<p>Just curious, for those that attended ADOCH, what were your impressions? Did you enjoy yourself? Get a sense of what Brown is all about? And what decisions have you made in regard to acceptance?</p>
<p>come on peeps start talkin!! :)</p>
<p>I just got back from ADOCH last night and I really loved it. President Simmons was awesome; I could just tell when she was speaking how much she loved the students and how much they loved her... as for the Ratty, lets just say that it has a fitting name, but Thayer Street is cool and the V-Dub wasn't that bad. Let see what else... well, I stayed in Perkins Hall (which is really far away from campus) and I didn't really see my hosts that much. Overall, I had a great time- all the current students were really friendly and willing to talk to me, and the few professors I talked to were really passionate about their subject and were really down-to-earth. I still haven't decided on Brown yet, but this trip certainly was invaluable just because I was able to see what life at Brown (and really college life in general) would be life. Wow this post is really long...haha.</p>
<p>if you have ANY questions let me know. </p>
<p>And you may be in perkins, but clearly, most people aren't, so don't worry about that.</p>
<p>I like how Simmons has to say "this is bestest class ever" EVERY year. lol talk about stroking egos</p>
<p>lol, she didn't say that - she said most attractive, etc.</p>
<p>The final best class ever is my class (2008). We were the last ones told that by the dean of admissions, so we are the permanent best class ever.</p>
<p>Would love to hear from students who attended ADOCH-did you make your final decisions yet???</p>
<p>I just got back from ADOCH and Dartmouth's Dimensions and I must say that Dimensions was much more interesting and more organized. Many times at ADOCH many people didn't know what to do because the schedule was unclear. Also, Dimensions worked a lot harder in trying to convince the students (ie throwing parties, having an AMAZING opening ceremony, and more students involved with Dimensions). However, Brown students did generally seem nicer. I am still leaning towards Brown but before i wasnt even considering Dartmouth and now i have second thoughts.</p>
<p>Wow, trustory I'm in the exact same situation. I went to ADOCH and thought for sure I had my mind made up - but, I just got back from Dimensions and I really loved Dartmouth a lot... I wasn't even there for the first night and I had an awesome experience. I didn't get to attend any classes though, so until I see something great in that aspect from Dartmouth I think ADOCH stuck with me enough to keep Brown my favorite - but I may go back to each for another night... I was 90/10 Brown, but after today I think its close to 60/40 Brown.
I was hoping a couple of you could ease some concerns of mine perhaps?</p>
<p>Dartmouth's campus really is amazing (Brown's too), but I got a much safer feeling walking around Dartmouth late at night - do any of you feel funny walking to any parts of campus at all in the wee hours of the morning?</p>
<p>On a more trivial note - the food at D was really really good -- I liked brown's a LOT but I kind of got the feeling that it could eventually get old and boring after a few months - does dining services really try hard to keep things new each week?</p>
<p>I suppose this is kind of trivial too, especially since both are college atmospheres, but do any of you find that the largely liberal student body can become extreme to a point of frustration? I thought the darfur flags were really shocking and moving - the display was pretty impressive and humbling. I think the question that concerns me is if the protests or displays ever turn violent or disruptive?</p>
<p>My host also claimed that everyone on campus did "something". Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-drinking or smoking or anything, but would I be wrong in assuming he's not speaking on behalf of "everyone"? I kind of hope the best thing to do and best way to meet people and make friends on campus is to drink or smoke weed, that's all. </p>
<p>Thanks a ton, all of you who give so much info on these forums. It really helps when it comes time to make a tough decision!</p>
<p>ADOCH won me over, but as others have said it could have been much more organized. I felt that Brown definitely has a laissez-faire attitudes towards somethings, for example I didn't even meet my host until the next day at 3 am. </p>
<p>ADOCH definitely allowed me to experience/feel what it would be like to be a Brown student. Overall I liked how many kids were involved in a lot of things, and the feel of the campus was good/happy. Perkins I wasn't so impressed with but I noticed a lot of people spent a majority of their time outside of the dorms, so this didn't bother me much. The only really thing that bothered me with Perkins and maybe the other dorms are the bathrooms are kind of gross and dilapidated. The things I didn't like about ADOCH was it was about 2 am and I was walking to Perkins with a friend and I did not feel like walking from the Main Green all the way to Perkins, so I asked one of the campus ride people if they wouldn't mind dropping me off there. Lo and behold I got a resounding NO! About five minutes later, after walking uncomfortably through the neighborhood (me and my friend didn't do any research on the neighborhood surrounding Brown, this worried me because I had previously visited U Chicago and Hyde Park has some questionable areas/bums) surrounding Brown we are a block away from Perkins and I see the same Park and Ride guy drive by. This kind of made me worry like what if I was drunk or something... </p>
