<p>Hey all! </p>
<p>If found this place searching for some discussion on Brown’s Resumed Undergraduate Education Program (RUE). I just finished my application up this week (waited until the last minute, I know), and was wondering if anyone else here applied this year… or has applied in the past? Just curious.</p>
<p>Angie</p>
<p>I applied. I've been curious if anyone else here has applied too. Do you know anything about the process? As in, when they notify you if you you've been chosen for a phone interview, etc.?</p>
<p>How did you find out about the RUE Program?</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Good luck on getting in! I know most of the RUE's at Brown but not much about applying.</p>
<p>Pred - No, I'm not really sure about the process... I wish I knew more. I found out about the program through a friend of mine. You?</p>
<p>Hey wolfmanjack, if you don't mind me asking, how many RUE's are there? Do you know about how many the let in each year? Thanks!</p>
<p>Angie</p>
<p>I found out about it through a friend as well. It's funny, I haven't' had to apply to a college in over 10 years, I forgot how nervous it can make a person! Ha. </p>
<p>I'd also be curious as to how many RUE students are at Brown...</p>
<p>I think this last year they admitted maybe 8 RUE's or so. I know about 13 of them from this year and last year. Not sure about the total but it's not too many. I know them because I'm 25 and was a tad too young to apply as a RUE and came in as a transfer but obviously fit in much better with the RUE's.</p>
<p>8? That dosent' seem like too many.... unless the application pool was only 10 :). Doesn't sound like there is much of a chance if there are about 150-200 applicants. If everyone has good credentials, then perhaps it then becomes more about connections. Oh well. I applied, and I can only leave it at that. Hope I get in though...</p>
<p>Yeah, eight is not that many at all. I would have thought Brown would at least match their incoming freshman acceptance rate.... which I think is around 14 or 15 percent. On150 people that would be about 22 or so people. That number sounds more reasonable to me... and the number of people that I figured they would accept. Guess I was wrong. Like you said Angie, "oh well." All I can do now is wait and see. Good luck everyone.</p>
<p>I applied RUE as well, but because of the low admit rate really thought about just applying as a normal transfer.</p>
<p>I hope I'm what they're looking for, but my life story certainly isn't as exciting as some of the former students I've read about.</p>
<p>What are you guys interested in studying? Why RUE over other programs / Brown over other schools?</p>
<p>freshman admit should now be much lower than 14% now that they got 25k apps this year. i dont know of any rue's who had any connections to brown before applying except maybe one. i will ask my rue friend how many people theyve taken in years past next time i see him. i will say it seems that locals have a better shot at admission.</p>
<p>He said 4 this year and 8 last year and that it is dependent on money available and how many RUE's are still enrolled.</p>
<p>Wolfmanjack - you mean 4 this year, as in Brown has already made their decision... or 4 that started this academic year (2008-2009)???</p>
<p>_ken - I too thought about applying as a normal transfer. I figured I had a better chance as a RUE student though... but I guess that was before I new that the acceptance rate was 4-5%. lol.</p>
<p>I'm interested in studying psychology (and it seems so does every other incoming freshman at every school)... guess that's not very original. Strike one I guess. Ha. I choose Brown's RUE over other programs bc it fit me better. I know Columbia has an adult program, but you couldn't pay me to live in nyc. Smith College also has a nontraditional student program, but I'm not really interested in spending the next couple of years at a school for women. lol.</p>
<p>What about you guys? Why Brown and RUE? What would you like to study? Any of you from Rhode Island?</p>
<p>I'm interested in neuroscience, add in the combination of the flexibility of Brown's open curriculum and the program for older students with an ability to live on campus for a more traditional college experience, it's exactly what I need and what no other school I've found offers.</p>
<p>The other schools with good neuro departments for undergraduates I've found don't seem that interested in people with nontraditional backgrounds.</p>
<p>My understanding from reading other threads on here is Brown will make a list of people they are willing to accept into the program, and order them in terms of who they want to be in the most. They start with the person at the top of that list, and then look at financial need. Because RUE is not need blind (correct me if I'm wrong, someone), once they run out of funds for the program, they stop admitting.</p>
<p>I wish they'd toss you in to the general transfer admissions program (upon request) if you didn't make the cut for RUE so you could still have a chance to attend.</p>
<p>I'm interested in Economics. </p>
<p>I would prefer Brown over other colleges for many of the same reason you mentioned, ken. Plus I would like to attend a smaller school. I have taken classes at a large public university before and I am very much looking for a change.</p>
<p>I looked into Bard College's Economic and Finance dual degree program and a few other places (Colby College, Bates College, Hamilton College) but I felt Brown was the right place... now I just have to get in. If I didn't though, it would be nice if they were able to place me in with the normal transfer students.</p>
<p>Where do you all plan to attend if you aren't fortunate enough to make it into Brown?</p>
<p>They admitted 4 for 08-09. </p>
<p>RUE is not need blind and neither is transfer admission. The transfer acceptance rate for 2007-2008 (the year I was admitted) was about 8%. They will not enroll RUE's as transfers.</p>
<p>wolf, what are your stats if you don't mind sharing?</p>
<p>Also, do you have any generic information about the ones who were admitted?</p>
<p>for transfers or rues?</p>
<p>For RUE's 10 char</p>
<p>Well of the RUE's I know, 3-4 were in the military, some are women in their 30's and 40's with families. One was a ballet dancer. I only know of one person's grades he had a community college and they were almost perfect.</p>
<p>I wasn't a RUE since I was about 6 months too young so idk if my stats matter. I can tell you that SAT's don't matter much.</p>
<p>I guess I'm more like the last guy than anyone else. </p>
<p>My story isn't as interesting as the guy who was in the Russian military that I read about or anything like that. My strength lies in my academic performance at my current institution, involvement here, and (hopefully) strong recommendations</p>