<p>Decision: waitlist</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2130
SAT IIs: 800/780/760
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 1/900
Other stats: 12 ap's
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were
Teacher Recs: awesome
Counselor Rec: did not see
Hook (if any): tennis, fishing, school, traveling
Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Other Factors: ?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 2230
* SAT IIs: 780 770 760
* GPA: 4.3 (10 APs), 4.0/4.0
* Rank: 3/550
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: bad
* Teacher Recs: good-great
* Counselor Rec: great
* Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: AsiAN taiwan
* Gender: male
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] president 3 clubs, vp 1 club, concertmaster, etc
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: pretty good stats
[*] Other thoughts: hello! [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 740V 680M 720W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760USHist 750 Lit 690 French 670 Math
[<em>] GPA: 3.69UW / 4.67 W
[</em>] Rank: 58 out of 1075
[<em>] Other stats: AP English 5; AP US History 5; AP Drawing/Portfolio 5; Senior Courseload: AP English Lit, AP Euro History, AP French, AP Psych
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: wrote about being "the quiet one."
[<em>] Teacher Recs: awesome. according to my english teacher, I make the world seem less loud and vulgar.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: extracurricular-based.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm artsy. sent the slides to prove it.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] School Type: Public (with 5000 kids)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (probably a big factor?)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Classics Club, Art Club, History Brain-Bowl.. yadda..
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: the Hispanic thing, sadly.
[</em>] Other thoughts: I am SO grateful! :)</p>
<p>accepted as 1/43 national scholars! yay money!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted. *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2170 - 690CR, 800M, 680W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800MIIC, 760Bio-M, 500 Spanish w/Listening <--lmao.
[<em>] GPA: 3.96/4
[</em>] Rank: 14/464
[<em>] Other stats: 5 on AP Stats Sophomore year, 5 on AP Calc BC Junior year. Full IB Diploma candidate, testing all 6 subjects this year - SL Spanish, SL Chem, HL English, HL History, HL Bio, HL Math. EE was in math
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought I had some pretty original ideas. Wrote about being on math team and being a "geek." Included specifics in the "why Brown."
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Meh...mediocre actually. The teachers that knew me best aren't the greatest writers. I made the mistake in assuming my English teacher doesn't like me haha.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I've met with the GC once in my highschool life. The IB coordinator did this instead, so I think that's pretty impressive.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Uhh...conceeded to being a geek? I devote LOTS of time to math team, it's a passion...errr...I'm younger than all my classmates, but I think I'm just as mature? :-p
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Washington
[<em>] School Type: Semi-large. ~2000 kids. Besides the IB program, the education at my school is pretty poor. It's been targeted by the state as a "failing school."
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Vietnamese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]**Other Factors: **I had to explain why my Spanish SAT was so low hahaha. College prep classes in 8th and 9th grade. Pre-IB in 10th. Skipped 7th grade. President of NHS and Math Team. School Varsity Swimming 2 years. Swam on club team since ~6 years old. (17 now)
**General Comments: **I've gone through several pages reading people's stats and I must say...wow...you people have some impressive scores. A lot of people have way higher scores than me but got rejected, a friend I know irl being one of them. I'm sorry about that, but that just means you're gonna be a better fit somewhere else right? Congrats to everyone else that made it. Hopefully your financial aid packets are enough to convince you to go to Brown...My award is...nonexistent..haha :-)</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 780M, 690V, 620W (2090)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math IIC, 690 USH, 670 Physics
[<em>] GPA: 3.72 UW
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Course load: Hardest possible
