<p>Brown is one of the universities that considers applicant interest in their decisions. For future applicants, could you let us know how you showed interest in Brown and whether or not you were accepted? Possible ways you may have showed interest (beyond sending in your $$ and application) is to have gone on a campus tour & information session, gone on the tour multiple times, called the admissions rep for your area, met with the rep for your area, written to specific professors, visited labs, written to your admissions rep, sent flowers (lol), called admissions to discuss various issues, etc. </p>
<p>So, how did you show interest? Were you accepted?</p>
<p>Just a quick note: going on the same tour multiple times is ridiculous enough, but sending flowers to the admissions office? Just… what?</p>
<p>obviously he was joking</p>
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<p>I’d send chocolate instead. ;)</p>
<p>I would bump this thread late Thursday after rd applicants actually know</p>
<p>The only interest I really showed was when I told the interviewer that I had enjoyed my visit. (Likely)</p>
<p>Yes it was a joke with restraint (notice the ways people curry favor that I did not include with the joke).</p>
<p>Also, yes it makes sense that more people will be able to answer after Thursday although those who applied early and those with likely lettes may provide useful information.</p>
<p>I think this is a really good question and one that would help future applicants.</p>
<p>Since Brown doesn’t track who takes its info tours, going to multiple tours won’t help you.</p>
<p>One thing I always recommend is writing an application that is full of specifics, showing that you spent some quality time exploring the college.</p>
<p>^this, this is all that really matters. Your application and your interview should involve discussing things that are specific to Brown. For example, mentioning specific faculty, specific classes, specific student groups, specific traditions, specific events etc.</p>
<p>My son did none of the things mentioned in the OP’s first post, and it didn’t affect his admission. I would venture to say that, for Brown, demonstrated interest is a secondary variable, not a primary one as it might be with, say, WUSL. The primary variable is fit and showing demonstrated interest is simply one way (but not the only way) of affirming that you know enough about Brown’s unique advantages to make an informed decision.</p>
<p>Brown is not for everyone: a lot of smart students go to college without a clue of what they want to do or be and are used to following the cookie-cutter template that has always been laid out for them. Such students would often be better off at another school with a common core curriculum, which effectively postpones the day when they have to begin making their own independent decisions. Brown’s open curriculum gives each student maximum flexibility and therein lies the danger: freshmen, away from home for the first time, can often be overwhelmed or distracted anywhere by their newfound freedom to party and skip classes. Add in total academic freedom and you have a potential disaster in the making for some students.</p>
<p>Of course Brown does not wish to admit students who will fail to thrive in their flexible environment. Thus, your chance of acceptance will improve if you emphasize your self-directed achievements in high school and other opportunities you pursued that were clearly off the well-beaten path. At the same time, you might take whatever opportunities you have in supplemental essay questions and the interview to make it clear that you understand the special freedoms that a Brown education would grant you and that you wish to attend because such freedom will allow you to explore and to thrive.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply LoremIpsum. What did your son study at brown and what year is he in? Does he like Brown?</p>
<p>Insidelane, my son absolutely loves Brown. He’s a freshman; he was accepted two years ago, but took an approved gap year before beginning. He is working on a dual CS/applied math degree.</p>
<p>I was accepted to Brown yesterday (Yay!). I did interview (but i guess this was offered by Brown so doesn’t really count). I did visit the campus tour and info session, but there was no such thing as signing in my name ( some schools did but Brown didnt for me). For me, going to campus tour and info session was not to increase my chance of acceptance. But it was a worthwhile experience for me to see how is Brown like, if I am to apply and perhaps, attend.</p>
<p>If you were accepted and have not yet visited Brown, you should definitely attend ADOCH before you make your final decision.</p>