Wanted to make a forum to hear all the other amazing people who got rejected from Brown this year. It was a really tough year and I’m sure you all had great stats- I would love to hear yours to know I’m not alone.
If anyone was wondering mine:
4.2 GPA
35 ACT
5 on APUSH and Art
4 on Lang, Environmental, Physics
Currently in 5 more APs
4 year of Varsity Sports all 3 seasons
National Art Awards and Museum Showcases (I applied as an Art Major)
100+ Hours of community service per year
Would love to hear anyone else’s to not feel so alone <3 <3
You’re part of the majority so don’t feel bad. I’m sure you’ll end up at a great school.
4.0 GPA
Test Optional
Enrolled in 10 APs
Lots of Awards, Extracurriculars, and Community Service
Strong Essays and Video Portfolio
If you didn’t get in, it probably means you have better opportunities waiting for you somewhere else.
4.0 unweighted gpa
35 ACT
800 in math ii
800 in chem
enrolled in 7 APs
btw all my classes were honors classes other than my AP and IB courses
3 years of track
received the gold volunteering presidential award (means i completed 250+ hours of community service)
involved in a tutoring service
NHS
Student in the Columbia Science Honors Program
in multiple clubs
EMT training
hey! I didn’t apply ED because I didn’t even consider Brown as an option until the end of november but I’m now applying RD so we will all be in the same admission pool, we got this guyss
so sorry to hear you got rejected :((( Take this time to mourn for a bit and clear your head so you can be open to redirection to new and better opportunities! Trust that even if it is inexplicable now it all happened for a very specific reason
Unfortunately, there’s nothing inexplicable about any of this to a long-time alumni interviewer. Just how things go for single-digits admit rates. Lots and lots of really good candidates aren’t admitted (most of them, in fact). But “better opportunities” is more than just a hopeful thought – it’s also the reality I’ve seen in the decades since college: Working hard wherever you go to college is more important than where you go to college, and that can be accomplished at any of hundreds of good-quality schools (including many where it rains less… they never show you the rain in the Brown brochures ; )
