Official Brown ED 2016 Decisions

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<p>Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green]Decision: Accepted PLME[ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT: 31 superscored, 29 highest composite
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89, 4.65 Weighted
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/444
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), Psychology (5), Spanish Language (5), U.S. History (4), World History (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Chemistry, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP Physics B, AP English Literature, Precalculus Honors, Anatomy & Physiology Honors, Drama 4
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Lots of drama awards, Lemelson-MIT Program finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, random others…
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club (president), Gay-Straight Alliance (president), Science Club (president), International Thespian Society (troupe president), Glee Club (historian), and National Honor Society
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 447 hours, surgical shadowing, created a city-wide LGBT dance for a conservative town, building plays, drama director for children’s drama camp, random other stuff…
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:Wrote about how I hate wearing shorts, creating my LGBT dance, my mom possibly having cancer, my hometown, and my Cuban heritage.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Two were great, one was decent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good and personal
[ *] Additional Rec: Drama teacher, amazing!
[ *] Interview: Went well. Two hours, we still communicate. He wrote an additional letter stressing to Brown how much he liked me.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Biology and Theatre Arts & Performance Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public High Shool
[ *] Ethnicity: Cuban
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Less than 60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Gay, was going through cancer scare, acting supplement, my interviewer loving me, and strange combo of passions.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essays, Recs, Interview
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My heritage and encompassing majors that I wanted to study.
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores, obviously. My rank could have been better.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think Brown was really able to see that I fit the school perfectly, and that I would undoubtedly make them proud whether as an actor or doctor.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only here! Find out about FSU tonight. </p>

<p>NEW QUESTION
[ *] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My unique concentrations and passions for both of them. It’s really what Brown encourages and I fit that, I guess. I’m so happy. Don’t let test scores decide where you apply. Everyone on here told me I had decent chances and no chances for PLME. Well, I got both.</p>

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<p>wow popcharlie! congrats on PLME! I’m jealin’. :P</p>

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<p>I know it is definitely not a scientific sample, but from above so far 11 acceptances, and tons of deferred decisions. I’d say those are very good stats for CC members posting here. (I know it really doesn’t represent a 30% acceptance, but it is still a good number!) </p>

<p>So Congrats to those accepted students!</p>

<p>To the Deferred Students: congrats too! That is a big achievement and keep up your hopes! Really large number of deferred status, so I suspect some are rejections that don’t want to post yet. Also accounting for this are a number of PLME applicants that did not seem very enthusiastic about Brown beyond PLME status. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you.) For those of you who are deferred and still dying to go to Brown, do let Brown know if ANY thing has changed since your app went in (or in the next 3 months) that adds a significant “improvement” to your resume. That also lets Brown know of your continued interest, and that you are not giving up!
I know it sks to have to do more aps, but think how easy they will seem after the Brown supplement! I have also speculated that there is some possibility that the RD pool might be down a tad due to that supplement, so maybe the odds for(and also why the numbers of) deferees is up.</p>

<p>For those who did not get in, remember that you have many great schools to explore and get into still to come. You will find your new dream school. Your aps will hopefully have been made a bit easier from having to have done the Brown one! Wishing you all luck and cheer!</p>

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<p>I got accepted to Brown! (So excited, I’m still crying lol) & I was deffered PLME! (I’m still happy hey!) So, what should I do, should I send in a letter explaining that I’m still passionate about it…or?</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (740 CR 800 Math 800 Writing)
[</em>] ACT: None
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 800 Korean with listening
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 93/100
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Full IB Diploma
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MUN Best delegate/honorable mention, Science/Math Challenge competitions with certificates of distinction/excellence, DOE Bronze, DE, CFGL Writing/Math, few top student awards at school in sophomore.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chair/Exec member of Interact/We club 4 years, Coordinator of MUN club 3 years, Group leader of Cancer Society 3 years, TKD Blackbelt Instructor/Volunteer 7 years, Youth Orchestra/Chamber music 4 years, Dais @ Mun conference, Science Club 2 years,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Misc. minimum wage job
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital (500 hrs) - Team leader,junior auxillary&musician for 3 years, Hospice (50 hours), Math club tutor, School library volunteer, shadowing dentist/doctor, Community leadership initiative
[</em>] Summer Activities: Youth programs at universities
[<em>] Essays: I felt they were good, but apparently not as good as I thought.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea, One really good, and one really average perhaps
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably generic
[</em>] Additional Rec: Great
[<em>] Interview: Great
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope.
[<em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection:[list]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: Above average standardized scores</p>[/li]
<p>[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to focus on my community service aspect. I spent a lot of time in my community and I thought I did a decent job showcasing my involvement.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: Generic EC’s. Not so good GPA, ORM, International</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not [/li]special enough. </p>

