<p>I’m really interested in Brown University, and I was just wondering how others got into Brown.</p>
<p>So, if you are an alum or current student, can you generally explain what you think made you stand out. If you don’t mind, could you include your test scores and extracurriculars as well.</p>
<p>To get test scores and extracurriculars, you can check the stats profiles they have here on this site.</p>
<p>For me personally, I think my language/linguistics deal got me in. I made it known that I had varying-levels of usable knowledge in 8 languages.</p>
<p>I prefer to give out my scores, etc. only by PM, so if you choose to contact me that way, I’ll give you that information.</p>
<p>In short, though, for me it was likely my performance in math classes + competitions while still being strong in classics.</p>
<p>For me, I think it was <em>meaningful</em> involvement in my extracurriculars. I was actually admitted off the wait list.</p>
<p>Instead of just volunteering at a hospital, I (in addition to that) raised over $3000 for a national health charity.
Instead of being a principal player in my school and community orchestras, I played in state-wide honors orchestras, pioneered my school’s performing arts academy, founded a music outreach program for elementary-age students at a local church, organized a quartet to contribute to my school’s Grammy application recording (which we won), and spearheaded fundraising for my school in spite of my state’s economic crisis. (<– I mentioned all this AFTER getting waitlisted and I was the first or one of the first to get off.) Now that I typed that all up, it seems pretty wild. I was an animal.</p>
<p>I <em>think</em> (not sure) that academics can get you so far. For example, once they have “academics” checked off, it seems the admissions committee looks at your essays and ECs to see what makes you YOU. I was semifinalist for a national math olympiad since my freshman year, but I guess that wasn’t enough to distinguish me compared to the community service I described more specifically after getting waitlisted.</p>
<p>But find something you love and pursue it!! Music was my forte (no pun intended). 
If a certain academic subject is your forte, do that instead. Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Basically just find something you like, and rock all hell out of it without letting anything else suffer.</p>
<p>I did the same thing as Sungchul, but I also took an admissions reader hostage. It’s riskier but easier than coming up with a legitimate hook.</p>
<p>Also, I wrote a 50-page research paper over the summer that I really cared about and sent it to them. And I did 2309430294802398 other things just like everyone else.</p>
<p>Though if you don’t have a 2400, you may want to consider the hostage thing.</p>
<p>What do you mean by that? You took an admissions reader hostage…</p>
<p>…sarcasm…</p>
<p>…awkward…</p>
<p>i’m interested in this question as well. Will someone please give some STATS!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/611261-official-class-2013-early-decision-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/611261-official-class-2013-early-decision-results-thread.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/675118-official-brown-university-rd-decisions-class-2013-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/675118-official-brown-university-rd-decisions-class-2013-a.html</a></p>
<p>be emma watson and watch harry potter</p>
<p>i watched harry potter.</p>
<p>@Urooogla
could you plz PM it to me. i want to know more on Brown from it’s students</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a cookie cutter mould of what Brown’s admitted students are like, it’s best I tell you that you’re unlikely to find one. Admissions is hardly formulaic, and its only going to get worse with passing years. The question to ask is not what others did to get in but how what you’ve done can be portrayed to the adcoms. Knowing what others have done will set a bar that’s both unnecessary and uninformative about your chances. </p>
<p>The best shot you’ll have is by trying to look for what’s special/desirable about you and let that really show in your application. </p>
<p>(from a fellow Brown applicant)</p>
<p>Well, if you look in your incredibly overpriced 2010 edition of the Princeton Review’s Best 5402 Colleges in America and Its Minor Outlying Islands and turn to the Brown University page, you’ll see that they put a special emphasis on interest in the university.</p>
<p>So, if I were a prospective student, and if I had to do this all over again I would have done it for every college I was seriously interested in, not just Brown, I would call up the college and discuss meeting with a representative from a department that you’re interested in and seeing if you could sit in on a class during the fall.</p>