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# Brown University

#### Admissions Numbers

* 66 VetLink applicants matriculated
* Tests required for first year applicants
* Test-optional policy for standardized test scores (SAT or ACT) via [Brown's Veterans Application](https://admission.brown.edu/veterans)
* \~20% veterans applied first year\*
* \~80% veterans applied as transfer\*
* 3.63 Average GPA of VetLink applicants\*

  (\*applicant reported)

#### How to Apply

Apply via[ Brown Veterans Application](https://admission.brown.edu/veterans), a veteran-friendly application that allows applicants to highlight their military experience. Applicants will be notified of decisions on a rolling basis.

* Application fee waived for veterans
* Official transcripts (high school & college)
* 2 letters of recommendation - at least one from a military commanding officer/supervisor, and one academic recommendation from a professor/instructor if applicant has recent college courses
* Standardized test scores (Optional for Veteran Application and Transfer Application; required for First-Year Application)
* Video introduction (Optional)
* Joint Services Transcript and/or S2S VetLink Addendum (Optional)
* Resume (Optional)
* Brown offers rolling binding admission as an opportunity for students who are ready to commit to Brown. If admitted under the binding admission plan, students are required to attend Brown and are required to withdraw all pending applications - including those submitted to regular, rolling or (open) early action programs

#### Application Deadlines 

Veterans and currently serving military personnel are highly encouraged to apply via Brown’s Veterans Application, regardless of their year of high school graduation or any college credits earned to date

* [Veteran Application](https://admission.brown.edu/veterans/application-details) Deadline: March 1, operates on a rolling basis with decision notification within 4-8 weeks depending on application completion date
* Early Decision Application Deadline: November 1
* Regular Decision Application Deadline: January 5
* Transfer Application Fall Entry Deadline: March 1
* Transfer Application Spring Entry Deadline: October 1

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<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Demographics</strong></td><td>7,196 enrolled undergraduate students</td><td>48% Males // 52% Females</td><td>15% undergraduates are first-generation college students</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Academics</strong></td><td>80+ Academic concentrations</td><td>6:1 Student-faculty ratio</td><td>69% of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Top Academic Programs</strong></td><td>Computer Science</td><td>Economics</td><td>International and Public Affairs</td><td>Biology</td><td>English</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Financial Aid & Scholarships

* $97,116 cost of attendance (including housing/food) for full time undergraduate programs for the 2026-27 academic year
* All Veteran Applicants are considered on a need-blind basis
* 100% financial need met without student loans
* Brown will replace all student contributions previously expected from undergraduate student veterans and/or their spouses with a combination of benefits from the VA, University Scholarship, and/or federal grants, fully covering the student’s Cost of Attendance each academic year. Student veterans are required to use any and all eligible benefits prior to receiving University funding
* Brown will support an unlimited number of eligible undergraduate Yellow Ribbon recipients for the academic year 2026-27

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#### Veterans Campus Life&#x20;

* Office of Military-Affiliated Student - connects veteran students to campus & community resources plus offers programming to assist with transition to Brown
* Brown University Student Veterans Society -  helps foster a community of support & awareness for student veterans & students interested in military service
* 500+ student organizations

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Knowledge in Action</strong> </td><td>The Open Curriculum - a personalized, self-directed course of study</td><td>Approximately 15-20 Community-Based Learning and Research Courses offered each semester - engage students with community partners to investigate important social issues.</td><td>Swearer Center offers programs &#x26; fellowships that provide students with community-engaged, cohort-based experiential learning opportunities</td><td>Engaged Scholarship Certificate sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Swearer Center allowing undergraduate students to investigate public, civic and/or social justice issues that they are passionate about by integrating academic study with community-based learning, research and action.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Alumni &#x26; Outcomes</strong></td><td>90,000+ Active Alumni Worldwide</td><td>96% Graduation Rate</td><td>96% of graduating seniors went on immediately to employment opportunities or graduate/professional school in 2022</td><td>82% of graduates who applied to medical school were admitted in 2022</td><td>85% of graduates who applied to law school were admitted in 2022</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### More Resources

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