<p>okay okay so all you people are getting interviews already I am so jealous! I haven’t even gotten a confirmation email yet -_- probably going to call today.</p>
<p>@wimmiett Please let me know what they say if you do call. Haven’t gotten my confirmation email yet either.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry if you haven’t been contacted by interviewers. Interviews are kind of a big thing at brown so it probably takes a long time to figure out all the logistics. And it’s probably regionally dependent.</p>
<p>^^^ We certainly hope that it is true that interviews are important to Brown’s decision-making process. My D’s first interview was with Brown, back in early November. The interviewer also told her that she was his first interview this cycle and that Brown had asked him to conclude it by the end of Nov. It almost sounded like they though it was for ED versus RD. </p>
<p>But as Brown remains her first choice, we were thankful that she was afforded the opportunity to interview. </p>
<p>If I were a member of an admissions committee, I would certainly at least want the input of someone affiliated with the school who has at least met and spoken to the applicant. Selecting a candidate solely based on stats alone seems a little reckless to me, as you really do not know the character and substance of a person in such a vacuum. Clearly, not every candidate everywhere can be interviewed due to a #s differential between available alums and prospective candidates, but schools should do their very best to make such interviews a part of the process. But I am also sure that some schools routinely do rule out some candidates based on stats alone to make room for candidates that they deem more suitable. </p>
<p>Good luck to all of you CCers applying to Brown. Hopefully you will all be interviewed and evaluated fully.</p>
<p>wwward: you also must contend with the inherent variability and skill of the legion of alumni volunteers. The constant refrain from my alma mater is that the interviews tend to confirm other aspects of the applicant. If something veers greatly, then it may initiate further investigation – certainly for kids on the bubble. But with single digit admit rates, I know that the “first cut” must be numerically brutal. I interview +15 kids each year and fully expect none of them to be admitted, despite how much I enjoy meeting them. I know I only see a minute window whereas the officers see the full file plus the rest of the competition.</p>
<p>Heck, if you want to listen to how difficult the “final” cuts are, go here for a glimpse:</p>
<p>[Behind</a> The Scenes: How Do You Get Into Amherst? : NPR](<a href=“Behind The Scenes: How Do You Get Into Amherst? : NPR”>Behind The Scenes: How Do You Get Into Amherst? : NPR)</p>
<p>T26E4: Thanks… and we do understand those challenging factors. With or without an interview as part of the admissions process, it is clearly a difficult undertaking to try and beat those precarious odds as an applicant to these elite colleges.</p>
<p>From our perspective, it does seem a little telling though that the schools my daughter has applied to who accept less than 9% – Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Stanford – have not yet made an interview possible. Meanwhile, those colleges that accept 9% or more – Brown, Penn, etc. – have made such interviews possible. So it does seem to suggest that there may be a potential ranking system at work in terms of how interviews are prioritized - based on stats or other guiding parameters. </p>
<p>You interview for an elite program that accepts only 7%, so you may have a clearer picture if that is really accurate or not. But if every single applicant in a specific geographic area was simply put on a list without any ranking system being applied, I would suspect that at least one of those 4 schools would have contacted my daughter. Or maybe the ranking process takes place before the list is even generated and submitted to alumni. Again, you would likely know better if your alma mater operates that way or not. And it could also vary program to program.</p>
<p>It is clearly a daunting task for any school that receives more than 30K applications in a single season, so I would not begrudge them if they felt that some prioritization should occur, especially to try and interview those applicants on the bubble.</p>
<p>T26E4: That NPR “Behind the Scenes” link you provided was fascinating, and it does really convey the utter randomness of such final decisions. Thanks for posting it.</p>
<p>I like the way it ended though… putting the emphasis on how those applicants accepted also get the opportunity to turn the tables and then decide between all of their acceptances. Hopefully most of the applicants here within the CC community will have a # of options to choose among. </p>
<p>In my D’s case, she has already pre-decided, so if Brown accepts her… she is going to Brown. She will happily help their Yield Percentage :)</p>
<p>I want to get in to Brown so badly. Does anyone know when (not saying I would get one, just wondering) likely letter would be released?</p>
