**Official Class of 2011 Regular Decision Thread**

Colleges & Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Posting for DD</p>

<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2240
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780, 760, 740
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.6 (W), 4.0 (UW)
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5, 5, 4, 4 (taking three this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Most difficult
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 1
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Achievement Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Various, including work with children in a shelter
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Paid employment in local library
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Excellent essays
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Late interview
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): TASP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: South
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: URM - Multiracial
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket:<br>
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:<br>[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congratulations to all! College admissions is really a crap-shoot: DD was accepted at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Yale, but wait-listed at Brown.</p>

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<p>Whoo! Rejected!!!</p>

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<p>hahahaaha reeeeeeejected... college is so random, into georgetown and waitlist at brown... wheeeeee!</p>

<p>i wasn't really considering cornell so it's all good, but i definitely thought the rejection letter was a little cruel!</p>

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<p>waitlisted... sitll going to be on there but i got cornell for now ;p anyone know the percentage of people that get waitlisted?</p>

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<p>Decision: REJEEEEECTEEEEED! WOOHOO! <em>la la la</em> singin the rejection song</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nay
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 570R/600M/690W (submitted ACT)
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.76 UW/ 4.07 W
[<em>] Rank: 48/317
[</em>] ACT: 25
[<em>] APs (including this year's): AP Gov, AP Enviro (2)
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest possible
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: GREAT i thoughtz
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Nada
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): i thought it was unique, but oh well!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: THEY SUCKED!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Missed (interviewer gave me wrong date >:O)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Dad gave IBM computer (1st) to brown.
[/ul]Location/Person:Pittsburghh[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): W/E
[<em>] Ethnicity: W
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: :( ALRIGHT BABY! rejected and for some reason, the letter online was very soothing and it helped me :P</p>

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<p>S was accepted! Didn't expect it; waitlisted at Penn. Sat:2290 ACT:33 GPA 4.3 RANK: 12/500. All APs. One thing I can say is he really worked hard on the essays for the application. They impressed me. To all who were waitlisted or rejected, everything really will work out for the best. Believe me, it's not the end of the world! Things have a way of happening for the best in the long run. Besides, S may not even go to Brown! He's not sure yet.</p>

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<p>Decision: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 800M/790CR/760W (single sitting)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 Bio-M, 800 Math2, 750 Lit, 710 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0/4.0 and 4.80/5.00
[<em>] Rank: Top 1% (it's what's put because we can't rank and put me as first)
[</em>] ACT: didn't take
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 (English Lang, Bio, Calc BC, Stat, World, USGOV). This year English Lit, Psych, Envsci
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP EnvSci, NIH internship
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 (none in)
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Various internships. Local debate awards. NMF and AP Scholar w/ Distinction. Bausch and Lomb Science Award... others.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Officer in 5 or 6 clubs, and high level of involvement. Long term participation in the 2 or 3 that I'm not a pres/officer in. NIH internship that's a 1400 hour commitment
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: NIH internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great. Slaved over it. How I'm addicted to lawnmowing because it's cathartic (Said I was an addict, compared myself to drug addicts). Short ones talked about comparing Brown to an Oatmeal Raisin cookie, and another mentioned my diverse intellectual fetishes
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, long, detailed
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been good
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Fine. Lasted almost an hour and a half
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): A full year of research at NIH doing PET Radiochemistry</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000ish
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Internship? Essay was off-the-wall
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, Research
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay (maybe too risky)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Didn't cure cancer. I'm indian[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Duke - Paltry money, gonna hit em up for more $$ after Duke Up Close
UVA - Echols, we'll see how much I get
UMCP - full ride - maybe
Rejected from Columbia. In at URochester, BostonU, JHU, and Dartmouth (all giving 10-13k)</p>

<p>It was my top choice by far.... I don't know what to feel or do anymore. But I'm not sad. They didn't like me. I'll move on. I know that odds of being called off the waitlist are stupid low... so I'm looking to visit Duke and UVA. Dartmouth is too isolated, I don't like JHU, URoch, or Boston. Shoulda applied to more schools...</p>

<p>And heh, alvyy, sorry it took so long. Surprised you noticed I hadn't posted. Sorry cowtipper... woulda been fun to shop with you.</p>

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<p>I was rejected....and I join the rejection club ;)</p>

