Official Brown University 2016 RD Results

snipersas · March 29, 2012, 7:51pm

Accepted here.

VTran008 · March 29, 2012, 7:54pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 700 (CR), 800 (Math), 680 (Writing)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 740 (MathII) 740 (US History)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 5.1 on 5 point scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/500ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP Macro (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP CS A, AP English Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Psych
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): RIT Computation Book Award, Best Position Paper 2010, 2011 Plymouth State University MUN.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Activity Coordination Team (President), Model UN (Treasurer), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society - Treasurer), Investment Club (Co-Founder), Team America Rocketry Challenge (Founding Member), Math Team, French Honor Society,
[] Job/Work Experience: Circuit Technologies employee (summers)
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing specific, distributed through extracirrculars.
[] Summer Activities: Circuit Technologies employee (summers)
[] Essays: Good, I was never completely happy with them, but I spent a lot of time on it.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good, US History and AP Calc. Nothing outstanding.
[] Counselor Rec: Average.
[] Additional Rec: None.
[] Interview: Average, interviewer was stiff, and stuck strictly to questions. slightly awkward.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Hampshire
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:Vietnamese
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: < 70,000.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Academic passion with enjoyment of life. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Leadership, essays perhaps, GPA
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores.
[] Why you think you were accepted: My EC’s probably, but other than that, I don’t know. I’m lucky.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: BU, Northeastern, UConn, Babson, Tufts, WPI. Rejected: Columbia.

[/ul]General Comments: Give it a shot, you never know.

Salamence156 · March 29, 2012, 7:55pm

Decision: Accepted into Engineering!

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR, 760 M, 760 W (2170 Total)
[] ACT: not taken
[] SAT II: 780 Chem, 770 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/530
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5, Chem: 5, US History: 5, Environmental: 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP CS, AP Physics B, AP Eng. Language and Comp, AP Italian
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, AP Scholar with Honor [/li][/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swim Team (Captain), Marching/Concert Band (Drum Major), National Honor Society (Treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: Over 300 hours - taught swim lessons, math tutoring, mentoring 5th grade immigrant students
[] Summer Activities: Teaching Swim Lessons at a Local Neighborhood Community Center and Tutored Math
[] Essays: Common App: Talked about a band gig where we appeared on FOX Television (Totally thought it would be bland, but I guess it worked!); Supplement: I think what I wrote was pretty good! (tl;ww)
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure; I’m sure they were decent.
[] Counselor Rec: Regurgitation of my extra-curriculars - really not special at all.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: I thought the interview went VERY smoothly. I asked a lot of questions, and he hardly asked much about it. Loved it![/li][/ul]

Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public (over 500 students in our class)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Under 50k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li][/ul]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Rank, Pretty good extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: SAT score, Almost no awards, Asian Male
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I HAVE NO IDEA why I was accepted. Asian Male. College of Engineeering. Not even a 2200 or 2300 SAT score. Not even valedictorian. I. am. dying. right. now.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell(!!), RPI, WPI, Northeastern; Waitlisted at: University of Pennsylvania; Rejected by: MIT, Stanford [/ul]

General Comments: Just overall SHOCKED. My heart was POUNDING when I clicked the link to see the decision. I have a hard choice to make!

jen101 · March 29, 2012, 7:57pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5-environmental science and lang, 4-US History
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP Lit, forensic science, creative writing, precalculus, band
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): spanish club (historian), marching band (clarinet section leader), symphony orchestra, pep band, art club, french club, asian culture club…(I didn’t list all of these on app, but I can’t remember which ones I did…)
[] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, Math tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Spanish tutoring, secretary of teen volunteer group at public library…70 hours from National Honor Society involvement
[] Summer Activities: Marching band, mainly
[] Essays: I thought my common app essay was really good, and I thought my supplement answers were pretty good, but they probably lacked that “wow” factor.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One good, one great albeit probably slightly generic…
[] Counselor Rec: Good, I hope? I’m not especially close to my counselor.
[] Interview: I thought it was all right. It was over skype, and my interviewer went to my high school, so he spent probably five minutes asking me for my schedule, mainly so he could see which teachers we have in common. :)