<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None.</p>[/li]
<p>NEW QUESTION
[li] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Community involvement, especially in the hospital. But I guess that’s not really unique. </p>[/li]
<p>[*] General statement: Congratulations to all those who got in! I say this with great jealousy. Nonetheless, I’m happy for you guys! I wasn’t going to post this initially (esp. because I personally know some losers creeping on my profile - yes you.), but I wanted for the future applicants to not be encouraged/discouraged by your scores. They are ultimately just numbers. Best of luck to everyone. I’m going to go and cry in the corner for few hours.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (CR: 750, M: 680, W: 730)

  • ACT: 30
  • SAT II: Math I: 700, Physics: 680, Math II: 740
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School has no grades and therefore no GPA.
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): DNR
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Topics in Calculus(BC level), Intro to Relativistic and Quantum Theory, Advanced Topics in British Literature, Guys and Dolls Pit Orchestra, Basic Chinese (through JHU CTY), Advanced Topics in Modern European History, Human Biology, Multidimensional Analysis.
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Ultimate Frisbee (captain), Varsity Soccer, Varsity Basketball, Competitive Math Team, Jazz Band, Literary Magazine(co-editor), Yearbook, Old Time Music Group, Rock and Roll Club(founder), Photography Club, Poetry Club, probably a few others that I’m forgetting.

  • Job/Work Experience: Taught guitar lessons, beginning golf lessons, and
  • Volunteer/Community service: Founded an organization called Young Musicians Healing Haiti that has raised $7000+ to help rebuild the only music school in Haiti. Was recognized by Vassar College and the Vassar Haiti Project for my work.
  • Summer Activities: Summer @ Brown, taught guitar and golf lessons, wrote for a newspaper, worked in the OR with a surgeon. If you want more details, PM me.
  • Essays: not bad. wrote one of my supplements about the relationship between socks and my mood. common app followed the evolution
  • Teacher Recommendation: both were probably excellent
  • Counselor Rec: probably excellent as well.
  • Additional Rec: one from the leader of the Vassar Haiti Project, and one from a surgeon I worked with this summer.
  • Interview: went well, was sorta awkward at the end cause she was like “lol nobody gets in. good luck”
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: nope

  • Intended Major: cognitive neuroscience/music (pre-med)
  • State (if domestic applicant): NY
  • Country (if international applicant): USA
  • School Type: private/progressive independent
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic/Filipino/Greek
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket:
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection[/list]
Strengths: summer activities, recs, diversity of interests maybe, I’m not sure, I didn’t think I was going to get in lol.</p>

<p>What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I tried to talk about my desire to help people through music and eventually the how through medicine I will create another outlet to help people. </p>

<p>Weaknesses: SUBJECT TESTS!! Lack of APs and national commendation</p>

<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly have no idea hah. It was probably the Haiti stuff.</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere.</p>

<p>NEW QUESTION
Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Music + Neuroscience and how it all links up to wanting to help people. </p>

<p>If anyone wants more info, don’t hesitate to email or anything, I’m totally cool with it. I’m just too excited to even talk about myself!</p>

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<p>Deferred. I really don’t want to write the other essays for the other applications :frowning: So much money too…</p>

