Brown ED (2022-2023)

[mortal tulip]

absolute massacre

[cursive siren]

my friends dropped me too

fuck my life

[glacial remnant]

yea no i wish i got deferred at least so i could cope

[cursive siren]

i can't deal with this

im so sad

[sinful crag]

im devastated idk how im going to go back to studying for my test tmr

[chrome garnet]

Ah - good to know, and congrats to them!!

[forest fossil]

Yes I’m so excited for them!!

[cursive siren]

if i got deferral i'd still be applying for rd but like

[glacial remnant]

im not rlly that bothered just like i dont wanna do senior year man

im over it

[mortal tulip]

:((

[steep lodge]

there is no way only one person pulled up in celebration area

[cursive siren]

you're joking

[glacial remnant]

there were two acceptances

[cursive siren]

how do so many people get rejected

im so fucking stressed right now and i have more essays to do

im going to actually cry

[glacial remnant]

@dusky jay @plush dove congrats scholars!!! well deserved

[cursive siren]

congratulations!!! im so happy for y'alll

[inland crescent]

congrats!!!

[glacial remnant]

literally wish i was yall rn

this just increased my blood pressure

[forest fossil]

Alright where are y’all EDII

[muted sleet]

i just dropped it off my list

too much

competition

[glacial remnant]

i rlly envisioned putting brown '27 in my damn insga bio

[cursive siren]

me too

[glacial remnant]

LMFAOO

[cursive siren]

i imagined the whole ass bear and everythign

[glacial remnant]

so silly

[cursive siren]

i can't deal with this rn

[inland crescent]

nah i wanted to tell my counselor that i can do it

she wants me to apply all safeties

[pseudo portal]

maybe wesleyan

[forest fossil]

Wesleyan is amazing

[glacial remnant]

i feel embarrassed honestly i hyped this shit tf up

[cursive siren]

me too

[hybrid jetty]

my college councilor wants me to write 12 essays tonight after getting deferred 😭

[glacial remnant]

i applied wesleyan rd bruh

[cursive siren]

i feel so fucking humiliated

[hybrid jetty]

bffr

[cursive siren]

and so dejected rn

i can't do anything rn im so upset

[glacial remnant]

girl its gonna be ok

brown aint all that i swear

[mortal tulip]

wow you guys have relationships w counselors?

[glacial remnant]

get yo money up and start working on them sups

[cursive siren]

i lowkey just wanted to get brown so i could be done with college apps 💀

[hybrid jetty]

u gonna be at harvard in a year

[mortal tulip]

i did not speak to mine about essays at all

[cursive siren]

oh man im so fucking tired

[mortal tulip]

she just let me do whatever 💀

[forest fossil]

Guys apply to penn please 😟 I got rejected from brown (1st choice) and I want more people with me at penn

[hybrid jetty]

me too i’m so tired

[muted sleet]

you still won in the end bro. congrats

[forest fossil]

You will too

[topaz lodge]

Our cc is super strategic she chooses a student for a particular uni and then shuts out everyone else who wants to apply

[glacial remnant]

ill@apply penn

[topaz lodge]

It works tho

[forest fossil]

Gatekeeping…?

[cursive siren]

i dont even know where to apply next

[forest fossil]

YAY!

[cursive siren]

i just thought of myself at brown

im so sad rn

[topaz lodge]

I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[mortal tulip]

im applying penn as well

[mortal tulip]

this sounds terrible 😭, so if you're not chosen you have no shot?

wtf

[forest fossil]

More than one person can get in from one school

Another girl from my school got into penn

[forest fossil]

Yesss more penn people please ❤️❤️

[mortal tulip]

at my school (hyper comp bay area) only 1 person has gotten into each school so far 😭

lol

[forest fossil]

Every year or throughout history

[glacial remnant]

yuh

we up

[topaz lodge]

Yeah basically, you can still apply she just flat out tells you that you have no chance. It has worked though, my class is 62 people and we have 5 Ivy acceptances in the early phase.

[mortal tulip]

they have it out for bay area kids

[glacial remnant]

BROWN 0 ME 1

[cursive siren]

im in the bay area fuck

[mortal tulip]

last year was the same except 2 at stanford

[mortal tulip]

THIS THAT MINDSET

[glacial remnant]

they coupdnt handle this

i was too powerful

[forest fossil]

Ok this seems like bullshit LMAO a girl that we thought didn’t have a chance got into penn Ed so now there’s two of us

[steep lodge]

ok but like there were more harvard acceptances in a2c than brown

[glacial remnant]

yea wtf lets talk. about that

[cursive siren]

yeah why are the brown acceptances so limited in the celebration area

i feel like i should be seeing more

[mortal tulip]

thats a2c for ya

[cursive siren]

maybe they made a mistake on a lot of the applications

[mortal tulip]

Oh wow!! Cool class, good for ya'll! Your counselor needs to grow up 😭

[mortal tulip]

looked like a bloodb ath tthis year

[mortal tulip]

aye cmon man

[forest fossil]

What?

[rapid silo]

coping lmao

[topaz lodge]

I’m not endorsing it lol, but that’s the strategy she goes for. She was an AO at NYU before becoming a cc and always claims “insider knowledge”.

[mortal tulip]

everyone has a chance 😭

[rapid silo]

hope youre right tho

[mortal tulip]

😟 AOs be thinking like this...

[topaz lodge]

I agree everyone should get a shot

[forest fossil]

Obviously, she got in lmao

[weary tendon]

a bloodbath

[mortal tulip]

Why did you guys think she had no chance?

[mortal tulip]

💀

[forest fossil]

Kids at my school didn’t think she had a chance cuz she wasn’t top 25% and had barely any ec’s

[topaz lodge]

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were AOs who only accepted 1 student from a school, specially if it’s a small school (62 people in the class).

