Brown named to list of 10 most intellectual colleges

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>By The Huffington Post:</p>

<p>"The students at Brown University are said to be among the most intellectual and eccentric of all the Ivy Leaguers. Part of this reputation stems from Brown’s progressive educational philosophy: students can choose to take any course pass-fail, and there are no core requirements. As a result, students only take the courses that interest them and rarely stop talking about their academics. “Everyone in every class has chosen to be there,” writes a senior majoring in English. “Interesting and engaged students then leave class and chat long into the night about every topic you can imagine, hours after classes are done,” another says. One student sums it up: “Overall, and fostered by our open curriculum, Brown students are unique in that we get to place an extremely high value on creativity, on intellectual independence, and on a real, honest passion for learning and being.”</p>

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<p>No offense, but the opinion of Unishmo matters to who?</p>

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<p>The rankings are based on student surveys. I’d say that student opinions matter rather a lot.</p>

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<p>Perhaps “pseudo-intellectual”… B. doesn’t hold a candle to Swarthmore or U. Chicago, which appear (inexplicably) lower on that list- the latter are both “intellectual” and intellectually rigorous and demanding.</p>

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<p>The list is in alphabetical order, not in order of most to least intellectual. They’re not making any distinction between the 11 colleges.</p>