<p>I think a fair amount of recruited athletes apply ED… it seems like that would inflate the ED acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Also…</p>
<p>“Furthermore, if you are deferred for consideration to RD, your application wont get the same attention as the rest, the second time around (this is a fact). And this will lead to a likely rejection.”</p>
<p>I thought that the rate of acceptance of deferred students was about the same as the rate of acceptance of RD applicants.</p>
<p>I’m just wondering why being deferred will cause my app to not get the same attention as the rest. I feel applying ED should really help my app in the regular pool if i get deferred (shows how much im interested in attending)</p>
<p>It is really hard to get into any ivy, if you aren’t top 10 percent…It won’t matter if your Sat Score was a 2300 and you had a 3.9 gpa…If you aren’t top 10 percent…you won’t get in…(assuming your not a legacy/atlete/minority)…For example, I wasn’t top 10 percent…with a 3.8 gap, and a 2200 sat score…I was rejected from Vanderbilt, Rice(Early Decision), Cornell, Brown, Duke, UPenn, Columbia, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Texas Austin(my state school)…</p>
<p>my rank was top 15 percent…and I attend a school that is ranked top 10 in texas every year…</p>
<p>Here’s the thing – Brown pretty much assumes that EVERYONE who applies is interested in going. Even if they are told pointblank by an interviewer that a student would go to Harvard over Brown, they will still accept that student if they want to. Why? Because there is a 93% chance that student will not get into Harvard.</p>
<p>I don’t know how ED applications are treated in the regular round. But quite honestly, having applied ED does not give you any boost in the RD round, for the reason I gave above. If you apply to Brown, ED or RD, Brown assumes that you want to go.</p>
<p>t means all A’s.</p>
<p>Jesus I’m so scared of what’s gonna happen</p>
<p>iwanna: instead of concentrating on Brown, start spending a lot of time finding at least two safeties that you love (one a financial safety) and some matches. You’ve found your dream school, now find the others. </p>
<p>It really helps if you can find a safety you love that has either rolling admission or early action (if you apply to Brown ED, you can’t apply anywhere EA, but can do rolling). When my daughter got accepted to her safety in mid-November, she was beyond thrilled, because it meant she knew she was going to college the next year. She had been very scared of the process until she found that safety and knew that if the worst happened, she’d still be happy.</p>