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[] School Type: Average Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 60-70k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Absolutely none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:Hmm. Probably my common app essay.
[] Weaknesses: No hook at all
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly…I think I lacked passion for Brown, and it showed in my supplement essays. I mainly applied just because I could, and because I wanted to see if I could get in, not going to lie! I worked *much harder on my Barnard essays, because I was more passionate about getting in there!
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted into Michigan State and University of Michigan (both in the honors programs) and Barnard. Still waiting to hear from Middlebury.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Honestly…I’m slightly disappointed but not as much as some of you all are, and I think that says a LOT. I just don’t think I was supposed to go to Brown! Good luck to everyone, and to my fellow rejectees, I know you’ll end up somewhere great! :D

Calexico · March 29, 2012, 8:56pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W) - single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 US History, 760 Biology M, 750 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9?
[] Weighted GPA: 4.68/5
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/270
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4), Chemistry (5), Statistics (5), English Language (5), US History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Physics B, AP French (independent study)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Cross country captain), outdoor track, (math team captain), TEAMS, Sierra Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Cashier at Chinese restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours helping a handicapped child, ~25 hours volunteering at hospital emergency department, ~75 hours research at lab
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Math, decent but probably impersonal
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: History, good
[] Counselor Rec: Decent but probably impersonal[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian (unspecified)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades
[] Weaknesses: Unimpressive recommendations & essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: See strengths
[] What would you have done differently?: Nothing[/ul]
**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: ** I’m sad about this one. I really wanted to attend!

Admitted: Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, WUSTL, Vanderbilt, USC, Berkeley, Michigan, UConn
Rejected: Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, MIT
Waitlisted: Brown

flyingtomato · March 29, 2012, 8:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 1 sitting ( 800 math, 780 cr, 800 w)
(2210 and 2240 first 2 times)
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): valedictorian
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 physics b, 5 statistics, 5 ush
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP spanish, AP micro/macroecnomics, AP physics C e/m and mechanics, honors college english, AP Calculus BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, a bunch of randoms, brown book award, scholar athlete
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): deca (president 12), mathletes (president 11 and 12), selective college math program, chinese language independent study, interact, spanish and national honor societies, msg varsity reporter, more small ones
[] Job/Work Experience: sleep-away camp counselor, staff assistant at SAT prep course
[] Volunteer/Community service: through clubs
[] Summer Activities: camp/camp counselor
[] Essays: good, could go either way. about being well-rounded and balance in social life and academics.
[] Teacher Recommendation: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Counselor Rec: very good (didnt read, told)
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview: good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Semi-Large Public (~1800 students
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000+, no FA is all i know really
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, grades, very well rounded, recs?
[] Weaknesses: not extremely specialized, not exceptional in one particular area really for a hook
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who knows really, had a letter from well-connected alumni
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: dartmouth (LL), brown, duke, vanderbilt, UVA echols, michigan/ross preferred admit, NYU Stern, rejected yale and princeton, waitlisted Wharton, haven’t heard from Harvard (deferred EA)

[/ul]General Comments: excited for college

batfan · March 29, 2012, 8:59pm

Decision: Waitlisted (PLME)

