<p>your Meik question seemed to be passed over :(</p>
<p>Yes! All incoming freshmen are assigned a Meiklejohn Peer Advisor. You will be in an advising group of about 4-7 freshmen. Your group will have the same faculty advisor and Meik, though most of your meetings will probably be individual. </p>
<p>Here’s my shameless plug for the program:
I had a great experience with my Meik this year and was accepted to the program for next year. Meiks are really great for finding out about navigating the Open Curriculum, shopping period and just life at Brown in general. Most importantly, because we are still students, we are completely connected to your freshman experience and can often offer advice on things a faculty advisor might not be as interested in (dining halls, housing lottery, study spots, clubs/activities, events etc). Incoming freshmen should receive an introduction letter from their Meik over the summer.</p>
<p>could you elaborate more on the Brown English Department? Who are the most popular/best professors in the department? How interesting are the courses in the department? What was your favorite? I know Chinua Achebe teaches at Brown now (though not in the English deparment), and I’ve been so excited about Brown ever since. I’ve found his opinions and writings so interesting, that I would love to go to Brown and take a course taught by him. But I also wanted a feel for the other professors/the department in general. I am 98% sure that I am going to major in English one way or the other.</p>
<p>Oh. I’m still a junior in high school. But thank you for answering some of my questions!
If there’s any more info you could tell me about the English department it will be so very helpful! Also, I know Brown puts out the emails of the departmental heads on their prospective students website, but I haven’t seen one for English? Is it under another category?</p>
<p>Ultimate is by far one of the most popular activities here: we have everything from a club team (who are crazy good), to a less-competitive club team, to intramural ultimate. Plus, on pretty much any sunny day you can find pickup games. Frisbee’s just one of those things that don’t require a lot of setup, but gets people active and socially involved.</p>
<p>ACT: perfect. Extracurriculars: unworldly. Or, you could just live your HS life as you want, and if Brown’s a fit you’ll end up doing what would get you in here anyways.</p>
<p>Appreciate everyone’s help:
International student admitted to Brown, Columbia and Amherst, having a tough time deciding. I like Brown’s overall atmosphere and the open curriculum, but NYC and Columbia’s stellar academics are so hard to reject (though I don’t love the core that much), and Amherst’s curriculum and country charm appeal to me no less than the other schools.
There are a few cliched questions I wish to ask:
How do you rank the 3 schools in terms of prestige among grad school/employers?
Which is more nurturing for chinese kids? (easier to fit in, not cliquish, etc)
Is Brown overly liberal? (to an overwhelming extent) </p>
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<li><p>The difference between those 3 will be infinitesimal. It will depend on the individual biases of the employers/admissions officers (if an employer went to Amherst or has a kid at Columbia or who’s wife went to Brown, that’s what they might prefer).</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t know. My sense at Brown is that Asian students are welcome to hang out with whomever they want, but some Asians decide to hang out with each other. </p></li>
<li><p>There are tons of threads in this forum on the “liberalness” of Brown; one is on the front page. You will find many “liberals” at Columbia and Amherst.</p></li>
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