<p>My brother found it last fall through Google, and told me about it (and how ridiculous it is!). I looked on it and I've never left! I think it's great, especially when you avoid the "Chances" and "SAT" forums...</p>
<p>My hook was definitely my essay, which described my childhood growing up with an alcoholic father and less-than-perfect mother and how I overcame that to raise myself into a fine young man.</p>
<p>In the congratulatory letter from my adcom, he handwrote something like, "You must be a very strong individual to have overcome so much to get this far. Congratulations," so that right there made it pretty obvious that that was my major hook.</p>
<p>Oh, and, my interviewer absolutely LOVED me. That gave me kudos.</p>
<p>Wow, handwritten. I feel subpar lol</p>
<p>I had a handwritten note on the letter from my adcom, but it was a scanned/everyone-gets-this kind of "handwritten" note. lol I feel subpar as well!</p>
<p>I'd settle for just an acceptance letter- no handrwitten note necessary. ;)</p>
<p>Same here, I'm not too picky</p>
<p>haha very true. thanks for putting it in perspective. any nice letter from brown is fine with me. =)</p>
<p>I wasn't complaining, mind you. I was just saying I feel subpar lol</p>
<p>ok, then maybe we all should get handwritten notes and then we can all feel special! :)</p>
<p>hey calidan, any tips on how to write a sonnet in french? sonnets in english are bad enough! argh, poetry!</p>
<p>What a silly question lol</p>
<p>yea i know. more of an exercise in procrastination. lol</p>
<p>it's just really hard to write poetry. and to make words rhyme. and to make words rhyme in french! i guess a lot of french words rhyme, but i'm not used to considering the language from that angle.</p>
<p>hmmm. </p>
<p>les fleurs ne peuvent pas decrire
la qualite etheree de ton sourire.</p>
<p>yuck!</p>
<p>my story is ridiculously similar to amor's; i also had a bad family situation essay. my note said something like "it's amazing what you've accomplished despite all the hardships in your life." Maybe not quite that, but you get the idea.</p>
<p>"les fleurs ne peuvent pas decrire
la qualite etheree de ton sourire."</p>
<p>I like it lol</p>
<p>Sorry, funky- I'm not too good with poetry!</p>
<p>Oh, and I have a great idea: if I get in, I will send everyone on this board a handwritten note. I promise. :D</p>
<p>you just want our addresses, creep</p>
<p>You don't get one, anyway.</p>
<p>You already got one.</p>
<p>LOL I actually want to stalk you... all of you, simultaneously.</p>
<p>Amendment to my previous post: I will send handwritten notes only to people who have not yet received one.</p>
<p>So if you really want a note, call the admissions office and try to get me in. ;)</p>
<p>Better yet, just give them to us at Brown next fall.</p>
<p>Sounds good to me... Just for fun, I'll stick some candies and a dollar in with the note, too.</p>
<p>It'll brighten everyone's day!</p>