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<p>I would also note that despite what many Brown/college students seem to think, economics is not business. If “business” is what you want to go into (I barely understand what that means since it can be so broad), there’s no reason you should necessarily get an economics degree. There are individual classes in that department that might be helpful, like financial accounting, but otherwise economics really is it’s own discipline that studies a whole class of problems only a small part of which beyond the basic levels have any applications to business.</p>

<p>Also, economics majors without the math chops are a dime a dozen for those “business” jobs. So doing something else that has a relevant skill set or domain knowledge is probably a better path to standing out and being successful.</p>

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<p>what website do most Brown students use to review their professors and classes? I’m looking at some of the first year seminars for next year, and I’m curious as to where I can find info on the professors who teach them.</p>

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<p>[The</a> Critical Review](<a href=“Critical Review”>http://www.thecriticalreview.org/). But you need a Brown email and password to log on. So wait until you get those. </p>

<p>emoryorbust, a 2250 SAT is stellar. And the difference in brain power between a 2250 and a 2400 is negligible.</p>

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<p>By the way, you should get your email sometime in May, after everyone accepts their place in the class.</p>

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<p>Going to send our daughter with a laptop to Brown. We are wondering if the students tend to use PC’s or Macs more commonly. Thanks for any input.</p>

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<p>@Daddylawman:</p>

<p>Macs are pretty common on campus and are even sold in the Brown bookstore - no worries about Brown not being a Mac-friendly campus. I would suggest whatever she chooses and feels most comfortable with - both are supported, so the decision should come down to what she wants.</p>

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<p>And it should also depend on how much you want to spend. I’ll be straight up honest that I’m biased towards PCs and it seems like many of the Mac-owners on campus only use it as a Facebook/internet and paper-writing machine.</p>

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<p>My son is a CS-major and uses a Mac. The underlying software is UNIX-based, so Macs can run most Unix software from the command-line interface And every current Mac can also run Windows, either via a reboot in bootcamp mode or simultaneously via software like Parallels.</p>

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<p>@fireandrain @bruno14 actually, I just set up my brown Email (I’m ED), so thanks for the info!</p>

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<p>From what I have seen, there are more Mac’s than PC’s on campus, but definitely either is fine. A cautionary note: Laptops ARE stolen if left unattended. It may make sense to hold off on the ‘ideal’ laptop until graduation and stick with something that you can afford to replace. We learned this lesson the hard way, unfortunately.</p>