<p>So I came home from school early today to find my brown decision had already reached my house (about an hour from Brown in MA) and i had been waitlisted (the letter is postmarked today). I’m actually thrilled with the decision since Brown was my first choice, however i need to know how to gain an advantage on the waitlist. I would appreciate any suggestions/feedback.</p>
<p>PS. I had the links on the website and the button today.</p>
<p>Best of Luck to all who will hear tonight!</p>
<p>wanna post stats? :)</p>
<p>Yeah sure, sorry about that.</p>
<p>Here is just some basic stuff:</p>
<p>WAITLISTED
SAT 1: 2110 (700V/750M/660W)
SAT 2: 750 US History/740 Chemistry/700 Math II
Rank: 4/310
GPA: 4.4(weighted)/ 3.9 (unweighted)
Most Difficult Curriculum
AP's: 5 Chemistry/ 5 US History/ 4 English Lang. (taking 4 more this year)</p>
<p>I'm Irish Catholic from a decent Public School on Cape Cod MA, not much help there i know.</p>
<p>Notable Extracurriculars: Secretary-General of School Model UN, we'll be hosting our schools first conference this year; 600+ Hours Volunteering at Cape Cod Hospital; Tufts Summer Study Program; a lot more basic stuff (i.e tutoring, two JV sports, etc.)</p>
<p>Interests/ Intended Major: Community Health and International Relations</p>
<p>Any feedback on ways to boost my waitlist chances would be great!</p>
<p>Great stats! If this is really your school of choice, then send in a letter that details why you are a perfect match for Brown, and any updates on any extraordinary achievements you've garnered ever since they've last reviewed your app. Keep showing undying interest. Tell them everything you love about the school and how you will take advantage of all that to contribute to society? Best advice I can give to you. BEST OF LUCK. :)</p>
<p>My stats are in no way comparable to yours. Which means, I am NOT getting in.</p>
<p>Don't dismay tushar707...</p>
<p>There are going to be plenty of people who have stats that seem to be over the top better than yours. But just remember that something special about you or your application may stand out to the right person. You never know with fate!!</p>
<p>This info goes back 6 years, but when my S was waitlisted at Brown, they offered some form of admittance after your first semester at another college! He
chose away from all that, b/c the thought of moving mid-frosh-year to Brown, taking lesser housing, etcetc wiped him out emotionally. He went elsewhere and was very happy there.</p>
<p>But you might see what "waitlist" means to them and if this is still something they do, in some or all cases for "waitlist."</p>
<p>Also in those days (6 years ago) he was able to find out during April which number he was on the waitlist, how many they had taken in previous years, etc.
When he found out his # was pretty far down relative to how many they normally take, he stopped thinking much about being on that waitlist and moved on to thinking about the other schools that accepted him.
THen I think the Brown idea of that mid-fresh-year business came to him around July or August, and by then his mind was very much "elsewhere"
At least that's how I remember it.
Hope this info helps SOMEBODY! Best wishes to all, regardless of Brown today.</p>
<p>Anyone know if Brown has any sort of ranking system with their waitlist now? I know the letter they sent mentioned that when they go back to accept people off the waitlist they throughly review everyone's application again. But they didn't necessarily say it was unranked.</p>
<p>How is the decision made? Am I on a ranked "list" of individuals?</p>
<p>You should not be misled by the unintended implication of the term "waiting list" for, in fact, it is not a list at all. If you return the enclosed card indicating that you wish your application to remain active for future consideration, your file will not be ranked or grouped in any way. When and if a position in the class becomes available, all applications on the active Waiting List will be carefully reviewed and evaluated.</p>
<p>I am on the waitlist as well and it is not ranked. I have a feeling that I wont get in, and I'm thinking that maybe I should just go to Cornell. I have a feeling, that there won't be a lot of spaces open for the waiting-list. For some other reason, I also think that if I got in, I would be short-changed for financial aid. These statements are based PURELY on my thoughts, and not facts!</p>
<p>Most schools only accept about 9% or less of their waitlist. Sometimes 0 people get off teh waitlist. This is likely at highly competitive schools like Brown, but varies from year to year depending on yield.</p>
<p>Scorpio, I'm actually trying to decide between Cornell, Georgetown, and Tufts since i'm on Brown's waitlist (leaning towards G-town only because it has an International Health program, the perfect program for me) but Cornell is def still in the mix. I would hope that they would be fair with financial aid, at least enough so that the could entice people to give up their deposit and go to Brown off the waitlist. Anyone have any idea if sending supplemental info/ a letter to Brown would increase my chances at being accepted off the waitlist if they do in fact need to use it this year?</p>
<p>I definitely agree with the original poster. Brown wasn't my top choice but it did feel nice to get waitlisted, strange as that sounds. :) I thought I would be a flat out reject.</p>
<p>Mikey - you should look into Tufts' community health major... a really impressive program with lots of money for undergrad research. also consider double-majoring in IR!</p>
<p>BTW: i sent you a PM. I got into Cornell, Gtown, and Tufts too 4 years ago (ouch, I'm old).</p>
<p>I have a hard time believing the "we don't rank" statement because, although it's what Brown claims, going through <500 applications fairly and AGAIN for every 1 opened spot seems like, well, too much work. But those are just my thoughts.</p>
<p>^^^ it would take forever</p>
<p>i concur with above</p>
<p>however, the admissions officers will maintain what is probably a fictitious statement about unranked waitlists, just to keep kids from calling and asking where they are on the list</p>