[forest fossil]

Which isn’t the type of people we usually send

And we barely send anyone

[glacial remnant]

alright this my rd list yale upenn williams boston college

i need more targets

help

[forest fossil]

This year we had 3 ivies already which is cracked we never had this

[mortal tulip]

ohh is it a heavily counselor regulated system

im assuming because you said the words "usually send"

[inland crescent]

whos tryna make a list with me later tonight?

[forest fossil]

We have no guidance counselors anymore

All cut

[mortal tulip]

oh

wow

[forest fossil]

Yep

[mortal tulip]

damn

[forest fossil]

No librarian either

[topaz lodge]

Damn that’s bad

[mortal tulip]

Yeah, this process is super weird, random, and lucky/unlucky. The only way to outsmart it is to not take decisions personally 😉

[topaz lodge]

University of Virginia, UM, University of Rochester, Fordham, etc

[mortal tulip]

also congrats on dartmouth!

rizz on penn as well!

[forest fossil]

Yeah we have Ivy acceptances once in a blue moon cuz we are rural and pretty poor but when we do have kids that get accepted to ivies they are crackkkkedddd

[forest fossil]

Thank you!

[glacial remnant]

i applied to uva already ea and got into fordham ea

um as well lol

[forest fossil]

Congrats!

Those are great schools

[topaz lodge]

Thanks! 🙏

Decisions amongst my friends have been good this year, my best friend got into Tulane today!

[glacial remnant]

didnt get in to um yet tho decisions arent out

[mortal tulip]

Sheeesh, well I am happy that despite your school's difficulties, the students are thriving!

[mortal tulip]

SLAY

[mortal tulip]

AYYY take your friend out for a nice lunch!

[glacial remnant]

i dont want to go to fordham

[mortal tulip]

congrats to them!

[glacial remnant]

like i want to leave nyc

immediately

[topaz lodge]

Emory, Marquette, Colorado College, etc

[forest fossil]

Yes and I’m happy for my other penn peer!! She may not have been the one we expected but tbh I talked to her and she deserved it with all the passion she had

[high juniper]

this tbh. one of the smartest people ive ever met got rejected from every ivy he applied to. he's graduating next year from MIT with a double major in computer science and electrical engineering. decisions are made by throwing darts on a board and we'll all end up where we belong

[weary tendon]

hey that's great !!!

[mortal tulip]

That's good to hear! It is always nice to have a buddy you can break the ice at college with

[topaz lodge]

Had a friend deferred at MIT and deferred today for Brown, are those two “soft rejections” or actually good odds?

[glacial remnant]

i would say they are

arguably

[mortal tulip]

Completely agree! College is mathematically less than 1/16th of your lifetime. It is not worth sleepless nights and broken appetites :( I wish we could spread this message throughout a2c more.

[forest fossil]

My other friend got deferred from brown

[lofty token]

1/16 feels like a lot tho 💀

[bleak bay]

depends on the schools deferral rate

[mortal tulip]

Assuming you die at 64

most of you will live past 64 lol

[glacial remnant]

guys i need more target schools in ne area

[reef silo]

would you guys rather get deferred or rejected

[bleak bay]

mit has a pretty high rate so its likely to be rejected

[mortal tulip]

when you cut back on that red bull

[bleak bay]

but idk about brown

[bleak bay]

deferred fasho

[opaque gulch]

rejected 😀

[muted sleet]

ya never know. they just need more time evaluate. could go either way

[forest fossil]

Toss up

[median warren]

rejected 🦥

[glacial remnant]

yea no

i know dAMNNNNN WELL

a lot of us are worthy of brown

[inland crescent]

Prob rejected cause test op 🥲

[forest fossil]

Bro I think I got rejected from brown because my ec’s weren’t well rounded and totally focused on 2 things only

[glacial remnant]

they just recruited some damn athletes and legacy kids and called it a day

bruh my ecs were pretty well rounded??

idek

idc itsnot rlly important anymore

[dusky jay]

ive heard a lot of test optional homies getting in

idk whats going on

[glacial remnant]

i wont argue over my rejection

[forest fossil]

My friend got in and was not these

[dusky jay]

im neither, i know im just one person but still

havent done any sports since i was 12

[forest fossil]

Yeah mine weren’t tho

[dusky jay]

no instruments either

[glacial remnant]

idk college app process is sooooooo random it hurts

[topaz lodge]

Sad thing is that acceptance rates are likely to keep decreasing cause more people are applying. Internationals + wave of test optional are lowering acceptance rates. Look at NYU (35% to 13%) or UM (37% to 16%) shit is going crazy.

[forest fossil]

Ya

[dusky jay]

fr, you are an incredible person rey

you deserved

100000)%

its virtually random

[forest fossil]

Besides penn better anyway 🤭

[glacial remnant]

wack

[inland crescent]

Who else just unfollowed their accs?

[glacial remnant]

u just reminded me todo that

[inland crescent]

Stay toxic 🤝

[forest fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-run-gif-24216099

[low pier]

i'm so sad

[pliant heron]

Me too

[inland crescent]

Same

Like i thought i had a chance of at least deferral

[stable jetty]

Same

[pliant heron]

Same

[inland crescent]

Welp these next 2 weeks about to be brutal

I gotta come up with a final list by tonight

So my documents can be sent

Before break

[pliant heron]

I’m so sad

And yeah same^

[inland crescent]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[median warren]

Literally same

time to ED ||

[glacial remnant]

gotta fucking update css

or whatever

i cant even do thst can i ??

[sinful crag]

i really wrote 6 essays for them for no reason

[clear vigil]

lmao i got deferred

[karmic marsh]

think about it this way, you can still reuse those essays

so it’s a total dub!

i changed my entire major plan so i’ve got rewrite it all

[gleaming plover]

yea yale has similar essay

to the perspective sone

[glacial remnant]

eating sushi to cope

[mortal tulip]

This behavior made me fat. Bad idea.

