*****Brown Class of 2020 Early Decision Results Only!*****

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected - ED[/color][/size]**

[aB]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[aB]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

[aB]Other:**

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[aB]Reflection:**

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments:

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**Decision: Rejected **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT (breakdown): 2060 ; 730 R, 590 M, 740 W
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): n/a
    [] SAT Subject Tests: 670 Lit, 580 U.S. History
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: not calculated
    [] Weighted GPA: 3.75/4
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language (5), AP Studio Art 2D (5), APUSH (3), AP Gov (4), AP Stats (4)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
    [] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Studio Art Drawing, AP Music Theory, AP Psychology, and other assorted music and social science electives
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, AP Scholar, Scholastic Awards

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band (4 years, section leader and drum major), Indoor Drumline (section leader), Badminton Intramural (girls captain) are the main 3, but there were others I don’t feel like typing out
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Intern at children’s art therapy and painting studio
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at children’s museum, 30 Hr. Famine (top fundraiser) for world hunger
    [    ] Summer Activities: all of the above
    [] Essays: I think my common app essay was pretty strong. I wrote about how I have synesthesia and how that alters the way I see the world. For the Brown-specific questions, I focused on how I want to be a creative arts therapist and tried to work that into each answer somehow.
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: I submitted three: one from my AP Language teacher, whom I really bonded with and was probably my favorite teacher of high school thus far; my current Sociology teacher, who wrote beautifully; and my middle school Academically Talented Teacher who I still keep in touch with.
    [] Counselor Rec: Submitted two- one from my main guidance counselor, probably generic. The other was from the head of the guidance department who I spent a lot more time bonding with.
    [    ] Additional Rec: n/a
    [] Interview: I thought it went okay, but my interviewer and I had nothing in common, and he was kind of quiet and awkward. Hopefully I steered the conversation in the right directions, though.
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): Submitted a music portfolio with 3 compositions, a part of the full length musical I wrote, and an art portfolio with some ink sketches and fine art photography

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): CT
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Public, very competitive
    [] Ethnicity: White, European
    [    ] Gender: F
    [] Income Bracket: <$100,000
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First to attend a four-year college

Reflection

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[] Strengths: Portfolios, letters of rec, and writing.
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my scores and GPA. Good lord.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m pretty devastated. Really devastated. I thought I had a strong application and was truly hoping for at least a deferral, but I guess everything else couldn’t make up for my bad numbers.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know yet, this was the first college I heard from.

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Decision: Deferred - ED

(Biochemistry, PLME)

Objective:

  • []SAT (breakdown): 2200; 790 R, 690 M, 710 W, 10 essay
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): 33/34(if superscored), 31 W, 34 R, 34 M, 35 S, 10 essay
    []SAT Subject Tests: 720 Chemistry, 720U.S. History, 770 Math 2
    [    ]Unweighted GPA: 4.0/4.0
    []Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/457
    [    ]AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Language (5), , APUSH (4), AP European History (5)
    []IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
    [    ]Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Gov, Stats Honors, AP Calc BC
    []Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, National Business Honor Society, AP Scholar with Distinction, top 10% in Class, 17 Science Olympiad Medals, 2 National Awards FBLA, 4 State Awards FBLA, 4 Regional FBLA awards, Tennis Athlete Scholar Nominee, Quiz Bowl 2 year champions

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (6years, Team Co-captain),
    Varsity Tennis, FBLA (state vice president, region secretary, local chapter vice president), Key Club, National Honor Society, Student government, Minithon Nourishment Committee, Quiz Bowl
    []Job/Work Experience: Intern at Darenth Valley Hospital U.K. and at GP office
    [    ]Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, National Honor Society, and FBLA, and Student government activities on regular basis; get at least 10 hours each month; also participated in huge fundraising event while in U.K.
    []Essays: I think my common app essay was pretty strong. I wrote about how I was shy and then came out of my shell. For the Brown-specific questions, I focused on how I want to be a pathologist and tried to subliminally focus each question on that.
    [    ]Teacher Recommendation: I submitted three: one from my AP Calculus teacher, whom I really bonded with and was probably my favorite teacher of high school thus far and had for two years; my current AP Physics teacher, who I also had for two years; and my AP U.S. History teacher whom I had junior year.
    []Counselor Rec: I hope very good, I have had a strong connection with him since freshman year and am a regular in his office.
    [    ]Additional Rec: Submitted two recommendations from doctors I had met in my internship in U.K.
    []Interview: I thought it went really well, the man and I were both from New York originally so we started off bonding right away. I was very comfortable and felt like I was talking to a friend.
    [    ]Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other:

