<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 770
[</em>]SAT Math: 690 (ouch)
[<em>]SAT Writing: 800
[</em>]SAT Total: 2260
[<em>]SAT II: biology m: 780, literature: 730
[</em>]ACT: n/a
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores:
- US history – 5
- spanish language – 5
- european history – 4
- english language – 4
- biology – 4
- calculus BC – 3 (lol)
- IB SL spanish – 6
- IB SL biology – 4 (i didn't study for this because it doesn't count..i'm taking HL this year)
- am taking IB HL history/english/biology, SL math/chinese, AP english literature at the end of this year...i am a miserably overtested child.
[</em>]GPA weighted: 5.03
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 3.76
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: 52/586</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: i wrote about a particular hardship i've had to endure, and how it changed me in an “unconventional” way (as opposed to how most people react to it)
[</em>]Teacher Recs: one is probably good, the other one i'm guessing is great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: should be pretty good, my IB counselor wrote it
[</em>]Hook (if any): the aforementioned hardship? not sure if it counts as a hook..i just hope i didn't come across as asking for pity. at most, it's one of those "extenuating circumstances" that might have affected my grades junior year. so maybe they deferred me because adcom wanted to see how i rebounded by looking at my grades from first semester senior year?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: TX
[</em>]School Type: public and friggin competititve
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: no
[li]Important ECs: orchestra (concertmaster), solo piano/violin (won competitions), selective chamber music program, chinese traditional dance, policy debate, newspaper, was heavily involved in planning a statewide conference for TX IB kids (planning took a good 8 months or so), various honor societies, leadership positions sprinkled here and there</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: my resume also discussed my IB history/theory of knowledge internal assessment papers, and my extended essay. oh also, national merit scholarship semifinalist, have consistently placed in first 10 nationally/in district on national spanish exam, collegeboard AP scholar with distinction, was at summer@brown this summer for 3 weeks</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: wasn't really expecting to be accepted...i guess my class rank/gpa is the big red splotch on my otherwise so-so record, not sure how much i stand out. but CONGRATULATIONS!!! to everybody who made it in!!</p>
<p>Sounds like a case of rejection to me. Don't worry, there will always be hope for the WASPs out there.</p>
<p>Jenz, I think you started out disadvantaged but was able to be deffered is greatly indicative of your other qualities. I want to know where you end up going! Do you have facebook? :P</p>
<p>Darn, brumaire, you sound like my friend who was deferred. What kind of hardship did you use, because from the synopsis that you posted, it still sounded a little generic. I don't think they deferred based on your grades, because they see your grades from first semester regardless of your acceptance.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 800
[</em>]SAT Math: 760
[<em>]SAT Writing: 790
[</em>]SAT Total: 2350
[<em>]SAT II: 770-USHistory, 760-Math II, 740-Lit
[</em>]AP/IB taken/scores: Chem-4, English Language-5, USHistory-5
[<em>]GPA weighted:4.24
[</em>]GPA unweighted:4.00
[li]Rank or % estimate:>5%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Good
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>]Hook (if any): Trying to figure that out</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: PA
[</em>]School Type: Private, Catholic, All-boys
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: No
[li]Important ECs: NHS president, literary magazine editor, robotics CEO, Varsity Academic Competition, Cross Country, Track,ect.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Again, trying to figure that out. Actually, now that I think about it, one of the main reasons I got in is because Im taking six AP classes during my senior year- which means Ill take seven AP tests in the spring (econ is macro and micro). I think Brown likes dedication to learning and evidence that you are challenging yourself fully with your schools ciriculum.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Very excited for next year- the next six months are going to be torture though.</p>
<p>** Stats: **
SAT I: 1980 (M 690 V 680 W 610)
SAT II: Math L2: 750, Latin Lit: 750, BioM: 650
GPA: 3.82 (don't know if W or UW)
Rank: Doesn't rank - but certainly top 20%</p>
<p>** Subjective: **
Essays: Good enough I guess. I wrote about how I love technology.
Teacher Recs: didn't read
Counselor Recs: didn't read
Hook: girl in engineering, legacy, chinese (?), hearing impaired (?)</p>
<p>** Location/Person: **
State or Country: NJ
School Type: New York independent school - pretty competitive
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Legacy: Yes - a sister and father
Recruited: No
Important ECs: newspaper, magazine - layout for both; tech support club, tutoring, science research, 3 medals for national latin exam, 2 science scholarships, tech crew for plays/dances, basketball, sunday school assistant</p>
<p>** Comments **
Very excited. 4 others applied ED and I'm only one accepted - as far as I know.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 770
[</em>]SAT Math: 800
[<em>]SAT Writing: 760
[</em>]SAT Total: 2330
[<em>]SAT II: Math IIC 750, Lit 760, Spanish 730, Chem 690
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: Chem 4, Spanish Lang 4, Latin Lit 3
[</em>]GPA weighted: 4.2
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 3.89
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: School doesn't rank... def. top decile</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: awesome
[</em>]Teacher Recs: didn't read, but i'm sure good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: didn't read
[</em>]Hook (if any): none?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Virginia
[</em>]School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: no
[li]Important ECs: class pres and dean's council rep. 11th grade, studied spanish in spain summer '05, teach english to hispanic family, founder of school's gay straight alliance, went to malawi for 4 weeks over summer for hiv/aids education, spanish club pres, captain of varsity squash team 11th and 12th grade, i've traveled extensively (going to israel and jordan this friday)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: just finished most of my other apps... i guess i'll start studying for the tests i have next week...</p>
<p>ok for real, everyone whos upset about deferral, cheer up guys, you still have a relatively good shot, deferral means you're qualified but they want more time to decide, it could all be a matter of them seeing your 1st semester grades, it may not be what you wanted to hear but if you think about it, you beat out a lot of people to even be considered for deferral</p>
<p>dont worry about numbers or statistics at all, take them with a grain of salt (or two)</p>
<p>i hope my words help you out and all of you will get in somewhere</p>
<p>(btw this is coming from someone who was deferred)</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: (terrible) 640 V,640 M,640 W
SAT IIs:missing) I was very ill on Nov. Test date and blacked out :( =>reason for deferral
GPA: uw 3.93
Rank: Top 4%
Other stats:AP-Psych 4, Euro-4
Subjective
Essays:Good...about how I founded my own children's theatre company
Teacher Recs:Excellent! one teacher said, "you are in the top 1% of all of the students I have ever had in my 35 years as a teacher," when I asked him for a rec.