[</em>] Other stats: AP Physics: 4, AP US History: 4, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought it was pretty good, and showed passion and hard work.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One amazing one, the other two were decent at the very least.<br>
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.<br>
[</em>] Hook (if any): Not sure, but I do play the French Horn, and am from Hawaii.<br>
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Hawaii
[</em>] School Type: Prestigious, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Japanese)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: ECs: Cross country team captain, Track, Principal French Horn for about 6 different groups, Student Government Treasurer, etc. etc.<br>
General Comments: To be honest, everyone's been telling me that Brown is a school for pansies!! But I really like it anyway (first choice) and was extremely surprised by the decision (after seeing so many rejections)! Congratulations to those who made it, and good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>accepted too lazy to do that shiznit</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:
- SAT: Old: M/790, V/770
New: M/800, V/800, W/680
- SAT II: Math II/800, World History/750, Chemistry/750
- GPA: 4.0 (tied for 1 with 20 others out of 250 students)
- AP: National AP Scholar - 6 "5's" and 2 "4's" (5 done by independent study), 6 more this year
- PSAT: National Merit Commended :'(</p>
<p>School/Personal:
- Public High School in Northeast Ohio (average, suburban/rural)
- NOTE: Nobody had gotten accepted into Brown for the past 10 years, but this year both my friend and I got accepted (another got waitlisted for PLME)
- White male, originally from Southern Cal
- Essays: Honestly I thought they were decent, but not Brown material. I do not write the personal essay very well and sound stiff/detached. However, I wrote about my move to Chardon and how I've dealt with it and become civically involved (Brown = Liberal :)) and another about Model UN/ World Affairs
- Teacher Recs: Not extremely personal, but one wrote I was one of his 3 best students in 34 years teaching
- Counselor Recs: Guy adores me
- Interview: To quote her: "Kyle is the model Brown student"...she freaking loved me (2.5 hour interview)</p>
<p>ECs:
- Model UN - 4 years - 3 year Prez - Founder
- Academic Decathlon - 3 years - bunch of awards
- Science Olympiad - 3 years - Vice Prez
- Varsity Golf - 4 years - #2 player
- Varsity Tennis - 2 years - #2 singles
- NHS - 2 years
- Envirothon - 1 year
- Piano - Decent player
- Freshman Mentoring Program - 1 year
- United Way YFDC - 1 year
- Various Model UN related activities
- National Chemistry Olympiad</p>
<p>Additional Awards/Comments:
- National Forensics League Special Distinction Award
- Presidential Scholars Candidate
- Various local honors of little significance
- I also got into Duke, but got rejected at HYP and Penn (waitlisted at Wash Univ)
- I'm really hoping to go to Brown, it just all depends on financial aid :)!!!!</p>
<p>is it just me or does it seem like brown has a case of tufts syndrome - rejecting people with amazing stats for fear that it might lower their yield?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:so many (paper prizes, minister prizes,,etc.)[ul]
[<em>] SAT:CR640 M800 W640
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathIIC 800 Physics 770 Chem 790
[<em>] GPA: 4.16/4.30
[</em>] Rank: 3/137
[<em>] Other stats: Many :)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Umm...kinda good, it was soul-touching, some friends of mine said. However, it was about workers, so boring subject of Asian student essays.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: They were very good, one of them was from a professor in the best science college in Korea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:South Korea
[<em>] School Type:Science School
[</em>] Ethnicity:Korean
[li] Gender:Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:I really glorify God's name, I just prepared 3 months for all stuffs such as essays, SATs, resumes, recs, et al.</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>Too lazy to post stats. It seems like almost everyone on this board got accepted.</p>
<p>from the small sample on this thread, it seems more people with "amazing" stats were accepted than not</p>
<p>Decision: rejected
Major: History</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1440
SAT IIs: 770, 750, 630
GPA: 3.9+ unweighted
Rank: None
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: very solid
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: outstanding
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: ?
special skills/abilities: ?
