<p>Brown’s application forms are out. It looks similar, if not exactly the same, to previous years’ forms. Here’s the link:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/applyingtobrown/theapplicationprocess.html[/url]”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/applyingtobrown/theapplicationprocess.html</a></p>
<p>Best of luck to all.</p>
<p>Thank you mountains!</p>
<p>what are you talking about? the message still reads "Our Freshman application will be available soon - thank you for your patience. We look forward to learning more about you in the coming months!" on my browser.</p>
<p>Nevermind, just needed to clear cookies. I see they have the option to apply online now.</p>
<p>does anyone know what the essays are? I'd like to start thinking about them but I'm far from completeing the 1st part</p>
<p>tell us something about yourself is THE essay. </p>
<p>and to daveb, that shouldnt have anything to do with cookies, you probably had the page stored in your temp files and thats what you saw, not the refreshed (hit F5) version.</p>
<p>So is the essay most certainly "Tell us about yourself"?</p>
<p>The essay has essentially been, "Tell us about yourself" phrased some other way for years and won't change for years. Why CCers repeatedly ignore this when students past and present tell them this on these boards escapes me...</p>
<p>They want our opinion on whether or not they can get in but won't trust us on the essay topic...</p>
<p>For the essays, click on Form B (Personal Statement) on the link below, and you should be able to get them.
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/appforms/secure/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/appforms/secure/index.html</a></p>
<p>Can anyone give me some insight as to how strict they are on word count? My essay is currently around 690 words and nearing its final draft, and it would be really hard for me to start cutting pieces out now because I'll then have to rework it to find the flow again.</p>
<p>Mine was almost 500 on the dot so I can't help</p>
<p>do you have to submit part 1 of the application in order to get to the essays in part 2?</p>
<p>in guessing you're referring to the online application?</p>
<p>Essays are here</p>
<p>They are identical to what was posted earlier:
1) Why Brown
2) Who interested you in brown (short answer)
3) Tell us something about yourself</p>
<p>That's what it was three years ago...</p>
<p>modest, any advice on essay length?</p>
<p>yea...and also, for the portion where you have to mention all of your extracurriculars, do you just write like a CV or does that have a word limit as well?</p>
<p>thank you for asking that! i asked that question on the other thread and i was attacked because that question apparently lacks "common sense."</p>
<p>they give you a lot of space, so my guess is you should highlight your most important extracurriculars/achievements and in doing so answer the questions they present (why they are important to you, what you got out of them, etc etc). my guess is the word limit is restricted to the space you have since they didn't explicitly state a count, so if you can keep it in there you should be alright.</p>
<p>Or you could attach an activity list like I did. Mine was rather long since I'm a tad older than most transfer applicants but for frosh it shouldn't be too long. If it's easier to organize into a table on a piece of paper rather than on lines it's common sense (to me anyway) to use the most organized and clean option for convenience of everyone. Again, make a judgment call on your own about the right thing to do. You may have to stop and think about what's best for the admissions people as well.</p>