<p>I Got In!!!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 680 CR 630 M 630 W
SAT IIs: 700 Bio, 630 IIC
GPA:3.8 UW 4.4 W
Other stats: 4s on 4 AP exams; 200+ hours community service
Subjective:
Essays: excellent
Teacher Recs: good
Counselor Rec: excellent
Hook (if any): NIH Research
State or Country: MD
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Male
Other Factors: n/a
General Comments: I'm a double legacy and recruited athlete, so I kind of expected it.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100
SAT IIs: No idea. Retook all three in January and never checked my scores.
GPA:4.00
Rank:1/150
Other stats: Spend half day high school, other half at local college</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: I really liked it when I wrote it. I guess it was alright since I sent the same one to every school and didn't get rejected anywhere.
Teacher Recs: Never saw the ones sent to Brown, but the ones sent elsewhere were good.
Counselor Rec: I sat in her office while she wrote it.
Hook (if any): I suppose being a URM never hurts. Plus my ECs were completely unlike anyone else's. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Seattle
School Type: Sub-par public
Ethnicity: African American/Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: 100/100 in coolness
General Comments: I'm really happy. Really, really, really happy.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. </p>
<p>2230,
660 Math c
760/780 Lit..i forget. so sleepy.</p>
<p>dunno about GPA, about 3.8, 3.9 i guess.</p>
<p>EC: professional theatre actor, international debate. headgirl etc. quite a fewww i cant bother listing but theyre all international. also US citizen livnig abroad.
I loo-ve Brown</p>
<p>I'vveee got a lovelyy bunchaa coconuts, didlyy didlyy
which sort of reminds me i need to sleep N-O-W</p>
<p>oh GREAT essays if i do say so myself. teehee. oh no, and also teacher recommendations. havent read them but I'd reckon theyd be v good.
Tonnes of B's in my senior year though..was doing too much outside school</p>
<p>*Decision: REJECTED FOR BROWN AND PLME! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 800 M 780 V 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC 750 IC 710 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 96.02/ 100 (School doesn't rank or weight) All my classes are honors (Very competitive high school...just won Best of the Best of 3000~ schools from the nation from Intel Schools of Distinction)
We only have one offered AP...AP CALC AB. That's the only AP I've taken.
[</em>] Rank: N. - Top 5 Percentile
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Everyone told me they were great and heartwarming.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Never saw them, but all three know me pretty well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but I would assume it was good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian/ Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I LOVE YOU BROWN. WHY DIDN'T YOU ACCEPT ME tear</em>
[/ul]
**RESUME:*
<a href="http://www.satprogs.com/files/FINALResume_Merudh%20Patel.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.satprogs.com/files/FINALResume_Merudh%20Patel.pdf</a></p>
<p>Decision: waitlisted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 780M 730CR 800W
* SAT IIs: 760 IIC 750 Chem
* GPA: 4.6W
* Rank: N. -2 out of 705
* Other stats: AP scholar, national merit commended
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: excellent
* Teacher Recs: one amazing, the other good
* Counselor Rec: good
* Hook (if any): flutist? i sent in a flute CD, i do alot of music stuff
- State or Country: IL
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: female
- Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: </code></pre>
<p>i also applied to PLME, but screw this, u know what? i got other great schools to choose from! congrats tho to those accepted!!!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 660M 700V 710Wr (and 32 ACT)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740, 670, 670, 630
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/263
[<em>] Other stats: Natl Merit Finalist, MN Girls' State, good EC's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i toiled long and hard over them, so I hope they were memorable
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent; I really liked Brown's teacher rec. forms -- forced my teachers to give more personal answers to their questions, instead of just a standard rec letter; apparantly they were effective
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none that I know of, perhaps location??
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Minnesota
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]*Other Factors: Impromptu phone interview -- i was completely caught off guard, but it went well *</p>
<p>*General Comments: I'm in awe! I honestly never expected an acceptance. If there are any juniors reading this, have hope... I thought that test scores were the be-all end-all, but I was wrong. Don't let them keep you from applying, you may be suprised! *</p>
<p>This makes me feel much better after my Swarthmore rejection earlier today</p>
<p>Waitlisted...I'm too lazy to post stats :-)</p>
<p>A lot of these stats make me wonder why I wasn't at least waitlisted.</p>
<p>Wow, after seeing everyone's stats that got in, I thought for sure I was going to get rejected...</p>
<p>[ b]Decision: ACCEPTED!!! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 640 CR, 630 M, 650 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 650 Reading, 620 Math, 590 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.38 W
[</em>] Rank: no ranking, top 5% probably
[<em>] Other stats: 4 AP US His, 4 AP US Gov, 4 AP English Lang.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: very strong essays, probably what got me over the hump
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I was not able to read them, but I have established very strong relationships with the teachers that sent in the recs.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I went on a weeklong summer college tour with the counselor and talk with her at least once a week, so it was probably a very good rec.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Met and had a very good discussion with the Admissions Officer that looked at my application. He remembered me when my college counselor spoke with him months after the visit.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OHIO
[<em>] School Type: Jesuit Institution, senior class of about 150
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Communication with Admissions Officer really helped IMO
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2280 800CR/760M/720W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800, 770, 770 IIC, Chem, US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.98 UW
[</em>] Rank: School doesnt rank
top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: 5s AP Chem, Calc BC, 4 US History, 3 Spanish Language
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent. Definitely could have been better, but I wasnt too displeased with them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Mediocre-good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good. Hes been in love with me ever since he accused me of lying to him at the beginning of the year.