[glacial remnant]

its ok i couldgain some weight

[karmic marsh]

bro chill it’s one night

[mortal tulip]

Yes, sir.

Just concerning because it very much can be a downwards slope.

[low pier]

i cried so much tonight lolll

[sinful crag]

same, ate dinner and feel better now though

we'll be ok!!

[karmic marsh]

so sorry for you ❤️‍🩹

i know it can feel like a lot rn but at least you’re not waiting another 3 months to get rejected!! it’s great to have some finality to it so you can get some closure :)

[low pier]

:) thank you

[mortal tulip]

anyone else coping rn?

[inland crescent]

Yup

[glacial remnant]

currently organizing rd supps

actually stressed

i have like 10 days to apply to 10 schools

[sinful crag]

my winter break is gone

[median warren]

Fax

Back to the grind

[inland crescent]

same here

was about to say anyone know any schools that have similar essays to brown where i can just recycle them? (other than vanderbilt)

[glacial remnant]

bruh i literally cant even recycle

i was looking for some

[inland crescent]

ima be recycling so much for these schools ima be applying too

[glacial remnant]

lmk which schools yall recycle w

[inland crescent]

"Limit yourself to no more than three double-spaced pages per essay. Each essay page must be double spaced. Use TIMES NEW ROMAN and 12-point font." thank god the application to this program was extended from december 30th to january 16th

i didn't know the supplements were this long 😭

[gleaming plover]

yale u can recycle the perspectives

joy can be recycled to caltech

or mit

perspectives can also be recycled to duke but depends how you twisted it

open curriculum cannot be recycled

🤡

[inland crescent]

that open curriculum essay was my least favorite tbh

that prob why i got rejected lol

ai ima take a sc of this for future purposes lol

idek should i apply to cal tech or nah

[fluid grove]

recycled to columbia too i think

need to cut down 50 words tho

[gleaming plover]

only if u have the time for the 7 supps

lol

[inland crescent]

i rlly had dreams of not having to apply to all these RD schools ):

damnnnnn

[fluid grove]

but but but

now you can have dreams

of getting into them

[raven jacinth]

ayyy cmu

[inland crescent]

facts but still im applying test OP to %99 of them cause i got a 29 superscore

so idk if applying test op gives me any chance at these schools

[fluid grove]

let the supps lead the way you got this

[raven jacinth]

one of my friends at cmu had like a 1100 sat or smth

so applying test optional is always a valid option tbh

[inland crescent]

did they apply test op?

[gleaming plover]

i mean its like not mentioning ap scores if u get 3s

theyll likely either guess ur score based on other factors or not care

like im not submitting my ap chem score cuz i got an A in the calss but a 3 on the exam

🤡

then i got an A- in ap spanish but a 5 on the exam

so who kn ows

[raven jacinth]

yeah they did

[fluid grove]

lol i also got a 3 but im submitting regardless

it'd look worse having submitted all my other scores

[gleaming plover]

our counselors dont let us submit 3s

😭

[fluid grove]

i see

[inland crescent]

alr this just gave me back the confidence i had before brown decision came out

[fluid grove]

apply to cmu with me

😄

we can be roommates!

[gleaming plover]

am applying cmu rd

bro the essays make me wanna cry tho

[glacial remnant]

my sister would make me legacy at cmu

[gleaming plover]

tf is that last prompt

[glacial remnant]

but i dont even wanna play im not going into stem

[gleaming plover]

Consider your application as a whole. What do you personally want to emphasize about your application for the admission committee’s consideration? Highlight something that’s important to you or something you haven’t had a chance to share. Tell us, don’t show us (no websites please). (300 words)

[inland crescent]

hmmm should i apply ED2 to cmu?

[fluid grove]

its just write about anything important to you

i guess its sorta like the what brings you joy?

[gleaming plover]

its so broad

😭

hm

maybe

[fluid grove]

i think you can get pretty creative with it really

[silver onyx]

cmu has ed2?

[gleaming plover]

yeah 300 words is a lot

[raven jacinth]

i think i wrote about food for that one

[fluid grove]

yup

[raven jacinth]

yeah they implemented it officially last year

[silver onyx]

nutty

[inland crescent]

ye

[glacial remnant]

does cmu care if u had siblings that attended

[raven jacinth]

it was mostly unofficial my year

[fluid grove]

idt cmu values legacy much

[silver onyx]

i may very well pull up on cmu edii

[gleaming plover]

how helpful is ed2

with cmu

or is it just there

[fluid grove]

not very

[gleaming plover]

ic

[fluid grove]

i think its like 12% -> 19%

[inland crescent]

earlier decision

[fluid grove]

iirc

might be wrong

[raven jacinth]

i think ed doesn't really boost admissions for cmu

[silver onyx]

i may very well not pull up on cmu edii then

[raven jacinth]

but if you look at the cds it does a little

[fluid grove]

im taking any sort of boost that i can

cmus pretty high on my list of rds

@raven jacinth are you a cmu student?

[silver onyx]

im cs so i have negative chance

[fluid grove]

ouch yeah that's gonna be difficult

im doing math so

i have a higher chance?

doing it for po shen loh my beloved

[gleaming plover]

cmu is 2nd place on my rd list

so im paranoid about committing

[silver onyx]

yea i think u have a good shot then

is math in the college of science?

probably

[fluid grove]

yeah i think so

[gleaming plover]

me switching to eng to barely raise my chances

😭

[inland crescent]

yo someone tryna look at my post in #954421825427865690

[silver onyx]

honestly there is no circumstance in which i would attend cmu if not in scs

so idk

and transfers are rough

[inland crescent]

anyone in the US applying international?

