How much weight do you think are put on SAT2’s? I got a 33 on the ACT but a 690 in Math 2 and 670 in Biology… I’m in IB and the subject tests are based off of AP exams so there was a lot I hadn’t learned yet, hence me not doing as well as I had hoped. I’m just worried the scores are too low… I hope someone can alleviate my panic!! :-S
I really think they view applications holistically. Once you meet a certain threshold, they look at ECs, leadership, etc.
@Tdub365, I know your pain, I’m in IB too and literally crammed all the ap content into my brain a few days before the test. Got a 760 on Bio M, so I’m content - but it certainly wasn’t fun!
But again I think they realize that the subject tests are written by the college board - the same people who write the AP exams, so they will look at your scores in the context of your curriculum.
@fizzy110 glad to see someone else had a similar struggle! What happens will happen for a reason I guess 
just have to keep telling myself haha
No they’re not.
@Tdub365 yup I definitely agree! Honestly as long as you tried your best on everything there is nothing to be worried about!
I got an email today requesting additional financial information about expenses (not related to IDOC). The email explicitly says this has nothing to do with admission. But if the decision is coming out in less than a week, they surely would know whether I have been admitted or not, and so, wouldn’t they only want the additional info if I got in? I probably didn’t anyway.
Wait the process is need blind so never mind
@skieurope Well they definitely aren’t based off of the IB syllabus… I thought they were because collegeboard makes them both? I definitely know that they are more inclined for AP students as many of the subject areas are not needed for IB students.
@Tdub365 No, the AP exams are very different from SAT subject tests. For example, I took AP bio in 10th grade, but I still had to learn a lot of new things to study for the bio SAT subject test. Also, there were a lot of things I had to learn for AP bio that were not on the test. They are quite different.
Correlation of Brown admissions rates and SAT scores. Draw your own conclusions:
http://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/explore/admission-facts
Critical Reading:
800 19.5%
750-790 13.7%
700-740 9.8%
Math:
800 16.0%
750-790 11.6%
700-740 9.6%
Writing:
800 17.7%
750-790 12.7%
700-740 9.5%
@tdub365 I got a likely to brown and I never even sent in an SAT score; your ACT score is plenty high enough!!
Received a likely letter. I am not any of those things. Middle class white male from New England.
I’ve had the perfect strike rate at every college I’ve applied to. Literally no rejections yet from all places in the 10-15% acceptance rate threshold and I dont want Brown to be my first because its been my dream since 10th grade 
Brown still hasn’t asked for IDOC. Does that mean I won’t be accepted/won’t get aid? My family can’t afford to pay 60,000 a year. Kinda worrying.
@dhizzy at least if you’re domestic then it just means the css/fafsa gave them enough info. You can check on the portal to make sure they don’t need anything else from you, but if it hasn’t shown up you should be fine.
But FAFSA and CSS aren’t really concrete documents like tax returns and 1040s. It would make sense for the school to want to confirm these documents before awarding any aid.
@dhizzy for your reference: http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/financial-aid/2012-13-regular-decision-us-citizens-and-permanent-residents
If you pulled FAFSA data from your tax returns (ie; IRS data retrieval), the values should be the same regardless of the form.
@dhizzy This is from Brown’s website: Not all families are requested by Brown to submit to IDOC. If no requirements appear as outstanding on Brown’s Banner self-service, we have all the necessary information to determine the students’ financial aid eligibility at this time. Once the Office of Financial Aid reviews your initial application materials for financial aid, which may include only the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and/or the CSS PROFILE, we may later request additional information through IDOC.
Thanks for the info guys. Good luck.