<p>wward: I get that you share your daughter’s anxiety. Let me tell you in no uncertain terms: there is no pre-sorting, no pre-read of any application before the contact information is sent to the area interview coordinators. There is simply no time to do anything else. I guarantee it. (anecdotally, I have heard that Harvard does some pre-sorting for international applicants – but that’s the only case I’ve ever heard of)</p>
<p>I was never interviewed by Brown (many years ago), some of my classmates were. I was the only one admitted. I decided on another school however.</p>
<p>T26E4: OK… thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>@satman</p>
<p>I’m from northern VA actually.</p>
<p>[Brown</a> University Class of 2018 applicants | Brown University News and Events](<a href=“http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2014/01/applicants]Brown”>2018: A diverse, international applicant pool | News from Brown)</p>
<p>“The deep, talented, and diverse applicant pool for the Class of 2018 is evidence of Brown’s global influence and continuing appeal to students of all backgrounds from across the nation and around the world,” said James Miller, dean of admission. ”In the coming months we face the exciting and often humbling challenge of selecting a first-year class from this remarkable group of students that reflects the values and aspirations of the Brown community.”</p>
<p>^^^ Wow… impressive. I guess it is a good thing that my D has 14 back-ups… lol. This likely means an accept rate of only 8-9%.</p>
<p>Oops, so regarding this interview thing…</p>
<p>I received a group email from an alumni representative asking me to sign up for an interview, which was to take place at a site around 1.5 hours away. I’ve done a couple of college interviews before and I had always been contacted directly by my interviewer, so I was a little taken aback by this and didn’t respond. And now, just a few days later, all the sign-up slots are filled! So now what? 
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<p>I know it was kinda my fault, but I was just really confused. Only an acceptance rate of 8% anyway…</p>
<p>^ I fixed the problem! Sorry for double-posting, but if any of you guys had this slightly weird interview setup as well (a bunch of students meeting with a bunch of alumni somewhere kinda far away) and weren’t able to get a spot online, they seem to have added a lot more interview slots in the last 30 minutes 
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<p>I’ll have to wake up really early for my interview since it’s so far away, but it’s better than not doing one at all!</p>
<p>I think the RD rate will be about 7%, right? 2,100+/- divided by 29,700 RD applicants.</p>
<p>@Coriander: they tend to do this sort of thing in areas with many applicants and fewer interviewers. They just can’t do individual interviews for all 30,000 applicants. Up to you whether you do it or not.</p>
<p>arwarw: For the RD round… yes. I have calculated it at 7.3%.</p>
<p>Last year, Brown admitted 2,759 overall (ED/RD) and ended up with a freshman class of 1,539. This equated to a yield rate of 56%. </p>
<p>With 30,291 total applicants this year, they will likely only accept 9.1% overall to admit the same amount of 2,759. Of course, they could choose to admit fewer if they expect a higher yield rate… or more, if they expect a lower yield rate. </p>
<p>And since they have already accepted 583 ED, they would then only be accepting 2,176 more on March 27th… that would make the RD round acceptance rate 7.3% (2,176/29,708).</p>
<p>Ugh… super-competitive for sure. My D has at least 6 decision on March 27th, so hopefully one or more of them will be positive. She is still most hopeful about Brown, but these #s seem truly daunting to overcome.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all applicants…</p>
<p>WWWard. Look on the bright side. I know your daughter, like mine, is interested in theatre. Relative to many top conservatories, a 7% acceptance rate is like open admissions. </p>
<p>For example, Carnegie Mellon is currently auditioning over 2,000 MT applicants, but will likely only accept 4 girls and 5 boys. Juilliard’s acting school may be even more selective.</p>
<p>^^^ Indeed. That’s insanely competitive. </p>
<p>I actually wish that Brown would have requested an audition or the like as part of its admissions process… or include that as a component. Oh well… if not Brown, there is always Northwestern or maybe even USC. There are a # of quality schools that also have highly respected theatre programs. She will find her place eventually. And in the end… if a school does not want you sufficiently enough to afford you the opportunity to attend there, then maybe it is simply best to find that meeting of the minds elsewhere. I have read about a number of scenarios where applicants or their families try to manipulate a decision somehow… through contacts or extraordinary means, etc… but I personally do not favor such an approach. In my day, I was rather fatalistic about it all and simply decided that I did not want to go to where I was not genuinely wanted. And I have a feeling that I will likely have to convince my daughter to look at things the same way. She has her heart set on Brown, but the acceptance rate, coupled with the intense competition, makes such an outcome unlikely.</p>