<p>1) Their undergrad Theatre/Art History/Classics Dept.
2) Social life - not a smoker, quite a drinker, love to go out and dance, very gay
3) how recognized a uni is INTERNATIONALLY (you'd be surprised how little European people care for Stanford, obviously)</p>
<p>Any advice? </p>
<p>My thoughts now:</p>
<p>Brown - seems nice, but is the weakest academics-wise. I've heard it's "very liberal". What does that mean?
Columbia - not sure of its academic rep compared to Stanford and Harvard, NYC seems too huge to handle
Stanford - noone told me anything unique about stanford why I should go there and not anywhere else. everyone simply says "it's an great school".
Harvard - obviously best academics-wise, and the only one <em>everyone</em> knows of, but I'm scared that it's socially dull and that it's a lot harder to handly (studying and all) than the remaining three.</p>
<p>I hope this doesn't seem like showing off, I sincerely need help deciding. Gimme your best, folks!</p>
<p>Once you get your financial package it will be quite clear where
you do not want to go. </p>
<p>The students at Brown, Columbia and Harvard as a group
tend to be quite different; however, taken as individuals, the
similarities are striking.</p>
<p>Art History - I have a few Art History concentrator friends and they’ve loved it here. My impression is that our department is top notch, and Harvard has unparalleled museum resources for you to explore. Boston’s also a great museum city - and we get free admission to the MFA, the ICA (and maybe a few others).</p>
<p>Classics - Again, I know a few classics concentrators who absolutely love it, and I believe it’s very highly ranked. The concentration is changing a bit this year to make it more friendly + open (previously there was an intense oral examination required to get a degree). You might be amused by the Latin Oration - given every year by a graduating senior during commencement ceremonies: [John</a> Harvard, Jedi Knight | Harvard Magazine](<a href=“http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/john-harvard-jedi-knight]John”>http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/john-harvard-jedi-knight)</p>
<p>2) Social life - not a smoker, quite a drinker, love to go out and dance, very gay
I feel like Brown is probably the best fit here (we don’t have anything that can compete with Sex Power God), but there’s a small, but strong gay scene at Harvard that I think you’d really like and a student body that’s very accepting of BGLTSA peers (PM me if you want details - or a friend of mine to talk to). Boston’s not the best clubbing city in the world (but definitely better than Providence + Palo Alto).</p>
<p>how recognized a uni is INTERNATIONALLY (you’d be surprised how little European people care for Stanford, obviously)
Yeah, Harvard is good for this. I’m not sure how much it matters in the long run for most people, but it can certainly help you out in some situations.</p>
<p>There is a core at Columbia and Harvard. Brown has an open curriculum, meaning no core! </p>
<p>For theater, Columbia is amazing because it is next to Julliard. It has a strong Art History and Classics Department. </p>
<p>You’re right, the social life at Harvard may be duller than places like Brown. This means that going out isn’t a huge thing at Harvard. I live right next to Cambridge, and it’s not as exciting as New York City (obviously).</p>
<p>Love Stan, but would rather be on this coast. I am a neuro-science, math, languages (French, Spanish, Arabic) guy who loves theater, music (jazz piano), sports (runner). Will Brown be kick butt enough in science? Will going there screw me for grad school? Don’t want to start grad school as a frosh. Was offerred a deal like that at Penn. Very cool program, but it’s science all the way. What about great books, great talks, music, theater, being with other people who feel the same. I’ve spent my entire life in rural mountain community with fantastic people of good heart and spirit, but no one to talk to about the choices Anna K. made. Problem sets or experimental ideas find me on line. </p>
<p>Will Brown give me this, folks, or should I be willing to make my way to the farm? HELP!!!</p>
<p>Enthusiast–If you wouldn’t mind, can you provide some of your stats and resume? Those are actually 4 of my top 5 choices for schools, and I’m interested in theatre as well. </p>
<p>I have friends in France, and many of them state that Europeans almost have a disdain for Stanford, because it looks like its “trying too hard” to establish itself as Ivy League. At Brown you choose your own course curriculum so it’s quite lax that way. I would pick Harvard or Columbia, Harvard if you’re going for academics over social life and city.</p>
<p>I think Harvard is going to have a theater major, don’t know if it is this year or the next. Ditto with visual arts. Drew Faust is trying to strengthen the arts at Harvard.</p>
<p>Brown has no core requirements, only prerequisites within the major. If you take the courses in sequence for your major, you are completely free to choose any other courses that you take.</p>
<p>Harvard is changing from Core to General Education this year in an effort to improve undergraduate required courses.</p>
<p>Columbia is not across the street from Juilliard. Manhattan School of Music is in the old Juilliard building, and has been for some time. Juilliard is 50-60 blocks away on 66th Street, as I remember.</p>
<p>From our family’s experience, there is little difference in “fun” between Brown and Harvard. All of these schools are pretty “liberal.”</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re European, and, if you are, the drinking age is higher here than most countries in Europe. You may not be able to (legally) drink the U.S. if you’re the regular college age.</p>
<p>While the drinking age is 21 in the US, there is effectively no drinking age on almost all college campuses.</p>
<p>You may not be able to go to a bar, or buy alcohol at a store (that’s what upperclassmen friends are for!), but there will certainly be plenty of opportunities to drink no matter your age, and campus police forces (at least at places like Harvard, Brown, and Stanford) tend not to punish students for drinking responsibly, even if they’re underage.</p>
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