<p>sorry i posted so late, lol, ive been kind of out of it...</p>
<p>ACCEPTED (but have no idea how!!!!!!!!)</p>
<p>SAT: CR 710, M 710, W 700
SATII: 740 Math 2c, 700 Math 1c
GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>key club president
4 years of varsity tennis (captain for 3)
all state choir
Hook - URM, asian-hispanic</p>
<p>WOOOOOT GO BROWN!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Verbal 570, Math 600, Writing 630
[</em>] ACT: 25 composite 12 essay
[<em>] SAT II: 590, 600, 610
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB, Bio, Lit&Comp, Chem, Stats (did not submit any scores)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): President's Gold Service Award, Prudential Spirit of Community Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Student Body Pres, Junior Pres, Soph Rep), Interact (VP 2 years), KIDS FIRST (reasurer/co-nder), lots of others.... lots
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at Gearge K. Baum & Company, Investment Banking
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 2,000+
[<em>] Summer Activities: Loads, and by loads, I mean loads. (Many conferences)
] Essays: I thought they were pretty good =), unique and about my passion for using music as an international vernacular.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I liked them, but I don't know how to rate them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My principal wrote it.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Mayor Pro Tem of my city.
[<em>] Interview: Great =)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[<em>] School Type: Public, non-competitive lol
[</em>] Ethnicity: Spanish and Mexican
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I would also have to say my EC's were unique. (founded KIDS FIRST, campaign committee to pass a $78 million bond in my school district to build new high school/community college).... it passed.
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT/ACT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because God wanted it that way =)
[/ul]General Comments:* I'm very happy with the way all of my decisions turned out. I was accepted to Brown and Dartmouth, and wailtlisted at Yale and rejected from Harvard. All of which were made in the best interest of my future and I'm very happy. I never thought I'd even apply to these schools. =) THANK GOD!</p>
<p>waitlisted...stats r f'd up..SATs were pretty bad but others kidna gud...rapper...only ECA...unno whz gon hapn..guess the interview sumhw did it..nwz can any1 tel me weda to send any supplementary essays to Brown.. i didn yet get the postal mail thingy...</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>You're stats are great. I was wondering whether you know where you will end up going.</p>
<p>^^^ to m chaudhary....u from BD boi?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: CR 650, M 780, W 710
SAT IIs: Chem 700, Math II 740, US 780
GPA: (weighted out of 100) 101.58
Rank: Salutatorian
AP: Euro 4, US 5, Chem 4, Stats 4, English 3, Lit, Spanish, Calc BC, US Gov, Bio
Senior/HS Year Course Load: most difficult (haven't had lunch since 9th grade x_x)
Major Awards: Nothing huge, but there were tons of little things that showed personal achievements or dedication to an EC.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: I think the topic I chose was mediocre at best, but I honestly think my essay was candid and true to who I am. Also, a lot of my short essays followed a very close theme/story to my main one, so I was scared of that a bit. However, I tried my best (and succeedeed apparently) in conveying passion. My extracurricular essay was amazing.
Teacher Recs: I waived my right to them, but when I asked my counselor what she thought of my recs, she said they were some of the best she has ever seen.
Counselor Rec: I waived my right to it, but other guidance counselors have said that my counselor's recs are amazing.
Interview: I didn't feel well about my interview at all. Not only was I incredibly uncomfortable, I didn't feel as if I conveyed myself as well as or as thoroughly as I would've liked. I think I also came off as a bit ... fake? in the beginning.
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Nassau County, New York
School Type: Public (one of the "worst" districts amongst other amazing districts)
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~40K</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Strengths: COLLEGE RESEARCH!!
Weaknesses: My SAT scores esp. as an Asian male from a state like NY.
Why I was accepted: I think it was honestly the fact that I was so heavily interested in languages. I thought that that might've canceled out the fact I was an Asian male because most of them/us go for hard sciences or something like that. My course selections (10 courses of another language throughout HS) as some activities clearly showed a clear interest.</p>
<p>*The post above is basically the same thing. If an admin comes across it, could he/she please just delete? Thank you, and sorry.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>SAT: CR 650, M 780, W 710
SAT IIs: Chem 700, Math II 740, US 780
GPA: (weighted out of 100) 101.58
Rank: Salutatorian of 361
AP: Euro 4, US 5, Chem 4, Stats 4, English 3, Lit, Spanish, Calc BC, US Gov, Bio
Senior/HS Year Course Load: most difficult (haven't had lunch since 9th grade x_x)
Major Awards: Nothing huge, but there were tons of little things that showed personal achievements or dedication to an EC.</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Essays: I think the topic I chose was mediocre at best, but I honestly think my essay was candid and true to who I am. Also, a lot of my short essays followed a very close theme/story to my main one, so I was scared of that a bit. However, I tried my best (and succeeded apparently) in conveying passion among a few other things. My extracurricular essay was amazing.
Teacher Recs: I waived my right to them, but when I asked my counselor what she thought of my recs, she said they were some of the best she has ever seen.
Counselor Rec: I waived my right to it, but other guidance counselors have said that my counselor's recs are amazing.
Interview: I didn't feel well about my interview at all. Not only was I incredibly uncomfortable, I didn't feel as if I conveyed myself as well as or as thoroughly as I would've liked. I think I also came off as a bit ... fake? in the beginning.
Hook (if any): none</p>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<p>State or Country: Nassau County, New York
School Type: Public (one of the "worst" districts amongst other amazing districts)
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Gender: male
Income Bracket: ~40K</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>Strengths: none? I think essays and recs if anything.
Weaknesses: My SAT scores esp. as an Asian male from a state like NY.
