Latin)
Unweighted GPA: 4.000
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but actually 1/200something
AP: Chem (5), Calc AB (5) - will take Calc BC this year
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma
Major Awards: stuff from Latin convention, Perfect NLEs, Mock Trial stuff, Harvard Book Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ohio/National Junior Classical League (O/NJCL), Boy Scouts, Mock Trial, Tennis, XCountry, Yearbook, Trash Talkers (percussion group),
Job/Work Experience: engineering internship, summer 2014
Volunteer/Community service: various stuff (throw in Boy Scouts and OJCL here)
Summers: occupied by activities above
Essays:
- commonapp: wrote about trying out for the musical, getting nervous, then flashing back to mock trial, then coming full circle at the end back to the musical tryout
- Intended major: I said Classics and also Chemistry and related the two.
- Where you’ve lived: I answered in one sentence, stating that I’ve lived in a suburb all my life.
- Community/group: I talked about Trash Talkers and learning how to connect with an audience as a performer (aka “get into the groove” - I think my personality was developed well here)
- Why Brown?: I talked about the “human experience” and compared Medicine and the Classics in that fashion. Basically, I talked about Brown’s “open curriculum” (by saying humanities + STEMM = awesome) but didn’t actually mention that dreaded term. I also threw in a sample class from the course catalog from the Classics dept. webpage.
- factor that led you to this (scientific field): pontificated about research/knowledge and related it to my internship
- concept proud of mastering: why transition metals are colorful in solution --> complex ions and ligands --> connecting the practical and the abstract
- briefly describe courses: in my third year of chem (honors, HL1, HL2), so there
Teacher Recommendation: 3 different teachers (Chem, Latin, History - also my Mock Trial coach)
Interview: the guy was a judge whom I luckily had several connections with. He was also really cool and said he would write nothing but a glowing review even though I was really nervous and not too eloquent.
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: > 200k - applied for Fin Aid but am not hopeful of getting it 
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: well-rounded personality, comprehensive and cohesive admissions file
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I pitched myself as a Latin / classics scholar and I guess they fell for it. I also presented myself as the person who does all kinds of things (athletics, academics, arts).
Weaknesses: WASP (idk if that counts), no actual experience with Medicine
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: checked all the boxes, got lucky
Notes: I couldn’t believe it when my mom called and said she found a cryptic letter from Brown. I knew it was a likely letter right away. I’m not a recruited athlete or anything like that; I just got lucky. Little did Brown admissions know, they’re the only Ivy/top-top-knotch/elite(elitist?) institution I applied to.