1500 SAT and 3.8 GPA . Got into Brown from FL school. Wasn’t the top 10 in the class GPA wise .

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

FYI, there are no T20 private HS in this area. This person is probably in nyc or has a kid in boarding schools. Which is why everyone posting here thinks Brown is off the table. It's not

There is a reason that their cc is telling them EC Uchicago and it is indeed because Brown is not realistic.

there's no doubt that uchicago would be a lay up. but if the kid doesnt want to go there, and the counselor isn't hearing that, then it's bad advising. not every kid wants to go to "the best possible school with my profile" or the "safest possible with my profile"

More typically, it’s the parent not liking the schools suggested by the cc and coming here hoping to hear better ranked schools. My guess Chicago was the highest ranked of the schools suggested by cc and op wants “better.” Op , of course, can come back and provide more context.

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

Top 20 private nationally.

Well in that case get off of this DMV-centered board and talk to the damned school about this. If it’s so fancy it can tell you a lot more than we can.

Weirdo.

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Anonymous wrote:From Brown themselves, 95% class of 2029 was in top 10%. Average ACT was 35 and SAT 1540 I believe. Good luck to those thinking it’s a breeze.

A lot of schools do not rank now, particularly private schools. They are automatically ranked top 10% according to Brown.

you're both wrong

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
89%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
98%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class
100% Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
0% Top half +
bottom half = 100%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
0%
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who
submitted high school class rank:
30.6%

70% of kids didnt submit rank and it's not included in these figures.

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

FYI, there are no T20 private HS in this area. This person is probably in nyc or has a kid in boarding schools. Which is why everyone posting here thinks Brown is off the table. It's not

There is a reason that their cc is telling them EC Uchicago and it is indeed because Brown is not realistic.

there's no doubt that uchicago would be a lay up. but if the kid doesnt want to go there, and the counselor isn't hearing that, then it's bad advising. not every kid wants to go to "the best possible school with my profile" or the "safest possible with my profile"

Whether they rank or not, AO’s know from school profile where they land.

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Anonymous wrote:From Brown themselves, 95% class of 2029 was in top 10%. Average ACT was 35 and SAT 1540 I believe. Good luck to those thinking it’s a breeze.

A lot of schools do not rank now, particularly private schools. They are automatically ranked top 10% according to Brown.

Cite?

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

FYI, there are no T20 private HS in this area. This person is probably in nyc or has a kid in boarding schools. Which is why everyone posting here thinks Brown is off the table. It's not

There is a reason that their cc is telling them EC Uchicago and it is indeed because Brown is not realistic.

Anonymous wrote:From Brown themselves, 95% class of 2029 was in top 10%. Average ACT was 35 and SAT 1540 I believe. Good luck to those thinking it’s a breeze.

A lot of schools do not rank now, particularly private schools. They are automatically ranked top 10% according to Brown.

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Anonymous wrote:+ male
+ full pay
+ regional awards (multi state)

Interests in applied ethics and AI. Could apply as philosophy.

School is reallly pushing Chicago and he doesn’t want that so looking at options p

I would suggest looking into SLACs. Ethics and AI should be a perfect fit for Bowdin. Hastings just donated a bunch to Bowdin for that field.
Williams, Pomona, Amherst, these are all excellent fit.

I was thinking Bowdoin too! Tough admit (~6%) but they're hiring 10 faculty across the disciplines in AI with the $50M donation. Great philosophy department as well. https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/03/announcing-the-hastings-initiative-for-ai-and-humanity.html

The Bowdoin philosophy department only has 3 tenure track faculty members.

From Brown themselves, 95% class of 2029 was in top 10%. Average ACT was 35 and SAT 1540 I believe. Good luck to those thinking it’s a breeze.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids are loving CMU now. Not sure what’s they’re doing different than 10 years ago.


Also JHU for humanities is underrated and possible w lower grades and high schools. ED helpful

What kinds of kids are loving CMU these days based on your observation?

that wasn't me but Pittsburgh is a great town right now.

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

FYI, there are no T20 private HS in this area. This person is probably in nyc or has a kid in boarding schools. Which is why everyone posting here thinks Brown is off the table. It's not

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Anonymous wrote:+ male
+ full pay
+ regional awards (multi state)

Interests in applied ethics and AI. Could apply as philosophy.

School is reallly pushing Chicago and he doesn’t want that so looking at options p

I would suggest looking into SLACs. Ethics and AI should be a perfect fit for Bowdin. Hastings just donated a bunch to Bowdin for that field.
Williams, Pomona, Amherst, these are all excellent fit.

I was thinking Bowdoin too! Tough admit (~6%) but they're hiring 10 faculty across the disciplines in AI with the $50M donation. Great philosophy department as well. https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/03/announcing-the-hastings-initiative-for-ai-and-humanity.html

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is a “top 20 private” around here? Once you get beyond the top handful of DMV privates college admissions are no better than the publics.

Top 20 private nationally.