[fluid grove]

i know multiple people applying oxbridge?

but its not their top choice

[dusky jay]

tufts has an essay relating to how past experiences, specifically home, neighborhood, and community, have shaped you- you can link that possibly to the brown conflict essay, if you've grown from a conflict through a past experience, or link it to the joy essay if your joy essay was to do with a community. NYU has a question about how experiences have shaped you too, it's very vague. you can definitely link that to the joy or conflict essay

[lofty token]

is LSE hard for internationals

[inland crescent]

alright bet, also CONGRATS on the acceptance!!!!

[dusky jay]

i definitely saw more than just these schools, if you want i can let you know if i find more

[dusky jay]

thank you :D that means a lot

may i ask were you only deferred? or rejected

[inland crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/porcammerda-reclamo-gomblotto-gif-25560799

[gleaming plover]

blinding

[inland crescent]

im lowkey mad but at the same time im not

idek how to explain it lol

[orchid ember]

That should be a 35 word essay, not a 200??

[dusky jay]

oh, i'm sorry, honestly i'm 100% sure you'll find somewhere not only better for you but better for your mental health. i'm kinda scared to go to brown due to the rigorous academics, but i guess that's the same with all top schools

[fluid grove]

wait, am i stupid-

[inland crescent]

ay make the most of it tho

[orchid ember]

Unless I screw up LMAO because I remember writing like a sentence for that.

[inland crescent]

one question tho did u apply test op by any chance or nah?

[fluid grove]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU

SAVED ME FROM WRITING A 200 WORD SUPP BY ACCIDENT LMFAO

I SPEEDRAN COPY-PASTING SUPPS INTO MY DOC

[dusky jay]

thank you, and i'll try :) if you want, i can give a go at reading any supplemental essays/commonapp. i am a creative writer and i have read quite a few now, i can't guarantee my advice will be solid though

[inland crescent]

i was about to say i remembered it saying 35 words too lol

[dusky jay]

i did apply test optional

[fluid grove]

im so sorry for the misinfo

[gleaming plover]

it was robs 200 characters

[fluid grove]

😭

[gleaming plover]

probs*

[dusky jay]

my SAT score was horrendous

[inland crescent]

thats crazy congrats

[dusky jay]

it was like 110

[sinful crag]

everyone about to shotgun rn

[dusky jay]

1100

[fluid grove]

its 35 words

[inland crescent]

ay u giving me so much hope rn

can i PM u about the essays tho?

[dusky jay]

did you apply test optional?

[inland crescent]

yeah

[dusky jay]

yeah of course :]

[inland crescent]

but still rejected

my essays were lowkey trash cause i applied plme had to write 6 and they were the first ever essays i wrote

[dusky jay]

i do think that essays are 100000% more important than silly SAT/ACTs, those are basically dead especially w more progressive schools (we wont talk abt MIT)

[dusky jay]

oh fuck yeah, i can't imagine doing 6 man thats horrid

did you send a vid in?

[inland crescent]

at the time i thought they were amazing but after rereading them i was like damn

[inland crescent]

yeah ill send u a pic of the ending, im convinced they didnt watch till the end lmao

[dusky jay]

HAHAHAHAHAHA NOOO i get how you feel, ngl i noticed 2/3 grammar mistakes in my brown essays and wanted to jump off my balcony

[dusky jay]

ooo alright alright im curious :o

[sinful crag]

same and now i cant reuse any of the 3 plme ones

[dusky jay]

why not?

[gleaming plover]

is reading and writing an ok thing to write for the joy prompt

or is it slighlty generic

[sinful crag]

they're about the program or about medicine

[dusky jay]

i would say it depends on how you spin it

[orchid ember]

Nah you can be over 200 characters as long as you’re under 35 words

[dusky jay]

if reading and writing genuinely brings you joy, 1000% go for it

my entire commonapp essay was about reading and writing

[dusky jay]

are you a creative writer by any chance

[inland crescent]

i mean hey i got rejected ima post this part of my video here just for fun

[gleaming plover]

yes and ik brown is open curriculum but im applying medicine/bme LOL

[inland crescent]

what yall think

[dusky jay]

ITS SO CUTE

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[orchid ember]

Remember 35 words is short (like one or two sentences)

[dusky jay]

IF I WAS AN ADMISSIONS OFFICER I WOULD LOVE THAT

[orchid ember]

The prompt was like 60 words lol

[dusky jay]

yeah they defo didnt watch til the end

awww go bears

[gleaming plover]

my yale 200 character prompts were so good but i suffered so much

[inland crescent]

had the university's song and everything

[dusky jay]

they have a SONG????

[inland crescent]

oh well 😢

[dusky jay]

that is wild

nahh a college theme track is wild

[inland crescent]

yeah i used their football entry song or something i forgot what it was called

[fluid grove]

football 💀

its the ivy league

[dusky jay]

hmm i personally think putting your creative writing and love for reading pairs best with medicine

[inland crescent]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVB4mWk6Ato

[dusky jay]

because it shows you're versatile

[fluid grove]

their sports teams are kinda

[gleaming plover]

imagine just playing ride of the valkyries as an intro to a video

[inland crescent]

i mean the reason they are an ivy is because of their football lol

[gleaming plover]

yeah i have like a whole thing written alrdy for mit's joy prompt

[fluid grove]

nah but this concept is lowkey fire

[dusky jay]

i really like the ending of your video, it's a shame they didn't see it the same way. they're missing out don't worry

[inland crescent]

i thought i secured the bag with the video but im pretty sure they didnt see it cause like aint no way bru