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 single sitting (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[] ACT: 36 single sitting
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.75w)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry SL (6), Math SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB History of the Americas HL, AP Statistics, IB LA 12 HL, IB Biology 2 HL, IB Biochemistry HL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Spanish 5
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel ISEF 4th Place, Siemens Competition Semifinalist, US Presidential Scholars Candidate, National Merit Finalist, National Spanish Exam Gold Winner (96th percentile), FBLA Nationals Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: FBLA (President 2010-present, Secretary 2008-10, District Secretary 2010-present), Video Broadcast (President 2010-11), National Honor Society (Secretary), LINK Leader (2010-present), Youth Symphony (Principal Flutist 2008-10), etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid research intern in clinical research lab at Children’s Hospital, research intern in chemistry lab at state university
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, pianist for church, flute mentor, and smaller activities
[] Summer Activities: research internship at hospital (junior-senior), FBLA Nationals (sophomore-junior), marketing internship at bookstore (freshman-sophomore)
[] Essays: What it means to be normal (experience with family member’s medical condition), vision for future of medical research
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m assuming they’re good! We aren’t allowed to read them, but I love both the teachers who have written me recommendations and have done well in their classes.
[] Counselor Rec: Not sure - probably decent, but our school has 2000 students, so I’m not sure.
[] Additional Rec: I asked my research mentor to send a supplementary letter of recommendation.
[] Interview: BEST INTERVIEW EVER. I had a wonderful time with my Brown interviewer; I ended up interviewing for many schools but none were as interesting and engaging as this one. Even though I’d visited and already loved the school, I learned so much more and got the impression that Brown would be the perfect fit for me - despite not having believed in “fit” beforehand (I feel like human beings are adaptable and we can all really “fit” in at any college). My interviewer knew a lot about PLME through her friends who had been in the program, and she was able to tell me basically everything about the school - she definitely made the most of her time there, and it was great to talk to someone who had been active in the Brown community. We had a wonderful, organic conversation about things ranging from fashion to literature to college fears; this interview bumped Brown to one of my top choices.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 130k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, awards, test scores
[] Weaknesses: could have taken more AP exams, got a few Bs my junior year
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who knows! I was definitely disappointed, especially because of PLME, but oh well, there’s still a glimmer of hope.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth, WashU (full-tuition), Rice (merit scholarships), UVA, Cornell (likely); Waitlisted at Northwestern, Hopkins, Brown (PLME), Columbia, Duke; Rejected at Princeton, Yale, Penn (LSM Vagelos), Stanford (EA); Waiting for Harvard, Amherst, and Williams

[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and to future applicants who are reading this - do the best you can with everything, but know that there is also a certain degree of randomness to the process. Good luck!

lgsr10 · March 29, 2012, 9:10pm

]Decision: Waitlisted[/size]

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (800 CR, 800 W, 760 M)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 750 Lit, 710 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): full diploma
[] Senior Year Course Load: full IB diploma
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TASP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA, creative writing, JSA, theater
[] Job/Work Experience: independent tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: religious school volunteering
[] Summer Activities: theater camp, TASP
[] Essays: thought they were very Brown.
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: really good, told me I “passed with flying colors”

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: magnet
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, TASP, essays
[] Weaknesses: not sure about teacher recs. didn’t include all my extracurriculars and volunteer work
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: a bunch of other people from my school got in, and weak extracurriculars other than TASP
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at USC, UMich, UMiami, Northeastern, Fordham, Rutgers. Waitlisted at Tulane. Rejected at Harvard and Yale

[/ul]General Comments:
is waitlist a rejection or is there actually hope ?

carriewrites · March 30, 2012, 12:00am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Psychology I (at a CC), Psychology II (at a CC), Geology (at a CC), Chemistry, Algebra II/Geometry, Western Civilization (at a CC)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Novel Writing Month Winner for 3 years, Piano 4+ years, Violin for 2 years, Choir member, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: None, other than child caretaker
[] Volunteer/Community service: Some work through my community through church, food donation organizations, missions trip, and so on. Not a lot, though.
[] Summer Activities: N/A
[] Essays: Common Application wasn’t the best; I ended up writing a better, second version, but by then I had already submitted my application. The supplements were better. Maybe 7/10.
[] Teacher Recommendation: My teacher recommendations were excellent, as far as I know. Particularly for my geology teacher!
[] Counselor Rec: I think it was okay, but probably nothing spectacular.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: It went okay, I thought. I think the fact that I’m quiet and a pretty bad conversationalist affected it badly, but overall it was just your kind of typical, what-do-you-like-about-Brown conversation. [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CO
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Home school
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $50,000-$60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Most likely my transcript as far as class choices go, and my essays, even if looking back they aren’t as great as I would have liked. I think the reason I was brave enough to try was because of the essays, though.
[] Weaknesses: Everything else? My ACT scores, a few of my grades, extracurriculars/volunteering/etc., and just the fact that I don’t stand out a lot.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Very weak applicant, over all. There’s not really a lot that would benefit them from having me there.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Colorado, Purchase, Fordham University, and Chapman University. Rejected from Boston University and Brown.