<p>Question: does Brown have “good” and “bad” deferral letters? I know some schools do; right now I am torn between applying EDII or RD to another school; if I do EDII there, I’d be throwing away Brown…</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (790M, 760CR, 740W)
[</em>] ACT: 32 (did not send)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 Lit, 690 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 (4.19 W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US Politics and Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): 5 IB SL Calculus
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB SL Anthropology, IB SL Spanish (fourth year), IB Theory of Knowledge, IB HL Chemistry, IB HL English, IB HL History of the Americas, Economics 201 at Reed College
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A bunch of debate awards, but nothing at the national level.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (captain), Constitution Team (unit captain), attended a prestigious writing workshop (student leader second year), internship with local non-profit which advocates for immigrant rights, board member and teacher for a student-run non-profit which also deals with immigrant rights, English and math tutor, library volunteer
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, but wasn’t included in the application.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: See ECs (internship, board member/teacher, library volunteer) 100s of hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Internship with non-profit, writing workshop, library volunteer.
[</em>] Essays: Really well-written and unique.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from an English teacher and one from my Reed economics professor. Both were fantastic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure. Probably mediocre, because she doesn’t know me very well.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From my Speech and Debate Coach and Internship mentor. Also pretty fantastic.
[</em>] Interview: Went well. Nothing phenomenal, but he said he would recommend me highly.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Economics, Literary Arts
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United States
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Below 30,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Low-income
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, GPA, course load, leadership in ECs, essays
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Wrote my 300 word supplement about my low-income status. Otherwise, tried to focus on my self-motivation and creativity.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Math II score, counselor rec. Also, none of my ECs are outstanding or particularly unique and I don’t have any major awards.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses. Also, my school is very competitive.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied ED. Now I have to start working on my other supplements. [/ul]</p>

<p>NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I wrote a really fantastic and creative essay in response the question “What have you created?”. I thought that was my Brown “hook”.</p>

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<p>Nellyta, regarding financial aid: The acceptance letter says that its forthcoming. You can also call them, there’s a number in the letter. Congrats!!!</p>

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<p>Wow, were we all deferred?</p>

<p>31 ACT (33 superscored, since no one could figure out for sure if that counted)
3.9 UW 4.6 W
11/425</p>

<p>Time to go finish 4/9 remaining supplements!</p>

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<p>I got deferred and am actually really surprised because of my low SAT score(1920).<br>
710 writing, 610 reading, 600 math.</p>

