Brown Waitlist 2021

[Boothie007]

Where are you guys attending if Brown WL doesn’t pan out?

[ScaredofSchool]

Bu or northeastern, you?

[PinkQuetzal9]

I was planning to attend Cornell, but after visiting it, I realized I could not live there for 4 years. Did not like the environment at all. So now I’m going to UC Davis. Cheapest option and I love the campus.

[Nabeel12]

I literally got wait listed at both Brown and UChicago and didn’t get accepted anywhere else since I didn’t really apply to many schools. I’m probably not getting off the waitlist at neither since I’m an international student requesting financial aid. I don’t know what to do in my life next. Also I don’t wanna take a gap year since I lost a year already due to circumstances.

[Chrchill]

What are the top universities in your home country ?

[DreamforIvy]

I’m choosing between UCLA and Amherst, but I’m not sure what I would do if I get off the waitlist lol Brown has open-curriculum, but so does Amherst!

[Nabeel12]

@Chrchill There’s this Boğaziçi University -I live in Turkey- but they don’t have computer science as a major of studying. Even If I wanted to apply and major in computer engineering, this school receives literally millions of applicants every year and the last one they wanna admit is an Iraqi student.

[sumaita7]

I wish I got into Amherst! I was rejected by pretty much all my schools, but was luck to get into a CUNY. I’m praying everyday to get into Brown.

[lhw1998]

UF honors I’m really happy about it - it’s by FAR the cheapest option. I wish I could just hear back from these waitlists already so I could move on with my life

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

So the first thing i would do is talk to your college counselor. Find out if he is capable of finding out how likely your admission is. The numbers brown gave out in the letter to waitlisted people were that typically 50 students get taken from a list of 500. If you’re 499, you probably shouldn’t even bother pursuing, but if you’re #5 it’s worth it. If Brown is where you want to go, have your CC pass on to the office that you really want to go, and will matriculate if admitted.

Now on to the letter. I’m basically going to go through and explain what the goal of each of my paragraphs was. A quick point though is that the letter must be ONLY ONE PAGE.

Open the letter with some cheesy lines about how even though you’re a little disspointed about not getting a spot, you’re still pleased that you’re under consideration given how many competitive admissions is. Mention that you would enroll upon admission ONLY IF THIS IS TRUE.

I then went on to describe how academically Brown was a good fit for me and I was a good fit for Brown. I mentioned how Brown was one of the only schools with both an excellent Biology and Classical Studies department, and how my extremely diverse curriculum in high school matched well with the philosophy of the New Curriculum at Brown.

Given that I was applying as a science student, and there is a stereotype among admissions officers that science students will hole themselves up in labs and not work together because they’re competing for medical school spots. The next paragraph I spent highlighting all the things I did as part of a group.

Then I mentioned other extracurricular activities I had done, particularly ones that I expected to continue doing at Brown.

I then concluded with a sappy line about how I hoped they would admit me but untill then I’ll just dream about sitting on the main green in front of faunce arch (or insert any other campus location) with my fellow brunonians.

After sending this to my regional rep, I just sat back untill the middle of may when I got a big packet from Brown university inviting me to join the 242nd class. Good luck!

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/328709-waitlist-advice.html

The physical submission process is probably different now (e.g. on-line vs. mail) but the general stuff has to still be the same.

[kbn2015]

wait so just to be clear, we upload updates into the portal submission form but we have to email our letters of continued interest to our admissions counselors?

[Kaimito]

I thought the waitlist for Brown is not ranked? The only school I know that is ranked on their waitlist is UPenn.

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

the waiting list is never officially ranked the way I described, but there are definitely people whom the admissions office already knows are in a much better position to be admitted than others. As I mentioned, I was only able to find out how good my chances were because of the relationship my school’s college counselor had with schools.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/3957798/#Comment_3957798

[johonmilla]

Would it be wise to put my financial situation in my LOCI? I’m worried about even going to college since I have to pay 50,000 a year for every school I got in, meaning i’ll have to take a gap year. However, I don’t think they are need-blind for waitlist, so i’m mixed if I should add this or not.

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

My guess is no. They definitely weren’t need blind for the waitlist in 2005, not sure about now.

[happyrunner]

Hey guys, I’m guessing we don’t receive a financial aid letter until after we are pulled off the waitlist. I heard that the amount of aid given to waitlist students is significantly lower than aid given to the rest. Does anybody know that for a fact?

[beamreach2]

Hi everyone! I was waitlisted at Brown as well as at a few other schools. From the looks of it, Brown started offering waitlist spots as early as May 10 last year. We don’t have much longer to go! Hang in there everyone!

[ScaredofSchool]

Really? Thats amazing! I just commited fo another school but I would give it up in an instant for Brown!

[PinkQuetzal9]

After giving up Cornell, I almost feel I would have to give up Brown too if I ever got off the waitlist. Which is so frustrating because I want to go there so badly! But money is money, unfortunately.

[sumaita7]

To update, I was told by my regional admissions officer that they are not sure if they will use the waitlist yet. Praying for everyone here!