Son of AGDee's College Search Thread

[AGDee]

Brown is definitely looking for a certain type of student and I don't know whether my son was able to effectively express that he is that type of student through his application. I think he'd be successful there and contribute to their community, but whether that shows in his app, I don't know.

My gut still says Oberlin for him, if he doesn't get into Brown. We may need to re-visit some places for a decision to be made. I think I'm going to need some vacation days over his Easter break to re-visit Kzoo and Oberlin, if he gets into Oberlin.

[GammaGirl1908]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Brown is definitely looking for a certain type of student and I don't know whether my son was able to effectively express that he is that type of student through his application.

Heh, that reminds me of a funny story. One of my dear friends who went to Brown said that her class was the most random collection of people she'd ever encountered. She swears that they piled up the applications of the people who were qualified, threw them down the staircase (yelling, "wheeeee!"), and offered admission to the first 1600 from the bottom.

I didn't bother trying to convince her that there just is a very unique intersection of the people to whom Brown appeals, the people who apply to go there, the people who get in, and the people who accept and attend.

We've been out of college for 15 years and she still sticks to her staircase theory.