<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I am going to apply ED to Brown this coming academic year… I was working on my Brown supplement and I wanted to get some current Brown students to read it and let me know what they think, as I do not know anyone that goes there. I just wanted to get some feedback on my supplemental essays. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>While I appreciate and understand the need to get plenty of feedback on these essays, this is a time I would recommend that you really only ask teachers, parents and people who understand you on a personal level. There are several reasons, but really, accepted Brown students really don’t know what the adcom is looking for; student feedback would mean diddleysquat. People who know you, on the other hand, will be able to see if your writing accurately portrays who you are as a person (which is really the point of all these supplements).</p>
<p>I’m in total agreement with SereneSilver. You’re going to get the most useful feedback from people who know you, and neither current Brown students nor Brown applicants are going to be able to give you constructive advice.</p>
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<p>Unless you attend an Ivy League feeder school, most teachers and parents don’t have any real insight to offer, either. In general, you’ll find better, more up-to-date advice posted here on CC than you’ll get from most high school guidance counselors.</p>
<p>Also, my son received a personalized letter from his advocate which mentioned which elements especially impressed the admissions committee; this offers some insights into the process. Didn’t everyone get one of these letters? I had been led to believe that such letters were more or less standard among the most elite schools (my son got 3).</p>
<p>I would take the second posters advice. You can impress adcoms while having people who know you best review your essays. </p>
<p>The amount of criticism you will receive on CC will only go so far as to say “its not that impressive” “I do not see the purpose of your stating this” etc. and of course point out grammatical and spelling errors. </p>
<p>Ask someone you know to read your responses. You should not write impress, but impress adcoms by writing heartfelt response and not what you expect them to want in essays.</p>