[dusky jay]

oh shit nice :)) that's good at least it'll be smewhat easier

[dusky jay]

what was the rest of your video about generally

[inland crescent]

me speaking throwing in pics of stuff i do

[fluid grove]

to be fair the video won't make or break your application

[inland crescent]

like personal and professional life

[fluid grove]

but im sure another college wants you more and is a better fit for you anyway

[inland crescent]

then a combination of both

[fluid grove]

you got this

[dusky jay]

mmm i did hear of people who were accepted due to their video pushing their app

i'd say the vid is important if it helps

[orchid ember]

What lol why would that make them an ivy The nation’s best sports teams aren’t

[dusky jay]

or they might just not like you as a person, which is extremely sad and rude but it happens

[fluid grove]

the ivy is just an old sports league so yeah

ivy sports teams are kinda

not good

[orchid ember]

For bad sports

Heh

[fluid grove]

bc they dont invest much into recruiting

[dusky jay]

i like that, i think its effective and chill, not too many edits and crazy cinematics. my vid was basically like this but it was formatted as me telling a story, as im a fiction writer and such

[fluid grove]

if you want good sports + good academics, duke or umich

[orchid ember]

yea

[fluid grove]

and fun rivalries too 🙂

[inland crescent]

sheesh i shouldve made it a narrative like video honestly. but nah instead i wanted to throw on a suit for the vid

[raven jacinth]

Yeah oh I guess I could answer any questions you have

[raven jacinth]

Honestly you never know sometimes it’s a crap shot

[dusky jay]

a suit??? that is sweet, i think that shows you thought hard about it and wanted to be professional. i'm really bummed they didnt see it how we do

[orchid ember]

I didn’t know CMU has ED2

[fluid grove]

whats done is done you're gonna slay your other apps

[inland crescent]

yesssur

enough talking about this app

[dusky jay]

@inland crescent oh also i should mention, i was applying from england so they prob had different people watching our vids

[dusky jay]

yes exactly

new and better things on the way

[orchid ember]

Did u get deferred or rejected

[inland crescent]

.

its blinding dont wanna post it again

[orchid ember]

Oof, head up 🙏

Seems like most applicants got rejected. Are ivies deferring less ppl now?

No way to know! Except for Yale who is kind enough to release the data

[dusky jay]

it's just that more are applying

they had a 10% increase from last year

[dusky jay]

oh there's data if you want i can send it to you

[fluid grove]

i think its bc

covid messed up the timeframe

[dusky jay]

they sent information to school ceounsellors

[fluid grove]

and ppl are taking gap years and all

[dusky jay]

19% deferred, 874 accepted from approx 6000 applicants

[orchid ember]

that wouldn’t automatically affect defer/reject rate unless they wanted it to, since it’s not affecting their class size

[orchid ember]

Oh interesting

[dusky jay]

i mean if more people apply, and you want to keep the same class size, you will reject more

[orchid ember]

For early you can still defer a large proportion tho, since you’re not offering a place in the class yet

[dusky jay]

here;s an exact photo

[orchid ember]

But most would be soft rejections which would be painful

[dusky jay]

i was surprised they sent such specific data before they said the results hahaha

[orchid ember]

I like that they are following suit and deferring less people. Disappoints a far less amount of applicants

[raven jacinth]

Brown deferred about 19%

https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2022/12/brown-admits-13-of-early-decision-applicants-to-class-of-2027-setting-record-low-for-fifth-straight-year

[dusky jay]

i agree, in my case deferral was the absolute worst case scenario

dangling false hope is my nightmare

[orchid ember]

Because deferring is postponing a decision and really what’s the point of having an early round if you’re not gonna make a decision on most of the applicants (cough Harvard and 78% deferral)

[dusky jay]

78% deferral? holy shit

is that fr

[orchid ember]

Yea

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/12/15/2027-early-action/

[dusky jay]

that is WILD

nahhh they shouldn't be allowed to do that

so cruel

but then again its harvard

[orchid ember]

Fr. Like WHY DO U EVEN HAVE AN EARLY ROUND

if you are gonna not make a decision

[dusky jay]

they lazy fr

[orchid ember]

We call that procrastination. Take it from me, a procrastinator

[dusky jay]

HAHAHAHAHAHA i feel that

when brown postponed the date and then the applicant portal kept glitching i was like 'damn this school is so unorganized, just like me, must be a match made in heaven fr'

like i legit have written 0 RD essays its so bad

[dusky jay]

did you do the ED round may i ask?

[orchid ember]

Yea Columbia

also deferred 🥳

[orchid ember]

this better be going in your loci

[dusky jay]

ah i'm sorry, i did hear columbia was absolutely brutal this year

im sure your app was amazing

[dusky jay]

i got in so nah but if anyone else wants to they can use it

wait whats a loci

is that the letter thing

[orchid ember]

❤️urs too!!

Yea

[dusky jay]

what is it for again? wai

ngl im clueless i dont know anything i just wrote 4 essays in a week and prayed

[dusky jay]

<3333333333

[orchid ember]

OH U GOT IN

LMAO

I THOUFHT U WERE DFWRRED

OCNBRGATSGS

CONGRATSSSSS

[inland crescent]

letter of continued interest

[orchid ember]

yea don’t write a LOCI if u got in LMAO

[inland crescent]

ay since u got in tryna help me with my RD supplements lol

[orchid ember]

If you’re deferred, u send it in to let them know you’re still interested and any updates and stuff to help your chances

[dusky jay]

HAHAHAHAHA THANK YOU VRY MUCH :,)

[dusky jay]

yes i was kinda confused, i googled it and itmakes sense now

[dusky jay]

thanks :)

are you going to write one for columbia?

