Brown Class of 2020 Early Decision Discussion

James S. Miller let a lot of us down today…

We just got home from a long exciting day. Daughter was accepted, as well was her best friend in her class - they’ve been together since the 3 year old room, and now they will be going to college together!

I got in as a neuroscience major and not under the PLME program. My SAT score is only a 2180 (super score of 2230) and an IB score of 39/42. I really think it’s all a crapshoot and while all of you deserve to get in, it really depends on a lot of different things. Wish you all the best.

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Acceptance letter:
Congratulations! I am delighted to inform you that you have been admitted to Brown University’s Class of 2020. You will be one of 1,665 first year students who individually and collectively display a remarkable diversity of strengths and interests. You were chosen not only for what you can contribute to our intellectual community, but also for what you will gain from the myriad academic and extracurricular opportunities that distinguish undergraduate education at Brown.
Your official admission decision letter has been mailed to you. Please remember that as a candidate admitted under an Early Decision plan, you are required to withdraw all other applications and not initiate any new ones.
If you are a candidate for financial aid, information regarding your financial aid award is available online. We encourage you to contact the Office of Financial Aid with any questions at (401) 863-2721. In the coming months you will receive additional mailings from us that will address your matriculation plans. If you have questions or concerns between now and next fall, however, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We hope that this Early Decision admission will enable you to enjoy the remainder of your final year of secondary school free of concerns about your college options, and allow you to continue your focus on learning. Please remember that this offer of admission is contingent upon your maintaining an academic and social record at the same level that has brought you admission to Brown at this early date.
On behalf of the Brown faculty and President Christina Paxson, please accept my congratulations on your admission. I look forward to welcoming you to Brown next fall.
Yours sincerely,
James S. Miller
Dean of Admission

Deferred! As an international student studying in the states, nothing was easy for me, from communicating with my teachers to studying alone. Now, undoubtedly, I got deferred from Brown… However, I am still proud of myself and planning to keep on trying and challenging myself. I know I can do well anywhere as I have a dream and talent. Applying to Brown was a good experience and congrats to those who got accepted. And guys who got rejected or deferred, please don’t cry… You guys are already amazing. Just believe in yourself, and you know what we still got more chances… plus who knows? This result may lead us to a better path of our lives.

deferred as well; i go to a great private school and literally everyone who applied got deferred. who even got in if the rate was so high???

Congratulations to all the admitted students!

So, what should we do now that we’ve been deferred? I’m working on my letter of sustained interest and brainstorming with my GC, but I don’t know how much I’ll have to add to my application by then. “Ooh look, I joined this club, woo”

It’s still my top choice, but I don’t think I stand a chance in the RD pool. That’s part of why I applied ED. This sucks man

Brown wouldn’t defer you if they didn’t think you had a chance in the RD pool.

Does Brown reject anyone who applies early? Some schools like Georgetown defer all who are not accepted.

@hsibparent this year they rejected ~15% of Ed applicants, accepting 22% and deferring 63%. Statistically, you were least likely to be rejected, but it still happens.

Did you form the opinion that applicants to Brown who don’t stand a chance in RD are able to be admitted ED, based on information in this forum? Based on advice from your guidance counselor? From somewhere else?

(I agree with bruno14, by the way, that deferral=chance in RD)

@fenwaypark it wasn’t really a rational thought so I honestly can’t say

@fenwaypark It’s easy for us to lose our confidence in situations like this. But being deferred means that we ARE qualified applicants. It is just that there’re way more qualified applicants than Brown can admit in ED. I think it is both a matter of your abilities and a matter of luck. After all, the ED pool is more competitive not to mention it also includes athletes and legacies. Let’s all be optimistic about our RD results.

I agree. Concurred with another poster who said deferral=chance, just a couple of posts back. Haven’t said or suggested anything to the contrary. Maybe you intended to address your post to someone else?

If someone in this forum, or someone’s guidance counselor, were to suggest it is easier to be admitted ED than RD, or the standards are looser in ED than RD, then I would have an issue with that…as I have expressed on this forum on other occasions

lol yeah I was intending to address it to @pontmercy .

@fenwaypark But I absolutely agree with you because I was also one of the victims who were told that you get a higher chance in ED.

@BrownPlsThx right on man. It’s true that we’re not done for yet (as I’ve had to awkwardly explain to several people since Thursday)

To all the deferrees:

Your level of confidence at this stage is irrelevant. If you were competing in an athletic contest and did not succeed in the early stages of the match or game, well in that case confidence would be important because it would affect your performance for the rest of the contest.

But in this case all you can do are administrative things such as reconfirming your interest and updating your application with any notable new achievements. And of course you want to make sure your first semester grades hold up, but you would be doing that anyway to bolster all your applications.

So I would suggest not to get mired in a negative confidence trap. Use that energy in a positive direction to nail your other applications. Your level of confidence or lack thereof will have zero impact on your chances at Brown for RD. And, as someone not affiliated with Admissions, it is my opinion that your chances are fully alive in RD.

Are any of you applying to somewhere else ED II? My college counselor thinks I should but even though I know my chances of getting in RD are slim, I’m not sure I want to give up on Brown completely…