<p>I'm currently a junior in high school right now and have been debating between early action to brown(early decision?) and early action(early decision?) to Yale. Both of these are such amazing schools! I know its a bit hard to have objective opinions when I'm specifically posting in the Yale forum haha.</p>
<p>I had a few areas in mine though...
Which one is more artsy?(Ive been doing classical Indian dance and Bollywood forever, love love art, art museum internship, job shadowing art teacher, take college art classes)
Which one is better for a history major?
Which one offers a better selection of med school prerequisites(pre med courses)?
Which one is located in a nicer area?
Which one believes in giving back more?(founder and president of the Red Cross club in my school, most active in the Dallas area!, love service projects, taught in missionary schools in India)
Which one is more liberal?
More fun?
More interesting in terms of people, like a larger diversity?</p>
<p>Thank you! I tried to as specific as I can and if you have any other input like personal experiences, it would be appreciated! I'm planning on visiting both of these during the summer.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think either of these schools would be good based on these criteria. But a couple of points to consider:
Brown has ED, while Yale has SCEA. This means that if you apply to Brown early, and get in, you have to go there. At Yale, if you get in early, you can still choose to go elsewhere.
Brown has an open curriculum, while Yale has distributional requirements. Look these up on Yale’s website and think about how that might affect you.
Brown may have some additional arts opportunities because of RISD, but Yale is plenty artsy.
I don’t think either one of them is in the best area–Providence may be nicer than New Haven, but there is more nice stuff right around Yale’s campus than there is on Thayer Street by Brown.
<p>I see you posted the same thing on the Brown forum. It looks like Hunt’s response above is a little more balanced than what you are hearing over there.</p>
<p>It is important to visit both schools before you consider an ED Brown application and I see that is in your plans. It is premature to worry about threads like this until you visit the schools since it hopefully will be clear to you if Brown ED or Yale SCEA is the right choice for you after a visit to each.</p>
<p>Both schools are more similar than different when compared amongst the eight Ivy’s. Most students lucky enough to ultimately choose between matriculating to either school choose Yale so you may not want to bind yourself to Brown ED. If you are so “artsy” that you think you want to do the combined RISD program or cross register classes at that school, then that should weigh heavily in your decisions to favor Brown.</p>
<p>Thanks for yalls opinions! This is definitely going to be a hard choice because both are such great school and first off, I have to get in! haha</p>
<p>I’m in somewhat of a peculiar situation, I’m part of the first graduating class of my high school, New Tech High @ Coppell. Its based on Project Based Learning. There are MANY disadvantages AND advantages of going to this school. I don’t get many in school opportunities or class selection but I try to find different ways of doing what I want outside of school. Which school would more appreciate the fact that I come from a different schooling background? Honestly, Ive always wanted to go to Yale but I’m really afraid of being rejected which is really really reallllly possible and blowing my early decision chance at Brown(the percent accepted is significantly higher from what Ive heard!). Id be happy at both schools and I’m not saying Yale is better than Brown. Its just what Ive really wanted. Lately though, I’ve been thinking Brown might be better for me and I for it contribution wise. Any comments?</p>
<p>Give this new mindset some time to settle. It is true that it is easier to get in Brown ED, and that’s certainly a reason to consider the option seriously–but you’re likely to regret it if you make the decision solely for that reason. And even if you do think Brown is the best option, it takes a certain kind of person to be confident in a decision as binding as ED (I, for one, know I’d always have a bit of buyer’s remorse, the "What if?"s running through my mind). Others can make the decision and never look back.</p>
<p>^^^not a good statistic to use since schools use different criteria and screening, so it’s apples and oranges. If you haven’t already, you should go to the PreMed Topics subforum, lots of experienced and knowledgeable members there.</p>