<p>lol all my Ivy league application decisions come in on April Fools day…</p>
<p>im applying from new zealand, so 5pm EDT 31st March is 10am the next day here</p>
<p>im gonna try and fool my parents when the final decisions come, haha</p>
<p>Yeah thats the same for Aus except its 8am on the Wednesday. So not going to get in though so not really that worried.</p>
<p>i’m a new englander, so it’s tuesday at five for me, but i’m so nervous. i know i’m not going to get in; i already got waitlisted at brandeis…but brown is my top choice…agh!!!</p>
<p>@ Jiangatan
Wow I’m applying from nz too!
I have 6 mates who applied to most of the ivies and i also know of about 10 others who applied this year. (only 2 of em have 2300+ sats so you prob have a running chance lol)
best of luck and fingers crossed! (i’ve already got Northwestern as backup =] )</p>
<p>Mail’s just arrived! I just got into BROWN!</p>
<p>I found my letter at home when i walked in from school. I was rejected :(</p>
<p>yeah i was rejected too
:'(</p>
<p>23 minutes till i’m rejected. :(</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: n/a</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720 US History, 640 Literature</li>
<li>ACT: 31 composite (31 M, 31 W, 34 R, 27 S)</li>
<li>GPA: 94.7/100</li>
<li>Rank: top 12% in a class of about 550</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essay: In my opinion, it was good. I showed it to some friends and parents and people thought it was very good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: n/a</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: n/a</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I am in a joint-enrollment program at the U. of West Georgia (The Advanced Academy of Georgia)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Georgia, United States</li>
<li>School Type: Public, Newsweek #279</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Eastern European/ white/ Jewish</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors: LOTS of ECs-- mostly community service</p>
<p>Got into Brown!!!</p>
<p>i go to the place where I can look online, but it wont direct me to a place where i can log in? please help!</p>
<p>Brown '13 / PLME '17</p>
<p>Whoever did not get in: Do not be discouraged. Life will not be determined by where you go to school but rather by what you make out of wherever you are.</p>
<p>i was wondering if anyone had any problems getting into the website?</p>
<p>i had some troubles with the website initially. but with some patience i soon came across that “congratulations!” i was looking for! goodluck to all!</p>
<p>I recently got into Brown and I am writing on this board not to talk about stats and all but to give prospective applicants hope. If there is one thing I;ve learned from this college stuff, is that a). this is so political and if it works for you (like it did me) you love it but if it doesn’t you hate it and b). they wanna see a real person, not some fake applicant who throws down clubs and activities and classes like its a chore. Here are my stats and you’ll see: </p>
<p>Grades: low 90’s
rank: about in 100/300
ACT: 31
EC: President of a local community service club, yrbk editor, member of student gov, member of a principal advisory thing
Awards: various awards for community service and a future doctor award and AP with distinction
Reccs: were amazing and I had about 5 of them!
Essay: of the required two, I wrote one on meeting a homeless man and the other one as a metaphor of my life to the game survivor dealing w/ male anorexia. My second essay was pretty good to be honest. </p>
<p>I was deffered ED but then somehow got in RD. Now, the reality is that I got lucky. I beat out the valedictorian w/ a 2400 on her SAT’s and tons of EC’s for the spot somehow and, though I question it, I’m not saying anything. I just wanted to tell people to apply no matter what. I should not have gotten in w/ my stats but I did. To be honest, I think my recc’s and essay about my anorexia did it for me. So, here are my reccomendations to juniors or younger people: </p>
<ol>
<li>RELAX. Do your best on the app and package yourself to be a caring and good person. Brown loves that. </li>
<li>Courses- take courses you like! They’re smart and know that the extra advanced physics (or whatever) is for college if you really love art </li>
<li>Get amazing reccs and know your guidance counselor! They do make tons of differences </li>
<li>Ask an employer or adult outside of school to individually mail a letter of recc on your behalf and don’t mention it! It looks awesome if someone took the effort to send a special letter</li>
<li>Do your best on national tests, but know that it isn’t really analyzed as much as they think</li>
<li>Do community service. It makes tons of differences </li>
<li>And write a juicy essay. Now what I went through sucked and don’t go through it to write a college essay- thats just sick. And if you did go through an illness (mental or physical), MAKE SURE THEY KNOW YOU RECOVERED. They don’t want a sick kid. But make your essays creative and inspiring and a bit quirky even if its about delivering pizza</li>
<li>And most of all, BE YOURSELF. It goes back to number 1. Brown is looking for people of different backgrounds. And, for people who watch Top Model, its kind of like that. They wanna know you in your app. </li>
</ol>
<p>Also, PLEASE realize that you may be qualified but still not get in due to politics. For example, there may have been too many girl applicants this year so I was accepted over the girl from my school or they may want more minorities or more poverty people. That you can’t control and is based on luck. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Forgot it and wanted to take a screenshot for my grandma with the good news :)</p>