Comments on: Early Application Stats http://www.applicationbootcamp.com/2008/11/early-application-stats/ College Admissions Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Mimi http://www.applicationbootcamp.com/2008/11/early-application-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Mimi Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:28:54 +0000 http://applicationbootcamp.com/?p=46#comment-127 Hard to say why Brown was down as all schools have not released their numbers yet. Many schools were UP quite a lot in the early round. Once you are deferred, the odds are generally NOT good as the pool only gets more competitive, not less, in regular, so our advice is to 1 – move on and 2 – get some extra teacher recs 3 – have her school CALL to find out what they can 4 – have your daughter call to find out what she can about WHY and what she can do about it. My gut feeling is that her grades, with many B’s, were just not strong enough. With 40% or so of the class being #1 or #2, a few B’s can make you pale in comparison. But without seeing teacher recs, scores, and her passions, it’s impossible to say more. And a 31 ACT is not high for Brown – most Ivy kids have 34 and higher. Best of luck, Michele Hard to say why Brown was down as all schools have not released their numbers yet. Many schools were UP quite a lot in the early round. Once you are deferred, the odds are generally NOT good as the pool only gets more competitive, not less, in regular, so our advice is to 1 – move on and 2 – get some extra teacher recs 3 – have her school CALL to find out what they can
4 – have your daughter call to find out what she can about WHY and what she can do about it.

My gut feeling is that her grades, with many B’s, were just not strong enough. With 40% or so of the class being #1 or #2, a few B’s can make you pale in comparison. But without seeing teacher recs, scores, and her passions, it’s impossible to say more. And a 31 ACT is not high for Brown – most Ivy kids have 34 and higher.

Best of luck,
Michele

]]> By: lisa resnick http://www.applicationbootcamp.com/2008/11/early-application-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-126 lisa resnick Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:50:03 +0000 http://applicationbootcamp.com/?p=46#comment-126 Why do you think Brown was down? My daughter got deferred. Are the chances even slimmer for her now in regular decision? She is in a residential joint enrollment program at a state University (Univ. of West Ga / Advanced Academy of Ga). Her high school adds 7 points onto every AP and college course taken on her transcript. She did pretty well for a high school senior in all college classes- 3 B's (Honors college sophmore World Lit, college Microecomomics and college Bio lab) and 2 A's (college psychology, college Bio (The bio she took was higher than entry level) ) Her college GPA was 3.46. BUT in HS it's a 4.0 (all A's and it's reported on her transccript as 102, 102, 92, 92, 92). her overall Gpa is a 95 and her ACT is a 31. Do you think her 3 B's in college classes will hurt her or help her? What should we do now? If she gets rejected it's not the end of the world she will go to Georgia Tech (a lot cheaper and closer to home), but Brown is really her dream! Any advice? Thanks Why do you think Brown was down? My daughter got deferred. Are the chances even slimmer for her now in regular decision? She is in a residential joint enrollment program at a state University (Univ. of West Ga / Advanced Academy of Ga). Her high school adds 7 points onto every AP and college course taken on her transcript. She did pretty well for a high school senior in all college classes- 3 B’s (Honors college sophmore World Lit, college Microecomomics and college Bio lab) and 2 A’s (college psychology, college Bio (The bio she took was higher than entry level) ) Her college GPA was 3.46. BUT in HS it’s a 4.0 (all A’s and it’s reported on her transccript as 102, 102, 92, 92, 92). her overall Gpa is a 95 and her ACT is a 31. Do you think her 3 B’s in college classes will hurt her or help her? What should we do now? If she gets rejected it’s not the end of the world she will go to Georgia Tech (a lot cheaper and closer to home), but Brown is really her dream! Any advice?
Thanks

]]> By: karen http://www.applicationbootcamp.com/2008/11/early-application-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-118 karen Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:54 +0000 http://applicationbootcamp.com/?p=46#comment-118 This is amazing. My son applied early to Yale and we are on pins and needles. I did read in past newsletters from you guys about how tough 2009 was going to be which prompted his early to Yale. Thank you for all this information provided free of charge. It's a complicated process to get into college these days. You seem to be the best resource telling the truth...all the info sessions said "oh wait and apply regular"...ha... This is amazing. My son applied early to Yale and we are on pins and needles. I did read in past newsletters from you guys about how tough 2009 was going to be which prompted his early to Yale.

Thank you for all this information provided free of charge. It’s a complicated process to get into college these days.
You seem to be the best resource telling the truth…all the info sessions said “oh wait and apply regular”…ha…

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