Never mind - i just saw your answer
Just curious…URM?
Heartening to hear that Brown looks past numbers and scores. And basing off of the tone of your responses, I can see how you raised a unique individual, letting him be him. Good job to you :).
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@fladadK4Q --Boy, we were anything but URM. In fact, I think our ORM and the fact that he is a male probably went against him or he had to work extra hard to convince them. Not legacy, not first gen, no hooks (36ACT, but I think all of his friends at Brown have the same range).
@DeepThroat2018 Thank you! He is definitely unique but he is also a very typical boy if that can be a generalization. I think after a certain grade, course rigor, and test score range, Brown didn’t seem to be ticky-tacky with the details. On our first parent/student/administrator welcome session, I believe the Dean of Admission and the President said something along the line of your kids are here because they are deserving to be here. We looked for the kind, capable kids who contributed to their community and have the potential to contribute to Brown’s community. They’re probably independent and likely frustrating to handle at times from a parent point of view. I’m pretty sure she was in my head at that point.
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Holistic admissions at its best - it is about building a community of students and your child proves that point and guessing your positive family dynamics contributed too. So much seems to get lost when kids are reduced to just test scores and grades - kuddos to Brown.
Also, watching the seniors from my kids independent high school accepted to both Brown and Yale over the years (over the other students accepted to different Ivys/Stanford)- it illustrated the community and kindness piece. They were top students - but also leaders, kind, inclusive and student, parent and teachers could see they had something a little extra.
That solved the mystery for me. You had talked about “average stellar” kids finding a place at Brown. I got the point you were trying to make, but I think the highest ACT score possible puts your son above the “average stellar” kids.
Just to inject some balance my kid who is a senior at Brown is a mean and horrible person who like his father avoids sarcasm and lacks a sense of humor😀. Just kidding it is a special place!
Good luck to all of you and GO BRUNO!
@fladadK4Q I really don’t think it was the 36 ACT that was the factor. When I say range, it’s 33-36 and some didn’t even have test scores. I
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You and your senior Bruno just proved the point. It’s the sarcastic and major sense of humor peeps that they bring in! LOL.
And for those at home, CatcherInTheToast has extended a ton of kind offers to my child, who is a complete stranger to him so don’t let the mean and nasty facade fool you!
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Thanks for all the info! I know the school does not recruit by major, but did your son apply for any specific major or was he undecided?
He is concentrating in anthropology and that was what he submitted on the common app. I think they had a second entry box and I want to say he put public health.
This is the school where they sooooo encourage the kids to explore, thus a lot of mandatory Pass/Fail grading for the intro classes so kids can feel free to explore. I honestly don’t think it matters what major they put. The AOs were looking at transcripts, essays, ECs, LORs.
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My daughter got in! Thanks for all your advise!
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so did our daughter - where are you guys located?
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There’s a Brown Parents FB page that I think you’ll find helpful.
We are from NJ
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Also, see? A B or two isn’t bad if she has the whole package. Again, congrats! PM if you have questions. I’ve asked them all.
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