Brown University is making 2,804 offers of admission today for the Class of 2014. The applicant pool of 30,136 was the University’s largest ever, and the overall admit rate of 9.3 percent was the most selective.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — The Office of College Admission at Brown University is making official offers of admission to 2,804 applicants for its Class of 2014. Those offers, posted online at the University’s admission Web site after 5 p.m. EDT, represent 9.3 percent of applicants from a total of 30,136, Brown’s largest applicant pool ever.

“The applicant pool for the Class of 2014 is simply unmatched in Brown’s nearly 250 year history — not only in sheer numbers, but also in the remarkable talents and potential of more than 30,000 students who sought admission to the College this year,” said James Miller, Brown’s dean of admission. “We were deeply impressed and at times awed by the candidates we were privileged to review over these many months, and we are grateful for the opportunity to get to know so many inspirational and promising students from across this nation and around the world.”

Highlights of the admitted Class of 2014 include:

The pool: The total of 30,136 applicants was 21 percent larger than the previous year.

U.S. admits: There are admitted applicants from all 50 states. The top states were California (424), New York (360), Massachusetts (260) and Illinois (142).

International: International students represent 81 nations. The top nations were China (49), Canada (34), India (29), United Kingdom (28), Korea (22), and Singapore (20).

Gender: Women constitute 53 percent of the admitted class.

First generation: Sixteen percent of the admitted class are from the first generation in their families to attend college.

Financial aid: Approximately two-thirds of the admitted class applied for financial aid.

Disciplines: The admitted class plans to study physical sciences (30%), social sciences (27%), life sciences (23%) and humanities (17%). All those categories increased in percentage terms; the percentage of undecided students in the admitted class (3%) fell significantly compared to last year.

Admitted students will also receive a more extensive packet of information by mail. They have until May 1 to accept the University’s offer of admission. University officials anticipate that approximately 1,485 students will make their official entry through the Van Wickle Gates next fall.

The Class of 2014 will graduate as Brown University celebrates its semiquincentenary — the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1764.

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By Ted Nesi

PBN Web Editor

PROVIDENCE – Brown University said Thursday it admitted just 9.3 percent of those who applied to join its Class of 2014, making this the most selective year in the school’s history.

Brown received a record 30,136 undergraduate applications this year, the most in its history and an increase of 21 percent from last year.

The 2,804 applicants offered admission to Brown’s next freshman class will be notified on the university’s Web site at 5 p.m. Thursday. They will have until May 1 to decide whether to attend Brown.

Brown’s 9.3 percent acceptance rate – or 90.7 percent rejection rate – is not the most exclusive in the nation, though.

Harvard University admitted just 6.9 percent of applicants this year, and Stanford University took 7.2 percent. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s acceptance rate fell below 10 percent for the first time, to 9.7 percent.

Brown expects slightly more than half of the students offered admission will wind up attending, giving Brown a total freshman class of approximately 1,485 students this fall.

About two-thirds of those admitted to Brown are eligible for financial aid, and women make up 53 percent of the total. The university accepted applicants from all 50 states – with the most coming from California (424), New York (360) and Massachusetts (260) – and 81 nations, topped by China (49) and Canada (34).

“The applicant pool for the Class of 2014 is simply unmatched in Brown’s nearly 250 year history – not only in sheer numbers, but also in the remarkable talents and potential of more than 30,000 students who sought admission to the college this year,” James Miller, Brown’s dean of admission, said in a statement.

The Class of 2014 will graduate the same year Brown celebrates its semiquincentenary, or 250th anniversary. The university was founded in 1764.

Additional information is available at brown.edu.

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Miriam Furst

Staff Writer

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Published: Thursday, April 1, 2010

At 5 p.m. Thursday evening, Brown released decisions online for thousands of anxious high school students across the globe — bringing the number of admitted students to 2,804, or 9.3 percent of the record-breaking 30,136 students who applied, according to a University press release.

The prospective members of the class of 2014 include students from all 50 states and 81 countries, according to the press release. University administrators expect to enroll about 1,485 in the incoming first-year class in the fall, after a highly competitive admissions cycle that saw a 21 percent increase in applicants compared to last year.

“We were deeply impressed and at times awed by the candidates we were privileged to review over these many months, and we are grateful for the opportunity to get to know so many inspirational and promising students from across this nation and around the world,” said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 in the press release.

Chance Craig, an admitted student and senior at Marvell High School in Marvell, Ark., has not visited Brown yet, but said he is excited to attend A Day on College Hill in April.

“I applied to nine schools, and that’s a lot for where I’m from because nobody has ever gone to an Ivy League school,” he said. “It’s a big thing that I got in. It’s crazy.”

Another admitted student, John King from North Haven High School in North Haven, Conn., also applied to nine colleges — but in his school, many seniors are admitted to selective universities, he said.

“By the end of sophomore year, through junior year, people got really competitive about colleges,” King said.

Throughout the school day Thursday, seniors were anxious about their impending admissions decisions, King said. “My friends and I kept looking at the clock in school, and a lot of my friends were just on the computer right away when they got home, even though the decisions weren’t going to be up for a while,” he added.

While both Craig and King are excited about their acceptances, they are not entirely sure whether they will choose Brown. Jeff Handler '14, an early-decision admit from Newton North High School in Newton, Mass. looks forward eagerly to arriving on College Hill in the fall.

“I spent a week visiting all these schools, but when I got to Brown, I knew it was the right place. I could go down the list of reasons,” including the academic freedom Brown provides. “But overall, it was really just the feel more than anything else,” he said.

“It was raining when I visited and I still liked it,” he added. “And if you like a school in the rain, you know it’s the right place for you. I’m thrilled about the next four years.”

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