Brown Class of 2022 Applicants Discussion

Ah me too!! These dog pics are making me very happy, I have three dogs :slight_smile:

And theyā€™re rolling Toomerā€™s Corner in Auburn.

yes I really love how friendly and supportive everyone on this thread has been! everyone is just trying to help each other which really aligns with Brownā€™s values

@mackblue what are their breeds and names? Iā€™d love to see pictures as well

All of my things were downloaded the day after I submitted my applications

i just watched harvard and cornell acceptance reaction videos and actually cried a little. I WANT THAT TO BE US.

Iā€™ve been reading some of accepted/deferred studentsā€™ posts on other school threads and they seem so much more qualifiedā€¦

@cynyuen more qualified than whom? My initial reaction to most chance me threads is that they are far more qualified than me but I think that is because itā€™s hard to see yourself and your own accomplishments objectively

also essays definitely play a significant factor so itā€™s difficult to truly gauge whether or not someone is more qualified

@astrobiodreams Perhaps? But Iā€™m also naturally a very anxious person and my mind always jumps to worst case scenario.

@cynyuen lmao that statement is 100% me

@gsocuw All the suspense is killing me. Iā€™m going have to bring some of my emergency hot chocolate to school with me Thursday lol

I think weā€™re all exceptional in some areas and probably below Ivy-average in others. Iā€™m in 300 level university math and physics, have excellent-to-perfect test scores, was very committed to robotics (though did not hold official leadership positions), and started a program for helping elementary school teachers integrate engineering and hands-on learning to their science classes in a way that satisfies the common core, using robotics. I also have a not-perfect GPA (3.75), go to an underfunded public school (could be seen as good or bad depending), didnā€™t hold very many leadership positions, took a break from every extracurricular iā€™ve been involved in (i.e. most are 3 years instead of 4, with a gap in the middle while I focused on other things, a big reason for the no leadership), never did any sort of research internship (big regret of mine) or won any olympiad or anything else major, and just didnā€™t have that many extracurriculars in general (the big ones were robotics, forensics, and drama tech. everything else was like, national merit, tutoring, et cetera)

@astrobiodreams You show a lot of initiative, and thatā€™s a great thing!

@cynyuen haha i like that idea a lot. seeing as i can barely focus on my homework (which I should be doing now) and iā€™m already dying of anxiety, i canā€™t even imagine how Iā€™ll feel the day ofā€¦

I will find a good pic! Their names are Aspen, Pasha, and Duke, two are huskies and one is a mix between a husky, german shepherd, and Czechoslovakian wolf-dog (heā€™s huge lol)

@gsocuw I also have a stash of my favorite gelato that I havenā€™t touched yet as reward/consolation

@mackblue I AM SO EXCITED FOR THOSE PICTURES! I love huge dogs

@cynyuen nice! I have a stash of bath bombs and stuff (I work at Lush, lol) for decisions day

@astrobiodreams I got my inspiration from a friend who swore to only eat bread and water for about a week if she didnā€™t get in early, and somehow managed to rope her family into it