OFFICIAL Brown University RD Decisions - Class of 2013

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<p>OK. I’m bored, and we’re down to about a week until Brown releases decisions, so it’s time for the RD decision thread to go up as well. (also because I already have the same template set up for MIT, Stanford, and Chicago)</p>

<p>As we’re mature high school seniors, we all should know the drill by now. ALWAYS remove the space in the brackets. </p>

<p>Here’s the template, and remember to post stats:</p>

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<p>**
Please, please, please refrain from discussing or whining about waiting for or recieving your admissions decisions!!! It wastes specious space, and it makes finding the decisions on this thread tedious and difficult. Any posts that are not relevant to Brown’s decisions (aka whether Brown accepts/rejects/waitlists you) will be subject to deletion.</p>

<p>If you need to spill, do so here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/675120-official-brown-rd-decisions-discussion-thread-class-2013-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/675120-official-brown-rd-decisions-discussion-thread-class-2013-a.html</a> **</p>

<p>Last but not least, good luck! Most of us will need it, and may the force be with you…</p>

<p>Note to mods: Please lock and sticky-note this thread until the day decisions are posted. Muchos gracias!</p>

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): m: 520, w: 670, r: 680.
[</em>] SAT IIs: spanish: 680, literature: 750.
[<em>] ACT: didn’t take
[</em>] APs: ap bio, ap english, ap history.
[<em>] GPA: 89.7 unweighted average.
[</em>] Rank: 24/450
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: student council, school chorus, select chorus, rimea, model legislature, tons of volunteering, school musical, among other things. i’m too excited to remember them all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: haven’t worked in two years, but i’ve held previous positions as a movie theater concession worker and a grocery clerk at a supermarket.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): the best i’ve ever written. i wrote it in the form of a cookbook recipe and used the directions as the body of my essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): biracial.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: rhode island.
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large, urban semi-competitive public school.
[<em>] Ethnicity: white/black.
[</em>] Gender: male.
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: stunned. i’m not the typical accept, so i think it speaks to the fact that CHANCE THREADS ARE ********. if i’d posted these stats in a chance me thread i would have got burned up. and don’t tell me it was affirmative action because i still had to compete against thousands of minority applicants with 4.0s and 2400s >:[ congrats to other accepts, hope to see you in the fall!</p>

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<p>OMG!! are you for real???
CONGRATULATIOOOOOOONS!</p>

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<p>Here’s a template where you don’t have to take out the spaces, in case you’re lazy like me:</p>

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<p>…And I know I’m not technically allowed to discuss decisions in this thread, but CONGRATS, TLOWELL!!!</p>

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<p>thanks guys! ^.^</p>

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<p>rejected…wow, there’s no point in me posting. i saw this coming…congrats tlowell91.</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): m: 640, w: 750, r: 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: English: 800, French: 800
[<em>] APs: French: 5, English 5
[</em>] GPA: Weighted: 4.84
[li] Rank: 1/290</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Students for Justice, Model UN (chair), mostly community service and mentoring. Varsity tennis.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: a continuous job with a local dance studio for the past 8 years
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): One explained how an outstanding teacher literally changed the world for D. In another she realized how she had grown by comparing the pictures she took 2 years ago to the ones taken in the summer.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good and very personalized.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>] Hook: we live in Rhode Island? Her sister is a sophomore there and has not caused any trouble yet;-)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: RI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School : public, decent, not too many APs but a fair number of honors. Some great teachers.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments:
Really happy!!</p>