  • []Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ]State (if domestic applicant): PA
    []Country (if international applicant):
    [    ]School Type: Public, very competitive
    []Ethnicity: Asian-Amerian, India
    [    ]Gender: F
    []Income Bracket: $100,000
    [    ]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First to attend a four-year college in America

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: , letters of rec, and writing.
    [    ]Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores
    []Why you think you were deferred: Pretty devastated. I really had a strong application and was truly hoping for an acceptance.
    [    ]Where else were you deferred: Don’t know yet, maybe scores.
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** Decision: Deferred - ED **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 superscored - 800W 750CR 690M
ACT (breakdown): 33 - 36R 36W 31M 28S 34 essay
SAT II: 750 literature, 730 Spanish w/ listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank or percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer AP’s but took AP Spanish Lang (5) Spanish Lit (4) English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: again, no AP’s, but advanced calc, advanced bio, 2 history classes, english lit, electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major. National Merit Semifinalist, AP scholar, local “student of the month” award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper 9-12 (editor), local newspaper columnist 9-11, student government 10-12 (president), varsity basketball 9-12 (captain, nominated for all-league), member of teen grantmaking committee (9-12), ski instructor (10-12), peer mentor (9-10), varsity ultimate frisbee (11-12), published in a few magazines
Job/Work Experience: ski instructing
Volunteer/Community service: youth grantmaking committee, 50-60 hrs/yr
Summer Activities: 2015 - studied IR and french w/ tufts summit program in france, 2014 - studied journalism & global issues @ oxford university, 2013 - spanish immersion program in spain
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app essay 9/10 (proud of it but not perfect), supplement essays 8-9/10 (pretty good but not great)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, know the teacher super well and have worked w/ him in various EC’s
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10, teacher knows me well and likes me but not sure how high quality it will be
Counselor Rec: 10/10, know him super super well
Additional Rec: none
Interview: amazing, we talked for 2 hours and he said i was a perfect candidate for the school

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: International relations
State (if domestic applicant): this info is too personal, west coast
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity: white
Gender: f
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: well-rounded EC’s, good essays, good grades & SAT scores
Weaknesses: no hooks, nothing that really makes me stand out
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: see above. I’m a very solid applicant but i’m not sure there’s anything about me that would make a Brown admissions officer fall in love…
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: waiting on one safety EA app, now to submit 10-11 other applications WOOO HOOOO!!!

General Comments: Not very upset as this is what I expected - in fact, honestly just relieved I didn’t get rejected. Thinking about all the other apps and waiting I have to do now is kind of awful, but I’m still glad i went for ED as brown truly was/is my dream school.

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Decision: Rejected - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Biology 700, Literature 630
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not Calculated
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School Does Not Rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 41/45 (38/42 – w/o the TOK and EE points)
Senior Year Course Load: Full IBDP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Academic Honesty, IGCSE ICE etc.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (Secretary General), Senior Committee (Vice President), E-Team, InterACT Club, Senior Prefect, Stage Manager for two plays etc.
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a Company for three weeks
Volunteer/Community service: Couple of weeks spent working in slums over the course of a few years.
Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown, Summer Course at Oxford etc.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 (I think my essays were pretty strong. That being said, I should have probably added in more details and personalized certain parts of my answers.)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9 (All my teachers are really fond of me and my counselor told me that she wished she could have written letters of rec. for other people the way she wrote mine.)

Interview: My interview went quite well. I really enjoyed speaking to her.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No.
Intended Major: International Relations
Country (if international applicant): UAE
School Type: IB/IGCSE International School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$120,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of?

Reflection:

Strengths: I think that my letters of recommendation and my essays were pretty solid. My transcript is also very good.
Weaknesses: I sent two sets of ACT scores, the first set was pretty low and that is the one I initially applied with so I think that might have put me at a major disadvantage. Also, my school doesn’t calculate GPA or rank which might make it difficult to compare me to other applicants. Also, my SAT II scores are exactly amazing.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think that my standardized testing scores really messed me up. I also think that there are certain things that just aren’t offered at my school that made me seem uncompetitive.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:This was my first decision. I am definitely disappointed, but I’m hoping that my future has lots of acceptances! :slight_smile:

General Comments: I would have loved to go to Brown since attending Brown has always been a goal of mine, but I’m not devastated by the result. Anyways, I’m just going to work really hard on the rest of my applications so that everything turns out better. Congrats to everyone that was accepted, good luck to everyone that was deferred and to everyone that was rejected: you have so much ahead of you-- don’t dwell on this one thing! :slight_smile:

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Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 34 (32 Math, 35 Reading, 34 Science, 35 English)
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/192
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Computer Science (3), Psychology (5), English Lang (5), Art History (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none (school doesn’t offer)
Senior Year Course Load: Computer Science-Python (dual-enrolled) at gov school, Seminar at gov school, Connections in Mathematics at gov school, AP English Lit, AP Macro/microeconomics, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Comparative Government, Honors French IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place at 4H state science fair, 1st place at FBLA regions, Eagle Scout, 56 merit badges