[orchid ember]

Yea

If u don’t write one that’s prob like an auto rejection

It’s hard to move from deferral to accepted in general, so without an LOCI you’re really not giving a compelling reason for them to admit

[dusky jay]

awww i didnt know this

damn the us college admission system is just so annoying

i keep realizing

[orchid ember]

13% rate! Super impressive

[dusky jay]

if im not mistaken, is deferral like

do you have a higher chance in regular or is it just normal

[dusky jay]

yessir still slightly in shock, i was test optional without sports or instruments and legacy and whatnot, dont know what they saw in me

[orchid ember]

it’s pretty similar to normal, but deferred ppl will have an LOCI which is like an additional piece of the app that can help if it’s good

[orchid ember]

IM SO HAPPY A NON LEGAXY NON ATHLETE MADE IT GOOD GRIEF

screw the legacies

[dusky jay]

oooo nice nice i hope it can help you a lot

[fluid grove]

out of curiosity, what ecs?

any like international awards or anything or the sort

[dusky jay]

aww thank you :,))) i was actually very nervous as there was someone else from my school applying ED to brown with legacy and 1550+ SAT, so i was shaking

[dusky jay]

definitely no international awards or anything bahahaha

4/5 of my honors were within school

[orchid ember]

Do u know if they got in

[dusky jay]

1 was a debating competition which is funny because we lost

[dusky jay]

i dont think they did, sadly

[fluid grove]

ur just better i guess

heh

[dusky jay]

my ECs-- i have a online platform i created for LGBTQIA+ asian people and allies, we have a discord server which i put into my EC with 3000+ members and we helped fund one of the server member's transition

what else ngl i forgot

i started my schools creative writing club

mmm

ohh

i attended iowa young writers studio and kenyon review young writers workshop

[fluid grove]

ooh

that is a lot of stuff

[dusky jay]

i do think that helped, as virtually all IYWS members got into their EDs, 5+ to harvard i think

which is fucking wild

[dusky jay]

i also wrote an EC about my novel and my short stories

i feel like that was basically it, everything else was kinda irrelevant

[orchid ember]

Are u Asian

[dusky jay]

hahaha i feel like it just sounds like a lot, but when you're up against people winning international awards and 1600 SATs its virtually nothing

[dusky jay]

yessir i am

[orchid ember]

LESS GO

twins

[dusky jay]

im chinese american, proof that you can be asian and be test optional

[dusky jay]

YESSSSSS

[orchid ember]

Oh wow I’ve never heard about this

[orchid ember]

LMAO SAME

EXTEA TWINS

Agggh I’m so happy for you

Chinese American, nonhooked got in!!! Go go goooooooo!

[dusky jay]

YESSSSS HAHAHA :))) oml thats so cool

[orchid ember]

And your ECs are awesome, don’t undersell yourself !

[dusky jay]

thank you so much :,(((( i seriously hope you get into columbia/what other school you really want

you're so nice

[raven jacinth]

Oooh are you going to be an English major

[fluid grove]

this gives me confidence heh

[dusky jay]

yes, i am planning on it! in my open curriculum essay, i talked about taking english classes for writing, but utilizing the open curriculum by taking classes in history, philosophy, sociology, so that i could write more genres

[fluid grove]

if cmu doesnt work out, hopefully ill get into brown and meet you!

[dusky jay]

aww thank you, i hope you get in a lot <333 SAT/ACT stuff is so trash im happy so many schools dropped those mfers

[raven jacinth]

Oooh I do think at the end of the day colleges do care more about that your ECs and essays match up with your intended major. Well rounded class with spiked students and all that

[dusky jay]

YESSSS I WOULD LOVE TO

[orchid ember]

It’s funny because Columbia is literally the opposite of Brown in terms of curriculum with its Core lol, but it’s not the core I like about Columbia (although don’t tell them that 👀)

[orchid ember]

GL CMU ED2! Are you doing SCS?

[dusky jay]

i 1000% agree, i think essays are extremely important ngl in general

[fluid grove]

nope, math

[orchid ember]

oooo hopefully you get in!

[fluid grove]

ty!

[raven jacinth]

Yeah I’m editing my brother’s gf essays and she has such a strong profile but can’t write

[fluid grove]

and good luck with columbia too!

[raven jacinth]

And I honestly think essays were the main reason my brother got into brown

[dusky jay]

ahh i see :( i feel so bad for people who find it hard to write in a vulnerable way, as it's so important for the application but it's just not something everyone likes/does

i was lucky as i write in that style literally every day

[dusky jay]

ooo nice!!! congrats to him, if he got in recently

[mortal tulip]

ersatz

[dusky jay]

i think my essays carried me too hahaha

[raven jacinth]

Yeah…I think stem schools tend to be a little bit more forgiving

But you do have to write in a certain way which is difficult

Especially since most people don’t write that way for classes in hs

[dusky jay]

yes, i cant imagine what people applying to MIT talk about, thats so difficult for me to picture, linking something like coding to vulnerability and one's persona

[dusky jay]

frrrrrrr

i feel like college essays are their own genre at this point

its such a specific vibe u gotta hit

[raven jacinth]

My cs essays are god awful and quite cliche but it worked out

[inland crescent]

this is a perfect description of me tbh

i got the ECs but takes me 2 weeks to finish a few supplements

[dusky jay]

ooo yay :) i'm happy for you

[raven jacinth]

hopefully you can really perfect the basic supplements so you can copy and paste once you're done that

[dusky jay]

yeah, im sorry about that, but its so not your fault man like the college system is just wack

i go to a boarding school in the UK and its so different, its literally 'do you have the grades? if so, you're in'

for top UK schools

[raven jacinth]

yeah there's also a limit on college apps right through ucas?