<p>(posting for my daughter who is out celebrating at the ice cream store:)</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 720 CR, 620 M, 610 Wr (was relying on my ACTs)
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: APUSH, Calc AB, Psychology, Latin
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.3/5
[<em>] Rank: 12%
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Crew, Model UN, Political Action Group
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: working on a farm
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): thought it was good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: haven’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: haven’t read
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): Legacy, if that counts
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, high ranking
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: ■■■ this was my top choice</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2070 - CR:790, M:640, W:640
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit:680 French:540
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: none
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: 3.76
[<em>] Rank: 17/282
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: drama (formerly assistant crew manager), international club, math tutoring, national honor society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: guitar teacher
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good…why brown essay wasn’t very good though
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): URM, not much else, really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: RI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): decent public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: eh, expected it. not too disappointed - i’m honestly just surprised i even got waitlisted.</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2070 670/730/670 CR/M/W essay 9 (Oct 2007)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math2C 800, Physics 800, Chem 800, Bio M 780
[<em>] ACT:35 essay 8, 33 essay 10
[</em>] APs: Physics B, Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, Bio, US Gov’t. All 5’s
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 4.56 w, unweighted GPA unavailable
[<em>] Rank: not available, top 10%
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: voice, school choir and musical productions, soccer, science bowl, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: school tutor
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about singing & science (biology)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one from Chem, and one from Physics/Math teacher; both said they wrote good ones
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he said it’s good
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):NO hook☹
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: from Korea; currently living in KS
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:**I didn’t get in to PLME, but I guess it was a long shot anyway as an international student without green card…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 math, 790 writing, 800 verbal
[</em>] ACT: 35 composite
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (3), will take Bio, English, and Calculus this year.
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s, these are all available at my school
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Phi Kappa Phi,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Musician, Eagle Scout, Soccer Player, Student Council Rep, etc…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’ve had 3 jobs, currently working as a waiter.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutored elementary kids, helped on Eagle projects (and planned my own), Youth Group volunteer work @ Sexual Assault Center.
[</em>] Essays: Probably just not impassioned enough.
[<em>] Interview: Interviewer had an old email address for me, so it took us a while to get in contact. Interview itself was unspectacular, though I did mention condoms.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[<em>] School Type: Small, poor private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments: Thanks to all of you. This is a bit disappointing, but I’ll still end up somewhere, probably a place where I’d be happier.</p>

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<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2200 CR: 710 M: 700 W:790
[</em>] SAT IIs: USH: 790 Chem: 770 Math II: 770
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: 5, 3
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/190
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: various sports, community service, volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): my immigration, an educational experience with a teacher, responses were generally good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, noncompetitive, average SAT is around 1450ish out of 2400
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Eh :/</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800 CR, 800 M, 790 W (2390)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720->750 Math IIC, 780 Literature, 590->720 French, 720 Physics, 690 Chemistry
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: Comp Sci A (5), American Govt & Politics (4), Comp Sci AB (4), Calc AB (5), English Lang & Comp (5), World History (5); taking Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Calc BC, French Lang, English Lit
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW / 4.81 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/334 UW with others / 2/334 W alone
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Internship with Cognitive Science professor, Art Club, programming competitions, math/science/technology clubs, typical community service stuff.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nada.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): CommonApp was about my love for death metal; supplement was about my interest in cognitive neuroscience.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I read both and thought they were great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): Naw.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Still in shock. I can’t believe it. Congratulations, other acceptees!!! Waitlistees: hang in there! Everyone: I’m sure you’ll be successful no matter where you go!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send (CR: 750 M:720 W:800)
[</em>] ACT: 35 (all 35 subs except a 33 on science)
[<em>] SAT II: didn’t submit (math: 720 us history: 750)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/300ish
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): euro (5), psych (5), eng lang (5) us (5) stats (5) chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: hardest as could
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] national merit finalist, ap scholar with distintion</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 2 varsity sports for 4 years, various clubs, sr rep and 2x mentor for school’s honor program
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: hostess over the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 200 + hours, long term committments
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: i thought they were creative
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: nice, detailed
[<em>] Counselor Rec: super sweet
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview:[/ul] n/a</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60-80k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] first generation</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: scores, gpa, first generation, funny essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: just wasn’t meant to be
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: better than i thought. congrats everyone!</p>