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (President), Boy Scouts, FBLA, French Club (leadership each year), Varsity Scholastic Bowl, Varsity Forensics, Theater, Piano/Clarinet, 4H
Job/Work Experience: Boy Scout Camp Counselor in 2014 and 2015
Volunteer/Community service: Relay for Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, 4H, many many hours
Summer Activities: NYU Precollege, UVA Summer Enrichment, Boy Scout Camp Counselor, 4H Camp Counselor
Essays (rating 1-10, details): wrote about the road I live on for the personal statement, and a convincing Why Brown

Teacher Rec #1: 9th grade math teacher I’m close with
Teacher Rec #2: 10th grade English teacher
Counselor Rec: really good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: She loved me, called me a “superb” candidate; although the interview was just last Sunday! haha

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: soon
Intended Major: International Relations / Psych
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White (didn’t send)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: didn’t send
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): rural?

Reflection:

Strengths: essays, interview, recommendations, credentials
Weaknesses: not perfect scores, everything probably could have been better, wrote my essays very quickly with little editing (but that’s just how I write)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: everything was good, no glaring flaws

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Decision: Deferred - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 Math - 800 Reading - 800 Writing - 740
ACT (breakdown): 34 (Did not send)
SAT II: 710 in Literature and 730 in U.S. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/~450
AP (place score in parenthesis):Psych4 English5 APUS4 APWorld3
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: French, Micro/Macro, Calc, English, Gov all AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Jazz band, debate club founder, XC captian etc etc
Job/Work Experience:n/a
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours
Summer Activities: Cross Country, volunteering
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, maybe too formal. Put a lot of work into them.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10,7 One from english teacher which was impeccable one from math teacher a little lackluster

Teacher Rec #1:10 English
Teacher Rec #2:7 Math
Counselor Rec:No idea
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview:Went extremely well. Interviewer said she would recommend me very very highly.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: CS
State (if domestic applicant): Indiana
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Underfunded Public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: didn’t need financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): From Indiana. otherwise none.

Reflection:

Strengths: Scores, extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Nothing special about me at all. Maybe essays were weak.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:I don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:Applied to Berkeley.

General Comments:
I am slightly surprised and very saddened by this decision. Though I know I technically still have a chance, I really don’t at all. My heart goes out to all who were rejected and deferred, and my truly sincere congratulations to those accepted.

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Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34 (32, 34, 34, 34)
SAT II:
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.14
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10 Ap’s, but I forgot to send or mention the scores
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Dual Enrollment Government, Ap Eng Lit, Independent Study in Comp Sci, AP Calc BC, AP Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Best of fair at regional science fair, honorable mention at International Science and Engineering Fair, 1st place in category at National College Microsoft Comeptition with award of $4000

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Captain of Varsity Public Forum Debate, President of Coding Club
Job/Work Experience: 1 Summer at architecture firm, 1 summer at software firm, 1 summer at Startup specializing in what my science project was about
Volunteer/Community service: Absolutely none
Summer Activities:Work, travel, videogames
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app -> 10, told my story about learning computer science online, searching for an internship, building my science project and ISEF, and ultimately my internship. Brown Specific: 9/10, most were pretty good, told anecdotes about managing debate team, growing up in a foreign country, and my work experience. I found a couple typos in both applications, nothing major, but an extra common or missing period here and there,

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: comp sci teacher 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: AP english teacher 9/10
Teacher Rec #3: Physics teacher 10/10 (came with me to isef, in his physics c class as well, great relationship)
Teacher Rec #4: Photo 1 teacher 10/10 (great relationship from the start)
Counselor Rec: 10/10, she said she knew I would get in if they read my recomendation.
Additional Rec: Boss from first summer internship, brown Alumn, knows me really well and vouched for my experience
Additional Rec #2: Boss from second summer internship, reinforced points my common app made, and validated my science project as legit
Interview: Went really well, but I had it yesterday because the other interviewer had a medical emergency and never contacted me. I don’t think it could have played a part in admissions because the deadline had passed, but maybe it got through.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep, got none
Intended Major: Computer Science and Cognitive Science
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Filipino American (whasian baby)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000-125,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lost my father at the age of 11, I dealt with mental health issues, pretty cool science project

Reflection:

Strengths: Extra Ciriculars and letters of recommendations, I think they carried me. My essays were pretty solid too!
Weaknesses: GPA could be better, and I forgot to talk about my AP Scores!!! Also I had typos. Goes to show that they look at the application as a whole.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My science project, my big microft win, and my emphasis on self education probably pushed me over the edge.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Fordham University,

General comments:

YAY! I’m so glad it worked out, I had the most butterflies i’ve ever had right before checking. I had typos, I forgot to list my ap scores, and I had a lower gpa, so I know they look at the application as a whole before making their decision!

