Official Brown ED 2017 Results

samwise3 · December 10, 2012, 9:12pm

The thread for D-Day

The format is as follows:

DON’T FORGET TO REMOVE SPACES AFTER BRACKETS

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *] Intended Major:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

NEW QUESTION
[ *] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application:

bruno14 · December 12, 2012, 4:56pm

bumping this to the top so people will know where to post

tawarren95 · December 12, 2012, 5:07pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2070
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/584
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APUSH, 4 Whist, 4 English III
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: All APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good amount of leadership, many clubs, Science UIL
[] Job/Work Experience: Two jobs simulatenously last year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Plenty.
[] Summer Activities: JAX SSP 2012
[] Essays: Pretty good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[] Counselor Rec: A little more than generic.
[ ] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went really well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large public
[] Ethnicity: African American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <120000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, good summer program
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Summer program, essays, hooks
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: My summer program
[] Weaknesses: Academics
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Academics
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far accepted to Trinity University and Tulane. Waiting on UChicago, and then I start RD apps.

Goodluck to everyone and congrats to those accepted!

LiveLaughLearn · December 12, 2012, 5:08pm

I GOT IN TO BROWN + PLME. Way to psyched to post stats/etc right now. Promise I’ll do it later!!!

jackrabbit420 · December 12, 2012, 5:09pm

Got deferred.

Thanks a lot Brown. You suck.

I hope to the gods I get accepted at UChicago or Georgia Tech

PLME21maibe · December 12, 2012, 5:19pm

for D: GOT-IN to PLME (binding only with PLME). Stats later, if D agrees that I do, or post herself.

trufin · December 12, 2012, 5:20pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (didn’t send, took it in November)- 630 M, 690 CR, 760 W
[] ACT: 31- 34 R, 33 W, 31 S, 25 M
[] SAT II: 740 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8ish or so
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/128
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit mine
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP English, AP US Hist., Physics Honors, Theology (mandatory), Senior Internship. Our school only lets us take 4 APs a year
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Program, Regis Book Award, NHS, Spanish NHS, a couple more that I’m forgetting
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity XC Captain, Varsity Track Captain, Treasurer of Key Club, member of Academic Decathlon (got an Honorable Mention in Music) in a bunch of other clubs, piano for 12+ years and violin for 5+,
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at local bakery
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours of volunteer work at Boston’s Museum of Science and a ton of other service stuff for walks and the like
[] Summer Activities: just work and I taught myself pre-calc over the summer
[] Essays: pretty decent, I’m sure they weren’t too outstanding though
[] Teacher Recommendation: waived right to read
[] Counselor Rec: ^same
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: went really well, casual, she seemed to like me and put some nice stuff on the review sheet
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: neurology/psychology
[] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: very small, private school
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: around the $100,000 range
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: a lot of people seemed to like my essay, idk I’m a bad judge of my own work. Other than that, not too much!
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I guess I tried to emphasize my individuality and love of Brown, hopefully it shone through
[] Weaknesses: test scores!!!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk!! I’m so happy I got deferred instead of rejected <33 and to everyone else rejected/deferred- just remember this is only the beginning!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: This is hard. my application looks so unimpressive to myself I guess I tried to make my essays as creative as possible

Mmaster235 · December 12, 2012, 5:26pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 Composite CR: 800 M: 680 W: 720
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: US History: 800 Chemistry: 780 Bio M: 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 92
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4th decile (My school has grade inflation)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry: 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Physics, AP Euro, AP Spanish, Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NM Commended Student
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mentoring “underprivileged youth”, Editor at School Newspaper, Model UN, School Exchange program, Cross-Country, Lacrosse, Wrestling (1 year)
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor
[] Volunteer/Community service: See Extracurriculars
[] Summer Activities: Biked Across US with three other friends by ourselves
[] Essays: Wrote about owning chickens.
[] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Good, 1 eh
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Started off awkward but ended well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: History/Chemistry
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, Small
[] Ethnicity: 1/2 Japanese
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 100k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[/list]
[] Strengths: Essay, Test Scores, Unique experience haha
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself:
[] Weaknesses: GPA, recs, leadership?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bad Class rank!/GPA!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t heard yet.

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Definitely my bike trip across the country. We were on our own and I navigated the entire way with only state maps. Tried to weave that self-directedness into the applications since brown has its unique curriculum.

