<p>well if you go to brown.edu/admissions and look where the ‘track your application’ thing is, it says some sentence about decisions being online today and then you click on the two words that are a different colour and a new pages comes up.</p>
<p>Anybody here?</p>
<p>Good luck to everybody, from the MIT and UChicago boards!</p>
<p>Thanks montagne!</p>
<p>any news guys!!!</p>
<p>=(…defered, post stats later</p>
<p>deferred
at least not rejected right?</p>
<p>Good luck Brown EDers!!! Our results came in yesterday.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/431796-official-dartmouth-12-early-decision-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/431796-official-dartmouth-12-early-decision-thread.html</a></p>
<p>:( deferred :(</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT/ACT: 2150 [720V, 750M, 680W]
[li] SAT IIs: 750 Math Level One, 770 U.S. History, 620 Biology Molecular[/li][</em>] GPA (w/uw): 4.55/3.71
[<em>] Rank/Percentile (# out of #) or %:7 out of 290 or 2.41%
[</em>] Total AP’s/IB’s taken (score): Two [5 - U.S. History, 4 - English Literature]
[<em>] Course load: Two APs [Calculus AB/BC, Chemistry], three honours [Economics, Shakespeare, and Cold War America]. Likely the most difficult possible course load.
[</em>] Other stats: …
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Fairly well, though poor short answers.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One wonderful recommendation [read], one likely great recommendation [unread].
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Decent, I suppose [unread].
[</em>] Interview: Quite well…45 minutes talking [phone] with minimal moments of awkward silence.<br>
[<em>] Major EC’s: Winter Track, Varsity Basketball Team Manager [state champions], Recycling Club, NHS and other community service, Spanish Club, Math Club, etc.
[</em>] Work experience: Three years hotel front desk.
[<em>] Hook (if any): …
[</em>] Notable weaknesses (if any): poor SAT score, poor extra-curriculars, poor personal statement short answers.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts.
[</em>] School Type: Average public.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian.
[</em>] Gender: Male.
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle-class.
[</em>] Financial aid?: yes; however, need-blind school.
[<em>] Intended Major: Economics.
[</em>] Other schools in mind: NYU, BC, UPenn, perhaps others…
[/ul]</p>
<p>General Comments: About what I expected. I’ll polish my application [which was very hurried] and will try again and hope for the best. I’m not angry…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 670M 800W 800CW
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Literature, 700 Biology, 630 Foreign Language
[<em>] GPA: 3.87
[</em>] Rank: School does not rank.
[<em>] Course load: Most rigorous.
[</em>] Other stats:<br>
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Fine, but the short answers were horrible.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, but both love me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing.
[</em>] Work experience: Tutoring, building maintenance/secretarial (for scholarship), and various odd jobs.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NM
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Income: Lower middle class
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[/ul]Other Factors: Demonstrated huge commitment to a physical art at a pre-professional level. Counselor rec mentioned sibling care responsibilities and student parent.
General Comments: I’m still not sure this is all real.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: V780-M780-W800(12) - 1560/2360
- SAT IIs: 770 Biology-E, 800 MathIIC, 800 Chemistry
- GPA: 4.0 UW
- Rank: School doesn’t rank, but I’d say top 10%.
- Course load: Couldn’t be harder.
- Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essay: OK.
- Teacher Recs: Don’t know.
- Counselor Rec: Don’t know.
- Hook (if any): None.
- Weakness: ECs not that great..
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
- School Type: Large public (500+ in class)
- Ethnicity: Bangladeshi
- Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: Bunch of honors societies, service at a hospital, Latin and Math-related awards and competitions and stuff, JV track, presidency of some Latin programs..
General Comments: Oh well.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT/ACT: 2370 (800 CR/ 800W/ 770M)
- SAT IIs: 800/800/800
- GPA: 4.0 UW, above 4.5 weighted.
- Rank: top 10% for sure. School doesn’t rank, though.
- APs: Calc B/C: 5, Bio: 5, French Language: 5
- Course load: most difficult
- Other stats: Qualified for AIME
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I thought they were pretty good?
- Teacher Recs: One was reallllly good, didn’t read the other.
- Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I think.
- Interview: Neutral.
