<p>Just wondering…</p>
<p>If you’re test scores, GPA, and ECs put you in range, how important are the supplemental essays in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Mine were very good, and I spent days on them.</p>
<p>Can anyone elaborate on how much writing plays into Brown admissions?</p>
<p>How would anyone here know? You have 4 days till we receive decisions. From now until then, there is nothing at all you can do to change the ultimate result. Relax. Get chai tea, and watch a movie.</p>
<p>I spent about 2 hours on my essays by the way :O. Brown is very big about the level of an applicant’s interest. I guess if your “Brown philosophy” essay conveys that really well, it will help you a lot! Clearly though, Ivy league admissions are very confusing</p>
<p>^^ Nailed it.</p>
<p>If a university takes the time to have a supplement, then they obviously want to know whatever it is that supplement asks. In holistic evaluation, everything plays a role, although some things to a greater degree than others. For example, a C on a transcript is not a deal breaker even with elite colleges if there is, in the context of many other aspects of a student’s profile, a bigger story that makes him/her compelling. Look at Brown’s Supplement. The questions clearly give you an indication of the culture of the university and the sort of student that would see it as a fit. Its curriculum “distinctive features/architect of own education”, why discipline you wish to pursue (suggests you have an interest!), “community that shapes us”, etc. Each of these provides an admissions team with a different lens through which to view you. That said, I agree with our poster who said to get a chai and relax. What’s done is done–and if you are like my son, you have 3 major essays and projects due in HIGH SCHOOL classes this week, so do your homework. ;)</p>