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Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT (breakdown):32 (35E, 35S, 30M, 29R, 9W)
SAT II: 780 U.S. History, 740 Biology E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/537
AP (place score in parenthesis):U.S. History(5), Calc AB(5), Government(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:3 college classes, AP Chem, AP Stats, Honors Physics, Ceramics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, Ohio American Legion Americanism and Government Test State Winner

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Board Member for non-profit, Philanthropy Group(VP), Chess Club(President), Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Student Council, NHS, Math Honorary
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer with an organization that fights hunger, I also tutor
Summer Activities: HOBY, Buckeye Boys State
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App-9 Talked about not being a typical man in my family because I was not a hunter.
Supplemental-9 All of my responses were well written and answered the prompts in a clever way.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Chemistry Teacher -10 She is my favorite teacher. She let me read her letter, and it kept stressing how I was the best student she has ever had.
Teacher Rec #2:English Teacher -9 He was never my teacher, but we talk all the time. Everyone has told me he writes the best letters of recommendation.
Counselor Rec:9 We know each other well, and she really likes me.
Additional Rec:10 One of the facilitators for my philanthropy group wrote it. She also really likes me.

Interview: It went really well. Mine lasted for an hour and we talked about Brown, family, and interests.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
Intended Major:History
State (if domestic applicant):Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:$80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):ROTC?

Reflection:

Strengths: Essays, Letters of Recommendation, and Grades
Weaknesses: Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I am honestly not 100% sure why I was accepted. So many people have better credentials than I do. I guess the admissions process at Brown is truly holistic.

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere. This is the only school I applied to.

General Comments: Just apply. You never know what will happen. I honestly did not think that I would be accepted, but now I am beyond excited.

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Decision: Deferred - ED
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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (670 CR, 610 Math, 800 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Lit 670, Spanish w/ Listening 620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted score of 43/45
Senior Year Course Load: IB English Language and Literature HL, Spanish B HL, ITGS HL, Biology SL, Math SL, Business and Management SL, Theory of Knowledge 2, Publications (yearbook)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): erm. NSPA Journalism Honor Roll, ASCI Distinguished Christian Leadership award.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook/Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), NHS (President), Student Leadership Group (Christian equivalent of SCA), Forensics, FBLA (Senior Advisor/Participant), Varsity Basketball,
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a magazine for expatriates
Volunteer/Community service: One week service trip to Indonesia in 10th grade, One week service trip to Philippines in 11th grade, Fed the homeless in 9-10 at Seoul Station, Cleaned a retirement home for the elderly with mental conditions during winter break of 9th grade and read to children in english at a public library for 9-10. Did multiple fundraisers over 4 years in high school for Nepal, Comfort Women and Compassion Korea
Summer Activities: Nothing that notable, went out for a Business Competition sponsored by Wharton.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10, wrote about how children telling me to change the way I read to them made me realize my passion for the language arts.

Brown Specific: 8/10, I had trouble with a few of them such as the communities you come from essay and for the most part tried my best to come off as eloquent in my essays.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 Yearbook advisor, talked about all the records I broke for the publicity of our newspaper and the countless contributions I made to the success and legacy of the production.
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 Spanish teacher, talked about my ability to solve problems with a deep and advanced understanding of language and it’s potential. Commented that my potential was endless.
Counselor Rec: No idea at all (new counselor)
Additional Rec: 10/10, Leadership program advisor, wrote about how I orchestrated an effort to raise 3000 USD for the Nepal Relief fund and how my ability to let others take the credit has earned the deepest respect of both students and teachers.
Interview: Went great, she said that it seems I was pretty resolute and cut out for Brown.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
Intended Major: Literary Arts, 2nd Choice English
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): South Korea (American Citizen)
School Type: International School
Ethnicity: Korean American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 80,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): TCK but not sure if that even counts.

Reflection:

Strengths: Tons of extracurriculars and leadership, good sense of direction and consistent profile with intended major. Common app essay showed a great deal of interest and passion.
Weaknesses: Test scores, class size (only about 60ish) and low legacy at my school.
Why you think you were deferred: They’re probably looking for better test scores, a consistency in scores and just a general idea of how I fit in compared to the incoming tsunami of 27,000+ RD applicants. If anything might doom me it might be a significantly more difficult senior year curriculum and low test scores.

Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: ED school so N/A

General Comments:

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Decision: Deferred - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):2400
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 780 ush, 760 bio, 760 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79, upward trend to 4.0 for last two semesters
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 apes, 5 apush, 5 aplang, 5 ap stats, 5 ap euro, 4 bio
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: gov, econ, calc ab, lit, physics 1, 2 electives, ta
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): tasp, nms, ap scholar with distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate (captain/vp), political volunteering, president of a club, some other stuff but too lazy to fill out rn
Job/Work Experience: ^
Volunteer/Community service: ^
Summer Activities: TASP, 2 years of debate camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): pretty good imo, not going to rate my essays
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): pretty good i think

Teacher Rec #1: good
Teacher Rec #2: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec:
Interview: good

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: poli sci/philosophy
State (if domestic applicant): ca
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: south asian
Gender: m
Income Bracket: upper to middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: 2400, ecs, upward trend?
Weaknesses: grades
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: grades
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: n/a

12

Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (770CR, 760M, 750W)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (35E, 36M, 30R, 36S)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Bio-M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but I know that, if we ranked, I would be #2 in my class
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Language (5), Biology (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Literature, Honors Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Natl. Merit Commended Student, RPI Medal

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Rugby (Captain), NHS (President), Student Council (Vice President), SADD (Communications Director), French NHS (Vice President), Laboratory Club (Founder), Competitive Weightlifting
Job/Work Experience: Paid internship at local biotech company
Volunteer/Community service: Collecting donations for cancer research, volunteer youth soccer coach
Summer Activities: Internship, school leadership program, lots of international travel
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10 - Mainly focused on my interest in science. Prefaced with my interests/talents and elaborated with how these skills would benefit the institution.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10 - Obviously didn’t get to read them. However, based on the strong relationships I built with these guys, I’m sure they disclosed some kind words.

Teacher Rec #1: Great. Guy’s like a second father.
Teacher Rec #2: Good. Built a strong intellectual connection whilst I had him as a teacher.
Counselor Rec: Good. Have talked to him a lot over the past few years. He’s been there through thick and thin.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: On the phone. Interviewer was kind and receptive; said she expected me to be accepted.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$250,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Athletic recruit

Reflection:

Strengths: Test scores, depth and breadth of extracurriculars
Weaknesses: None to really speak of
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Athlete, test scores + GPA were a match, leadership
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Nowhere

General Comments: Neat.

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**Decision: Deferred **

Economics/ Music

Objective:

  • [] SAT (breakdown):
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): 33,35,34,36
    [] SAT Subject Tests: Maths 2: 780
    [    ] Unweighted GPA:
    [] Weighted GPA: 6.69/7
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10th/ about 110- super competitive school
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (5) music theory (5) micro macro USgov compgov PhysicsCMech CalcAB Lit
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load: econ gov physics C mech calc AB Literature french
    (All APs except for
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity basketball, Certified concert pianist, gym rat, band/jazz band/orchestra, rugby, mock trial
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: basketball referee for four years
    [] Volunteer/Community service:
    [    ] Summer Activities: short intern at various firms
    [] Essays: good
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: good
    [] Counselor Rec: good
    [    ] Additional Rec: piano teacher
    [] Interview: easy blow thru- interviewer wasnt too serious
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): piano performance (scherzo no2 chopin)

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): NA
    [] Country (if international applicant): Australia
    [    ] School Type: public in Aus, last two years private in US
    [] Ethnicity: Asian
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: 150,000
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: GPA, test scores, not varied but focused EC
    [    ] Weaknesses: honestly no idea
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Asian? I hate to be cynical, though. Or maybe the major is competitive, or I didnt do enough of those nationally recognised science and maths programs- I was only in USA since August 2014
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: not yet

**General Comments: ** see above, to those rejected or deferred, keep your heads up high guys. God has a plan for everyone and you will end up at the right place. I’m not even religious and I believe that. Good luck to all.

14

Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): R 800 M 800 W 730 (Total 2330, superscore 2350)
ACT (breakdown): E 35 M 35 R 32 S 30 (Composite 33)
SAT II: Chinese 800 Chemistry 800 Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t provide unweighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank but probably top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese (5), Chem (5), Cal BC (5), World History (5), Comp. Sci. A (4), Lit (5), USH (4), Stats (5), Physics C (5 on both exams)
Senior Year Course Load: Regular English, advanced math, AP Bio, AP micro, AP Latin
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, NLE II and III-IV summa cum laude, state math competition finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrestling, yearbook, ethnicity club…
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: teaching math. story books translation for kids
Summer Activities: traveling, reading, community service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app essay was decent, probably 8/10.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9/10

Teacher Rec #1: From AP Lit teacher. He knew me well because I live on campus and live next door to him. 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: From AP ush teacher. Probably good. 9/10
Counselor Rec: We talked a lot and he knows a lot about me. 9/10
Additional Rec: Got one from my math teacher. Knew me for four years. 9/10
Interview: Decent. Felt like the guy liked my interpretation of Brown and its open curriculum. 8/10

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Applied math and economics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: Scores and GPA.
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My recs were good.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Brown is my first choice. Haven’t heard back from other schools yet. Withdrawing other applications soon.

