Early Decision

Brown received 1,920 early applications, compared to 1,871 by the same date last year.

Applications to the Program in Liberal Medical Education are up 20 percent this year. Brown has received 250 applications to date as part of the early decision pool, compared with 207 from last year.

Legacy applications rose from 6 to 8 percent, and applications from public school students increased by 1 percent.

While there was a 2 percent rise in applications from New York, the number of applicants from the South dropped by two percent.

Regular Decision

Brown accepted 15.8 percent of applicants for Class of 2008. Acceptance letters were mailed to 1,874 of the 13,387 regular decision applicants. 538 students were admitted in December under Early Decision.

There were 750 students on the waitlist, which will be reviewed in May.

Of the admitted students, 51 percent are female and 49 percent male. Students from all 50 states have been admitted, although New York and California are the most common home states, with 326 and 317 students admitted, respectively.

The pool of admitted students is more racially diverse than the current student population, with 9 percent African American, 15 percent Asian American, 9 percent Latino, 2 percent Native American, 7 percent foreign citizens and 46 percent Caucasian. In total, 35 percent of admitted students are people of color, as compared to the 29 percent of the current student population comprised of students of color.

Public school students make up 54 percent of those accepted, with 34 percent from private schools, 7 percent from parochial schools and 3 percent unknown.