<p>Does Brown take into account demonstrated interest in acceptance decisions? If so, what do they track and what forms of demonstrated imterest are most important?</p>
<p>Brown considers level of interest "very important" (apparently more important than GPA, test scores, rank, essays, ecs, or recommendations!). </p>
<p>Alright, so Brown is my number one college choice right now (I actually just came back from Summer@Brown a few weeks ago), and so do you think that if in my essays/personal statements, I genuinely express to them how much I want to be there, they'll grant me a higher chance, albeit the test scores/gpa/activites are around what they're expecting.</p>
<p>I'm not an admissions officer so can't say for sure, but I would assume so (Summer @ Brown shows interest). Applying ED would obviously help.</p>
<p>In terms of why Brown is a good for you (especially as you explain it on the application), they care a lot. In terms of visits or summer programs, they won't really give a ****</p>
<p>yeah, when they say they value level of interest, they mean the more subtle things: how you talk about the university in your essays/interviews, not the fact that you had 9 overnights. Summer@Brown probably helps you very little. It's a program with no real entrance requirements and a high entrance fee. I never even mentioned that I did it on my application. I think I mentioned it in my interview because he probably asked me how I thought I would handle the adjustment from NYC to Providence.</p>
<p>What should I do if I visited Brown a few days ago but forgot to fill in the visitation form?</p>
<p>when i went, there were no visitation forms to fill out, when we got to the admissions office they just told us to go to a larger building in which the info session was held. i don't think the visitation form matters all that much, just get yourself on the mailing list via their website, or all the emails/regular mail you are probably getting from them if you checked the "send my info to colleges" box on the psat's.</p>
<p>i never filled out a single visitation form when I visited schools in high school</p>
<p>My son did Summer@Brown two times (on scholarships). He obviously enjoyed his time there (since he repeated it). When filling out his app, he had many specific reasons "Why Brown" and could discuss having spent time in Brown's labs, his relationship with his profs, the facilities, the social opportunities - he could sincerely talk about how he would take advantage of all Brown offered... His summer program recs were better than he expected and he eventually sent them in to some of his top pics (didn't originally because most colleges only wanted two HS teacher recs).</p>
<p>I agree that attending a summer program isn't an "in" but experiencing the school provided ample information to decide if Brown was a good fit or not. When he had to choose between Yale and Brown PLME, he ultimately decided that Brown was a better fit than Yale. I think his summer experiences helped sway his decision. He also spent a summer at Gov School and experienced a solid science curriculum. He enjoyed the curriculum but that experience cemented his decision to avoid small non-urban school/campuses - ruling out most LACs.</p>
<p>as others have said, good fit is probably the important endpoint. if you are a good fit they will want you--if you are a good fit it will probably also translate into a high level of interest</p>
<p>how do they know if you're a good fit...?</p>
<p>if any one of us could answer that, we would be making millions as for-hire college counselors</p>