[/ul]General Comments: Overall, I really wasn’t expecting a lot to happen (or you know, trying not to), but I thought it was worth a shot. I still think it was. I’m not devastated, though, even though I love Brown. I know there are other places in my future. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted! And to those who were rejected, this absolutely isn’t the end of the road. There are so many other options out there and the process can be very random at the best of times, but just know that no matter where you end up, you’ll be where you need to be.

katonice · March 30, 2012, 12:26am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (M:780, CR:730, W:790)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II (800), Physics (790), Chemistry (790), Biology M (770)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/433
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo. 5, Euro. History 5, Biology 5, Calculus AB 5, English Lang. & Comp. 4, Chemistry 5, Physics B 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus (III), AP Statistics, AP English Lit. & Comp., research internship at a national lab
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, Intel STS Semifinalist, Intel ISEF 3rd Place in Physics[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Figure Skating, Math Club, Science Fairs, Science Bowl, National Honor Society, Spanish Club, International Club, Varsity Swimming, Piano
[] Job/Work Experience: full-time research internship at a national lab during the summer; continued internship during school year as part-time
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer figure skating coach, volunteer math coach for elementary school children, volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
[] Summer Activities: full-time internship, figure skating (>25 hrs. a week), travel
[] Essays: I liked mine.
[] Teacher Recommendation: good
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: My research mentor wrote me a kind letter.
[] Interview:
[] Intended Major: Physics

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public (little emphasis on academics)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: awards, internship
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores; high school has limited APs so course load may seem a little weak compared that of students from some other schools
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I believe my internship and awards in science showed that I took some initiative to pursue my area of interest (physics). I also sent in an abstract on my research from my internship to support my application.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted - Caltech, Columbia (Rabi Scholar), MIT, UC Berkeley, UChicago, and University of Washington Hnrs. Program; Waitlisted - Harvard; Rejected - Princeton (deferred EA), Yale

[/ul]General Comments: A little disappointed about HYP but Brown made me feel better! Congratulations to all that got accepted and good luck to everyone else!

Caperi · March 30, 2012, 12:33am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (690 CR)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Bio, 700 USH
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% (otherwise DNR)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None (school uses honors in lieu of AP)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most demanding
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School newspaper (editor in chief), Robotics (captain), Diplomacy club (president), Mock Trial, Tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: Summer lab research at UPenn
[] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, TA at local sunday school
[] Summer Activities: Above mentioned hospital volunteer, travel, above mentioned lab research
[] Essays: Outstanding
[] Teacher Recommendation: Outstanding
[] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[] Additional Rec: Solid
[li] Interview: Went decently well[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Foreign born immigrant (but at age 2)[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Teacher recs, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strengths, maybe the “hook” helped
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: UPenn, Cornell, Brown, Johns Hopkins, WashU, PSU (Schreyer Honors), Pitt (Honors)
Waitlisted: Harvard, UChicago, CMU (CS)
Rejected: Princeton, Yale

[/ul]General Comments: Probably going to be attending UPenn, and I’ll take a shot at my #1 choice Harvard’s waitlist. Good luck to everyone!

