<p>This depends on what match means. At no point was I told “You’ll definitely get into Brown” by anyone credible (at least until I got the acceptance letter). I was told, however, that I had a very solid chance. Did this make it a match? In my opinion, no. No college counselor at my school would have told someone they were guaranteed to get into Brown, regardless of grades, other circumstances, etc. Because you really don’t know for sure. 2400/perfect GPA/amazing focused ECs/legacy/URM and so on…they could be rejected too. Who really knows exactly what Brown wants? Brown may see something that gives them a smidgen of doubt, and that’s it. But if “match” means a decent chance of admission, then Brown can be a match for the very top students.</p>