<p>I have been accepted at both Penn and Brown and I am trying to choose between them. On one hand I love Brown’s open curriculum and I feel as if Brown has a much more open-minded approach to academics as well as numerous research opportunities. I also feel as if the Brown community is great and that it is much more suited to me. On the other hand, I was accepted into the Rachleff Scholars Program at Penn which involves paid summer research and honors coursework and I really like the idea of getting a dual-degree in Physics and Engineering which I found out was possible at Penn. If I go to Brown I will probably only do Physics with a comp sci minor or double major. I am also unsure whther I want to go to grad school or immediately into the workforce. Anyone have any advice, I have changed my mind between them so many times.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>I don’t see why you couldn’t double-concentrate in Physics and Engineering at Brown if you really wanted to. You could also do the Physics-CS double concentration, if you wanted (we don’t have minors). I’m sure the Penn program is great, but give Brown a thought - you could quite easily get paid research positions here, and the open curriculum is absolutely excellent.</p>
<p>Brown and Penn are both great schools academically; you can’t make a wrong choice there. But what a lot of the college decision comes down to is “fit” - the feel you get from a school. If you feel like Brown is the right place, come here. We’d love to have you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, I could not find anything about doing a double concentration involving engineering at Brown, but I also dont think Brown’s engineering program is that good. At the same time I really do like BRown’s ‘feel’ and would consider abandoning engineering altogether to go to BRown.</p>
<p>Brown does have an engineering physics major.</p>