FrankFord · December 12, 2012, 5:34pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 31
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): High school does not give GPA, 87% average (9-12). 92% average in grade 12. Basically a 3.2
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP English, Economics, Spanish, Advanced Functions, Law, World issues
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debating (President), Deca, Model UN, Business Club (founder and president), Advertising committee, Vasity Basketball team all since freshmen year-
[] Job/Work Experience: Founded a national online charity in 2010 ([Shop</a> For a Cause | Raise Money for Charity Through Shopping](<a href=“http://www.shopforacause.ca%5DShop”>http://www.shopforacause.ca)), partners with major retailers(ex: Apple, Macys, Netflix, etc) Currently the treasurer. Founded online medical reference web site ([Ocular</a> EMERGENCIES | Dr. Raymond stein](<a href=“http://www.ocularemerg.com%5DOcular”>http://www.ocularemerg.com)) in partnership with ALCON pharmaceuticals, currently the Canadian manager.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Odds and ends throughout high school. Traveled to Kenya to build a school.
[] Summer Activities: Emerging program in Spain, Volunteered in Kenya, Doing work for employers listed above.
[] Essays: all very good, touch down on my work experience. Humbling extracurricular common app essay on my lack of basketball skills.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. (AP English teacher/ Debate coach) and (Economics teacher/ Basketball Coach)
[] Counselor Rec: probably very good
[] Interview: Excellent. Interviewer responded to my follow up thank you email with ,it was a pleasure.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: <$150,000[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Entrepreneurial/ work experience/ recommendations/ essays
[] Weaknesses: Very low GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA was too low
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]General Comments:
Shocked that i did not get rejected flat out. However I may submit ED 2 to Colgate.

takeasipofthis · December 12, 2012, 5:39pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310- 750 M, 800 CR, 760 W
ACT: –
SAT II: 720 Chem, 710 Math iic, 680 Lit
Unweighted GPA: around 98/100 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Chem, 5 Stats, 5 Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP Literature, HH Physics, etc etc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ap Scholar, National Commended Scholar, Kaliope Violin Award, Merkin Hall Solo Award, various letters and certificates for community service
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Concertmaster of region orchestra, NYYS, NYYchamber, Kaliope Orchestra, Reginoals, All States, Meadowmount; Choreography and President of Asian Cultural Society, NY Chuseok festival, dance, music for 12+ years, etc, etc
Job/Work Experience: Personal tennis coach, esl tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours from various orchestras and events, dental internship for 3 years
Summer Activities: summer missions trip for 2 years in a row (Huaraz, Peru)
Essays: they were okay, didn’t spend too much time on them (probably was the critical point…in my deferral)
Teacher Recommendation: waived right to read
Counselor Rec: ^same
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went well, was also casual (didn’t think it went badly)
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: applied mathmatics
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: catholic private
Ethnicity: Asian american
Gender: F

skatergirl7 · December 12, 2012, 5:43pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):1990, CR630 M740 W620
[] ACT: didn’t take
[] SAT II: Physics 670, Chemistry 730, Biology 690, Math II 770 (didn’t send)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t do ranks
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): don’t do APs (int’l student)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): don’t do IB (UK A levels)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3A2s - Physics, Chemistry and
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UKMT Senior Math challenge Gold
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ball Hockey school team, XC school team, Underwater Robotics Team, (Leadership: School Prefect, House Captain, Head of one Charity group)
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked at a Dentist’s office for a week, then as a camp counsellor for G.6 kids.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching underprivileged local school kids English on a Saturday morning
[] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown/Cornell Curie Academy
[] Essays: I thought they were really good
[] Teacher Recommendation: the teachers liked me, and I had diversity (geography teacher and math teacher wrote it)
[] Counselor Rec: really good I reckon, he likes me a lot
[] Additional Rec: didn’t submit
[] Interview: thought it went quite well, we talked for 1.5hrs
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant): nope
[] Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[] School Type: Private international
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: >300,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female engineer? and diversity I guess?
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Recommendations, essays, sports and leadership
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Female Engineer
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT scores
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First decision

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Played baseball for 5 years with a bunch of boys on a mixed team. Definitely a great learning experience.

