<p>Brown is my 2nd choice behind Princeton. That’s all there is to really say. Oh yeah, check out my ■■■■■■■ page and tell me if I have a shot.</p>
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<p>brown is my second choice behind yale. and it is a very very close second. personality wise... how do the school match up? i know from CB how similar they are and all,.. but I cant tell on a personal level. i have been unable to get all the way up to RI to visit. how does Providence compare to New Haven?</p>
<p>i've heard the section of providence that brown is in isn't so great...but cities are like that. i would take providence over new haven any day, but i liked yale's campus a LOT better than brown's, though brown's wasn't BAD per se, yale's was just very impressive (i'm a sucker for gothic (i go to duke after all))</p>
<p>Well I visited both Brown and Yale and I like them a lot but they do have different atmopsheres. Brown is more relaxed, and their open curriculum really does affect their whole mood. There's a lot of emphasis on sort of controlling your own path and being able to have the initiative to do things that nobody forces on you. Yale just seemed more intense to me, but not in an unhealthy way at all. </p>
<p>As for Providence vs. New Haven, I thought that Providence was a lot more historical and nicer, but I didn't stay for long. It seemed a bit safer, but they're both urban.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say Brown's in a sketchy area at all, and I come from a place where no one even locks their doors. Although, there have been a number of muggings of Brown students (traveling in packs no less) this year, so I guess it's not all shiny happy. The actual city of New Haven is something of a hole, but Yale's campus is extremely nice.</p>
<p>Brown is definitely not in a bad section of Providence--it is in one of the best (named by money magazine one of the top ten places to live in the country several years in a row). Brown sits on "College Hill" (comprising by both Brown and RISD, arguably the best art school in the country)--in Providence's historic east side. The surrounding neighborhood's are residential, most of the houses are colonial mansions that date back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The beauty and history of the area Brown is in is one of the things that drew me here.</p>
<p>Also, waterfire, the mall, a tony-award winning theater and the rest of the perks of downtown are an easy walk down the hill.</p>
<p>I did a summer program at Brown and absolutely loved it there. The people you meet are amazing (hopefully the same as normal Brown students.) The campus is very pretty. Thayer Street has good places to eat and shops to look at. Overall, it was a great experience. Brown is my realistic first choice (behind Yale, I can dream right?)
What do you guys think of my stats and probability of getting into brown?<br>
<a href="http://www.prstats.com/2009/display.php?user=Flachica412%5B/url%5D">http://www.prstats.com/2009/display.php?user=Flachica412</a></p>
<p>I had a very tough time choosing between Brown and Yale--both schools really are very similar in critical ways. I liked Yale's campus a lot (I too was a sucker for the impressive gothic spires), and the artsy, progressive student body. Brown students also had this romantic, funky, artsy flair to them that was very different from what I saw at... Harvard, for instance. The thing that ultimately drew me to Brown was the unique academic atmosphere--the independence of the students, the value placed on intellectual autonomy (why shouldn't smart people get to decide for themselves how they want to be educated?). The independence here--the fact that every one person is doing something entirely unique with their academics--takes competitiveness out of the equation and ensures that every student that you sit in class with is there because they want to be there.</p>
<p>Brown's section of Providence is awesome and quite safe. Perhaps a bit more activity would be good but it's really in a nice and comfortable area.</p>
<p>i went to a Brown Seminar in my area tonight and i really loved it. I liked the open core curriculum and the choice to make grading open. I dont want to make it open and thought you had to do it that way. I liked their emphasis on language and freedom. Now Im excited about writing more essays and getting more recs and applying for ED. yay Brown !
and yay Sidney Franks - you rock my world</p>
<p>lucky you there's no brown seminar in hong kong!</p>
<p>ugh new haven is awful! providence is awesome.</p>
<p>Providence is okay, but don't be fooled into think it's extremely safe. Just this summer a high school student running on campus was kidnapped at gunpoint. Another of my friends was mugged walking down a lighted street right in front of his dorm.</p>
<p>Btw - the walk down College Hill to Waterfire isn't too bad, but the walk up is hellish.</p>
<p>Aaah! Safewalk anyone?</p>
<p>How are Canadians looked at at Brown?</p>
<p>No urban campus can be expected to be entirely safe. But, I feel much safer here than I would at other urban schools in larger cities like Philadelphia or New York. Providence is small enough to be managable for a college student. Thayer may not be mistaken for Times Square, but, that's the way I like it, personally.</p>
<p>I would like to know, but since I'm not there...
Hopefully I will be. I'm praying.</p>
<p>If Brown is a second to princeton maybe you should look into the schools a bit more... they are polar opposited from each other. I have good friends at Princeton and I go to Brown, we are all happy where we are but could not imagine being at the other school..</p>
<p>I second what Leaves has said</p>
<p>I'm applying to Princeton, Yale, and Brown and I really liked all of them a lot. I realize that Princeton and Yale are a lot more similar than they are to Brown, but I can see myself being perfectly happy there. Maybe I just adjust well?</p>