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<p>REJECTED
…Whatever, I’m going to Wharton</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 640 CR 700 M and 680 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 580 Math 1, 700 Bio M, and 650 Lit
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: World 3, Lang 4, Bio 3, US 3, US Gov (Taking), Lit (Taking), Calc AB (Taking)
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 91/92 Unweighted / 4.0 School Scale
[li] Rank: Top 10</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: Piano, Guitar, Para Para Dancing, Contemporary Dancing, Anime Club, Medical Science Club, NHS, Asian American Society, JROTC, Arts Festivals, DDR Club, Oesteichthyes Society, Dramatics, Kairos LXIV, Yearbook, Newspaper, Big Brothers (Helping Underclassmen), NYSSHS, Ignatian Scholars (Honors), Student Events Committee, Europe Trip, Denmark Exchange Program, Operatics Club, Tutoring at local Elementary School, Tutoring Children at Risk, Pre-Calculus Summer Enrichment
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: More or less, community service.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Free response essay on Common Application (My dream of life evolving from fearing death to embracing life) Liberal in topics. Also did PLME essays (but now, I’m not in PLME) Not worth mentioning except my experience as a Filipino-American with nursing in the blood.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Two stellar ones (that I didn’t read) from my Spanish teacher of two years and my Algebra Teacher/Calculus tutor.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing because she knew me well enough to write one.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): None really (I got insulted for writing down homosexuality as an essay and being Filipino-American the last time I posted here) But I guess URM, First Generation (Hurts)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Brooklyn, New York
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private Jesuit Prep School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Pacific Islander
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
I’m really happy with how this turned out. I wish I got PLME, but this is the first time in years that anyone has been waitlisted for Brown in my school! I worked hard and I somewhat disproved the unbelievers!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] APs: 15
[ *] IBs:
[ *] GPA: 3.97
[ *] Rank: 3/650
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: fl
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public,
[ *] Ethnicity: multiracial
[ *] Gender: male
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b] im alright :)</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 800CR 780W 650M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Lit, 710 US, 710 World history, 580 French reading
[<em>] ACT:31 superscored (alone are 28, 30)
[</em>] APs:4 Eng Lang, 5 US and 5 world, 3 Chem
[<em>] IBs:school doesnt offer
[</em>] GPA:(out of 100) 95.574
[<em>] Rank:9/323
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):none :confused:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:local art awards, student of quarter in art, art summer programs (I applied as an art major and sent in my portfolio)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:for my dad’s gift shop, all through the summers
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one is about The Scarlet Letter and its impact on my passion for reading as well as for art, the other is about a day alone in the studio.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:probably sufficed.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:^same.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):not really. Am ORM and claim to be artsy type.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NY
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):average suburban public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Chinese (god%amm</em>t!!!)
[li] Gender:F for fail![/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: guess Ill just hope for the best…</p>

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<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CX 2260 M 800 CR 750 W 710 E 10
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 800, Chem 780, Bio M 760, Lit 680
[<em>] ACT: CX 34 MA 36 EN 34 SC 34 RE 30 or something like that with E 12
[</em>] APs: Chem 5; Bio 5; Eng Lang 5; Macroecon 4; Microecon 5; Eng Lit; Physics C; Calc BC; Stats
[<em>] IBs: School does not offer
[</em>] GPA: 3.85 UW
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): AMC 12 105, AIME 3, USNCO Honorable Mention (in Districts)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Orchestra (3 years) section leader; Latin Club (3 years) Secretary; National Honors Society (2 years) webmaster; Quiz Bowl (3 years); a few other service/volunteering clubs and academic clubs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: I’m unemployed like 8% of the USA
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): (1) Flying Spaghetti Monster; (2) Music; (3) Why I wanted to go there (mandatory)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 from AP English; 1 from AP Chem - waived my right to read so don’t know how they went
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Knew her pretty well - saw her alot just to talk, but I also waived my right to read her rec
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM): None
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top public
[<em>] Ethnicity: ORM
[</em>] Gender: Imperfectly rhymes with mail and is only one syllable (yes I failed my poetry test last week)
[/ul]**General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I posted this before I checked my letter. I must have psychic powers! I think my ECs are my downfall. Actually, I know they are. </p>

<p>Now it’s time to give my BROWN pen a proper funeral. (Part of me died along with it too :()</p>

<p>By the way, I won’t be applying to Brown Grad School. No hard feelings, Brown.**</p>

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<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730 800 800 (CR/M/W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 760 (US History/French)
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: US History (5), English Lang (5), French Lang (4), will take English Lit, Calc AB, Physics B, and Microecon in May
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.89 UW
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t release rank, but I know I’m in the top 5%
[</em>] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc): National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President of Gay-Straight Alliance, Co-chair of City Youth Commission, produced a radio show, academic team, NHS, jazz band, Amnesty International
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app was about finger painting. brown one was about a collection of anarchist zines I read. I liked them.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: APUSH teacher, math teacher. only saw one and it was good. I also had a recommendation from a Brown grad student from a Summer@Brown course I took that was glowing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec:she likes me and knows me pretty well.
[</em>] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Mass
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): suburban public, sends some grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white/did not specify
[</em>] Gender: male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: if I could bet on it, I would’ve bet I would get rejected. getting waitlisted is really frustrating because on the one hand it means there must be something they liked about you and gives you a small glimmer of hope, but on the other it’s still a tacit rejection that makes you wonder what it was that could’ve pushed you over the edge. I plan on accepting a spot on the waitlist, but not investing a huge amount of emotional energy on thinking I’ll get in because I know the chances are astronomical. I’m pretty happy with going to Wesleyan, anyway. Congrats to the people that were accepted, but for the people who weren’t, I’m sure you’ll be happy anyway at whatever school you choose.</p>