<p>Personal point of view: My friend is going to Stanford, but was rejected from Brown. I was the opposite. The reactions when we told people where we were going was almost exactly the same, with the added responses of “Oh, California, you’ll have great weather” versus “New England, huh? That’s so far away.” In terms of getting a job/going to grad school, how you perform and what opportunities you pursue is a better determinant of where you’ll be than “prestige.” Both schools offer amazing opportunities, but in a different manner. For the vast majority of people, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to Stanford vs. Brown vs. Columbia vs. Yale vs. MIT, etc., because people realize if you’re going to any of these schools, you’re a top-notch student.</p>
<p>From my experience on the west coast: no one has heard of Brown, but everyone has heard of and respects Stanford.</p>
<p>I’d prefer Brown.</p>
<p>Wow! Sorry to have offended you, iambth. I guess I hit a raw nerve or something when I suggested that Americans see Stanford as a sports school out west and the Ivy League as more impressive. I liked your statistics. They were helpful. You even highlighted the important parts for us!</p>
<p>You’re smart! And funny, too.</p>
<p>I learned my lesson when you wrote about my family get-together!</p>
<p>I wish I were as cool as you and everyone else on the west coast.</p>
<p>Anyway, Cal beat Stanford in football again this year. </p>
<p>I bet Stanford could beat Brown in a football game. so, at least you got that going for you!</p>
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That sums things up quite nicely.</p>
<p>The vast majority of cross-admits are going to pick Stanford over Brown. Of the roughly 30% of admits who turn down Stanford, only 1% select Brown. Put a different way, Brown gets only 6 or 7 Stanford admits a year. In stark contrast, Harvard gets about 180.</p>
<p>As was stated earlier, Stanford takes the lead in most academic disciplines, except a few of the humanities (e.g. classics and religious studies). Indeed, pound for pound, it’s arguably the strongest of any American university except Berkeley. </p>
<p>In terms of graduate placement, Stanford regularly exceeds Brown. Despite having an excellent law school of its own and the vaunted “undergraduate focus” of Brown, it places nearly twice as many students at Harvard and Yale Law as Brown. This carries over to award production, where Stanford blows Brown out of the water for nearly every postgraduate award except the Fulbright, where Stanford has only a moderate edge. It must be noted that this may be less of a case of something magical done by Stanford and more a testament to the strength of its student body.</p>
<p>I would also give the edge to Stanford in campus beauty and weather. Brown’s campus is tiny and cramped, and the differences in weather are self-evident. Stanford also has an extreme edge in the balancing of academics and athletics, though Brown students are typically not overly concerned with rah-rah athletics. I prefer Brown’s location, however, as I prefer Providence-Boston to Palo Alto. </p>
<p>All of that aside, Brown is a great school. An ambitious student graduating from Brown won’t have ANY doors closed to him/her, and it’s not exactly chopped liver when it comes to academics. There are, as Arzachel noted, reasons to select Brown over Stanford. The PLME program is a draw, and the location attracts others. The open curriculum is undoubtedly Brown’s biggest advantage over its competitors, and the A/B/C/NC grading system is quite nice. One would not be insane for selecting Brown over Stanford.</p>
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<p>No offense taken, but don’t you get tired of riding the coattails of HYP?</p>
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<p>Not to mention, good looking!</p>
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<p>I taught you well.</p>
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<p>So Brown has a football team, huh? Who do you play? RISD??</p>
<p>Lol you guys went to these colleges? I would’ve thought that they weeded out all the immature pricks during interviews…</p>
<p>We can’t all be as mature or non-judgmental as you. But we do know how to mind our own business.</p>
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<p>Don’t be too hard on yourself.</p>
<p>Wow we’re getting ■■■■■■■ hard.</p>
<p>not even well. at least ■■■■■■ of the past had something to argue.</p>
<p>Brown has way more prestige than Stanford. Brown is an Ivy League, once people hear that they go wow. Stanford is a great school and its on my list of colleges that I want to go to. In fact I herd of Stanford when I went college hunting, I never knew it existed till a few weeks ago. I knew of Brown since I was a kid, where I live (East Coast) Brown is really up there with Harvard and Yale. </p>
<p>But you have to remember Brown is a more Liberal Arts college, that broadens your mind of your surrounding. And Stanford is more of a Science college. Hands down both are excellent colleges.</p>
<p>Hands down Stanford is a better school, and if you were lucky enough to be accepted to both, I would pick Stanford, as would 75% of others ([The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html]The”>The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices))
That being said, it is a matter of personality and Brown seems more relaxed and liberal so if you have the opportunity to visit, see which one you like best, and if not, do as much research as possible on the types of students, teaching style etc.</p>
<p>oreo that data has been debated endlessly on this forum</p>
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The Northeast isn’t the world (granted, I know this realization can be shocking to some). Go down to the South, and 9/10 haven’t heard of Brown but at least vaguely know of Stanford as a good school.</p>
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31% of Brown students major in math/science. 35% of Stanford students do. Not exactly a huge difference. Well, at least in the number of students (the quality of resources and instruction may obviously vary). It may also be a surprise for you to find out that the sciences are liberal arts fields and can broaden your mind. </p>
<p>By all means, however, don’t let the facts stop you.</p>
<p>I was recently admitted to a bunch of schools, of which I have managed to narrow down my list to Brown vs Stanford.
I’m a humanities person, but really don’t know what I want to major in. In terms of prestige, I don’t really care. I’d be proud to go to either of them. I was attracted to them for similar reasons, but never worried that I would get into both. I like the liberal and laid back feel of both of the campuses. My biggest concern is basically where I would be the happiest.<br>
Can anyone tell me how they compare regarding the type of students that attend? Stress levels? Size of classes? Community service?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Im in the EXACT same situation as the person above. Haha, small world.</p>
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<p>Don’t you get it, oreolover? The Brownians only endlessly debate the “Collegiate Matchups” when it’s a school (e.g. some other non-HYP ivy) against which Brown wins cross-admits. When it’s one of HYPSM, they (wisely) keep their mouths shut.</p>
<p>why does this matter so much? the original poster obviously made their choice; the thread is from 2006…</p>
<p>A Brown undergraduate alum revived this thread (nearly ten years after her college graduation):</p>
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<p>Okay. I’m in the same situation as justastudent10. I’m between Brown, Stanford, and Duke, and am a humanities person. Though I’d like to say I’m not concerned about prestige…it is kind of swaying my decision. Is Stanford really THAT much above Brown? Aren’t they at least very similar in standing. I know that many of these ranking websites are pretty skewed.</p>