- Major EC’s: black belt, President of something, co-president of something, treasurer of two things, co-captain of waterpolo. 2 years varsity waterpolo & 2 years JV, 4 years JV swimming.
- Work experience: business internship, and various tutoring
- Hook (if any): …
- Notable weaknesses (if any):
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
- School Type: Pretty competitive public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: middle/low
- Financial aid?: yes
- Intended Major: biochem
</code></pre>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2330
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 750 Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.75
[</em>] Rank: Top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: 34 ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Creative, funny, well-written. Conveyed my personality and interests well.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] ECs: Good, well-rounded
[</em>] Hook (if any): Passion for philosophy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Kansas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Wow…I’m so relieved.</p>
<p>Skyway, we have a lot in common.</p>
<p>DEFERRED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2120 (630 CR, that killlllled me, 760 M, 730 W)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 710 bio m, 670 ush
GPA: 3.95
Rank: 5/150
Other stats: AP- stats 4(self study), 5 calc ab, 5 bio</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: revealed a lot about me, my growth, but possibly generic in the eyes of adcoms; i thought why brown was very good
Teacher Recs: Very good
Counselor Rec: probably good
ECs: track/XC - 4 years, various clubs, lots of cultural activities; pres of stock market club and spanish honor society, vice pres of math honor society, mun- 3 yrs, cty…some other things i cant rmr now
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: New Jersey
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Other Factors: poor SAT in combo with being from NJ and an indian male…it sucks! i applied for bme too, and had no cancer research or something crazy..but showed my passion i guess
General Comments: oh well, ill wait till march and hope for the best. good luck to every one else!</p>
<p>Some of these comments are cross-posted on another thread, but to the Brown University acceptances I send kudos and congratulations. To the deferred I say the following…</p>
<p>I am known to all my friends as a glass-half-full kind of gal, but I want to interject some reality here. I have watched the admissions process over the past three years and tried to find statistics that shed light on the quandry of an ED deferral. My bottom line: schools don’t report these numbers.</p>
<p>Yes, there are individuals who were deferred and then admitted, but certainly over the past few years I think these applicants represent the exception not the rule.</p>
<p>If you receive an ED deferral, my advice to you is think long and hard about the school. IT IS THE SCHOOL’S LOSS THAT THEY HAVE PLACED YOU IN THE DEFERRED CATEGORY. Check out other options. Talk to teachers and counselors who know you best. Find a school that wants you rather than chasing a school that based on the data/odds will probably reject you this spring.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>*SAT/ACT: 2100 (CR/760 W/740 M/600)
*SAT II’s: Lit 800, U.S. Hist 630
*GPA: 4.36 weighted
*Rank: 1/32
*AP’s: none, but took junior college classes
*Course load: super tough
*Other Stats: lots of volunteer work, UMich TASP 2007, started my school’s first student newspaper, national achievement semi-finalist, national merit commended student</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>*Essays: excellent
*Teacher Recommendations: excellent
*Counselor Review: very good
*Interview: fun
*Hook: homeschooled for 11 years (through a co-op), personality a good fit for Brown, basically designed my own curriculum through high school, including principal-approved honors courses
*EC’s: school newspaper editor, varsity track (2yrs), JV volleyball (1yr), volunteer with abstinence education group (2yrs), volunteered with a non-profit kids health clinic and at the library and at the union rescue mission during fresh/soph years, I tutor K-high school students (4 yrs), served as assistant director of my church’s Christmas drama production in 9th grade, taught 5th/6th grade Sunday school, was a counselor on a youth retreat in 10th grade<br>
*Weaknesses: struggled with algebra freshman year and had to drop and retake, only took 3/4 academic classes in 9th grade, and only 4 academic classes in 10th<br>
*Work experience: 8 months partime as a barista at Starbuck’s</p>
<p>Location/Personal:</p>
<p>*State or Country: CA, USA
*School type: homeschool cooperative
*Ethnicity: biracial (black/white)
*Gender: Female
*Income bracket: middle class
*Financial Aid: yes
*Intended Major: Comparative Literature (recently changed to Development Studies)</p>
<p>Kristina, yeah. :)</p>
<p>Same major, too..</p>
<p>Guess I have about 4 more essays to write and I’m set for the rest.</p>
<p>4 more for me, too. But after this I’m thinking of throwing in the towel for Stanford.</p>