[inland crescent]

college decisions are wack but at the same time the ppl who do make it thru definitely deserved and earned it

[dusky jay]

yessir, it's 5 which is insane because i hear about people applying to like 25 in america

[inland crescent]

so hopefully i can get at least 1 decision that makes me jump and be happy (:

[dusky jay]

also you can only apply to either oxford or cambridge

[inland crescent]

20*

[dusky jay]

you're going to get through bro i can feel it

[raven jacinth]

yeah it's crazy here...so many people shot gun even when they're qualified

[gleaming plover]

my duke essays went crazy

my cornell essays dug their own grave

i wanna cry

[dusky jay]

oh i wasn't aware there was a cap my bad

[raven jacinth]

one of my friends panicked after getting deferred from MIT and applied to 20+ despite getting into HYSPM in the end

i just feel like it's ridiculous at this point idk

[dusky jay]

but 20 is wild, i guess america is bigger but still bruh who has the energy for 20 essays. 3 essays at brown killed me already

[inland crescent]

its 20 thru common app but essentially unlimited thru school sites

[dusky jay]

im sure they're not that bad, this is self sabotage

[gleaming plover]

"who has the energy for 20 essays"

me

[dusky jay]

DAMN

[gleaming plover]

writing 42

[dusky jay]

deferred from mit is INSANE ALREADY

[gleaming plover]

cries

[dusky jay]

cuz who tf gets into that SCHOOL

[raven jacinth]

yeah he ended up at mit lol but was salty until the final decision day that he got deferred

[dusky jay]

:(((( its alright though, can you reuse some for other schools?

[inland crescent]

only people ik irl that got in had 1580 sats and applied international

[dusky jay]

OH HE WENT????? DAMNNNNN

[gleaming plover]

only a few

tbh

[dusky jay]

to MIT?

[inland crescent]

yea

[dusky jay]

dude who even gets 1580 on the SAT

[raven jacinth]

hmmm isn't the why major one pretty reusable?

[inland crescent]

dropped one off in august

[dusky jay]

i cried of happiness when i got a damn 1200

[inland crescent]

she got rejected to stanford but accepted into mit

[raven jacinth]

you can keep your hook and explanation of activities

[gleaming plover]

most of my schools ask why us as the overlapping essay

so thats just

murderous

[dusky jay]

this is how u know the college system is random

[gleaming plover]

i hate why us essays

[raven jacinth]

well is it a combined why us + why major essay

[gleaming plover]

why the fuck not

[dusky jay]

why us essays KILL ME because wdym 'why us'. like its clear i want you because I AM APPLYING TO YOUR SCHOOPL

also the fact uou cant reuse them

[gleaming plover]

LMAO IKR

[dusky jay]

such a pain

such

a

[gleaming plover]

IM PAYING U 80 BUCKS

[dusky jay]

PAINNNNN

[gleaming plover]

TO READ MY SHIT

[dusky jay]

DUDE FRRRRR LIKE STFU WIH THE WHY US

how do you even write them how do u casually tell the school u just wanna go

i hate the researching and stuff

like ghriuoeiwjfhgueijdkoplbtr

[glacial remnant]

no supp schools r awesome

[dusky jay]

wait also notinwonderland im curious, whcih college do you attend?

[dusky jay]

frfrfrfr

[gleaming plover]

What is it about Yale that has led you to apply? (125 words)
Which book, character, song, monologue, or piece of work (fiction or non-fiction) seems made for you? Why? (150 words)
How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to UChicago. (~250-500 words)
STEM experience/activity #2 (200 words)
How have you been an innovator in your own life? (250 words)
Did you have a hard time narrowing it down to just one interest or hobby? We understand – Caltech students like to stay busy, too – tell us about another hobby or interest! (50 words)
As you think ahead to the process of learning during your college years, how will you define a successful college experience? (300 words)
Consider your application as a whole. What do you personally want to emphasize about your application for the admission committee’s consideration? Highlight something that’s important to you or something you haven’t had a chance to share. Tell us, don’t show us (no websites please). (300 words)
Why do you want to study your chosen major specifically at Georgia Tech? (300 words)
Brown’s Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might use the Open Curriculum to pursue them while also embracing topics with which you are unfamiliar. (250 words)

these prompts

are currently killing me

that doesnt even include nyu, upenn, mit

[dusky jay]

where is the second supp from

ngl that kinda looks fun

[gleaming plover]

emory

😭

i have an idea its just execution wise

not so fun

[dusky jay]

ngl i ont know that school but tbf i dont know anything

[dusky jay]

oooo whats the idea/??

[gleaming plover]

talking about some book and how it matches my train of thought as well as fits my career goals

[dusky jay]

'how have you been an innovator in your own life' is fcking evil because its so vague yet so specific

[gleaming plover]

fr

[dusky jay]

like

that is evil

[gleaming plover]

NAH CUZ THE EXAMPLES THEY GIVE

[raven jacinth]

i'm a cs major at cmu lol

[inland crescent]

how does this list look so far?

[dusky jay]

i HATE THOSE VGUE ESSAYS SO MUCH FHVIUEIJDKCFVRFED

[gleaming plover]

The creativity, inventiveness, and innovation of Caltech’s students, faculty, and researchers have won Nobel Prizes and put rovers on Mars, but Techers also imagine smaller scale innovations every day, from new ways to design solar cells to 3D printing dorm decor. How have you been an innovator in your own life? (250 words)

how is designing solar cells small scale

[dusky jay]

oooo shit computer science thats so cool

[dusky jay]

great but where the safeties at

also i love the passive agressive upper case in the NYU

[dusky jay]

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA FRRRRRRRRRRRRR

i just

looking at that question makes me so mad

[gleaming plover]

it makes me feel

unaccomplished

[dusky jay]

'designing solar cells' like STFU WHO DOES THAT AT AGE 17

[dusky jay]

nononono bro like

people who do that sht dont have lives

trust

[fluid grove]

i think 80% get deferred actually at mit

[dusky jay]

that is so wild

who designs solar cells

im baffled

WHO DOES THAT

school and keeping up with grades is difficult enough

[gleaming plover]

some kid at my school (current junior) found and named a planet as a freshman.