cougar23 · March 30, 2012, 12:38am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1950 - Didn’t send
[] ACT: 31 (35E, 33R, 28M, 28S)
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.042W, 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/153 (Top 11%)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (3), AP Language and Composition (4), AP Psychology, AP Literature and Composition
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: Economics, Social Justice, AP Language and Composition, AP Psychology, Precalculus, Journalism, Spanish III
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Class President, three years), School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Varsity football (Captain), Freshman/JV Basketball (Captain), Varsity Lacrosse (Captain senior year, JV captain freshman year), 2 Essay Competition victories, Engineering Club member, founded my own footwear company junior year.
[] Job/Work Experience: Country Club (summers), Athletic club (School year), Restaurant (Junior year)
[] Volunteer/Community service: No Barriers USA (disabled athletes group), local soup kitchen
[] Summer Activities: Work, football
[] Essays: Wonderful - took days to complete. FOCUS ON THE SUPPLEMENT - VERY IMPORTANT
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was fantastic (never saw it, but we have a wonderful relationship), one relatively generic
[] Counselor Rec: Great. He’s been a coach of mine for four years so we also have a great relationship
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: Went really well! Drove 45 minutes to meet at a coffee shop, lasted about 30 minutes.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan (represent!)
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private, Catholic
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: $120,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None - disabled father?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Fantastic essays, meeting with a dean (highly informal!)
[] Weaknesses: Low GPA, low ACT score
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were really focused, I met/communicated with my AdCom, expressed a genuine interest in the Open Curriculum
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane University (Merit $), University of Michigan, Santa Clara University (Merit $), Pepperdine University, University of Cincinnati (DAAP, Honors, Merit $)

harveymilk · March 30, 2012, 12:45am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340: 800 R, 760 M, 780 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.43 weighted
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): SL Math: 7
[] Senior Year Course Load: Six HL IB classes, one SL IB class
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): your mom
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Significant theater, significant activities and leadership positions pertaining to education on a school and district level, competitive paddling captain
[] Job/Work Experience: Professional acting
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing too big
[] Summer Activities: Studying Spanish (summer school, self study, study abroad)
[] Essays: Quite good. My common app essay was about my arts middle school and how I thrive in a community that values creativity/quirkiness. My supplemental essays were very… interesting!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: I only had a phone interview, but it went really, really well.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, ~1500
[] Ethnicity: Pretty frickin white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: your mom
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Besides the numbers, I had a really strong focus on education. I think my common app essay really demonstrated that I was a good fit for Brown. My supplemental essays had a very strong voice.
[] Weaknesses: No hook, 9% acceptance rate
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I lucked out. No question about it. I was a strong candidate, sure, but I really just lucked out.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Carleton, WashU, Tufts, Macalester, Grinnell, WashU. Waitlisted Swarthmore. Rejected Yale (I preferred Brown to Yale anyhow).

[/ul]General Comments: Brown has been my number one from the get go. I cried when I got my acceptance. I cried again when I saw the… erm… brown-y… financial aid package. There is a very good chance I end up at Carleton because of financial aid (which was definitely my second choice school so nothing to complain about!). I really hope Brown works out, though.

karaokemachine · March 30, 2012, 1:27am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (720CR/800M/800W)
[] ACT: 35 (35E/36M/35R/35S)
[] SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 800 Chinese, 760 US History, 750 Bio, 730 French
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/605
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (5), French (4), Euro (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Chem (5), Physics C: Mechanics (5), Eng Lang (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit, AP Physics B, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, H Advanced Anatomy, H Wind Ensemble
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit, National AP Scholar[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Wind Ensemble (principal flautist), Symphony Orchestra I (principal flautist), local youth orchestra (principal flautist), California Scholarship Federation (president), American Red Cross (secretary), Amnesty International (treasurer)
[] Job/Work Experience: Private tutor, Flute teacher, Teacher’s aide at Chinese school
[] Volunteer/Community service: Local hospital, Chinese cultural assoc., Senior home, City library, Performing arts center
[] Summer Activities: COSMOS @ UCSD: Bioengineering/Mech E, volunteer, visit China
[] Essays: Why I want to be a doctor.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Chem teacher should be okay, Eng teacher forgot to write until day before lol
[] Counselor Rec: Generic probably
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: I did a mass interview day. The interviewer thought I was another interviewer and let me look at the questions. To say the least, it was awkward.[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California baby
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: not enough for finaid
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I’m well-rounded
[] Weaknesses: I’m not quirky enough?
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MIT! :), UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, USC
Waitlisted: Rice, UChicago, Cornell, U Penn
Rejected: Stanford EA, Yale, Johns Hopkins

