Official Brown University Class of 2011 ED Results

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<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR750 M800 W800
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathI 800 USH 750 Physics 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW
[</em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 35, a few 5's... idk.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Honestly? I went into it like "okay I'm going to write a really good essay" and it turned out decent I guess, but it wasn't that clever or anything. My first line was "It's easy to write something clever but it's hard to write something real."
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I know that my English teacher must have written an amazing one, and my calc teacher's was decent; he's the man.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Eh. She doesn't know me and doesn't seem that good of a writer.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Optional photo (I'm gorg.)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: LI, NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Art portfolio? I really don't know.
General Comments: Thanks for everything, I guess.. But I'm going to be thoroughly embarrassed if I ever find myself on this board again.</p>

<p>And I meant it about the deferred thing, too.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
i'm still in so much shock. i mean when i wrote my 'why brown' essay i could def see myself there, but HOLY CRAP now im going there in about eight months. it's so amazing, and pretty ahrd to take in.

[/quote]
wudanyan:
According to my D, Brown is every bit as good as it sounds.</p>

<p>My surprise: Ruth Simpson is treated like a rock star!</p>

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<p>*Decision: Deferred *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 740
[</em>]SAT Math: 690
[<em>]SAT Writing: 670
[</em>]SAT Total: 2100
[<em>]SAT II: BioE. 780, Lit. 740
[</em>]AP/IB taken/scores: Bio--5
[<em>]GPA weighted: 5.something, not sure
[</em>]GPA unweighted: around 4.0
[li]Rank or % estimate: 5/725 </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Thought they were great.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Okay, didn't read.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Didn't read.
[</em>]Hook (if any): None?</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>]School Type: Not-so-great Public School
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: Nope
[li]Important ECs: Governor's School (very big deal in NJ), co-founded school's model UN, president of a few things</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Nothing much, I guess.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in; hopefully I'll be seeing you next year!</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 630
* SAT Math: 740
* SAT Writing: 710
* SAT Total: 2080
* ACT: 32
* SAT II: M2C. 750, Lit. 700, M1C. 730, BioM 640
* AP/IB taken/scores: US His 4, Macro 3, Micro 4
* GPA weighted: not sure, above 4.0 though
* GPA unweighted: a lil less than 4.0
* Rank or % estimate: n/a but def in the top 10%
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: apparently powerful according to my college counselors
* Teacher Recs: not sure, but apparently really good
* Counselor Rec: dont know, but also supposedly real good
* Hook (if any): essay about my handicapped brother, no financial aid?
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: ct
* School Type: rather competitive private school
* Ethnicity: indian
* Gender: male
* Legacy Yes/No: No
* Recruited Yes/No: Nope
* Important ECs: model un, united cultures club, lax, newspaper,

outstanding citizen of the 11th/12th grade
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: not sure, but im not bummed out, i also got deferred from
PLME</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: good job everyone! i might stick around for the RD decision or apply tufts ed2 idk but congrats</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Deferred [ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:720 M 650 CR 710 W
[ *] SAT IIs: 750 Math 2, 690 Span
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.0W
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: pretty good...i hope lol
[ *] Teacher Recs: read one, they were both nice teachers that would write coherently
[ *] Counselor Rec: didn't see it
[ *] Hook (if any): instrumental music
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: Good Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian Indian and White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Math and Science
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not high enough sat scores
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

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<p>Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>]SAT Math: 800
[<em>]SAT Writing: 800
[</em>]SAT Total: 2400
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIc, 770 Chemistry, 770 Literature
[</em>]ACT: I just took it for a scholarship last weekend, didn't send scores
[<em>]AP scores:
Human Geography- 5
Psych- 5
Calc AB- 5
US History- 5
Chemistry- 5
English Language and Comp.- 5
Calc BC- 5
Art 2D design- 3
Currently taking AP Bio, Macroeconomics, English Lit, Stats, Physics C and Art 3D.
[</em>]GPA weighted: 5.3 (AP- A is 6 pts. Honors- A is 5 pts.)
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: 2 out of 461</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I took "personal statement" literally and told them everything I could in a stream-of-consciousness format
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn't read
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>]Hook (if any): National merit semifinalist.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: South Florida
[</em>]School Type: public, but with a good AP program
[<em>]Ethnicity: white (Jewish)
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: my cousin attended
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: no
[li]Important ECs: Officer positions on the debate team, Judaica club, participant in various math competitions including AIME,NHS, peer tutor, JETS (engineering competition) state winner, play piano and guitar etc. etc.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
My interview went really well, and I sent in small portfolio of art.</p>