15

Decision: Accepted - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 31 composite (25 science, 29 math, 33 English, 36 reading, 30 writing)
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 39/392 (Top 10%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (4), Calc AB (4), Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government and Politics US, AP Government and Politics Comparative, AP Stats, AP Lit, APUSH, AP Human Geography
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, Scholar-Athlete, All-Conference tennis, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Jewish youth group (state president and former chapter president, chapter vice president, and secretary), many other involved activities within the youth group.
Student government (Student body president)
Young Dems (president)
NHS (treasurer)
Freshmen orientation guide and 8th grade recruitment representative
Sunday school assistant teacher
Varsity tennis
Varsity track (indoor and outdoor)
Varsity cross-country
Tennis coach

Job/Work Experience: the Sunday school teaching is paid
Volunteer/Community service: Various opportunities through my youth group; I did not rack up 300+ hours but I definitely did my share.
Summer Activities: summer programs through the youth group, coaching tennis
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9/10 (Unique to me, spoke on trying to find my place as a biracial kid. Went into a personal discriminatory experience at a bar-mitzvah)
Additional essay: 9/10 (Spoke about my life in tennis and how I stupidly quit and eventually came back to the game my junior year)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Fantastic. I know this English teacher in and out of the class. I was his favorite student according to his family friend. Really awesome guy and we get along fabulously. Plus I worked my ass off in that class haha.
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 Very strong as well probably. It was my AP Bio teacher whose class was incredibly difficult and I was 1 of 12 people who made an A the first quarter and maintained it throughout the year.
Counselor Rec: 7/10 Pretty nice. I have a solid reputation at my school and she knows it so I imagine it was a good recommendation. Nothing incredible, but certainly nothing below average.
Additional Rec: Nope
Interview: 10/10 Went incredibly. Turned out that the interviewer goes to the same church as my neighbor. We spoke on current events and had a really pleasant time. He told me doesn’t like to speak much and that our meeting would last less than an hour, but we ended up talking for two hours. At the end he said “I should have known you were going to keep me engaged for so long.”

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science and Ethnic Studies
State (if domestic applicant): North Cackalacky
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Medium sized public school ~1800 students
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (A black Jew lol)

Reflection:

Strengths: ECs, essays
Weaknesses: Average test scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I definitely made it clear that I worked my ass off in high school. My application was also very cohesive in terms of my pursued activities throughout high school and my intended concentrations. I really tried to present the rawest form of myself, and I think I somehow succeeded.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

General Comments:
It’s a crapshoot, and I am thankful that I ended up getting the decision I wanted. Getting accepted was a dream come true. Not to be cliche, but when people say do what you love in high school and show it off in your application, do it. Your application is trying to convey the story of your life. Turning 17 years into a document is a hefty task. Find your passions, invest yourself in them, and you will have great results whether they are for your number 1 choice school or another school you apply to. I am ecstatic right now.

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Decision: Deferred - ED

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Math(650), Reading(800), Writing(800)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II: World History(800), U.S. History (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 52/354
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History(5), Calculus A/B (3), Physics C: Mechanics(3). Chemistry(5), Biology(5), Music Theory(4), American Government(5), English Language(4), Human Geography(5), U.S. History(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Macroeconomics AP, Microeconomics AP, English Literature AP, Statistics AP, Chamber Choir, Speech and Communications
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Gavel Recipient of Harvard Model Congress 2015, Honorable Mention in High School Conference for golf at district and State levels

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teenage Republicans club(President),
Liberty in North Korea Club(President),
Varsity Golf (Captain),
Tri-M Honor Society(Treasurer)
Theatre/Musical Theatre(Consistently a lead actor)
Madrigals(Tenor Section Leader)
NaNoWriMo
Men’s Barbershop Choir

Job/Work Experience:
Deli Cashier
Restaurant Waiter

Volunteer/Community service: Soup Kitchen, Building homeless shelters, Organizing and overseeing school concerts, I did a lot.
Summer Activities:
Coaching golf
Various Youth Group Activities

Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App Essay 9/10,
Brown Supplemental Essay 10/10, possibly the best essay I’ve ever written.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Gov’t AP Teacher. She knows me inside and out. Every personal detail, good trait I have. She knows.
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 French Teacher. She is a very close family friend, and has watched me grow up from the day I moved to the district in first grade.
Counselor Rec: 8/10 I have a very good reputation in school due to myself being a showman and the expressive kid who tries to be friendly with everyone. It might’ve been a bit generic, but nothing below average.
Additional Rec:What?
Interview: 10/10 The first sentence my interviewer said to me was, “I don’t really care for statistics; let’s just have a chat.” And a chat we did have. We were constantly engaged in a topic that she enjoyed and seemed impressed by the amount of topics that we had a common interest in. We ended up talking for about two and a half hours, but had to stop because it was getting really dark.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Ya
Intended Major: Poli-sci, Pre-law(?)
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): U.S. Of Freaking A
School Type: Public School, about 2000 students
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I… don’t really have any.