[/ul]General Comments:
MIT 2016 <3

soanyways · March 30, 2012, 1:44am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (680CR 680M 730M) First try, didn’t retake, didn’t send.
[] ACT: 30 composite both times, grr! (Best breakdown 29R, 35E, 31S, 29M)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 700 USH, 640 Spanish w/o listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (self-calculated - school doesn’t actually put UW GPAs on transcripts. My weighted cumulative one at time of submission was 4.03, 1st semester senior year GPA was 4.48)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Spanish Language (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Latin:Vergil, AP Calc AB, Environmental Science, Greek 2
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medal (9th, 10th, 11th), National Spanish Exam Silver Medal (11th), National Merit Commendation
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School LitMag (Exec. Editor 10th-12th); Student Govt. (Disciplinary Committee 10th/11th, Class President 12th); Key Club (Co-President 12th); Shield (student ambassador society, helped at school events a lot); member of school varsity XC, varsity soccer, and varsity track teams
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at public library 10th-12th, Native plant restoration/Beach dune preservation project 6th-12th, Lots of random projects - total 150+ hrs.
[] Summer Activities: Summer after 9th earned A in French 1A course at local community college, Summer after 11th earned A in graduate level Intensive Japanese course at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Had surgery on cleft lip summer after 10th, but didnt mention that on apps (want to get into college on my own merit, not make excuses [shrug])
[] Essays: Common App was about learning how to knit - sounds awk but strangely fantastic and totally me! 9/10, I think.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived right to read both, as per school policy. Classics teacher has taught me every year since 9th grade and knows me well, so I’m sure his was glowing. Precalc was probably pretty generic.
[] Counselor Rec: Also waived right to read. She joined our school just this year so she only had about two months to get to know our entire grade, but she probably had a good impression of me because of the old counselor’s notes and her interactions with me as class president. I’m assuming her rec was good, although not raving.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: About an hour and a half of pretty normally flowing conversation with a few awkward pauses. It was my interviewer’s first time being an interviewer, and my first college interview, so considering that it went pretty well, I think!
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes… but totally not getting any!
[] Intended Major: International Relations (want to double major in IR and Linguistic Anthropology but for the sake of the application just put IR).
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Small/selective private Episcopal. ~50 students per grade. I see you judging.
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $250,000+ (awk because w/ 6 members in our household, and none currently in college, on paper we seem pretty affluent but in reality we’re not so much)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Not really any. I’ve got a lot of breadth…
[] Weaknesses: … but not much depth, I guess. Also my ACT/SAT scores are egregiously low considering the rest of the applicant pool.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not “angular” enough? One guy at my school, however, got into the Brown/RISD program - I am so proud of him!
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted GWU, NYU, Scripps College; Waitlisted UCLA; Rejected Brown University (deferred ED alas, my dream school no more!), Pomona College, UC Berkeley
[/ul]General Comments:
No uber selective colleges for me, I guess. Brown has been, without a doubt, my top choice ever since I got the chance to visit during Junior year Spring Break! I was really, really disappointed seeing the news, but don’t harbor any bitter feelings now because really, just as success is never final, failure is not fatal. Time to move on for me, and for those of you who were accepted - congratulations!

p3n9d0r1 · March 30, 2012, 1:44am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (790M 780CR 770W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Chem, Math 2, World Hist- all 800. Lit-750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (4.2 weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/280
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World Hist, Calc AB, Chem, Eng Lang: all 5
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: taking all APs offered by school
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit finalist, Eagle Scout[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math league (VP, Pres), Science Bowl, NHS (VP), Robotics, school newspaper, it’s academic team, swimming (co-captain)
[] Job/Work Experience: nada
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, leo club
[] Summer Activities: tutored kids at robotics camp
[] Essays: Common app 8-9/10, supplement 7-8/10
[] Teacher Recommendation: Generic
[] Counselor Rec:Generic
[] Additional Rec:none
[li] Interview: could’ve been better[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): HI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, small-ish, low income mostly
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: solidly middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, GPA, some essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs, recs, some essays, interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overrepresented minority, extraordinarily generic application
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- USC, Rochester, RPI, Case Western Reserve, Rice, Northwestern. Waitlisted- Brown, Wash U. Rejected- Dartmouth. Still Waiting- Harvey Mudd