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: don't know
Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2000 (700 CR, 580 M, 720 W)
[</em>]SAT IIs: BIOLOGY-E (Relatively well) MATH (Not as well)
[<em>]GPA: 4.68 w
[</em>]Rank: 1/487
[li]Other stats: 13 AP classes and no AP tests </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Excellent and heart-wrenching. I kind of went the emotional route. Everything was true, but it just so happened that I have had a really tough life that makes what achievements I have made stand out a little bit more than those of a boarding school genius.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Excellent. The fact that I have made any effort at all in school makes me stand out from the rest of my fellow classmates, so they tend to go the extra mile for me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Excellent. I developed a good relationship with my counselor early on because I knew the day would come when I would need her.
[</em>]Hook (if any): Overly involved in everything...I'm a dancer, I play two varsity sports (both state championship winning), I'm student gov't. vice pres., NHS pres., boys and girls club volunteer, and I have an after school job, on top of the fact that I don't live with either parent or have a car (in a non- subway having city)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: Alabama
[</em>]School Type: Public Magnet (Performing Arts)
[<em>]Ethnicity: Black
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
I think I was accepted because they hadn't yet filled their yearly quota for "poor black girl w/ sad story". Hey, there's no shame in my game i'm just realistic and have been disillusioned as a result of this grueling app. process. My SAT I-IIs were not the strongest, but i did put out a stellar performance on my ACT.
General Comments:
Now all I have to do is decide between the above mentioned, Vanderbilt, and Rice... Plus, I've been wait listed at Harvard (although I'm not really holding my breath).</p>
<p>scratch that: meant to type 2000 even :-)</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED~!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290, 740CR 800M 750W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800MIIc 800Physics 790Chem
[<em>] GPA: 94.3/100 cumulative, unweighted, in British Columbian system
[</em>] Rank: 1/59</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good... My passion showed through
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Could not read it
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Could not read it
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: BC, Canada
[</em>] School Type: Small private university prep
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Nationality: Canadian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]
Other Factors: Well-rounded EC's I think. Nothing special. Played two sports, two instruments in a concert band and a jazz band, school paper senior editor, lab assistant at a near-by university, volunteer at public health office, founder and president of a club, etc. But nothing stood out IMHO...
General Comments: EXCITED!! I was so happy to see that I got accepted!! It felt pretty bad that JHU rejected me, but then I got into one of my top choices now and I AM ALL GOOD! NICE TO MEET YOU EVERYONE~</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2250 (760/720/770 CR/M/W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 730/750/800 (Bio/USH/Math2)
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1/~300
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I liked them. IMO they were the perfect fit for Brown :)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Pretty nice from what I understand
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Unsure
[<em>] Hook (if any): None really. Nationally recognized research though
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:: A great interview! Also, really dedicated ECs with lots of leadership and a few regional awards. one national award too.
General Comments: Ecstatic! I am apparently also one out of 43 national scholars at brown because of my academics/ECs, and so brown is giving me a lot of money and stuff. sorry for bragging. I am just so excited! :) Congrats to all who got in, and to those who didn't, everything will work out for you. I was rejected by my #1 but realized I would fit so much better at Brown anyway. :) Best of luck everyone!</p>
<p>sorry I didn't post this earlier. I forgot
*Decision: Rejected *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790M, 770CR, 760W = 2320
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 740 USH, 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.5-ish W
[</em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: toughest courseload, 5s on APUSH and AP Psych.
Bloustein Scholar, National Merit Finalist, Volunteer of Year 2005 for the program I volunteer with.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: It was okay. About learning to be more aggressive (field hockey, fencing, piano)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: All three knew me very well, but never read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: She's kind of dumb.
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Interview was done over the phone because of a blizzard.
Applied for cognitive science.
A good number of ECs (hours upon hours of volunteering with disabled children, 3-yr V Field Hockey, Chorus, Piano, Ballet, NHS, treasurer of FHS, etc... can't remember now)
General Comments: I was really upset. Guess I still am a little. But I'll get over it. I wish they would have told me why...</p>
<p>wow...u were rejected...how?</p>
<p>like I said, I wish I knew.
I must've done something wrong in the whole college app thing cause I was waitlisted at Cornell too.</p>