<p>someone just elaborate on this statement and confirm its veracity or something. </p>
<p>It would be really nice if this were true.</p>
<p>No, that would be test scores/grades. ECs can be the greatest factor in some cases, but usually only if you really lack them or have truly astounding ones. Essays are a factor, but not as much as the other two.</p>
<p>I'm sorry..I should perhaps rephrase...entirely lol. Is personality given more weight in the admissions process for Brown than in any other elite college?</p>
<p>I'd have to say yes, although I'm obviously not an admissions officer for Brown.</p>
<p>I think Brown values personality/talents and whether you are an interesting person MUCH more than say - grades or what you got on standardized tests. After all, after undergraduate education (or even grad education), whatever field you venture out to will care less what score you got on the SATs or what the topic of your essay was. Personality will weigh more... and you have to show that through your application.</p>
<p>nope....MIT wants personality</p>
<p>personality counts, but your high school transcript (grades in the context of your course choices) are paramount. sat is important above a certain cut-off as a understandably crude measure of aptitude (on the old scale a 1400 is better than a 1300 but a 1560 is not better than a 1580). then come LORs, extra-curricular activities, and essays in roughly (but not necessarily-depends on the case) that order.
personality matters, but the main thing they are looking for is maturity to navigate the open curriculum without getting lost</p>
<p>I actually hope that personality is not a major consideration for admission, as I am ridiculously shy. I'm sure that my teachers mentioned that in my recs, and I acted semi-awkwardly in my interview.</p>
<p>according to princetonreview...</p>
<p>Standardized Test Scores - Important
Character/Personal Qualities - Very Important</p>
<p>hmm...my Brown interview was over the phone...and the guy was a real idiot.</p>
<p>My Yale and Duke interviews went much better.</p>
<p>Oh well!</p>
<p>I don't understand how they can honestly say personality is a big factor in admissions....it should be, but it probably isn't.</p>
<p>Just think about it. How are they going to know your personality? Grades, test scores, ECs?</p>
<p>Many argue that the personal statement and interview are enough to gauge one's personality, but this isn't necesarily the case. For one, the personal statement is not always representative of one's personality. Even if the experience is true, it is possible that the experience is an outlier and belies one's real personality. Not to mention that several people actually make up stories for their personal statement. And in terms of the interview, it seems to be a general concensus that interviews are optional and that they don't have much bearing on admissions.</p>
<p>I wish personality was a bigger factor because college is about creating a community of people, not numbers.</p>
<p>But with that said, I have heard that Brown puts extra emphasis on personality (not quite sure how though), and the people there seem nice and laid back as well.</p>
<p>Either way, best of luck, and I hope you have a good personality =)</p>