[/ul]General Comments: I checked brown after being rejected from dartmouth, and I was expecting a rejection. Being waitlisted made me feel a little better, but I’m sure not holding my breath.

filomatiche · March 30, 2012, 1:48am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (710 CR, 780 M, 780 W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II 780, Literature 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/547
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), World History (4), United States History (4), English Language and Composition (5), Psychology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics B, AP Biology, French Level III
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President), Speech and Debate (Treasurer), UIL Math/Computer Science, self learning two languages, self learning guitar, work with middle school students/the town under district leadership program
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Medical/dental clinic with a lot of patients who didn’t speak English, hospital, tutoring (including some foreign language stuff and English to ESL/immigrant students)
[] Summer Activities: See volunteer/community service.
[] Essays: Passable/good? Common App was about how my personality clashes with the way my parents raised me and the perspective I gained from that (pretty much screamed, “Hey, I’m Asian” to be honest). Short answers were about various things I can’t remember right now. Also had to do the computer science academic essay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent. From my physics teacher and psychology teacher.
[] Counselor Rec: Really great! He knows me and my story pretty well and his letter reflected that.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Didn’t have one.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large public school
[] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Counselor rec, ECs, female interested in computer science as a major, essays?
[] Weaknesses: Asian interested in STEM without any outstanding STEM ECs/awards, awards, and when compared to others who are qualified I’m honestly pretty average!
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Like I said, pretty average amongst those who are above average.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Penn (likely), Tulane EA, UT Dallas, UPitt. Rejected at Yale. Waiting on Harvard but fully expecting a rejection.

[/ul]General Comments: Will be taking myself off the waitlist. I am so excited for the upcoming year and am glad I went with the strategy of only applying to schools I love. It makes every acceptance feel absolutely great, though it does leave one a bit undecided. After some thought though, I’m hoping to join the Penn Class of 2016 if it all works out. I wish all y’all the best!

cattiee · March 30, 2012, 3:30am

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (CR 700, WR 710, M 690)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 710 Literature, 660 French with Listening
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): none (all my courses are AP-level, I think)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: History, Mathematics, French, English, Dutch, Latin, Art, Economics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer, vice president and secretary for student government, (copy) editor for the school newspaper, piano (won several small competitions).
[] Job/Work Experience: waitress and I work at a bookstore.
[] Volunteer/Community service: I organized a charity event at my school.
[] Summer Activities: sailing.
[] Essays: I thought they were great (writing is my strong point)
[] Teacher Recommendation: great, it made me blush
[] Counselor Rec: probably a bit generic.
[] Additional Rec: Great!
[li] Interview: went very well, it made me love Brown even more (which is why this rejection is that much harder)[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): -
[] Country (if international applicant): Netherlands
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 150000 +
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): mmm… none, I guess.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, teacher recommendation.
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess I didn’t stand out, I wasn’t special enough.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from every place; I guess I’ll just study in the Netherlands then, where every university would be open for me ;)

[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted!

9polo21 · March 30, 2012, 4:21am

Decision: Accepted

Stats posted in BC thread. I want to say that I literally cried, so thankful, so lucky. My test scores weren’t the best…but I had a great interview and everyone (even my Penn interviewer) told me I would do great at Brown. I’m glad they see it, too. I hope you all will do well. My stats btw are pathetic compared to a lot of these people, but ECs and GPA and essays and thoughtful supplements I guess really do matter. Seriously, gonna go cry. So happy. btw - Asian female from CA with sub-par test scores. It can happen. Dreams come true!

kjf201 · March 30, 2012, 5:52am

Accepted; life is good :D

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