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<p>decision: DEFERRED
ACT: 30
wish brown superscored!
anyone know any stats on deferred getting accepted?
still hoping, good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>The letter says that “during the past few years the admission rate for students deferred Early Decision has been consistent with that for Regular Decision applicants.” 9% of applicants were admitted regular decision last year, so I guess that percentage carries over to deferred applicants.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 60/400
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (5), AP Lang (5), self-studied AP US (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Four APs, Calculus Honors Physics, Newspaper
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSPA News Story of the Year Award, 2nd place; wrote a guest OpEd for the largest paper in my state.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (editor-in-chief), Drama Club (Vice President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern for local political blog, intern at Biomedical research nonprofit
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Political Activism
[</em>] Summer Activities: See Job/Work, both were done over last summer
[<em>] Essays: Common App was about my love for Jeopardy. Why Brown compared my different passions to different loves of my life- I talked about how my meet cutes were all due to random happenstance, and that Brown is serendipity incarnate.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: LA teacher and Marine Bio teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[</em>] Additional Rec: One from each of the two internships I had over the summer, both were very very good.
[li] Interview: Went super well, we were very similar people, interest wise. I definitely showed that I was educated about the school, which I had been worrying about doing in my Why Brown; I actually corrected her on the official name of The Ratty…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Computational Biology
[<em>] School Type: Inner City Public, but a magnet school for the Advanced Learning Program (which I was not a part of)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: Definitely my essays and extracurriculars. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I really embraced the fact that I don’t know what I want to do with my life and carried that theme of seeking new intellectual discovery throughout my essays</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: Class Rank and transcript. I chose not to take a couple APs when given the opportunity and I didn’t finish my World Language track</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I came across as an interesting person rather than a series of numbers</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My Common App Essay definitely.</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>760 730 780 (2270), 34, 770BI 760M2, 4.0/4.31, 2/572, S. Indian Male, (PLME deferred)
720 790 720 (2230), NO, 790CH 770M2 760BI, 4.0, 1/660, Asian Male, (PLME deferred)
760 760 660 (2180), NO, 740CH 710US 660M2, 94.21, NO, Female
800 770 800 (2370), NO, 790M2 750CH 720LI, 3.9, top 5%, Asian Male
770 670 710 (2150), 33, 750LI 750FR 720US, 680M2, 100, NO, White Female
790 720 750 (2260), NO, 710US 720LI, 3.88, 14th, White as Bread Female
580 790 400 (1770), NO, 750M1, 3.83, NO, Asian Female
NO, 33, NO, 3.89, 15%, NO
NO, 36, 800US 750M2, 3.71, not in top 15%, White/Jewish Male
NO, 29, 680US, 3.6, 48/519, Female
700 740 760 (2200), NO, 770M2 760BI 750WH, NO, 21/700, Asian American Female
740 800 780 (2320), NO, 700 700, 3.75, NO, Asian Male
NO, 33, 740EN, 95, NO, Hispanic Female
760 790 740 (2290), NO, 760LI 690M2, 3.97, 10%, White Female
NO, 33, NO, 3.9/4.6, 11/425, NO
610 600 710 (1920), NO, NO, NO, NO
NO, 30, NO, NO, NO, NO</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>740 760 800 (2300), NO, 780BI 740US 740M2, NO, NO, White Female, (PLME deferred)
NO, 31, NO, 3.89/4.65, 21/444, Cuban Male, (PLME accepted)
(2350), NO, 800M 770CH, 4.92, 1/650, NO, (PLME accepted)
NO, 34, NO, 4.0/4.0, 9/380, White Female
NO, 30, NO, 3.9, 1/56, Asian Female
800 800 720 (2320), NO, 800CH 800US 740M2, 4.5, NO, White/Jewish Male
700 800 750 (2250), NO, 800M2 770LI 690BI, 3.89, 4/114, White Female
800 720 780 (2300), 35, 800M2 770US 760PH, 3.9, 8%, White Female
740 740 650 (2130), NO, 790M2 690FR, 3.85, 5/107, Hispanic/Latino Male
NO, 33, NO, 3.92, 9/700, White Male
750 680 730 (2160), 30, 700M1 680PH 740M2, NO, NO, Hispanic/Filipino/Greek Male
NO, 33, NO, 3.98, 60/400, White Male</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>(2080), 30, 700US 730M2 700BI, 3.5/4.2, 20%, Asian Female
740 800 800 (2340), NO, 800M2 800CH 800KO, 93, 10%, Asian Male</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 (Math 780, Reading 750, Writing 780)
[</em>] ACT: 31 (not submitted)
[<em>] SAT II: Physics 800, Math II 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): not sure, my school uses weighting. something like 3.9?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History 4, US History 4, Art History 5, Statistics 5, Physics B 5, Chemistry 5, English Lit 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none so far
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, College Government/Econ, College Computer Science, IB Theory of Knowledge
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place National History Day
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fencing Team (Captain, MVP), Art Club (Vice President), Japanese Club (Secretary then President), NHS, Math Honor Society, Art Honor Society, Swimming Team, Literary Magazine (Art Editor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Research at Mt Sinai Hospital (Wrote published Case Report)
[<em>] Summer Activities: see above
[</em>] Essays: Case Report, Common App
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good, I’m really close with my teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea, counselors in my school don’t do much
[<em>] Additional Rec: Pathologist I worked with at Mt Sinai wrote me a really good rec
[</em>] Interview: went pretty well, very relaxed
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Double in Physics and Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: –
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female into science i guess?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Art Portfolio, Medical Case Report, Unique interests
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: being passionate about what I wanted to study, being different from other students with equal or better grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, little community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly no idea, probably a combination of all the things listed above
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: only applied to Brown </p>

<p>NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Interesting/different Common App essay- wrote in a more poetic/literary style than essay format, was more bold than most essays I’ve read</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (680M,720CR,800W)
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Literature, 600 French w/ Listening
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school ranks on 100 scale: 107.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 31/613
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History 3, AP Physics B 3, AP US History 5, AP Language and Comp 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English IV GT, AP Government, AP French, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Systems (haha, what a joke!), AP Latin Vergil, Independent Study (Postmodern Literature), Model UN
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): District, Regional, State awards in UIL Literary Criticism; NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing, National Commended Performance, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): UIL Literary Criticism, Model UN, Latin Club, National Junior Classical League, French Club, National French Honor Society (Vice President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: lots of time helping my mom direct assisted living facilities
[<em>] Summer Activities: eating tacos, playing ukulele, and watching Law and Order SVU
[</em>] Essays: amazing, according to my English teachers. My Common App essay was just an essay that I wrote in the middle of Junior year and was really proud of.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 from English, 1 from Latin. They all said that they were honest and only had good things to say. I’ve known them all for most of my high school career and they all really care about me and are really proud of all of my work.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, I suppose! The first time I met my counselor was actually 2 years ago when I had to tell her that I had failed miserably on an exam to skip Precalculus haha. But she knows that I do excel in English.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Very weird. Towards the end of my presentation, a random lady walked into the individual study library room that I was interviewing in and started yelling at my interviewer to be quiet or get out…super memorable experience.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: You betcha!
[</em>] Intended Major: ENGLISH
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Hispanic, identified as Hispanic on app
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >80,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, father did not attend college, mother educated in Philippines
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, short-answer responses, teacher recs, SAT Reasoning, SAT Lit
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I love to write! I also emphasized that I use all of my experiences in life (living in Hawaii, volunteering at the assisted living facilities) to influence my writing. I like language.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT French w/ Listening, haha. I thought I was done for when I saw my score. B’s in math courses
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I made sure they knew I was passionate about writing, so that when they saw some of my math and science gradesw, they knew English and social studies were the subjects I truly loved and invested time in.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: pretty application to UT Austin wasn’t processed correctly/completely…so nowhere else! GO BROWN!</p>

