Transfer to Brown

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi, I am currently a sophomore studying Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. </p>

<p>I am a native Rhode Islander and woud like to transfer to Brown for the fall 2007 semester. I was recently diagnosed with depression and I am wondering if this will be detrimental to my application. (Will Brown not want to admit somebody that has a history of mental health problems....?)</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know how competitive transfer admission to Brown is? After my first year at JHU, I have a 3.8 GPA, I am the Vice-President of a club on campus (Engineers without Borders), and have done research at the Johns Hopkins Medical School....thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>I think you are definately a candidate for transfer but I would be wary of mentioning your depression unless it is what is precipitating a move back to RI. I kept mine off my app's.</p>

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I am a native Rhode Islander and woud like to transfer to Brown for the fall 2007 semester. I was recently diagnosed with depression and I am wondering if this will be detrimental to my application. (Will Brown not want to admit somebody that has a history of mental health problems....?)

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<p>I highly doubt this is the case. Though I did not do this for Brown, I wrote one of my UChicago essays on my dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder, and I was accepted for this fall. </p>

<p>It really depends on how you want to explain it. There is a board specifically dedicated to handlying mental health issues in the admissions process.</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=612%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=612&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>For most colleges, collegeboard.com lists the number of transfer applicants and the number accepted. Unfortunately the figures for Brown are unavailable. But I seem to remember that the number accepted this year was very small (or was it none??)</p>

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<p>The most recent information available that I have found was from the US News Premium edition, but it was taken from 2005's data. The transfer rate for that year is 24%, and I believe it had been pretty consistent up until last year, when it decreased to around 10% or lower. </p>

<p>All we can do is apply.....</p>

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<p>i think it was like 8% last year, no one can figure out why exactly it suddenly dropped, although a few explanations have been offered</p>

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<p>They knew I wanted to apply and tried to make the decision very difficult for me, lol.</p>

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<p>Hey, from one depressed college student to another, I would keep it on the down low.</p>

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<p>Wall Street Journal said 4%...argh!</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20061031-gamerman.html#CHART%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20061031-gamerman.html#CHART&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks for the great link ivyleaf. :)</p>

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<p>Great link!! Thanks so much, my grandma can stop clipping all these for me now!</p>

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<p>You're welcome. :) There's an accompanying article above the chart, too.</p>

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<p>34% at Brown? A lot has changed, from '05-'06 to '06-'07...</p>

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<a href="http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadm...man.html#CHART%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadm...man.html#CHART&lt;/a>

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<p>Guess what! Brown made 60 offers for the fall and spring with an applicant pool of over 1200. WSJ can say what they want, but I trust the admissions officer who told this to me.</p>

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<p>Hiii does anyone know had anyone been granted early decision notification (for transfers of course) before?</p>

<p>and if so, how much earlier than mid-may were they notified? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>You bumped a 4 year old thread. Here’s the current Brown transfer thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/763617-brown-fall-2010-transfer-thread-17.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/763617-brown-fall-2010-transfer-thread-17.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hopefully we get our logins today or tomorrow!</p>