<p>Rabo, I am actually pretty sure that while that concern is valid, that the main reason is because Reslife and the University feel that the more residential the college, the greater interaction amongst students and the greater students will take part in campus-wide activities/events which are valid.</p>
<p>Not only that, but the price of housing in Providence isn't such that you have to be rich to live off campus. It's about as expensive as housing on campus, not really anymore if you look around. These apartments are high enough in price that the likelihood of the Providence native to live on college hill is low, since there are lower priced options in decent areas further from the campus, yet the prices are low enoguh that students can easily justify and afford housing (since it's really not an additional cost).</p>
<p>billybobbyk, there is definitely a difference between the three programs. The Neuroscience major is very much science and biology based. You will be learning about how the brain works on a very microscopic scale. In CogSci, you will be learning how the brain deals with higher functions (like memory, learning, language) etc without dealing too much in the microbiology of it. In CogNeuro, you get a mix. You learn how the brain performs higher cognitive processes through the microbiological signals. If you look at the required courses for each concentration, you'll see what I mean.</p>
<p>No, you don't have to be rich now, but if apartment owners know students can pay, what's to stop them from raising rent? You surely can't deny that there are many students here whose parents would be more than willing to pay top dollar. </p>
<p>Brown should just build another dorm. (Yeah, easier said than done, but seriously, they need to do something.)</p>
<p>just an fyi... brown IS building more dorms.</p>
<p>more upperclassmen apartment/suite style dorms with kitchens and lounges to accomodate the needs of juniros and seniors. the answer is on its way!!</p>
<p>do you think more dorms will get built before incoming freshman arrive on campus ;-)
or before we become juniors/seniors in need of more dorm space :-)</p>
<p>nothing new by the time you get here, but the perkins, littlefield, and hope lounges will be completely renovated over the summer, thanks to a report put out by UCS on their subpar quality.</p>
<p>Brown made a terrible move the last time they renovated Faunce. </p>
<p>In the early '80's there was something called "The Airport Lounge" in Faunce. It was an absolutely perfect hang-out spot that connected to a brick terrace overlooking the Green. It was across the hall from the Blue Room, and I think the Blue Room pretty much engulfed it when Faunce was renovated.</p>
<p>It may have had an official name, but we called it the airport lounge because it had that general sleek, slightly futuristic, yet industrial look of an airport... big windows, spare modern furniture... However, it was very comfy. </p>
<p>In the Airport Lounge there was a small kiosk that sold candy, gum, The NYT, etc, but the rest of the large & airy room was all hanging-out space.</p>
<p>It was turned into a hideously tacky, fake plastic wood, Ramada Inn-looking place. I was heartbroken as some of my most fun memories of Brown took place in or on the terrace of the groovy Airport Lounge!</p>
<p>Of course, I'd rather they build new desirable dorms. The real question is, if that is happening, when are they going to be complete and where the heck are they going ot put them?</p>
<p>what's the language/study abroad program like? is there any chance Brown uses the Rassias method?</p>
<p>this is a really general question but, what are the people like? i'm sure there are a lot of really rich people on campus.. are they really snobby like at some "elite" schools?</p>
<p>oh, and i'll be arriving hours before ADOCH starts. are there any theater shows or a capella performances that I can see on campus? would the admissions office know if any were playing? and do you think it would be possible to walk over to RISD and take a look at the museum there (is it too far to walk, what's the price for admission?)?</p>
<p>The study abroas programs are supposed to be really good.. Especially for things like IR... The language departement, for italian, greek and a couple of others that i dont remember off the top of my head are supposed to be the top among all the ivy's (and thats saying quite a bit)..</p>
<p>There are rich people on campus, but like any other college, each person is different.. Im sure youll come across the occasional snob, but as a rule, brown students tend to be pretty friendly..</p>
<p>Also, RISD is about 10 mins (or less) walk away from the brown campus..I think brown students can use their ID to look at the museum, though i dont know what the procedure will be for incoming freshman who dont have an ID yet..</p>
<p>Definitely check out RISD. It is downhill from Brown, towards downtown Providence. From the Brown Campus you'd walk downhill past the List Arts center to Benefit Street, then go Left on Benefit street then continue a few blocks to the RISD museum on the right side of the street.</p>
<p>Depending on how you are getting to Brown-- if arriving on the bus or train-- you will pass RISD on the way to Brown. In which case, coming up College Hill you'd take a <em>right</em> on Benefit Street.</p>
<p>SBMom: i'm trying to decide between brown and dartmouth, but i'm keeping berkeley on my list for now. hopefully, i'll know for certain after my ADOCH/Dimensions of Dartmouth trips.</p>
<p>another question: at brown, how easy/hard is it to enroll in popular classes? are there any ways to increase the chances of getting into a popular class?</p>
<p>over-enrollment is definitely one area that brown has a large edge over dartmouth. my brother is at dartmouth, and he is often shut out of courses that he needs to complete his majors (economics and government) because of over-enrollment. at brown, occassionally classes are capped but you can usually successfully appeal directly to the professor w/o going through a formal process. the shopping period at brown and open curriculum also mitigate this significantly</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Brown are both great schools, with fun and relaxed people, but they definitely offer very different experiences. Your visits should really clarify things for you.</p>
<p>Agree with dcircle; never had a problem getting in a class... I think maybe once I wanted a class that was closed to freshmen but I got it as a sophomore.</p>
<p>I've even heard of upperclassmen getting into Fsems if they got permission from the professor and it wasn't full. It seems really easy to get into classes here.</p>
<p>Where are you from weetstreet? It's quite a bit better than many places in this country, though certainly colder than an southern winter.</p>
<p>I don't know if anyone gets turned down for a course that's not a writing seminar. Even in the 18 person capped writing seminar which 50 people showed up for hte first day, anyone who showed up day 2 got in the course and there were openinings in the other sections.</p>
<p>Especially more popular/general courses you will never get turned away if you're even the slightest bit persistent.</p>
<p>I have encountered barely anyone who's snobbish at Brown compared to what the Ivy stigma is. In fact, though two of my better friends have fathers that make around 1mil a year, you'd never know it if you weren't very close to them and even then it's mostly inferred over quite sometime. Most people are quite friendly, open and relaxed.</p>
<p>haha i'm from virginia... richmond, actually. I was wondering, because i was at brown yesterday... it was in the low 60s, and everyone was hanging out in t-shirts and miniskirts... and i was still prettty chilly in my sweatshirt & jeans. If that's considered celebration-worthy warm weather, well... i'm rather scared of what cold could be.</p>