<p>[/ul]NEW QUESTION[ul]
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: The elderly and playing the ukulele! I’m not even joking. Future applicants, don’t go mainstream and spend all of your time in too many things like Key Club or NHS. Sure, they make an app seem somewhat more solid, but most of the time they just end up looking like dead weight. Find an activity that you love and people that you enjoy spending time with, and invest yourself. Do what you like, pursue your true interests, and the rest will follow. Well-roundedness is for squares :slight_smile: [/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2300 (M:800 CR: 720 W: 780)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: Bio: 800, MathII: 770, Physics:790, Japanese: 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t have one, but all As and A+s
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t have one
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Physics B (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Comp Sci, science research, english elective, history elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit High scorer, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, a bunch of school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): softball, guitar, karate, pediatric cancer awareness, environmental club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: hospital, local community center
[<em>] Summer Activities: research in biomedical engineering at a university lab
[</em>] Essays: apparently amazing :slight_smile:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one was definitely excellent, the other was probably really good too
[</em>] Counselor Rec: should be excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: excellent one from the pediatric cancer organization
[</em>] Interview: interviewer loved me, and we talked for over an hour!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: neuroscience, engineering, comp sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: suburban public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: good grades, essay, a part of a unique program in hs that is similar to Brown (open curriculum kind of stuff)
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: talked a lot about the program and how much impact it has had in my life
[</em>] Weaknesses: ORM, not that many EC
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my personality really showed in my essay/supplement
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>NEW QUESTION
[li] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: my hs program and my quirky personality </p>[/li]
<p>I’m sooo excited!!! congrats to everyone else who was accepted! Hope to meet you guys in the fall! and good luck to everyone who was deferred!</p>

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<p>tpateko7 – you mentioned you “wished Brown superscored.” How do you knwo they do not? Do you – or anyone else here – know what the protocol at other Ivies is for that? And by superscoring, you mean taking the best SAT/ACT score subset and putting them together as your final score – thus your highest on each section, right? thanks for the info!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750CR 770M 670WR (2190 Total)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math1, 800 Math2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 8.9 out of 10
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: N/A
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st prizes in National Physics Olympiad, Honorable Mentions in Asian Physics Olympiad (both 2 times), 1st prize in my city’s Physics Olympiad, Presidential Medal of Excellence from my country’s president.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Dancesport club (Trainer, member), Physics club (Mod of forum, Organizer of an Physics Online Olympiad), Debate club, guitar, aikido
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring students, training Physics specialized students for competition, some translation work.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: orphans’ village, autisim children’s school (but for only a limited amount of time)
[<em>] Summer Activities: just like above
[</em>] Essays: I think both are really good. My main essay receives so much appreciation from my friends and teachers, though I believe the topic I choose and the style I adopt is a little bit risky. My short essays all thoughtfully show why I consider Brown a perfect fit for me.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good, no doubt.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Really good. He is also my Physics teacher, so he knows all my strong points.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: quite well, though I was quite shy to show off all of my best. If I could do this again, I would sure do better.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics and Philosophy
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Vietnam
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <15000$
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays, the obvious passion I show through my application, pretty remarkable Physics awards
[<em>] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: the combination of Physics and Philosophy and why this can help shape my identity in college, which is my purpose of spending four years there.
[</em>] Weaknesses: interview not well as it should be, risky essay backfires (?)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I submit the application nearly 2 hours late… it’s totally my fault @@
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None.[/ul]
**NEW QUESTION: Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application **: a broad variety of interests mixed well intentionally and artistically with one another. But, unfortunatelly, in restrospect I dont think I really succeeded in showing off it… expect to do it in an email later.</p>