KingForkbeard · December 12, 2012, 5:47pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2120, 760 CR, 660 M, 700 W
[] ACT: 29 (First standardized test, didn’t study, should have retaken it)
[] SAT II: 800 World History, 790 US History, 760 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/296
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History, Human Geography, European History, Biology, Psychology, English Language (All 5’s) Statistics, Macroeconomics, US History (4’s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science, AP US Government (AP Microeconomics 2nd semester) French 2, Physics Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, and a few minor school awards
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club International, National Honor Society (Secretary), Quiz Bowl Team (Captain), Junior Class (Treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just with my service clubs
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: I thought they came out pretty decently. My biggest issue was that I didn’t proofread (beyond plugging into spellcheck) my supplement questions, and I never had anyone else read them. My main essay was a bit stuffy but I thought it had a bit of “charm” so to speak and was reviewed several times by multiple teachers.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My French teacher’s recommendation had to be positively fantastic. My other recommendation came from a teacher I had for three straight years in AP classes I got 5’s on, but I still think it could have been a bit generic.
[] Counselor Rec: I read it, it was somewhat cheesy but I thought it was pretty good. She used a few examples from my school activities, and even did some research from my teachers.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: I thought it was pretty generic-albeit good. I just don’t feel anything stood out.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup.
[] Intended Major: I put Math and Applied Math. Let’s not talk about why. I was crazy when I put that down.
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, not really interesting but not a particularly bad school.
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Relatively well-off
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation. Otherwise I was pretty uncompetitive I think.
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Subjective info (teachers, counselor and essays) went pretty well I think.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Uh… I didn’t.
[] Weaknesses: ^^^^ And also, my standardized scores really should have been better. I’ll be retaking the ACT in February I think…
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wasn’t particularly competitive, but not so bad that a rejection was appropriate. Maybe they just want someone generic to pick from after all the cool and interesting applicants run out?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only applied Brown ED
[/ul]
NEW QUESTION
Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Err… See “Why you think you were [deferred]”

focus08 · December 12, 2012, 5:58pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (700CR, 760M, 740R)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 790 Math IIC, 780 Bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6~3.7 (School doesn’t calculate)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Doing the IB Diploma, so haven’t completed any.
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Bio HL, IB Eco HL, IB French ab initio SL, IB English SL, IB ToK
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UK Math Challenge Senior Silver Medal
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of research about epilepsy, one research paper, one research project and my IB extended essay about different aspects of epilepsy.
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a Human Resource Department since 2008, Intern at an epilepsy related NGO
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of stuff
[] Summer Activities: The above mentioned research papers and projects.
[] Essays: Above average
[] Teacher Recommendation: Both should be very good.
[] Counselor Rec: Above Average
[] Additional Rec: Very good
[] Interview: I thought it went very well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Cognitive Neuroscience
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): India
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Indian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: >100,000$
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: I think my epilepsy research work.
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Epilepsy related stuff
[] Weaknesses: Bad grades in my first semester.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bad grades, low-ish SAT 1 Scores.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ?

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: I thought it was my epilepsy research.

Mahogany · December 12, 2012, 6:00pm

Hi guys!

For those accepted, congratulations! I am absolutely positive that you will both gain much from the Brown experience as well as contribute much to the Brown community.

Alternatively, if today wasn’t your day, stay strong. You’re in all likelihood going to end up at the right place for you, be it Brown or elsewhere. The downside of admissions being so competitive nowadays is that so many qualified applicants aren’t accepted; but there is an upside - when you do get in somewhere fabulous (spoiler alert: you will!), you will have been admitted not only because the Adcom decided you were qualified, but also because they are confident you will thrive there. So, wherever you end up, I am confident that it will be a place where you will do amazing things (As a Brown student, I selfishly hope that place is Brown, but if not, that’s our loss as much as it is another school’s gain).