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California!
[<em>] School Type: Large public (over 3000 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean-American
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Decent extracurricularsconstant Asian-American/activism theme.
General Comments: Im excited! Browns looking better and better for me. Almost certain Ill be going here next year.</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Verbal: 760, Math: 740, Writing: 620, Total: 2060
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature: 720, Chinese: 800
[<em>] GPA: We don't use that, but my predicted grades for A levels were all As
[</em>] Rank: top 20% i think, i don't remember cos my counselor gave me different rankings for each of my college applications
[li] Other stats: had quite a bunch of academic awards</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: i thought it was pretty creative, i wrote about my voice
[</em>] Teacher Recs: both were pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: slightly abover average, but with lots of typos, and i was referred to as "he" occasionally
[</em>] Hook (if any): great extra curriculars, leadership positions, volunteer work stuff like that. i had to attach a 7 page activity chart/list to my application</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Singapore
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:applied ED, was deferred, so I sent them a letter pledging loyalty and mentioning additional awards and jobs.
General Comments: i love brown! and i am super excited and suprised that i was accepted</p>
<p>REJECTED....it was my first choice :(</p>
<p>SAT 650m 670v 640w
SATII's: 690m1 650bio 640us
Essay's: GREAT! they made me appear diverse and unique. As well as emphasize my community service blah blah
EC's: Lots of leadership</p>
<p>blah i got rejected from every IVY i applied to. but brown was where i really wanted to go</p>
<p>Accepted......</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: Verbal: 720, Math: 710, Writing: 800, Total: 2230
* SAT IIs: Literature: 750, Spanish: 740
* GPA: 3.82U/4.04W
* Rank: 15/395
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Teacher Recs: 1 excellent, 1 so-so
* Counselor Rec: she doesn't even really know me, so I'll assume pretty bad
* EC's: Dance/Karate for 9+ years, Editor of school paper, president of progressive club
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Hungarian/Irish/German/Mutt
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Holy*<strong><em>ing</em></strong>*.</p>
<p>Accepted! Ok so it's either Brown or MIT for me.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2190, 730 all three sections
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 lit, 690 math 2, 650 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.98uw,4.64w
[</em>] Rank: does not rank, but I know I'm in the top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: 5's on AP Language, Psychology, Comparative Gov't. 4's on US Gov't and World History. Other 3 AP's pending.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I spent the most time on Brown's. Wasn't too sure about my personal essay (editing it for the 20th time clouds your judgement a bit), but I really put a lot of thought into my "Why Brown" essay and felt good about it.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One absolutely glowing, one good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Glowing
[<em>] Hook (if any): Um...not really anything.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MD
[<em>] School Type: Public, 2000 students, Montgomery County
[</em>] Ethnicity: Filipina/White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Iffy interview (the guy was weird and didn't ask me any questions...it was awkward), Editor-in-chief of literary magazine, VP of Model UN and Music Honor Society, Flute section leader, tons of music stuff, mock trial, debate, etc.</p>
<p>*General Comments *: I'm in shock. I really didn't think I'd get in. I don't think I can even afford it. But just...wow. Even if I don't go, I will frame the acceptance letter. I was literally bouncing off the walls (people looked at me funny. I don't care) I was rejected from Yale, waitlisted at Georgetown and Columbia, and accepted into Northwestern to put it in perspective. If I can't afford Brown, I'll go to St. Mary's College of Maryland.</p>
<p>There's a real choice - MIT or Brown! Post here when you decide!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2030
[</em>] SAT IIs: US 770
[<em>] GPA: 3.95
[</em>] Rank: 40 of 380
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 32
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: What got me in, I'm guessing! I'm an amazing writer!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read, but one I was worried about because it was from a hard</em>ss teacher who I only got to do it because I respect him, and I thought he would say I'm lazy. (Which is half true)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He's a nice guy, not a great writer.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I'm from Utah. Yay for URS!
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Utah
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:**
General Comments: I honestly don't have any idea how I got in. Sucky class rank should have doomed me. But I am so unbelieveably happy, and I thought that it was over after the reject from Columbia and Dartmouth, but I have to say that Brown was my first choice, and now that I am in I don't care about anything else!</p>