<p>I’m an international applicant to U.S. university and I’ve recently recieved offers of Brown U and WashingtonU in St. Louis. How can I compare these schools and make a final decision?</p>
<p>just go to Brown</p>
<p>hehehe.</p>
<p>on a more serious note, NewShoes, if you want i can get you in touch with the Chinese students at Brown. that should be a good starting point to make a comparison between the two schools.</p>
<p>What about if you’re a domestic student and trying to decide between the two? How do they compare academically and socially?</p>
<p>Thank you very much! I have already consulted with students in Brown. The problem obsessing me most is the tuition. So I actually want to have a comparison of financial aid situation between the two school.</p>
<p>you have to do that on your own, we don’t have your numbers lol</p>
<p>i’m not sure i know any arguments for why WUSTL is preferable to brown for either academic or social reasons. maybe if you want to be in the south?</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation, tho I also have Oberlin College in the mix for financial reasons.
From my visits, I found Brown to have a slightly more intellectual atmosphere and to be a little bit more open, so I’m leaning that direction a little, but its still pretty much neck and neck. Both campuses are great in my opinion, plenty of open grass space, pretty architecture, not isolated from streets with restaurants etc.
For me, the big pluses at Wash U are there focus on meaningful undergraduate research, and their Philosophy Neuroscience & Psychology major, which is a perfect fit for me as far as I can tell.
Both schools are essentially the same price, tho Wash U gives some merit aid, all of which is incredibly difficult to get other than the $2k per year Natl. Merit aid.
Asking around, most people will push you Brownward, but I think you have to take it with a grain of salt because Brown has a lot more name recognition and, well, it is an Ivy.
From stories I’ve heard, I feel like Brown may have had a better ratio of good to bad experiences, but then again thats just anecdotal and I know a lot of people who’ve had amazing times at Wash U. </p>
<p>If anyone else has input I’d love to hear it.</p>
<p>dcircle - take a geography course. St. Louis is south of Providence, but then so are New York City and Philadelphia, and no one would say they are in the south. Midwest is the correct term for St. Louis.</p>
<p>I am just yanking your chain, LOL. Weather is actually pretty similar between the 2. I know, I grew up in St. Louis and have lived in RI for 6 years now. But there is a very different feel between a midwest city like St. Louis and a New England one like Providence. Both are nice, I think, but certainly for many people one would suit them better than the other. Just a personal preference thing.</p>
<p>I’m pretty impressed and happy to see that you still consider going to WashU. People would usually choose to go to an ivy once they get accepted. </p>
<p>Anyway, I might be able to give more help if this thread was posted a year later. Cos, I’m a WashU student and going to Brown next year for grad school. But IMO, I think it really depends on what you wanna do in the future. If you wanna go to grad school, I think WashU is comparable to Brown. But if you’re planning to go back to china and work after graduation, I would suggest you choose Brown. You should know that WashU and Brown arent that well known in China. But since Brown is an ivy, it should be more well known there. </p>
<p>Btw, those people who think that Brown is better than WashU in almost all areas, are probably Brown students or students who are obsessed with Ivy league. But if you go to visit WashU, be prepared to meet students who chose WashU over any ivy league schools…and you will know why, after your visit.</p>
<p>As it turns out, St. Louis is indeed in the midwest, according to the US Census Bureau </p>
<p>[Midwestern</a> United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest]Midwestern”>Midwestern United States - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>fallenchemist, thanks for the geography clarification :)</p>
<p>BtheB44, some additional food for thought…
the pluses you mention at Wash U (with the exception of merit aid) also seem to be big strengths at brown</p>
<p>[Research</a> Awards](<a href=“Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards | Brown University”>Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards | Brown University)</p>
<p>with the open curriculum, you can take courses a la carte from
[::</a> DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE :: BROWN UNIVERSITY ::](<a href=“http://neuroscience.brown.edu/]::”>http://neuroscience.brown.edu/)
[Department</a> of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences: Brown University](<a href=“http://www.cog.brown.edu/]Department”>http://www.cog.brown.edu/)
[Psychology</a> at Brown University](<a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Psychology/]Psychology”>Psychology at Brown University)
[Department</a> of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University](<a href=“http://bms.brown.edu/DPHB/]Department”>http://bms.brown.edu/DPHB/)
[Brown</a> University Brain Sciences](<a href=“http://brainsciences.brown.edu/]Brown”>http://brainsciences.brown.edu/)</p>
<p>yeah, as I looked into it recently, I think Linguistics at Brown is just as good of a fit for me. Also, I got in touch with a professor I met at Wash U and he said Brown has a few excellent faculty who deal with Philosophy of Mind.</p>
<p>A WashU guy advocated for Brown?? Interesting…</p>
<p>Personally I think their definition of midwest of too large. You could be one foot from Pennsylvania or one foot from Montana and still be in the midwest. I prefer more meaningful terms and usually say I’m from the High Plains or Great Plains.</p>
<p>FallenChemist, are you a grad student at Brown? I know someone from STL here.</p>