<p>[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/etc:[ /b]
Wow, I am so excited for all of us and everyone else who applied early and got in! The valedictorian, the other girl tied with me for salutatorian and I all got accepted early into Ivies yesterday and today.</p>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>]SAT Math: 800
[<em>]SAT Writing: 720
[</em>]SAT Total: 2320
[<em>]SAT II: US History 800, Math II 800, Literature 770
[</em>]AP/IB taken/scores:
5: Calculus BC, Biology, Psychology, Music Theory, US History, European History
4: Chemistry, English Literature
[<em>]GPA weighted: 4.52
[</em>]GPA unweighted: 3.9ish
[li]Rank: 5/507</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very good with no sob story
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Outstanding
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Decent
[</em>]Hook (if any): I'm strongly motivated to learn things I like and explore academically.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Los Angeles, CA
[</em>]School Type: Urban Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Legacy: Yes, but only for grad school.
[</em>]Recruited: No
[li]Important ECs: Piano (12 years), music composition and production, Junior State of America, Volunteer soccer referee</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]</p>

<p>Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I thought I had a good chance going in, but I'm still incredibly happy. Yesterday was one of the best days of my life. Hope to meet fellow admits in August!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 720
SAT Math: 740
SAT Writing: 770
SAT Total: 2230
SAT II: US History 770, Math II 760, Literature 770
AP/IB taken/scores: Calc BC (5), US History (5), Spanish Lang. (4), Physics C (2), Bio, Spanish Lit, Gov't & Politics, English Lit</p>

<p>GPA weighted: 4.58ish
GPA unweighted:
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Really good, showed my personality
Counselor Rec: No clue, but I guess good :)
Hook (if any): I have taken the hardest courses possible, including a few college courses. I have also studied 5 foreign languages.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Large suburban public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Legacy: Yes
Recruited: No
Important ECs: synagogue youth group, other random ones</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone! I'm so excited!</p>

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<p>I was deferred. booo</p>

<p>Does anyone know statistics on deferrals?
-what % of the ED applicant class gets deferred?
-around how many deferred kids get accepted in the spring?</p>

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<p>You all are making me wish I did ED :(</p>

<p>But Congrats!!!!!! (just feel my chances would have been better if I did it ED)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2320 (800 V, 720 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Lit, 720 U.S. History
[<em>] GPA: 4.468 (weighted)
[</em>] Rank: 30/~670
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I don't know...I felt my personal statement was the best out of the application's essays.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One strong, one mediocre (new teacher).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure, probably fine (she's in charge of a lot of students).
[<em>] Hook (if any): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Good interview, writing awards, etc. I think/hope I was among the unique people who stood out in what my interviewer called the "Asian pool".
General Comments: Congrats to those accepted! And best of luck to everyone. :)</p>

