I have interviewed sixty students during the last 4 years for BrownUniversity. Of the students I interviewed, only three have been accepted.
The students shared numerous common factors. All were in the top five rank of their class academically, and scored in the top 1% nationally on the various SAT and PSAT exams. In school they had taken AP courses, and done extra academic work outside of school either in local colleges or at schools such as Kumon. The students were very active in student government, clubs, and many other extracurricula...