"The University admitted 21 percent of its early decision applicants to the class of 2022, selecting 738 students from the largest early decision applicant pool in the University’s history, wrote Dean of Admission Logan Powell in an email to The Herald. The University saw almost a 10 percent increase in the size of its application pool from last year with 3502 applications in comparison to 3186 for the class of 2021, Powell wrote.
Half of the accepted students for the class of 2022 intend to apply for financial aid, Powell wrote. Upon admission, those who qualify for financial aid will notice that their financial aid awards do not include loans, he said. This cohort is the first admitted under the Brown Promise Campaign, which reached its $30 million fundraising goal to replace all packaged loans with grants for incoming and current undergraduate students for the 2018-19 academic year, The Herald previously reported." …
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2017/12/14/738-students-admitted-early-decision/