What is the “Final School Report”? This is checked off for me. There is “Final School Report” “College Report” and “College Transcript” I have checked off so it it safe to assume that Final School Report means high school transcript???
Final School Report is what is signed off on by your high school counselor. It is what a lot of us did not have submitted.
Did anyone notice the “click here” button in decision. I nearly had a heart attack because I thought admissions were just released!
^ just had that panic attack xD
My Final School Report has finally been marked as received.
Came here to say the same. Mine is also marked as received.
Do you guys think not having the final school report will hurt us since it is optional?
Is anyone else irritated about Brown’s need-aware transfer acceptance policy? It’s so elitist. Way to perpetuate the income gap. I didn’t know about it until after I applied.
Also, all of my docs have been received. They finally checked off my HS transcript.
It’s an Ivy. Of course it’s elitist. What did you expect @lexluther96 ?
@MysteriousDude Noo. All of the other Ivy League schools do not use need as an admission factor. Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown and Stanford (okay, neither are in the Ivy League but their inclusion is still applicable), even have initiatives directed at accepting low income students and community college transfers. Brown’s need-aware policy is inexcusable and frankly concerning considering the human rights and liberal emphasis they tout.
If you attend Brown or are transferring from another comparable school, this should concern you. If it doesn’t, you don’t deserve the privilege you’ve been allotted. We shouldn’t just accept elitism as a fact of life. That’s total BS. Use your education to make the world a better place, not to perpetuate the status quo.
@lexluther96 I am in the boat that I will need significant financial aid wherever I transfer, and what I find really odd about Brown’s need-aware transfer policy is that it would seem to be greatly insignificant.
Of their 1,816 transfer applicants in 15/16, 162 were accepted and 101 enrolled… Compare to 30,396 freshmen applicants (with whom they are need-blind, meeting 100% of demonstrated need), of which 2,875 were accepted and 1,615 enrolled, and the transfer pool is really a drop in the bucket.
5.6% of their applicants and 5.3% of their accepted students in 15/16 were transfer students. When you take into account that not all of your 100 or so enrolling transfer students will need financial assistance (need-blind admissions or not), I cannot imagine there being a significant monetary loss on the scale of a large university ($3.2 billion endowment) by not admitting transfer students with significant need.
Now, in all fairness, we do not know what occurs in an admissions committee meeting, or what is exchanged between Admissions and Financial Aid. The policy could be simply a safeguard against a day they admit a freshmen class that turns out to have a vastly inordinate amount of need, and the Financial Aid office reporting to Admissions, “No more money to this class!!” Year-by-year, it very well could be that this policy is entirely ignored.
Regardless, what it may do is discourage a transfer with a 0 EFC to apply, which I do agree makes it a poor policy to employ for a university attempting to achieve a socioeconomic diversity.
I digress, but I will say that in practice, it seems to be petty, and in writing, it is disparaging to those with need.
Hello! Chance mes are kinda pointless especialy at this point when everything is done and sent. I got rejected from all of the schools I wanted to go to as a senior so I guess Im just super nervous. I tried to go back and look for weaknesses and fix those (ex. A in Ochem to make up for B in AP Chem) but idk. Any honest comments or thoughts regarding my app are welcome!!
Currently part of a 6-year BS/MD (2 year undergrad/4 year med)
GPA: 4.00 (intro premed type classes- physics, bio, organic chem, biomedical ethics, etc)
HS GPA: 4.6 I think (a couple Bs in AP Chem and AP Calc)
ACT: 35
SAT: 2220/2400
SAT2: 700 Bio, 720 Lit, 720 Math2
Extra Curriculars:
High school
-3 Year Tennis
-Founder and President of JSA club
-Founder and President of Dance club
-Officer of a leadership club at my school (Jaguar Ambassadors)
-Chairperson of Pennies for Patients (raised $5,000 for cancer patients with financial needs)
-400+ Volunteer Hours at Local Hospital & Temple
-Research Internship at local hospital (did very well at science fairs using the research I did here)
-Raised a $7,500 to help build a school in an Indian village and helped set up curriculum
-AP Scholar w/ Distinction
-National Merit Semifinalist (223 in Ohio)
-Science fair awards previously mentioned
College
-Univeristy Hearing Board (hearings for misconduct cases)
-Phi Delta Epsilon (Pre-med co-ed frat)
-An inner city tutoring club
-research
-President’s List
My midyear report was good, all As
Recs should be good
My reason for wanting to transfer is wanting more than 2 years for undergrad and to study more diverse classes- idk if colleges will look at that as a strong enough reason
guys, it says “Requirement waived” on my SAT section. what does that mean? is it too late to submit my sat by now?
If you are coming from a cc you don’t need to submit SAT scores
@madisonj643 it actually says that on mine as well, even though I submitted the ACT. I wouldn’t worry about it, if they need anything from you they will contact you and give you a chance to submit it.
whut? really man??? but it says that rarely any applicants who have not submitted the standardized test got accepted
have anyone got accepted?
@madisonj643 decisions should come out mid-May
@lexluther96 Brown has a much smaller endowment than the other schools you listed. I’m assuming that’s why they’re need-aware for transfers.