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

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): M760 CR680 W660
* SAT IIs: M2 800 Physics 770
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW: 3.75
* Rank: Dunno, top 100-150/700?
* ACT: No
* APs (including this year's): Comp Sci AB 5, Calc AB 5
* IBs (including this year's: None
* Senior Yr Courseload: 2 Aps 2 College level classes
* Number of Apps from Your School: 30-40
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): nothing really
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Four-year football player and bowler
* Job/Work Experience: Computer related work at hedgefund
* Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about football, my work at the hedge fund, and lengthy short-reponses regarding comp-sci (I applied for comp-sci program)
* Teacher Recs: Didn't read
* Counselor Rec: No idea
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): eh
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Took seven-years of math (started with polynomial stuff and I'm taking differential equations right now),
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: NY
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Pretstigous High School in NYC, great comp sci program
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Income Bracket: $100,000+
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
* Strengths: Math, Comp Sci
* Weaknesses: Low SAT scores and recs weren't too good
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Brown wants computer scienctists and my school has a great comp sci program.
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yay!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section):710 M, 740 CR, 790 W (10 Essay)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 720 Biology-E, 740 Math Level 2, 650 English Literature
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:Umm...my school doesn't really tell us but I'm a straight A student in the toughest courses
[<em>] Rank: Top 5% (probably 2 or 3 out of 74)
[</em>] APs (including this year's): 4 on Calc AB, Currently in Physics C, Spanish, Calc BC
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Toughest possible i guess
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3 (all got in)
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nat'l Merit Commended, 2nd place at Regional Science Olympiad, Swarthmore Book Award, various in-school awards, Cum Laude Society, National Spanish Honor Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:Model UN (Founder/President), Student Council (President), Newspaper (Online Editor-in-Chief), Varsity Tennis (Captain)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 year at a tutoring center
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good, about my two independent service trips to India and the impact they had on my outlook (cliche topic but written in a non-cliche way...i think)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At the interviewer's house in my town. It lasted about 40 minutes and it felt alright...one of the more boring interviews but my interviewer enjoyed talking about his experience at Brown and stuff and he seemed to like me.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Service trips (if that even counts as a hook)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small private, somewhat competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American (the Indian kind)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: + $100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Rents went to college, i'm classified as Asian, and I'm from New Jersey...no luck in this category.
[<em>] Strengths: EC leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: Scores aren't amazing, but not weak either. School doesn't offer many APs.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Probably because Brown allowed us to upload our own EC list with descriptions so they actually got to see the depth and totality of my EC involvement.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all other accepted students! And for those of you waitlisted...let's just say I was also waitlisted at 4 other schools today, I'm sure you will all end up somewhere great. And for those rejected...keep your chin up, you'll be happy wherever you end up.</p>

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<p>haha rejection is so bad.</p>

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<p>Not if you look at it with an optimistic attitude.</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted - International[ /b][/color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[ *] SAT I (by section): 800CR/770M/730W
[ *] SAT IIs: Phy 800/MIIC 780/French 790
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: N/A
[ *] Rank: Top 10%
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's): Calculus BC 5/Physics B 5/Physics C 5/Chem 4/Eng Lit. 4
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Qualified for National Intel Fair, some inter-school awards, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: Horse riding, swimming, philosophy, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Great essays
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Good interview
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: International - India
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Strengths: Personality matches with Brown I guess
[ *] Weaknesses: No major awards
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Great essays, Great match
[ /list]</p>

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<p>Accepted - 35 ACT, 3.7/4.0 GPA, white, male, southern</p>

<p>Probably headed to Villanova or WUSTL though.</p>

<p>Brown is probably third on my list, tied with Princeton, at the moment. It all depends on the financial aid offers. I'm also still waiting to hear from Northwestern.</p>

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<p>i was rejected...too lazy to post stats but i had plenty of EC's, a hook in politics, great recs, essay, and TONS of 4/5's on over 5 AP tests. i think my SAT scores were to low, although i had a decent, but obviously no the best ACT(29)</p>

<p>rejection felt bad, but i have McGill and University of Arizona to chose from.</p>

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<p>Sorry about your rejection, but Arizona is a great option. I applied to there, Santa Clara, and Pepperdine just so that if I didn't get into any of the Ivy's or other 'big name' schools, then I'd at least have a school to fall back on that's in a beautiful geographic location.</p>

<p>I mean, just check out the view -</p>

<p>

<a href="http://www.rad-onc.arizona.edu/UMC_Mountains_RadOncPg1.jpg%5B/img%5D"&gt;http://www.rad-onc.arizona.edu/UMC_Mountains_RadOncPg1.jpg

</a></p>

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<p>thanks nova! that helps alot, although im from arizona, so frankly the desert is getting a bit-well, boring. lol but ive got to admit i love the catalina foothills</p>

<p>congrats to you man and others accepted as well</p>

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<p>accepted! though navigating that admit website was kind of tricky, it made the result all the more climatic. </p>

<p>congrats to everyone else!</p>

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<p>I AM IN!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Yep, I will be turning down my Harvard EA acceptance. I am going to Brown!!!</p>

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<p>That's what I like to hear MovieBuff!!!!! Harvard thinks they're on top, pshhhhhh YEAH RIGHT!!!!!</p>

<p>See you in the fall!!!!!!!!!!!</p>