2017-2018 Brown University (Alpert)
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Interviewed here last cycle--things I thought made Brown awesome:
- MS1s met during lunch/tour were super cool--kind, diverse, engaging. I'm LGBT and a non-trad applicant and there were tons of people of different ages, interests, backgrounds, etc.
- Interviewers were relaxed, engaged, not adversarial at all, had interesting things to say about Brown/Alpert/practicing medicine in RI. I live in CA and it hadn't previously occurred to me how straightforward/commonplace completing a statewide intervention could be when you're at the only med school in the state and it's tiny; at the same time, I learned concrete new information about diversity of populations within RI that would make it a great place to learn as a med student/new doc.
- Incredibly warm/welcoming/knowledgeable/dedicated admissions staff--was greeted by Marcy when I arrived for the interview and she immediately knew who I was and clearly knew my app like the back of her hand from comments she made to me about different activities, where I had flown in from, etc.
Gotta love Marcy
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A true saint
Marcy was great. I'm a fan of Filomena too. She was kind organized and welcomed me in my second language (FYI never lie about those things!)
Do people send LOI pre-II? Not sure if it's worth it / if that's even commonplace, but I so so so want to get an II from Brown...
Rejection pre-II, complete mid-September. Stats in signature. Good luck guys!
Edit: This was my signature at the time:
Class of 2022!
MD Schools: 19 cGPA: 3.99 MCAT: 521 LizzyM: 77.9
Pre-II: H 1 | R 8 | WD 3
II 6 | IA 5 | A 2 | WL 1 | R -
Canadian Schools (dual citizen): 4 | R 2 | II 2 | A - | WL -
Edit: This was my signature at the time:
Class of 2022!
MD Schools: 19 cGPA: 3.99 MCAT: 521 LizzyM: 77.9
Pre-II: H 1 | R 8 | WD 3
II 6 | IA 5 | A 2 | WL 1 | R -
Canadian Schools (dual citizen): 4 | R 2 | II 2 | A - | WL -
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also finally got that axe. best of luck to everyone else!
Also R this morning....
Anyone else still out there....? Complete early Sept...still silence. Please stop stringing me along, Brown.
Complete mid-late august and still have not heard anything, not getting my hopes up though.
Complete early august... I'm just waiting for the rejection email at this point.... would love an II though haha
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On my interview day (1/11) they informed us that a decision would be sent to us on the 29th (this Monday)
Rejected yesterday morning, complete 8/25.
Good luck to the rest of you!
Good luck to the rest of you!
Still waiting here, complete since mid-July. I would really love a decision soon... ideally an II! The wait is killing me tho
Got an II! Complete 7/28
Last time it was at 1
Not gunna lie, I’m secretly hoping that my waitlist will turn into an acceptance tomorrow 
Even though I know the chances are slim to none lol
Even though I know the chances are slim to none lol
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Same here..Not gunna lie, I’m secretly hoping that my waitlist will turn into an acceptance tomorrow
Even though I know the chances are slim to none lol
They came out early today, just received my acceptance, wicked excited
I hope so
Yes, they do, though they also waitlist a ton of people it seems like.
Anyone know if the last interview date is in Mid-February again this year? (Noticed on last year's thread, it was around Feb 17th). Still pre-II silence...complete early Sept.
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+1. Complete early August
Thanks so much for the reply! Does anyone happen to know if they accept thank you letters and who we should address them to? Marcy was the kindest person I have ever met hahah
Anytime! I sent thank you notes to Marcy and the other people in the office that I spoke with in any significant amount, in addition to my interviewers. Buuuuuuut they rejected me twice, sooooo....maybe don't do what I did, idk.
Marcy told me to send them to herself or the admissions office, I sent mine to admissions
Sorry to ask but we’re you waitlisted both times before rejection?
Np, waitlisted after interview in mid-Feb last cycle, and this cycle got rejected pre-II on literally the same exact day in January that I got my interview last cycle, in mid-Jan. I think I either prob did something terrible in one of the interviews or they just felt like I didn't change enough in my app to change their original decision on me...I'm older and a non-trad/career changer so like my narrative as an applicant can't change that much in a single year.
I keep missing the R waves somehow...but still no II either. R inevitable at this point? :/
Why won't Brown send that rejection already? [emoji24][emoji24] I can't take the suspense anymore.
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Just rejected Pre-II. Complete 8/22 LM71, OOS, ORM
+1! FINALLY!!!! Complete since 9/6
Anyone else still in pre-II silence?
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Just Rejected as well complete mid August
Complete mid-late August and still nothing. They need to put me out of my misery already
I agree - no word since July 😕 Do they normally send out letters on particular days?Complete mid-late August and still nothing. They need to put me out of my misery already
