@PianoWinterfell I believe I have explained it right here on this forum before, but I’ll concisely state it again.
I’ve stated the possibilities.
looking at the RD acceptance rate of brown, it’s reasonable to deduce that most of us here will not get in. The large majority here, however, received the email 2 weeks ago; considering that receiving the email early is a good sign may be a stretch since if so, most of us would have received it yesterday instead
I agree with @simon11909
Definitely, but if the people are begging for a theory, I gave them one. Remember the rate of admission is only the byproduct of individual eval’s.
Assuming the avg rate for all apps is a bad move, but I get the sentiment (which is true) behind the sentence.
On my IDOC account, I have a new Required Document called Brown University Current Student Application. Does anyone else have that? I applied RD this year…
@mattm2019 i dont 
I emailed brown financial aid about it since it says that the deadline is May 3rd and it is clearly for current students. I just want to make sure that it’s not something random that they needed.
Like most of us, I’m not really expecting to get in. I don’t mean to speculate…just don’t want to miss deadlines!
Chance me for brown?
My stats are not that impressive:
SAT (1): 1410
MATH: 750 ENG: 660
ESSAY: 5 5 5
SAT (2): 1390
MATH: 720 ENG: 670
ESSAY: 8 6 8
Superscore: 1420
SAT II chem: 750
SAT II french: 740
IB predicted: 45, took french a year early
Got accepted to: Northeastern, Chapel hill, Boston college, Northwestern, UCLA
Essays: wrote about my synesthesia, community, running, and about intended concentration (economic sociology)
I know this is v little info and my stats are not amazing, but just wanted to know if there was any hope?? Either way, I’m really happy with where I got accepted to ESPECIALLY because of my stats
I was international aswell and received it 3/14 last name G
@016839554 Are you an international?
That plays a big role in admissions,
for Brown, your IB scores way better, but your stats are on the lower end.
Depends what your ECs are and how captivating the essays are, which varies by reader and adcom member.
@mattm2019 According to the Form ure referring to, U need the Brown Student ID no, which is given after acceptance and gets printed on the ID card.
Its for students studying at brown applying for finaid for an academic yr.
Ask them if this is some error, or why this happened…
@TheGuy1 thanks! Yeah, I’m international - what role does that play in the admissions proccess? I reckon my SAT scores are quite low for an international.
My essays are pretty original I’d say cause I spoke about something thats really personal to me (music composition and my synesthesia), which is probably what got me into Northwestern and UCLA. I’m still waiting on Brown and Stanford but before I got accepted from NW and LA, I really didn’t think I stood a chance. I know these schools are bIG but was just wondering if there was any hope??
Since about 10-12% of browns class (12 is too generous, but I’m giving that benefit anyways, its mostly 10%) is intl, its way more competitive for Intl’s to get in. There’s too much competition on a capped % to be filled.
BUt there’s definitely hope, since your IB score offsets your low stats. The downside is that since all these schools operate and value stuff differently, you never know whats on the other end.
@016839554 Of course it’s possible. It’s happened before.
also guys regarding the timing of the email, isn’t it supposed to be ivy blackout now?
@yaluyalu @Zeylanite Did you Brown email say that the checklist will disappear on March 14th?
@PianoWinterfell Yes!
What is ivy blackout?
Yes what is ivy blackout
@hs19uni23 @penny1234 ivy blackout is the time period where the unis can no longer have contact with applicants