[inland crescent]

part of the DONE section

[dusky jay]

NAHHHHHHHHH WHAAAAAT

[fluid grove]

what-

[inland crescent]

got into 2 already so hopefully im chillin on those

[dusky jay]

I FEEL SO UNACOMPLISHED TOO

[gleaming plover]

i know

[dusky jay]

holy shrt

[gleaming plover]

he also built our fencing team a speaker

like

built it

[dusky jay]

oooo nice :))) thats great

[gleaming plover]

like

[orchid ember]

excuse me what

[gleaming plover]

with wood

[orchid ember]

did i read that right

[gleaming plover]

and a speaker

and wires

[dusky jay]

boy whart

i feel like those people are in their own category

[gleaming plover]

I KNOW

[gleaming plover]

yes

[dusky jay]

like theyre unique and scary

[orchid ember]

bro FOUND a planet

he FOUND

[dusky jay]

how u find a planet

[raven jacinth]

A lot of the essays you have to write are why school and major essays

[dusky jay]

how is it POSSIBLE

[orchid ember]

a plent

[raven jacinth]

so you can write a common hook for them all

[fluid grove]

praying that this is me rn

[orchid ember]

how do u just find a planet

[raven jacinth]

and have descriptions of your involvement

[dusky jay]

fr like im perplexed

[inland crescent]

u applied REA?

[raven jacinth]

and then write the last 100-200 words specifically for each college

[fluid grove]

yep, rejected stanford LMAO

[inland crescent]

same for her she applied REA

lost hope

[fluid grove]

i think i talked to you like a few days back

[inland crescent]

but ended up going to MIT

[gleaming plover]

oh my god.

[inland crescent]

got accepted to a good amount of ivies aswell

[fluid grove]

back when my nickname was like stanny stan or smth

[dusky jay]

yesssss this is such a good idea, even tho 'why school' essays suck u can keep the same main idea like the same thing you're looking for within a school, and just slot in different classes/programs

[gleaming plover]

that kid also is part of a charity organization he started at age 14 or 15

that gives computers to ppl in need

im crying

[inland crescent]

is it a good idea to write about research in the why us essay?

[dusky jay]

this kid is just

bruh

[gleaming plover]

i know

[dusky jay]

where did the kid ED or is he not a senior

[gleaming plover]

i cant

[dusky jay]

mmmm

[fluid grove]

yep for sure!

[dusky jay]

i feel like it is

[gleaming plover]

hes a junior

and hes so accomplished

i cant

[fluid grove]

research opportunities are a big reason for why you want to go to a school

so i dont see why not

[dusky jay]

for my 'why open curriculum essay' it was basically just research and speicfic classes

i want to go to

i assume its the same with why us essays

i mean what else are u gonna talk abt

[glacial remnant]

my why open curriculum was so bomb

[raven jacinth]

depends. Colleges want to see more than just how you're interested in research. Try to tie in the research with activities or experiences you currently have

[gleaming plover]

maybe mention a research project that the schools hosted and talk about ur interest in doing smth similar, or name a professor

[fluid grove]

why open curriculum is a glorified why us

[fluid grove]

me with cmu

[glacial remnant]

i talked about culturual attrition and tied to backnto how brown would remedy that for me

[fluid grove]

namedropping po shen loh

[glacial remnant]

kms

[fluid grove]

LMFAO

[inland crescent]

ay doesn't mean all that thats all i can say. One of my EC's is cofounding a non profit that provides spiritual care to patients in 8 hospitals nationwide (including NYU, Harvard beth, and JHU). still got rejected lol

[dusky jay]

fr like all these schools try to ask these 5 sentence questions and the last two words are 'why us' like JUST SAY WHY US

[raven jacinth]

with cmu you should mention TA-ing

[inland crescent]

yeah i usually name a professor

[raven jacinth]

lol there's a huge ta culture here (mainly in scs) but also in other classes

[glacial remnant]

i did fhat aswell

[dusky jay]

what does cultural arttrition mean

[fluid grove]

ooh yeah thats nice

[glacial remnant]

like wearing of culture in ur family

[dusky jay]

this is a good idea

[fluid grove]

would also tie in well with my overall theme of collaboration and stuff

[dusky jay]

yuh

[fluid grove]

thanks for the tip!

[dusky jay]

ooo oki :)

[glacial remnant]

the youngest isnt as culturally sensitive of their backround as the oldest

[inland crescent]

anyone got a why us essay on research that can send me it? Im tryna get a good idea of how to articulate mine

[twilit elm]

Y’all move to RD if this isn’t about ED

[dusky jay]

oh wow thats really interesting

[raven jacinth]

niche but as a math major you take this class 21-128 (concepts or discrete maths) and there's a mascot named Theo (short for theorem) the hedgehog

[dusky jay]

i wrote one but im not applying anywhere else

so like its prob not good

[raven jacinth]

there's an instagram page too if you're interested

[twilit elm]

Hi go to the Rd thread

[dusky jay]

we're talking about brown kinda

[fluid grove]

awww thats cute

[twilit elm]

If it’s Brown RD then it goes to #1053777256012582942

[dusky jay]

oh i dindt know that existed mb

[twilit elm]

Pins when

[mossy arrow]

Seee youuu in thr faaalllll

[dusky jay]

CONGRATS!!!!! and yes hahaha see you in the fall :))))

[polar oracle]

me

[steep lodge]

its not brownies

[plush dove]

I think Bruno is the mascot name

[karmic marsh]

brunonian? huh

[twilit elm]

This thread is now defunct. For future Brown University discussion regardless of decision type, head over to #1053777256012582942.