<p>I’m considering applying to Brown ED. I know the inside-outs of the campus and the food and everything because I did summer@brown and I’ve visited many times, but I know very little about the academics and research there.</p>
<p>I’ve been going through the other topics on this board and have found quite a few complaints about the research facilities at Brown. After Brown, as long as I stay in a science-related field (who knows… maybe I’ll switch to humanities?) I would most likely get a PhD because I don’t really want to be a medical doctor. I’m not looking to win a Nobel prize, but I would like to do research that is good enough to get me into a good PhD program. Would Brown provide the resources for that? I’ve also heard they’re starting to put more money in the science programs… will this take effect before I graduate if I were to attend Brown (I’m a senior in HS now).</p>
<p>I always thought the “undergraduate focus” would be a posititive but it seems like the only real effect it has is preventing the university from getting as much grant money as other universities with more-present grad programs.</p>
<p>Thoughts/observations/opinions?</p>
<p>In chemistry I came across 0 problems. Anyone who is reasonably successful in Brown’s chem concentration has a real good shot of getting into a top ten chem school. I have friends at MIT, Harvard, CalTech, and Cal getting chemistry/biochemistry PhDs. Hard to do better than that.</p>
<p>My experience is that it’s more than adequate, the facilities are actually quite good. I saw that one poster complaining about the biology facilities but after five years at Brown he’s the first and only person I’ve ever heard make that complaint. If anything I think the level of equipment at Brown forces increased collaboration across the sciences and I view that as a huge positive. Sometimes you may find many more duplicates of expensive machinery-- here you may have to walk two blocks. Big deal.</p>
<p>" If anything I think the level of equipment at Brown forces increased collaboration across the sciences and I view that as a huge positive." I kind of like that idea, even though it may seem to be a negative for some people.</p>
<p>Do you have any regrets from attending Brown? Basically all throughout 9th and 10th grade I thought I would apply ED, but then I got a low SAT score which sort of made me set my sights lower, but now I have a really high ACT score and my guidance counselor seems to think I have a good shot anywhere so I don’t know if I should apply to Brown ED. The only school I can see myself picking over Brown for a reason other than the name itself is Yale, but it’s not really ahead by much at all.</p>
<p>It’s comforting to know that you have friends at such great places!</p>
<p>EDIT: Ohh and I guess I should clarify by “low” SAT score I meant a little below the 25th percentile for Brown lol so not actually low. Not that this really matters for anything right now XD.</p>
<p>No regrets. Best decision I ever made was coming here, and some of the best things that have happened to me since are specifically because of opportunities that came knocking because of Brown.</p>
<p>Being here has put me in the right place and the right time with the right skills and knowledge too often for me to put it off to all mere coincidence.</p>
<p>A friend of mine worked during the summer for a big tech company as an intern and was already offered a job ($95,000) for next year. He took it. He is currently a senior. There is a group of Brown students in that same situation.</p>
<p>I believe that says a lot about Brown.</p>