<p>That was really the only part of ADOCH that turned me off, and a little bit of the laissez faire policies of Brown. But, they said that in the opening speech that the goal of ADOCH wasn't to force you to goto this speech or this that it was for you to discover the beauties of Brown yourself, and to really think about how spending the next four years at Brown could effect your life. </p>
<p>Another thing I was disappointed in was that a lot of people did not come to Tricia Rose's lecture about the Great Migration, but I guess that is a function of people being closed minded. I'm sure this will change once college starts and people become more interested in culture and etc.</p>
<p>arapollo that may have been the "on call" van so no they wont take you anywhere without registration for that service.</p>
<p>-Brown is somewhat bad with orientation type things which was a cause for my frustrations at one point but you won't have to deal with University Hall (the administration) very often (rarely) if you don't want to. Brown was tough for me to figure out at first but now that I understand how they roll I'm okay with things.</p>
<p>-As far as safety goes I've never had a problem but things do happen on occasion. Just last week some girl was robbed at knife point by people in a car parked on the side of the road near Pembroke campus on Brown St. </p>
<p>-Not everyone uses substances. </p>
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<li>Protests don't turn violent that I've ever heard of. I thought the stuff they put up was nicely timed with ADOCH (aka on purpose). Much of that "awareness" protesting they do annoys many people I know since Brown people are smart enough to already be "aware" of what's happening in the world. Another note, two Brown students were arrested for protesting in the front of the White House recently. We don't all have common sense despite being somewhat intelligent.</li>
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<p>1.Not everyone does 'something'.<br>
2. Dartmouth is safer with the tradeoff that Brown is located in a small city [Providence] which offers its students venues for events, food places, movie theaters etc.
3. Don't underestimate the impact of the cold on your social experience at Dartmouth.
4. D has a greek presence which far exceeds Brown and I cannot imagine how students at D would be drinking less than we do</p>
<p>preview weekends can be hit or miss--hopefully you learn some new things about a school that helps inform your decision.</p>
<p>in my day, ADOCH served to confuse me further because it didn't blow me away and i had a great time at the preview weekends at swarthmore and yale. nonetheless, i stuck to my gut that brown was the best school for me and i'm convinced it was one of the best decisions i ever made.</p>
<p>don't judge a school by the organization of their prefrosh program...</p>
<p>I had a lot of fun at ADOCH... the professors were AMAZING and we had a gorgeous day to see the campus. As other people have said, the program wasn't that structured, but I actually enjoyed the freedom to explore the school and experience Brown as it actually is, instead of sitting through prepared events that are geared towards prefrosh. The students were really friendly-- they all went out of their way to help us navigate through the campus and to give us their personal perspectives on Brown. </p>
<p>The program left me really impressed with Brown, but I still haven't decided... May 1st is too soon!!!</p>
<p>meliness, if youh ave any questions abuot brown, just let me know!</p>
<p>sometimes there was a lot of standing around awkwardly (but this is probably since i'm rather socially inept), but the lectures were great! i was so happy they had paradiso and stein give talks since i want to study neuroscience. :) :)
also the campus was really pretty, minus the construction.</p>
<p>My thoughts echo a lot of what has been on this thread. I had an OK time at ADOCH, but I just loved Dimensions. Before visiting both, I was heavily favoring Brown, but after attending both programs, I was really feeling like I would love Dartmouth. All the kids there seemed to LOVE being there. It's possible that I felt more positively toward Dartmouth than Brown because I spent two nights there instead of just one, though. And at Dimensions, my host was amazing and very informative, but at Brown, they were just OK. They pretty much said, "If you need anything or have any questions, ask." But at Dartmouth, my host was constantly telling me about amazing parts of Dartmouth, and she spent a lot of time just talking with me about the school and about other things.</p>
<p>But like ClaySoul said, I know these programs aren't a perfect indicator of how great the school will be. </p>
<p>Also, I went to parties at both Brown and Dartmouth, but the one I went to at Brown seemed pretty lame. It was in these crappy little rooms, with all the lights on, and the floor sticky and gross. And people weren't even dancing, they were just pouring drinks and kinda walking around. Is that typical of frat parties?</p>
<p>Sounds like you went to a lame party, but then again you WERE here on a tuesday night correct?</p>
<p>Yes. So I'm guessing they're usually better than that?</p>