Why I was accepted: I think it was honestly the fact that I was so heavily interested in languages. I thought that that might've canceled out the fact I was an Asian male because most of them/us go for hard sciences or something like that. My course selections (10 courses of another language throughout HS) as some activities clearly showed a clear interest.</p>
<p>Other factors:</p>
<p>EC: Mathletes (President), Science Honor Society (Sec.), Newspaper (Layout editor, but I quit in first semester of 12th), Quiz Bowl (Co-founder and Capitan), Math Hon. Soc., Tri-M, Spanish, Japanese, and ASL Hon Socs., Marching/Concert Band and Orchestra (1st tuba/Band Capitan), Nat'l Hon. Soc., Class of '08
Sports: Badminton Club in 9th grade, and Girls' Badminton team manager in 12th. (There isn't a boys' team.)
Work: none
Volunteer: 200+ hours at a hospital's local pharmacy. I didn't mention it, but this helped me decide that medicine wasn't for me.
Summer Activities: Basically, this is when I did my hospital hours. I also went to JHU and got an A+/A- in two courses in 5 weeks. I also did CTY during the summer before 9th, but I didn't think that mattered much at all (but this also shows a move away from medicine).</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted !!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: cr630/m720/wr720(essay12)
[</em>] SAT IIs: math levelII 800/ Physics 720
[<em>] GPA: N/A
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: AP PhysicsC& AP Calc both 5s, TOEFL ibt 108
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good( wrote about my experience as an exchange student)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Nanjing, China
[<em>] School Type: Well-known public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: 1.i EDed Brown/ I spent the most time on Brown's Applications
2. ECs: math team, speech team, girls' volleyball while in Dighton-Rehoboth HS..nothing really impressing kuz i was in DR for only a year and most of the stuff i do at HS in China don't matter as much since Brown probably has no idea what they are anyway.
3. Awards: Southeastern Massachusetts Conference math league: top scorer 2006-07/ Boston Globe scholastic Art Award: Gold key.
4.maybe my art portfolio helped, too( I got in RISD with that portfolio)</p>
<p>General Comments: My test scores weren't really as good as a lot of ppl from my country, well, maybe Brown doesn't look at standarlized scores that much. I truly had great passion for Brown and as an international student I knew about Brown more than most of the ppl around me in my country because I stayed in Rehoboth in my junior year as an exchange student. Rehoboth is pretty close to Brown and I got to visit Brown and Providence a lot; i was really lucky to be able to spend a year in Rehoboth and get such a great experience.
Also, I got in the brown-risd dual degree program and I wonder if i will do well in the program because it seems so intense and difficult. it's great, tho, to get a chance to go to both Brown and RISD, both of which are my favorite colleges.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT:CR:760 M:700 W: 690 (2150)
* SAT IIs:WH:600 US:650 Math II: 770
* GPA: UW: 4.0
* Rank: 1/515
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Essay about actress mother influencing my love of performance and creative expression. Wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't bad either.
* Teacher Recs: I don't know?
* Counselor Rec: I don't know?
* Hook (if any): None
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: So. CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity:Asian
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
President Science Club, VP Key Club, Co-Captain Science Bowl, Drum captain Marching Band, Treasurer Spanish Club, Piano 6 years (ABRSM lvl6 certification), Worked at Retirement home and tutor at library, Attended NSLC program in Washington D.C., NHS, CSF, Crackdown (anti-drug group) member.</p>
<p>General Comments: I'm excited :) I didn't think I'd make it with my SAT II scores like what they were.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED :D</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: CR800/M640/W740
* SAT IIs: Lit 800/ German 690
* GPA: 3.8/3.9
* Rank: N/A
* Other stats: IB Diploma
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I really liked my main essay - it was very sincere, and the topic
was very close to my heart.
* Teacher Recs: two main ones were strong but after being deferred I sent
in a STELLAR supplementary one.
* Counselor Rec: good - she also updated it after I was deferred.
* Hook (if any): international student (Czech Rep), really into MUN.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Prague, CZ
* School Type: International, private.
* Ethnicity:
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
1. I was deferred ED! So I'm still in shock that I got in!
2. ECs: Captain of Varsity Girls Soccer Team, MUN President + awards at various international conferences, perpetually involved in our school theatre productions, Habitat for Humanity, pinao lessons, czech lessons.
3. Awards: History student of the year, Theatre student of the year (school awards)</p>
<p>General Comments: </p>
<p>The moment I found out that I got in was the happiest of my life so far! I have wanted this so badly for so long and I am in awe that it all worked out for me. I don't even want to have summer break - I want to go to Brown now! :)</p>
<p>Is it bad that I've read this thread twice? -___-</p>
<p>Congrats on everyone who got in, wherever you may be next year!!</p>
<p>Hahahaha Poseur it's okay... I've done the same haha :P
We're sort of sad, but whatever :D</p>
<p>We should keep an open mind though; there are other AMAZING schools out there, we'll end up somewhere nice, even if it isn't Brown :) (Or so I like to hope :S )</p>
<p>:P Good luck!</p>
<p>Oops, by "next year" I meant "this year."</p>
<p>And yeah, yeah, I'm not getting my heart set. But... <333</p>
<p>Poseur you have given me motivation to read through this thread one full time. I hope I don't get crushed.</p>
<p>haha poseur, i've done the same with this and with the ED thread too. i feel like i could be doing more productive things with my time, but i just can't tear myself away. </p>
<p>were any of you comparing yourself to people with similar stats who got accepted/waitlisted/rejected? ha i came across people with around the same sat scores who got in and i was like, YES! and then i saw people with similar scores who got rejected and i was like, ****!</p>
<p>I thought I was the only one rereading this, but I guess not :)</p>
<p>third time reading... >_<</p>