Official Brown 2011 Transfer Thread

<p>CollegeFreshman, I agree. This is sad. Oh well, we will very soon find out.</p>

<p>So less “qualified” students might be accepted?</p>

<p>^^</p>

<p>Not so sure if this will be the case. Rather, more qualified students who would have otherwise been rejected due to space restraints will be accepted.</p>

<p>*That is, qualified students who don’t apply for financial aid</p>

<p>I called this afternoon to request early notification (I just got into a school that wants a deposit by next Wednesday… eek) and was told to send in a signed letter and a copy of the acceptance, but I didn’t get that in until 4:30ish =( Maybe tomorrow? Best of luck to everybody, juggling exams/move out while also dealing with this anxiety is super nervewracking and I think we all deserve a pat on the back for making it this far! We’re in the home stretch! Even though it might not feel like it, the minutes are ticking by as we speak!</p>

<p>That sucks about the financial aid. I wonder how big each student’s package will be…</p>

<p>Seeing that there are 50 transfer students and $400,000 allocated to their FA, each student would get $8000 assuming each student required FA. With tuition and R&B being over $50,000, I don’t think there were many admitted transfer students asking for FA because $8,000 would be a relatively small amount to give.</p>

<p>They mentioned that, if you asked for FA, you were automatically placed in a pool of applicants that, if admitted, would get mostly loans and a bit of the 400k mentioned above. So, unless they gave us all 8k and then a bunch of loans, which is unlikely b/c few applicants needing FA would accept such an offer, the amount of accepted applicants needing FA is really small. </p>

<p>On the bright side, since they placed everyone needing FA in one pool and plan to give them a lot of loans, I am ASSUMING that the difference in Family EC will not hurt you. So if you have a low EC while someone has a relatively high one, both of you, I assume, would have an equal chance of getting in, which, when compared to the chance of someone not asking for FA, is relatively small.</p>

<p>My guess would be 6 to 10… maybe 8… applicants who asked for FA got in.</p>

<p>Brown is actually planning on admitting at least 200 transfer applicants: [</a>" + artTitle.replace(“-”,“”) + " - " + “The Brown Daily Herald” + "](<a href=“http://www.browndailyherald.com/transfer-apps-rise-by-20-percent-1.2538100]”>http://www.browndailyherald.com/transfer-apps-rise-by-20-percent-1.2538100)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/936056-brown-transfer-applicant-survey-fa-need-aware-admissions.html?highlight=need-aware[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/936056-brown-transfer-applicant-survey-fa-need-aware-admissions.html?highlight=need-aware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Did not ask for FA:
5 accepted (83%)
1 accepted for spring (17%)
0 WL
0 denied</p>

<p>Requested FA:
2 accepted (25%)
1 accepted for spring (12.5%)
1 WL then accepted (12.5%)
2 WL (25%)
2 denied (25%)</p>

<p>wow… major clear differences…</p>

<p>Thank you entomom!</p>

<p>You’re welcome! I’d really appreciate additional information from applicants this year. The more data, the better informed future applicants will be.</p>

<p>Wow, that’s a huge difference. Makes me afraid to get my letter…</p>

<p>I’d take the FA stats with a grain of salt. There’s more than likely a sampling bias due to the fact that people who applied would rationalize their rejection with Brown’s need aware policy while people who didn’t wouldn’t have that reason and would be less likely to post.</p>

<p>The people who didn’t apply for financial aid were very good candidate: all of them, except one who applied only to Brown, were admitted to schools that are far more competitive than Brown (Columbia, Dartmouth, Stanford, Yale, and others). Therefore, we can’t really draw many conclusions about the importance of applying financial aid from that survey.</p>

<p>hi guys,</p>

<p>i transferred to brown this year, and i heard the decisions for next year were coming out soon… i remember last year how obsessed i was with reading the CC transfer thread, so i logged on to look at this year’s thread. a few things:</p>

<p>first of all, take a breath. i remember how anxious i was to hear last year but you’re all going to be fine. the decisions will be here before you know it!!</p>

<p>the financial aid thing: yes, it’s a factor. but if you applied for FA it doesn’t mean you won’t get in. i know transfers who are getting financial aid.</p>

<p>the spring vs. fall issue: i know a lot of you guys probably really want to get admitted for the fall, but if you get in for spring, let me tell you that it is TOTALLY okay. i was admitted for the spring and honestly, i wouldn’t have it any other way. a lot of my fellow spring transfers went back to their original schools for the fall semester, but i chose to take a much-needed break, and when i arrived in january i was ready to jump in. yes, if you do what i did you’ll have to graduate a semester later (unless you take extra classes), but who cares? more time at brown.</p>

<p>basically, i know this is an impossible task, but try not to be stressed. if you get in, it’s going to be great. brown is amazing. if you don’t, it’s still going to be great. there isn’t just one perfect college for everyone. there are so many amazing places to go to school in this country. basically, your futures are wide open and that’s AWESOME.</p>

<p>anyway, good luck to you all and let me know if i can help! :)</p>

<p>Hmm Applying for FA seems like a good thing if you ask me…they only have 400k to give…so ur basically competing against other financial aid people for that 400k…</p>

<p>Jay. What school did you transfer out of?</p>

<p>transferred from tufts. its a really awesome school, but it just wasn’t for me.</p>

<p>Finally found the brown transfer thread…please can someone tell me the day that they are going to tell us of our admission? I have been on the Yale thread and :I am anxious because our decisions arrive today!</p>