In the meantime, here is an excellent article from the Blog Daily Herald (Brown’s student blog) by a student who was deferred a few years back: [We</a> feel your pain, we swear — BlogDailyHerald — BlogDailyHerald](<a href=“http://blogdailyherald.com/2012/12/12/we-feel-your-pain-we-swear/]We”>http://blogdailyherald.com/2012/12/12/we-feel-your-pain-we-swear/).

omgitsthatguy · December 12, 2012, 6:08pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (660 CR / 760 M / 780 W)
[] ACT: 35 (34W / 35M / 35R / 36S)
[] SAT II: 800 BioM / 800 Math2C / 760 WH / 770 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 / (weighted 4.7)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CalcBC(5) Bio(5) USHist(5) ArtHist(4) WH(4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous possible/available in school
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): not many really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Job/Work Experience: Pet Rescue, tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Pet Rescue
[] Summer Activities: Internship at Adult Stem Cell research lab for prevention of side effects, and for drug use.
[] Essays: In My Opinion - Great.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: Good (evaluation from a professor at Brown from program, evaluation from a professor I interned for)
[] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] Intended Major: Computational Biology / Cognitive Neuroscience
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian - American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <70,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Good essay, good recs. Different from many other Asians at my school
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Passion that I had for my activities
[] Weaknesses: Asian, grades
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Quarter grades / 9th grade grades. - I went to an international school and there, the grading was by bell curve percentiles, with 94+ being an A rather than letter grades. When they were translated into letter grades, all 90-93 became B’s.

13dWARd · December 12, 2012, 6:23pm

Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2200
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 680 Math II, 680 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 90th percentile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Language (5), AP Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: all AP’s
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varisty Swimming (Team captain 2 years), Varsity Rowing, founded and run a student-run film production company
[] Job/Work Experience: Counselor at a summer camp for 10 weeks a summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte
[] Summer Activities: Traveling, working at camp
[] Essays: Strong, worked on them for weeks and had multiple edits. Not sure how tey compared to others, of course.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Three teachers, assume they were strong
[] Counselor Rec: Probably good?
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: Went well, seemed casual and interested in my film career
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[] Intended Major: Urban Studies
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$250,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Directed full length movie on “The Hunger Games” and was nationally recognized by various media organizations
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Well-rounded, committed, showed passion for something
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Talked about film A TON
[] Weaknesses: SAT II scores were alright, but definitely not close to some of the high scores I’ve seen on here
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A lot of things about me are unique, and I guess they thought I was interesting
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere, because I’m done with the process!

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: Having an international fan-base for my work on YouTube

thecolororange · December 12, 2012, 6:28pm

ACCEPTED!!!

SAT: 2350 (790 reading, 800 math, 760 writing) 
SAT 2: 800 US, 770 math 2
GPA: 95/100 UW
APs: 8 tests, 8 5s
Major Awards: came 10th in a national trivia contest

Volunteer work: 250 hours at a museum
Summer: science research
Recs and essays: all good but not excellent

Major: philosophy
Race: Asian
State: ny

samwise3 · December 12, 2012, 6:28pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Didn’t send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on lit, bio, BC calc, euro, and US history
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): taking them all this year
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB program
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): -Debate Captain-won numerous tournaments
-Have my own volunteer radio show on local community radio station
-first student and then assistant teacher for Radio DJing class through a local youth multimedia instruction organization where I live
-multiple film production classes at the same organization
-9 years private piano lessons
-4 years private guitar lessons
-very involved in school drama dept. for four years
-teaching Sex Ed to jr. high students through Planned Parenthood
[] Job/Work Experience: Grocery Bagger for one summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer DJ on local radio station, Teach sex ed classes
[] Summer Activities: Film production camps, job
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: generic
[] Additional Rec: good, from the person who taught my radio DJing class
[] Interview: fine
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: MCM
[] State (if domestic applicant): Utah
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: average public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Test scores, essays, ECs?
[] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I built my whole app around the idea that i’m passionate about story telling and narratives
[] Weaknesses: no hooks or major awards
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m very very lucky
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nowhere

NEW QUESTION
[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: a creative guy from Utah?

0xymoronic · December 12, 2012, 6:30pm

Decision: Deferred

Objective:[ul]

[] SAT I: R 700, W 690, M 690 (2080)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math I 730, Math II 750, Bio E 680, Lit 730, US History 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (4), Lang & Comp (4), Bio (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP Physics, AP Photography, AP Calculus, College Psych, College Public Affairs, College Soc, College Econ, Fundamentals of Electronics, College Health
[li] Major Awards: National Honor Society, Scholar Athlete, Varsity Letter[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