Counselor Rec:Excellent!
Hook (if any):I attend a school for the arts.
EC's- Theatre since I was 2, VSS Debater (Success at national tourneys), Forensics Team Captain, Mock Trial- Lead Defense Attoney, Co-Leader of United Way Youth Board...2006 Youth Volunteer of the Fox Cities, Represent Community at National Award Ceremonies, Voice Student at Lawrence University.
Location/Person
State or Country:Wisconsin
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:White
Gender:Female
Other Factors
General Comments: I am feel that I was deferred and not rejected simply because my SAT II scores were missing. I guess I'll find out in late March.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal:790
[</em>]SAT Math:720
[<em>]SAT Writing:800
[</em>]SAT Total:2310
[<em>]SAT II: Math II 770, US History 750
[</em>]ACT:33 (no writing)
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores:Physics Mechanics-3 (owch), BC Calc-5, US History-5
[</em>]GPA weighted:4.54
[<em>]GPA unweighted:3.985
[</em>]Rank or % estimate:6/717</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: personal statement unique, supposedly really good (i cant judge my own writing).
[</em>]Teacher Recs:didnt read, but i've heard that i had two of the best teachers in the school for writing recs, and theyve both known me for a long time.
[<em>]Counselor Rec:didnt read, and met my counselor for the first time in September... i guess that was good because he let me tell him things i wanted in it?
[</em>]Hook (if any): lots of leadership in ECs, impressed my interviewer, girl going into math? i dont know.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country:illinois
[</em>]School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity:japanese american
[</em>]Gender:female
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No:no
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No:no
[li]Important ECs:a lot, but pretty big committment to all of them... my EC paper was really long.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: interview was good, had two supplemental recs, sent in a research paper that was a finanlist in a national competition last year.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: im so excited!! congrats everyone, good luck next year!</p>
<p>I got rejected, im still in shock :(,
stats 4.0, 2000 SAT scores, president of MUN, captain of a varsity sport, and president of other clubs, amazing essays, and good recs, and I'm also sort of a legacy my cousins graduated from there.
I still dont believe I got rejected...I didnt even apply for fin aid.
Apparently my advisor was telling me how Brown has quotas for ppl from the middle east and one of the admissions officers is a turkish woman, so she mostly accepts turks, I'm an arab btw. So I just think this is complete ********.
congrats everyone who got in :(</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal: 770
[</em>]SAT Math: 790
[<em>]SAT Writing: 750
[</em>]SAT Total: 2310
[<em>]SAT II: U.S. History-800, Math II-800
[</em>]ACT: None
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores: AP Calc AB-5
[</em>]GPA weighted: None
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 3.92
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: No idea since my school doesn't rank, but I assume pretty high.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Very good - discussed my internship and got across my feelings about learning. Also well written.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One was excellent (the teacher even sent an addendum), the other was probably well written, but I wasn't very impressive in his class.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Most likely not distinctive at all
[</em>]Hook (if any): Interned at a UN mission and delegated in the General Assembly</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: NJ
[</em>]School Type: Public Magnet (Very competitive)
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: No
[li]Important ECs: Okinawan Karate, Oboe, Model UN, Backpacking, ACLU, a bit of community service (paltry, really)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: You want more factors?</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: This is my first time posting on this website and I am quite proud of that. Can't wait for the fall!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT Verbal:800
[</em>]SAT Math:800
[<em>]SAT Writing:700
[</em>]SAT Total:2300
[<em>]SAT II:Math II:800 Latin:720 German Language:710
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]AP/IB taken/scores:German:4 Human Geography:3 Calc AB:5 Latin:3
[</em>]GPA weighted: No idea
[<em>]GPA unweighted: 3.9
[</em>]Rank or % estimate: Second Decile</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>]Essays: Fair
[</em>]Teacher Recs: No idea
[<em>]Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>]Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: OR
[</em>]School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: German/American
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>]Recruited Yes/No: No
[li]Important ECs: None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: None</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Absolutely no idea how I got in. I feel tremendously lucky, as I truly believe that the admissions officers could've selected the second best set of applicants and the class of '11 would be just as successful. Congratulations to all accepted, and to those who weren't so lucky, keep your chin up. I look forward to meeting you all next fall. Go Bears!</p>