<p>Thanks for all the info guys....and btw can anyone elaborate on why the Brown nueorscience program is soo good? Also, what about the anthropology departments at each of the schools. Thanks!</p>
<p>intro to neuroscience at brown is so well taught, it's one of the most popular courses at the whole school
BN001</a> : It's Hip, It's Fun... Oh, Yes... It's Neuro 1</p>
<p>the only neuroscience text written for undergrads was authored by three brown professors who also teach the intro course</p>
<p>wonderful suport for undergrad research and the only program in the country with an NIH partnership
04-071</a> (Brown/NIH Graduate Partnership)</p>
<p>a special relationship with woods hole biological laboratory--home to many nobel laureates and nobel winning discoveries
Marine</a> Biological Laboratory</p>
<p>rockstar faculty include: </p>
<p>leon cooper (nobel laureate)
Leon</a> N. Cooper - Biography</p>
<p>john donoghue (inventor of BrainGate)
06-002</a> (BrainGate)</p>
<p>david berson (discovered the eye's third photoreceptor)
01-080</a> (New Photoreceptor)</p>
<p>james simmons (known on campus as "batman")
U.S</a>. Navy Looks to Bats, Dolphins for Better Sonar</p>
<p>...and many others
::</a> DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE :: BROWN UNIVERSITY ::
Brown</a> University Brain Sciences
Department</a> of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences: Brown University
Brown</a> Medical School Department of Clinical Neurosciences Program in Neurosurgery :: Neurosurgery Foundation ::</p>
<p>... yo not to sound like an ass. But the first point is...what? Most neurosci classes are popular at all colleges..just because it's neuroscience. </p>
<p>second is just not true. That's like saying Ford is the only company that makes cars. </p>
<p>As for professors, all three colleges above have really fantastic faculty..and yes, they invent stuff. </p>
<p>The rest is irrelevant.</p>
<p>excellent post dcircle</p>
<p>BrainGate isn't "stuff" It's an FDA approved electronic chip they are implanting in the brains of paralyzed people that allows them to operate tvs and computers with their thoughts :)</p>
<p>There actually is only one undergrad neuroscience book and it was written by three brown professors--Bear Conners and Paradiso--look it up</p>
<p>How many intro neuroscience classes are taken by 25% of an entire student body? plus, how many give you a t-shirt at the end to commemorate the experience? :)</p>
<p>I really need to know to convince my dad that Brown is worth it cost-wise. Where are you getting these statistics about Brown being really good for fellowships, etc, etc. I can't find it anywhere.</p>
<p>here you go
07-056</a> (Fulbright Awards)</p>
<p>You do understand that BrainGate is still very provisional in its uses right? As of right now, the most it can do is move a mouse cursor. And even that is a matter of probability.</p>
<p>Do you think Brown would match a Dartmouth fin aid package?</p>
<p>the very fact that braingate won FDA approval for human trials is remarkable. mathew nagle, the first human to be implanted with the chip has been able to operate his tv as well as surf the web with his thoughts alone. come on, man, that's pretty freaking cool! brown neuroscience rocks :)</p>
<p>yes, brown will match dartmouth financial aid</p>
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<p>I spit out my drink on my keyboard and I expect you to pay to have it fixed.</p>
<p>If you spit out your drink on your keyboard because of a true statement, you must spit often. Can't help that. The Revealed Preferences Survey clearer shows, and I've seen it first hand, that when a talented student gets into Brown and Dartmouth, more than 60% of the time said student will choose Brown. With Columbia it's closer, maybe 55%. I really don't think this is arguable. The figure with Brown and Harvard is 89%, Harvard's way, and I've also found this to be true, so I am not saying what I've said out of loyalty to Brown. Brown is just a significantly stronger undergraduate institution, and harder to get in to, than either Dartmouth or Columbia.</p>
<p>This could be a much a product of "brilliant-but-lazy" students choosing a school with no curriculum over schools with real curricula.</p>
<p>As a brilliant-but-lazy person myself, I know I found Brown's curriculum (or lack thereof) quite appealing. But Brown just didn't fit with me.</p>
<p>Anyway the keyboard was an Apple Keyboard. It's like $60 in the penn bookstore, you can send me a check ;)</p>
<p>Lol. That's quite arrogant on both your parts. </p>
<p>As for Brown being "harder" to get into than Dartmouth or Columbia?</p>
<p>Are...you...kidding...me?</p>
<p>For students who have the choice, it is difficult to imagine a worse reason for picking among Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia than basing the decision on the preferences of other students who make this choice. Who cares? You need to pick the place that is right for you, not follow the herd.</p>
<p>Oh, wait a minute, there is a worse reason. Among colleges with nearly identical admissions difficulties, picking the one that, in a particular cycle, by a particular metric, could be argued to be slightly more selective. </p>
<p>And, apparently needs saying again: "No distribution requirements" says nothing about the difficulty of the courses at a college.</p>
<p>Pinderhughes, you're completely off base. I could come up with BS reasons (like yours) why Dartmouth and Columbia have stronger student bodies than Brown. But the truth is they're all about the same.</p>
<p>So WHAT ARE the main differences between Brown and Dartmouth, guys. (Forget Columbia.) If someone is trying to choose between the two and they can't afford to visit, how would you advise them? What sort of person/student thrives at each school? What sort is unhappy at each? Etc.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has a very pervasive frat scene; Brown's is not so prominent. Dartmouth is rather bucolic, Brown is located in a hip city (and is just about an hour away from Boston). I think those are two big differences.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has trimesters and the D plan, Brown has a conventional semester plan.</p>
<p>Dartmouth, perhaps because it is more isolated, has a reputation of an experience that is more focussed on the campus, and thus, again by reputation, a more tightly knit undergrad community. Brown, being in the city and in the Northeast corridor attracts people who are more likely to get off campus, head to Boston or NY, etc.</p>
<p>They differ in their areas of academic strength, and graduate programs.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has a business school, Brown does not.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has more distribution requirements.</p>