Reflection:

Strengths: My scores, my numbers, the raw stats, I think were pretty strong in my opinion. Also, my essays, I would say are probably the best I’ve ever written. And then the community service hours.
Weaknesses: My extracurriculars were probably lacking. Also, I’m Asian and both my parents went to college; I have no hooks.
Why you think you were deferred: I… Have no idea, to be honest. I worked my hind off in high school, and made it plenty clear by showing my AP scores and other grades…

General Comments:
Well, at least I wasn’t rejected. I guess when April rolls around, I’ll find out. I made sure that I did my application best captured the person I am, and not be some sort of statistic.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36 science, 35 math, 34 English, 33 reading, 10 writing)
SAT II: 790 Math II, 770 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (4), AP Euro (4), AP Lang (5), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government and Politics, AP Economics, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Physics I, Student Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, National Honor Society, President’s Gold Award and Regular Award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
ASB (ASB Treasurer Senior year, Class Treasurer 9th-11th grade)
Dance (Senior Dancer, have been dancing for 11 years now)
Student Advisory Board for 19th Congressional District (Chair)
Field Hockey (JV Captain, Varsity player)

Job/Work Experience:
Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgical Internship
Student Shadower at Kaiser Permanente Hospital

Volunteer/Community service:
White Stag Leadership Development Counselor–teaching kids leadership and outdoor survival skills
Community Center Camp Counselor
Over 1000+ Service hours

Summer Activities: ^^

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 8/10 (talked about teaching an autistic child), PLME essays: 7/10 (idk they were okay, talked about how my mother inspired me to become a doctor, my interest in liberal arts in polisci), Additional essays: 8/10 (wrote about dance graduation, interest in bio, etc)

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9/10 Pretty great, she loved me last year!
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 Strong, had him last year as well.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 She has been my advisor for 4 years! She has seen me grow from a gross freshman to who I am now :slight_smile:
Additional Rec: Nope
Interview: 10/10 I thought it went really well. He told me I had a lot to offer to Brown and I would fit in perfectly there.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: IDR
Intended Major: Human Bio/Polisci
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Medium sized public school ~1800 students
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Feale
Income Bracket: 100,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

Strengths: test scores, volunteering
Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculars? not sure
Why you think you were deferred: I feel like my application probably was not good enough compared to other applicants who have way better extracurriculars and test scores than I do.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rutgers University (back up)

General Comments:
I was pretty devastated when I found out I was deferred. But oh well! At least I have a second chance now.

18

Decision: Deferred - ED

Neuroscience, PLME

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): not taken
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite, 35 English, 35 math, 36 reading, 35 science, 33 english/writing (10/12 essay)
SAT II: not taken
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 (3.87 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school does neither percentile nor rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): haven’t taken any tests yet, I was unable to take APs in junior year bc I was at a school that didn’t offer them, but I’m taking 4 this year
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: Spanish 3 (regular), Psychology AP, AB Calculus AP, Lit & Composition AP, Biology AP, Choir H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Illinois scholar, Tri-M music honor society

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): participation in almost 20 musicals/plays, in the top A Capella group at my school, choir (soprano section leader), other choir (alto section leader), voice lessons, Gender and Sexuality alliance, book club
Job/Work Experience: Internship as assistant director for a children’s choir
Volunteer/Community service: (see above)
Summer Activities: mostly doing musicals (i love performing if you couldn’t tell already)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay: what problem would you like to solve? I wrote about solving mental illness issues through studying neuroscience (10/10)
PLME essays: (10/10)
supplements: (8/10) (overall)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Junior year US History H teacher, (10/10), he was my favorite teacher and a super sweet guy.
Junior year chemistry H teacher, (10/10), she loved me because I did the best in her class
Counselor, (10/10), she really likes me because I’ve been through a lot of struggles and I’m still doing well

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
Intended Major: neuroscience, PLME
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public, huge (3500 students)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: <$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

Strengths: test scores, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: because of my GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: nowhere yet

General Comments: honestly my application was great, I know that I’m very smart and I would fit in at Brown, and I know that it comes down to chance with this. I don’t blame myself for getting deferred, and while I’m expecting rejection in March, I do think I have a chance. Fingers crossed!

