Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 20:50     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Yes DS got in for philosophy/art combo! 3.9 uw gpa and 1510 SAT. Private school, full pay. Legacy.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 06:42     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:My guess is that the two day delay allowed families a moment to consider withdrawing or converting their ED applications. That seems fair. I doubt many did but maybe a couple.


I doubt it and doubt any withdrew. My guess is because it would be insensitive to be posting things like Congrats to our class of 2030 bears, without a little more distance from the event.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 06:41     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:“Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.“

I absolutely believe this was key to my kid getting in ED. (From FCPS)


My FCPS kid was also admitted on Wednesday. My guess is the whole package helped. Supp essays are a pain but a necessary part of the process. Fwiw, my kid asked a kid who got into Brown but turned it down previously and asked to see her essays and the kid said no. It truly was for the best bc it required kid to answer it independently.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 06:38     Subject: Re:Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1 from Jackson-Reed. Not a recruited athlete.


Congrats! What gpa ecs gender etc?


Hope no one answers this. Let’s give this student some privacy.


This.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 06:21     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just curious, I hear a lot about aacepted students with interdisciplinary interests who want to use Brown's flexibility to take an eclectic set of courses, but I've never heard of a student whose answer to "why open curriculum" was "so I can singularly focus on my STEM interests, UK-style". Does anyone know of a student who was accepted with that angle? From reading brown's page it seems that they want the former type of student, not the latter.


Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.

But does "take more/graduate level courses in my STEM interests" count as a compelling answer?


I don't think it's within the spirit of the question, no.
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 06:08     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
“Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.“

I absolutely believe this was key to my kid getting in ED. (From FCPS)
Anonymous
Post 12/19/2025 03:12     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:So here we have people from a “California private” posting that a kid there got into Brown. And this is helpful to a DMV forum, how?

What is the point of a thread like this?


LOL, what is the point of this thread indeed
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 23:09     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
My guess is that the two day delay allowed families a moment to consider withdrawing or converting their ED applications. That seems fair. I doubt many did but maybe a couple.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 23:06     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
So here we have people from a “California private” posting that a kid there got into Brown. And this is helpful to a DMV forum, how?

What is the point of a thread like this?
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 23:02     Subject: Re:Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:1 from Jackson-Reed. Not a recruited athlete.


Congrats! What gpa ecs gender etc?


Hope no one answers this. Let’s give this student some privacy.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 20:40     Subject: Re:Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:1 from Jackson-Reed. Not a recruited athlete.


Congrats! What gpa ecs gender etc?
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 19:30     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes 1 girl from Holton Arms


Legacy or athlete ?


She’s an athlete.


2 girls from Holton Arms. Not recruited athletes.


Happy to hear! My daughter was a recruited athlete to HYP from Holton several years ago. At that time, the only Holton girls who got into Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell were either VIP legacies or high performing black students.


My holton dd’s top choice but alas… happy to hear holton got 2 in this year.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 18:34     Subject: Re:Any acceptances to Brown?
1 from Jackson-Reed. Not a recruited athlete.
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 18:08     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just curious, I hear a lot about aacepted students with interdisciplinary interests who want to use Brown's flexibility to take an eclectic set of courses, but I've never heard of a student whose answer to "why open curriculum" was "so I can singularly focus on my STEM interests, UK-style". Does anyone know of a student who was accepted with that angle? From reading brown's page it seems that they want the former type of student, not the latter.


Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.


So this is slightly different, but I'm a Brown grad (though 30 years ago) - I studied International Relations. Because of the open curriculum, I didn't take any math or science classes (other than Economics, which was required for Int'l Relations) during my 4 years. It opened up spots in my courseload for courses across the Int'l Relations spectrum, which is quite diverse. So, not STEM, which is what you originally asked about, but it's sort of the same idea of singularly focusing on an area. I loved Brown and the curriculum.

I'm sure it's gotten much more choosy over the years. But how did you answer the "why open curriculum" essay prompt?
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2025 18:07     Subject: Any acceptances to Brown?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just curious, I hear a lot about aacepted students with interdisciplinary interests who want to use Brown's flexibility to take an eclectic set of courses, but I've never heard of a student whose answer to "why open curriculum" was "so I can singularly focus on my STEM interests, UK-style". Does anyone know of a student who was accepted with that angle? From reading brown's page it seems that they want the former type of student, not the latter.


Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.

But does "take more/graduate level courses in my STEM interests" count as a compelling answer?