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<p>*Deferred *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]SAT Verbal: 570
[</em>]SAT Math: 420
[<em>]SAT Writing: 600
[</em>]SAT Total: 1590
[<em>]SAT II: Will find out Dec 21.
[</em>]ACT: 19 without Writing portion.
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: Eng Lang: 2, Biology: 3
[</em>]GPA unweighted: about a 3.8
[li]Rank or % estimate: Not certain, but top 10% for certain.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]Essays: The short answers were straightforward, but my main essay was absolutely creative. I spoke about an event that shaped my "love for words," only my tale wasn't so simple. There was a lot of ambiguity in my essay - it could be interpreted in different ways, but I am an ambiguous person (sort of). My essay was also complex with allusions to Thoreau, Douglass, and, oh yeah, there was a clincher at the end!
[</em>]Teacher Recs: sincere - (My AP Lit teacher actually let me read hers just a few days ago... it was truly indicative of my capabilities and weaknesses.)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: I don't know, honestly my counselor has outdone her time working at my school.
[</em>]Hook (if any): I'm from the Caribbean! (is that a hook?)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]State or Country: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
[</em>]School Type: Public school (Roughly 1000 kids)
[<em>]Ethnicity: African-American
[</em>]Gender:Female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: No
[li]Important ECs: Well, I've done a variety of activities during my high school "career", from volleyball to dancing to soccer to Girl Scouts. I've honestly done a little bit of everything, including 3 quiz bowls.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>I had an interview with a Brown alumnus just last week Thursday. He said I seemed "spiritual," "calm," and "relaxed." He totally read me correctly. However, my low SAT scores and not meeting Brown's requirements for the SAT II / ACT w/ Writing certainly hurt my chances as a Brown rep did warn me last week.</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Congratulations to all who were accepted - Well done! To the deferees, keep the faith! To those rejected, you will end up at the school that you belong. But I wish to tell all that SAT's aren't the "be all, end all." I swore I would be outrightly rejected for such horrid SAT scores, yet I'm deferred. I'm grateful for that. I haven't told my mom, but I cried last night after digesting my deferral letter. I didn't cry for not being accepted. I cried for the knowledge that Brown sees something in me despite my weaknesses and has given me another chance. That to me, truly is the best gift of all - understanding.</p>

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<p>jenz, I can empathize with you.
I was deferred, and I expected a flat out rejection--I live in MA where the competition to get in ivies is intense, my SAT scores were low, even my ACT was low, and i thought my essay was bad. Even my interviewer said that "very few people whom she interviews ever gets in." I felt the odds were completely against me and I did not get rejected. It's disappointing, but reassuring at the same time. I wish you luck and all the others good luck too. Congrats to the acceptees!</p>

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<p>Jenz...I really hope you end up getting in! I got deferred too, so I can definitely understand :) .</p>

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<p>She's a girl; and what do you know about "deserving"?</p>

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<p>I'm not going to judge people based on a small sample of statistics, but I will say no white person has ever been admitted with those stats and it should be 7x more likely because there are 7x more white people in the U.S. elligble to apply (roughly). So its very unlikely she has a compelling reason to be deserving compared to tons of clearly qualified people who are rejected every year.</p>

<p>In short there is a very high probability (enough to make the assumption at least) that the only reason she thinks she has a chance is because she is black, and understandably some people who are not black supremacists find that offensive.</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted!! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal:740
[</em>]SAT Math: 760
[<em>]SAT Writing: 710 (10)
[</em>]SAT Total: 2210
[<em>]SAT II: 750 physics, 750 math II, 680 chem, 740 Bio M
[</em>]ACT: none
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: 5 Calc BC, Physics B; 4 US; 3 World
[</em>]GPA weighted:none
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: top 5%</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: the only essay im proud of
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didnt see them...but picked teachers who i knew would write amazing ones
[<em>]Counselor Rec: same as teacher rec
[</em>]Hook (if any): Intel Science Research and fencing nationally</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: NY
[</em>]School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: M
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: my brother
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: not specifically
[li]Important ECs: intel science research, fencing, tennis, Key club officer, german club, latin club, 2 medals from national latin exam, science olympiad, photographer for school's lit magazine, video game debugger at local game company[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: :-D</p>

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<p>Wow. I feel no reason to defend myself after having said, "Brown sees something in me." If you read my post carefully, you would notice that I said explicitly, "I expected to be rejected from Brown." The very fact that I was not rejected based on my scores have to mean, obviously, that other factors kicked in while admissions officers made their decision. This should not come down to a black / white argument. It should come down to the idea that Brown looks for diversity, whether it be diversity in ethnicity, potential, and/or both.</p>

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<p>Jenz, ignore what we call in the internet world, "trolls". They're just looking to start an argument no one is looking to have. I commend you for working hard and applying to Brown as well as having such a positive attitude. If you still want to attend and are rejected in the spring, don't forget that a productive gap year can often lead to admission. This is especially true if something like SAT scores held you back and you can have a really meaningful experience over the course of the last year. Best of luck with Brown and other admissions, and ignore the *******s.</p>

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<p>What does the brown acceptance e-mail look like?</p>