<p>And waitlisted. Vanderbilt for me, I guess</p>
<p>Accepted :)</p>
<p>denied. good luck everyone. its probably between BU and UConn for me</p>
<p>Hey guys. My name is Maggie Livingstone and I am a reporter for the Brown Daily Herald. Would anyone that got in regular decision be willing to talk to the BDH for an article on the admissions results? Please e-mail me at <a href=“mailto:margaret_livingstone@brown.edu”>margaret_livingstone@brown.edu</a> ASAP. Thanks and congrats!</p>
<p>Posted for son (Amphear)
Decision: Denied.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (780 M, 780 CR, 750 W)
APs: all 5s - I can’t remember all the tests he took - included APUSH, Bio.
Weighted GPA: 99.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%. #4 in class (200 something students)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, College English, AP Calculus, Church History (required) Participation in Government, AP Psych
Major Awards: National Merit finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track, some community service at school, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None.
Summer Activities: none last year. National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, summer before junior year.
Essays: thought they were very good
Teacher Recommendation: At least one of them was really great.
Counselor Rec: Good.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: Yes, thought it was fine. </p>
<p>Other
Intended Major(s): Math, premed.
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: White/Korean
Gender: Male
Income bracket (if applicable): less than 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>
<p>Reflection: Disappointed but not surprised.
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, rigorous curriculum.
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were denied. Really weak ECs, did not stand out.
Where else were you accepted/rejected: Rejected: Princeton (had applied early action), Duke, Dartmouth. Accepted: SUNY Geneseo, Emory. Still waiting on University of Rochester and College of Wooster.</p>
<p>@whiteout13: BU!! 
I’m going there</p>
<p>@br2pi5 me too! Boston’s going to be a good time</p>
<p>No Brown for me 
Johns Hopkins it is :D</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 760, M: 670, W: 800 one sitting
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: US History: 800, World History: 760, Math 1: 690 (didn’t send)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/326
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), US History (5), English Lang (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult (AP Lit sucks)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel STS Semifinalist, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium National Finalist, Intel ISEF Finalist, National Merit Finalist, Yale Book Award?
[ /list]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Junior State of America (National Director of Technology, Northeast Convention Coordinator, Chapter VP), Taekwondo (Certified Instructor, 3rd Degree black belt), Trumpet (Been in county and state bands/orchestras for the last 3 years), Drama Club (Treasurer, Sound board operator), National Honor Society (I do the absolute minimum number of hours required haha)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Taekwondo Instructor for after school program (kids ages 5-13), one day per week
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Not much. Peer tutor (lol), volunteered for state assembly office
[ *] Summer Activities: Intern, NY State Attorney General’s Regional Office, Intern, Nita Lowey for Congress (2012), Junior Statesmen Foundation Summer School at Georgetown (2011), summer research (2011-2012), Camp Counselor at my Taekwondo school
[ *] Essays: Common App: I showed it to a teacher who reads a lot of college essays at my school and she said it was “fantastic” and “a breath of fresh air.” Supplemental: Some of my best. I covered everything from my town’s influence on me to my interest in mushroom foraging so I got a lot of breadth
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, but I can only guess very good. We have a great relationship.
[ *] Additional Rec: One from my Taekwondo teacher who I’ve known since I was 4, One from my State Assemblywoman who I’ve also known a long time, and one from a county legislator who is a family friend
[ *] Interview: Eh. One of my least interesting. The guy graduated from Brown in like the 40s and I couldn’t relate to him at all. Left me really nervous.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public, somewhat competitive because of science research program and being in Westchester
[ *] Ethnicity: Bout as white as you can get
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 150000-20000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (mia madre)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA, Awards, common app essay
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT math score!, interview
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably a combination of STS and my legacy status sealed the deal somewhere.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: GW, Brandeis, SUNY Geneseo, Waitlisted: Harvard, UPenn, UChicago, Rejected: Princeton, Northwestern, Still have to hear back from Wesleyan and Georgetown</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:**
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! I’M SPEECHLESS! Brown was definitely up there for me, and while I’m going to put in a bit of effort to try and get off the Harvard waitlist (I did my science research project with a Harvard professor so that might help), I’m ridiculously excited! Also, I know anyone who didn’t get in to any of these very competitive schools won’t believe it, but it honestly doesn’t matter where you go that much anymore. The gap between people that go to Ivies and everywhere else has been lessened a lot in the past 20 or 30 years. For me, I consider this just a lucky strike. I was like 99% ready to go to GW and have a fantastic time. If you’re smart, you’re going to do well no matter what, so don’t let this be the end. That is all.</p>
<p>Rejected… Northwestern or WUSTL for me!</p>
<p>Accepted after ED deferrel. Rejected at other Ivies except Princeton WL…
Very grateful.</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 CR, 770 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] ACT (breakdown): Didn’t report
[</em>] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry (800); Literature (780); U.S. History (800)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.2 (?)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/466
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chemistry (5), Psych (5), Eng. Lang. (5), U.S. History (5), Stats (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 7 APs
[</em>] Number of other applicants in your school: 2 or 3, I think
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate (Secretary), Academic Challenge, some others
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job for three years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul]Library, Habitat, nothing special really; not that many hours either[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Four fragmented anecdotes about my life, on the weirder end of the spectrum[/li][</em>] Other:[/ul][<em>] Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[</em> ] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Good
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Don’t remember
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40-45
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]QB Finalist, maybe geographyReflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Solid academics, maybe debate
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteering, maybe singular focus on debate in extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Lots of other qualified applicants
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Princeton '17!</p>
<p>So… got a likely letter first week of march, get declined PLME :(. Can’t decide between Brown, JHU, and Pomona. Maybe I’ll get into Stanford tmrw xD. Got on columbia dartmouth princeton WL and accepted Cornell, but Pomona’s probably my number one so far. Just thought I’d post this so incase anyone else wonders if a LL means anything for PLME, I can assure you: no lol.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 33 comp.: 33 M, 35 S, 32 E, 31 R, 10 W
APs: 3’s on AP Lang and Lit, currently taking AP Calc AB and Stats
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%. #1 in class out of 131, 4.015 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted GPA
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, Flex English credit as intern at local paper, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, French 4, Anatomy & Physiology.
