<p>How would you rank these items based on what Brown considers more or less important while admitting students?</p>
<li>GPA</li>
<li>Rank</li>
<li>Course Rigor</li>
<li>Extracurriculars</li>
<li>Essays</li>
<li>Recommendation Letters</li>
<li>Ethnicity/Race (I’m Indian. Woo.)</li>
<li>“well-roundedness” v. being really good at one particular thing</li>
<li>Leadership & Dedication</li>
<li>Early Decision v. Regular Decision</li>
</ol>
<p><a href=“Office of Institutional Research | Brown University”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University;
<p>Page 6, question C7.</p>
<p>that is probably the most helpful link I’ve received on CC, ever. thank you.</p>
<p>also, how do they judge “talent and ability” and “personal qualities” without the recommendations and extracurriculars</p>
<p>FYI you can get a CDS like that from other schools as well, hence the word common.</p>
<p>Is it on their website? I’ve been to Brown’s and I don’t think I ever found that page.</p>
<p>idk but there’s a thread on CC somewhere that has them compiled.</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Institutional Research at Brown University](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/oir]Office”>Office of Institutional Research | Brown University)</p>
<p>Find all the public data we report on that site, and yes, all universities somewhere on their webpage post their Common Data Sheet.</p>
<p>Question from above: “also, how do they judge “talent and ability” and “personal qualities” without the recommendations and extracurriculars”</p>
<p>My guess (and it’s only a guess) is that this is an escape clause for admitting the occasional applicant who may not have the full credentials, but whom Brown wants to attract. What did Emma Watson get on her ACT? Who cares if she gets points in the "Very Important"ly ranked ‘talent & ability’ category? Note that this is just an example, but all schools need the opportunity to grab students from outside of the “sweet spot” of numbers and ranks, and this allows for it.</p>
<p>I’m more intrigued by “level of applicant interest”, since I did not think Brown tracked that. And I’m also surprised volunteerism is ranked as low as it is, given the fact that it was one of the things that I really thought got me in, and something i thought was very important in the Brown culture.</p>
<p>Also, wolfman, does that shoerack come with any shoes? Size?</p>
<p>Brown doesn’t track visits, what they mean by level of interest is essentially fit and how a student expresses Brown is a fit for them.</p>
<p>I don’t think we do judge talent and ability or personal qualities without the recommendations and extracurriculars, I think we simply look at those factors beyond them being mentioned in a letter or put on a resume. A laundry list of extracurriculars = not helpful, a talent and passion that makes you really stand out and acts as a common theme across your application = quite helpful. I think we analyze service the same way.</p>
<p>Actually – if a student submits a tape with music or dance, etc., admissions sends it to faculty in that field, which gives the student a number ranking. That rank is taken into consideration in committee meetings.</p>
<p>But generally, it is the essay and recommendations that are used to judge personal qualities.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/711034-like-words-man-who-has-spent-little-too-much-time-alone.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/711034-like-words-man-who-has-spent-little-too-much-time-alone.html</a></p>
<p>I don’t know, there’s my resume if any of the current brown reps here have the time to look. it’s somewhat long, but I really do like to believe my EC’s will make a difference hah</p>
<p>since Brown looks at the SAT essay, if you did poorly on the essay (6) but did well on the MC (missed 0) and your total writing score was 720 … should one take the test again in order to score better on one’s essay?</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the link! <3</p>