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Decision: Accepted - ED

PLME
Cognitive Neuroscience

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (35 english, 35 math, 35 reading, 36 science, 34 writing)
SAT II: didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.5 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5) Micro (5) Macro (5) Bio (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Stats, APUSH, AP Lit/Comp, Government&Politics, College Accounting, Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, National Merit Commended Scholar, 1st in Pharmacology at HOSA SLC, 2nd in Forensic Medicine at HOSA SLC.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Key Club (Co-founder and VP of my school’s chapter), Yearbook (photo editor), Health Occupations Students of America [HOSA], Student Advisory Group, Ambassadors, Lunch Bunch, soccer, volleyball, skiing
Job/Work Experience: Paid one-month medical internship at local hospital
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours at local hospital, ~50 other hours through Key Club
Summer Activities: summer camp at local hospital, one-month medical internship at same hospital, Facebook Youth Fellow for Emotion Revolution/inspirED project by Facebook, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 9/10, talked about going to a Montessori farm school for preschool/kindergarten.
PLME: 10/10 best essays I’ve ever written; I spent sooo much time on them
Brown Specific: 9/10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, english teacher who I’m really close with
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, science teacher who I’ve only had for one year but PLME needed a science rec
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: Went smoothly; very laid back.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Cognitive Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): Nebraska
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy

Reflection:

Strengths: Essays, test scores, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: No steady job.

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really emphasized my passion for Brown and the PLME. My application effectively showcased my strengths and passion for medicine.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Didn’t apply anywhere else and thankful I don’t have to.

General Comments:
At my high school, only about 5-10% of students leave the state for college. However, I’ve always wanted to leave and be in a culturally diverse environment for college/med school. I applied to Brown and the PLME because I knew I wanted an adventure, which is exactly what I’ll experience! I worked so incredibly hard and I couldn’t be happier! I can’t wait to be a bear!

20

Decision: Accepted - ED Bioengineering

Objective:

B**

ACT (breakdown): 35 Composite (English 35, Math 35, Reading 36, Science 34, Essay 25 [Not sure what happened there])

SAT II:
* Physics 800
* Chemistry 790
* Math Level 2 780

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91

AP (place score in parenthesis):
* Chemistry (5)
* Physics I (4)
* World History (5)
* English Language and Composition (5)
* Chinese (5)

Senior Year Course Load:
* AP Physics C
* AP Calculus BC
* AP Economics
* AP Computer Science
* 12 grade English
* 1.5 hour free study period everyday.

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
* Co-editor in Chief of an MUN magazine
* Theater for four years (takes up most of my life)
* Run a small service group
* Forensics competitions for acting

Job/Work Experience:
* Internship in China’s best engineering university for 2 weeks.
* Helped set up internet servers in a poverty and earthquake stricken region in China.

Summer Activities:
* Used last summer to keep healthy, workout, read, etc.

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
* Not going to rate my essays because everyone has a different scale for their essays.
* To give you a feel for how my essays were, I spent about 3 months crafting my Common App essay.
* Felt like it was choppy and didn’t do my story justice (had to cut so much of it to fit it into the word count).
* Spent about 2 weeks writing my Brown supplemental. They could have been far better, but I think I showed why Brown was my top choice pretty well.

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

 * Teacher Rec #1: Rec from science teacher. Waived my right to see the letter, so I have no idea what it was like.
 * Teacher Rec #2: Rec from my English teacher. This teacher is known to write very extensive and comprehensive letters of rec. Again, didn't read it so I don't know how it turned out.

Counselor Rec: Only met with counselor for 5 or 6 times ever. Didn’t really know me, but he probably wrote a decent letter because he wanted me to get into college.

Additional Rec: None. I only had my 2 teacher recommendation letters and 1 counselor recommendation.

Interview: Not sure how important interviews are in the admissions process, but my interview went decently. Interviewer was very poised, yet made sure to keep the interview conversational and light. Didn’t remain in contact with him after the interview. The whole thing lasted about one hour or so.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No

Intended Major: Bioengineering
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private international school in China with American curriculum. High school size of 300-400ish.

Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese national)
Gender: Male

Income Bracket: High
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Absolutely none. Both my parents went to college, as did my brother. As an Asian male applying from China, I wouldn’t say I’m exactly a minority.

Reflection:

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
* A cup of hard work, a quart of passion, and about seventeen metric tons of luck.

General Comments:

Please keep everything in perspective when you apply to university. Don’t get too stuck on one school because if you get rejected, you’ll cause yourself a lot of pain. Keep your options open even if there’s that one school that you think is perfect for you.