Major Awards: Ohio State Fair 4-H STEM Clock Trophy winner, Mary Glasgow magazines French Student of the year of 2011, 1st League All MVL Honors in soccer
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Pres.), 4H Food Board (Pres.), 4H Club (Treas.), French Club, Student Council (Treas.) , National Honor Society, Library volunteer for three years
Job/Work Experience: Now employed at library
Summer Activities: Class trip to London and Paris, 4H Fair and project activities, Rotary Leadership conference
Essays: thought they were very good
Teacher Recommendation: Both amazing connections with my teachers. My French teacher loves me like a grandmother and thinks the world of me. My math teacher is also my boss’ husband and I have worked on many library projects with him out of school.
Counselor Rec: Great, she really recognizes my ambition and really wants to see me succeed.
Additional Rec: Letter from library director
Interview: Yes, thought I really connected and impressed him. He was shocked when I told him I have never personally known anyone who has attended Brown or any Ivy League. No one in my high school’s history has attended an Ivy League college. </p>
<p>Other
Intended Major(s): Neuroscience or Physics with concentration in astrophysics
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio, I live in the poorest county in the southeast corner of the state.
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public high school with 650 or so students in all. Only high school in the county with 2/3 of students in a trades program. Not very much college prep support
Ethnicity: White/Irish
Gender: Male
Income bracket (if applicable): less than 70,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation, bilingual in sign language bc of my deaf sister and English. </p>
<p>Reflection: absolutely amazed. On cloud nine!!!
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, rigorous curriculum, ECs, motivation, essays
Weaknesses: advancing the gap of college preparedness being in such a rural high school with small percent attending a 4 year institution
Why you think you were accepted: Great mentality, small town boy with big dreams, poor
accepted/rejected: Rejected: MIT, all other Ivies(Harvard, Yale, Princeton) and wait-listed to Vanderbilt
Accepted: Univ. of Notre Dame, Duke, OSU, OU-HTC, Denison</p>
<p>…so I prayed to God constantly that I be accepted at Brown (with good FA), but I wasn’t. Not that He didn’t answer me but Brown may just not be for me. Cornell or Furman (where I was accepted) may hold a better future for me. That’s the interpretation guys. God’s will be done. :)</p>
<p>Accepted! But I have to say I am completely surprised (stats are not too great). I am still very grateful though :)</p>
<p>Now that the battle is over, I wish to salute all of you for having taken on a nearly-impossible challenge with honor, dignity, and respect for your competing peers. Should you see disappointment in the eyes of any of the adults around you – family, teachers, neighbors – you should remember that today’s environment is far harder than the one candidates faced even a half-dozen years ago. Only 9.2% of the applicants were accepted this year, the second lowest in Brown’s history:</p>
<p>[Brown</a> admits 2,649 for Class for 2017 | Brown University News and Events](<a href=“http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/03/2017]Brown”>http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/03/2017)</p>
<p>Sometimes the best advice comes early in life. Such is the case here, where I remind you of the sage words of children’s author and illustrator Sandra Boynton:</p>
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<p>ACCEPTED!!!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown)
ACT: 30 (Yikes)
SAT II: 760 USH, 740 Chem, 740 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9999
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6 or 7
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4) lang (3) BC (5) USH (5) Psych (5)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load: (IB subjects): AP Stats, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP French, AP Government, AP Biology, Calculus III
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): All State Musician </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band, Choir, Drama, Model UN(VP), Mock election, math team, academic team, NHS (president), lots of little things
Job/Work Experience: I work part time in retail.
Summer Activities: E2@MIT, Illinois Leadership Seminar, Work, Volunteering, Cancer Society Program, Marching Band, various other activities
Essays: Awesome
Teacher Recommendation: Really awesome. I read one of them.
Counselor Rec: Probably awesome
Additional Rec: NAda
Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 90,000-100000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, URM</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Lots of extracurriclar activities and my essays.
Weaknesses: TEST SCORES
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays really stood out (Atheism, Literary based, and music based) and I’m Hispanic.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Brown, Dartmouth (likely), Cornell, Rice, Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Waitlisted: WashU
Rejected: USC
General Comments: I’m just hoping the financial aid is okay!</p>
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