[] Extracurriculars: Alpine Ski Racing, Piano, Singing, Springboard Diving (captain), Literary Magazine (Peer Editor), Photography
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 months as a ski instructor, currently a sales associate
[] Volunteer/Community service: read to elementary school children, work with the mentally and emotionally disabled, started a tutoring program at my school, work with a local animal adoption coalition
[] Summer Activities: Diving & Volunteering
[] Essays: good, I labored over them for about a week
[] Teacher Recommendation: phenomenal, the three teachers that I asked adore me to the extreme
[] Counselor Rec: probably sang my praises
[] Additional Rec: my coach, not too sure how that went… he’s not good with words
[li] Interview: great, I impressed and entertained. I brought up several concepts the interviewer had never considered and he seemed floored.[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]

[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Applied Mathematics
[] State: NY
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 250,000-300,000
[] Hooks: Severely concussed two years ago. I couldn’t read or write for the initial 3 months and I still have faint symptoms.

[/ul]Reflection:[ul]

[] Strengths: ACT score, extracurriculars, recs, essay
[] What you tried to focus on in your application: love of mathematics
[] Weaknesses: grades, SAT score, AP scores
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my average (94) and AP scores, just general laziness
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wells so far for 20,000/yr[/li]
[/ul]New Question:[list]

[*] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: My most unique factor was definitely having experienced brain damage. Especially for a very intelligent kid, that’s a shock, to say the least.

LiveLaughLearn · December 12, 2012, 6:33pm

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted PLME[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: didn’t send
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91ish? 5.3 something weighted (6.0 scale)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%, competitive public school
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): bunch of 5’s
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published research abstracts, major national and international research presentations. (national merit commended and natnl ap scholar, though i don’t believe i even reported natnl merit lol)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): hitting on the important ones w/o giving away my identity: 2 varsity sports (nearly but not quite recruitable for one of them - takes up sooo much time), pretty high state/southern section rankings for the main sport i mentioned, clubs (president of a couple), classical dance (>10 yrs, graduated from my dance academy, lots of performances), scioly (varsity team, few medals here and there, went to nats), duketip/jhucty courses, etc etc… ecs/leaderships are honestly too much to list… lol if you’re really curious pm me.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: clerical assistant at local medical office, paid research stuff, tennis stuff, blah blah blah
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, nhs, beta club
[ *] Summer Activities: pre freshman year summer took biology of cancer class @ duke, freshman year summer took neuroscience @ duke, sophomore year summer research internship (paid clinical research assistant) @ DUMC in psychiatry (research!!! presented/got some stuff published through this), junior year summer research internship @unc-ch in cardiology (pending publications)
[ *] Essays: Best work I’ve ever done. Common app essay 10/10; brown supplemental essays 9/10 for some, 10/10 for others (quirky and creative); PLME essays 11/10 (is that possible? lol i just really felt like that coupled with my research stuff got me through plme… I really think that I showed a genuine passion for medicine and that i was a perfect fit for the program (i’m soooo not just a science kid). Fortunately, writing is one of my best assets. It truly helps in the college admission process.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Read one and it was so humbling. Amazingly written and nearly made me cry. Didn’t see the other one, but the teacher also really liked me, and considering that I got in, i’m assuming it was also excellent.
[ *] Counselor Rec: big school so I don’t know him THAT well but he really seemed to like me so i’m assuming it was quite good.
[ *] Additional Rec: 2 from my two research mentors. Read one of them and I’m honestly certain that it sealed the deal (compared me to residents and fellows and commented on my research skills and scientific talents). Absolutely breathtaking. I’m assuming the other one was also really good, considering I got in, but I never got to read it.
[ *] Interview: DIDN’T HAVE ONE. My dad (plme21maibe) was FREAKING out about me never being offered an interview… so for future year applicants: DON’T WORRRRRRRRY. It’s honestly not a big deal.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[ *] Intended Major: Community Health, Public Policy and American Institutions (intended double major)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: very competitive public magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian) and PROUD!!! (in fact, one of my essays was entirely about culture and how it shaped my life lol)
[ *] Gender: F!!!
[ *] Income Bracket: Very High
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research? Essays? Diversity of interests? Who the hell knows?
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: reccs, essays, research experience, objective stats (35, high gpa/class rank)
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: RESEARCH
[ *] Weaknesses: Let’s just say that there’s a reason I didn’t send in my SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: fit? who knows? Too damn happy to care!!!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ED

NEW QUESTION
[ *] Your “Brown” factor - the most unique thing in your application: honestly? i don’t know… My essays maybe? Then again, there are so many amazing writers out there…

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