<p>@masterdebater97 I’ve been waiting on that too. I’ve gotten in from every RD school I’ve applied to, but not Brown, which I find weird. </p>
<p>@DiscipulusBonus That’s the page that shows you what parts of their application they have. If you’ve applied to WashU or Tufts, they send it out immediately. </p>
<p>@Dildil I am applying PLME ED! Usually they only admit 15 or so people in the ED round, but fingers crossed! </p>
<p>Anyone nervous for interviews? </p>
<p>I called Brown today to ask about another thing, and they told me it would be 2-3 weeks from the deadline before we got login to the application status page. I got an email a few weeks ago that said late October, and the admissions office is closed tomorrow and Friday, so I’m hoping it’ll be in the next couple of days instead of weeks?
Has anyone been contacted by their interviewers?</p>
<p>I was contacted by mine on Monday and I’m meeting with him on Saturday. I think having a resume would be helpful to bring. </p>
<p>How much advantage will an applicant have if he has already made acquaintance with the admissions rep in the region???</p>
<p>FYI, Brown tends to take a while with the online logins. Don’t worry if you don’t get yours until mid-November.</p>
<p>I got my login email this morning. Nothing from an interviewer yet.</p>
<p>I’m freaking out, is it too late to send my SAT and ACT scores? Even if I rush them?</p>
<p>I received my online login information this morning, and I sent everything in on the 22nd.</p>
<p>Good luck, everyone! Last year Brown accepted 560 of its 3,015 Early Decision applicants; 18% isn’t too bad! Better than 9% (from last year’s Regular Decision pool).</p>
<p>I called today about the same thing, and he said to rush them, but if they don’t arrive by Nov. 1, don’t panic. So no worries! Just rush them. Anyway, they’re all done electronically for the most part, so it shouldn’t take long at all. </p>
<p>@whats9plus10: Yep, I’m definitely nervous about the interview. Since we’ve all made the binding decision to apply early to Brown, I’m assuming the interview will be more about us and less about the school, and that’s scary.</p>
<p>How do you guys feel about your essays? I still haven’t submitted my application, but I’m really happy with everything except the Common App essay (in-progress). My “Why Brown?” essay is probably the weakest of the bunch, but it definitely gets the point across; on the other hand, my first writing supplement essay is pure gold about *Flatland<a href=“one%20of%20the%20best%20essays%20I’ve%20ever%20written,%20and%20I%20pecked%20it%20out%20in%20%7E50%20minutes”>/i</a>.</p>
<p>On an unhappy side note, my computer is so slow that I’m being forced to write my essays on my phone’s note-taking application. :/</p>
<p>@DiscipulusBonus: I had the same issue with my “Why Brown?” essay. It’s certainly my weakest as well. There is not enough space to really say anything unique. I’m sure the main common app essay is by far the most important. As you said, we are all making a binding decision, so I am sure they realize that WE know why Brown. </p>
<p>Also, I already interviewed with WashU and I don’t think they asked ANYTHING about the school. It’s really more about gauging who you are and if you’d fit in rather than if you know how to work Google and can look up a few facts about Brown.</p>
<p>@ebrook9596: Agh, these word limits are awful! Except for my 51-word “Where have you lived?” essay, all of my essays are 0-2 words below the maximum. I’ve painfully crammed every bit of information I want to get across, but the word count really hurt one of my transitions in the “Why Brown?” essay. (Speaking of which, I’ve tried to make this essay focus more about the fit between me and Brown and less about Brown alone.)</p>
<p>That’s interesting about your interview experience. I’ve interviewed at three colleges so far (Oberlin, CWRU, and HMC), and the interviewers all spent ~50% of the time talking about their respective schools. I tried to be a good conversationalist, but sometimes my interviewers didn’t even give me a chance to speak up for several minutes at a time. (How can they not breath between sentences?) Honestly, I didn’t mind, but I’m guessing the Brown interview will be different.</p>
<p>EDIT: I just looked at the 2018 Brown ED Results thread, and seeing all of those rejected high-stats applicants was painful. I feel like I’ve got the test scores, extracurriculars, essays, passion, and fit to be accepted to Brown, but sometimes it seems like it’s just not enough. Ugh.</p>
<p>The applicant pool is so large that sometimes to me it seems like those who DO get into Brown (or any Ivy League for that matter) got in on pure chance. Honestly, I feel like there’s a factor of complete randomness in there too. They have so many qualified applicants and so little space. If you don’t into Brown, you will probably get in somewhere else great, assuming that you’re qualified.</p>
<p>I spent a lot of time on my essays. I love to write, so it wasn’t too hard to find what to write about. Like @DiscipulusBonus said, the word limits really stink! I guess they want to see how well you can get your ideas across in such a limited amount of words.</p>
<p>@DiscipulusBonus: I had the same situation. Everything was JUST at the limit. I think Brown will understand the transition problem given that they gave such little space.</p>
<p>Regarding the interview, I will post after my Brown interview on Saturday and let you know what they asked. I’m sure everyone is a little different with how they conduct their interviews. </p>
<p>And here is what I realized with those posts for ED results from 2018, a LOT of people lie or leave stuff out. We will all be happy wherever we go. My brother goes to Pitzer and LOVES the Claremonts, so if you go to HMC(Which I assume is Harvey Mudd), you’ll love it as well. </p>
<p>Where is everyone here from? </p>
<p>@ebrook9596: Without giving away too much identifying information, I’m from the Southern United States.</p>
<p>At this point, I think I can handle getting rejected from Brown. There are a lot of other amazing schools on my list: some reaches, like Caltech and MIT, and some less selective schools, like Reed College and the University of Washington. Honestly, I would be happy at any of these places (and more), but I really don’t want to have to deal with the stress of waiting for RD results. As much as I love Brown, if Caltech or MIT offered me a spot right now, I’d accept it, no questions asked.</p>
<p>@DiscipulusBonus: I understand. Having this whole process over with would be amazing. As much as I want this to be over soon, I think I’m sticking with Brown until the end of the application season. That’s why I’m not applying ed ii anywhere. </p>
<p>You are lucky that your other top schools have Early Action. Good luck with those! What’s the difficulty for getting in to Caltech, MIT, and HMC compared to Brown? </p>
<p>@ebrook9596: I’m not that familiar with HMC’s admissions process, but I think their acceptance rate is ~13%. As far as I can tell, Caltech and MIT are both a little more difficult to get into than Brown (very self-selective applicant pool), but they are more stats-focused and therefore more predictable.</p>