<p>wait, if u took intro to medicine, weren't all of u guys in the same class??? cuz i heard that that class had like 50 people in it or watever.... oh yea and sunny used to make fun of claire about that lol</p>
<p>anything on the literature programs?</p>
<p>I had Brigid and she was really nice. I don't think I know any of those people. Did you know Isabelle, Emmaline, Nimish, Ashley A. and C., Babi, Lori, Austin, Leor, Olivia or Michal?</p>
<p>how many people were in intro to medicine????</p>
<p>Info on JHU's is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Hey everyone, this was this first thread related to Brown's summer program that I found so I'm unearthing it from page 6... I'm SUPER interested in Summer@Brown for summer '09, but I'm a little worried about structuring my time because it's my summer before senior year and I want to make sure I'm both doing things that I love and, admittedly, squeezing in "good-for-college-app" activities at the same time. So, that being said, a couple questions (I'm glad to see that there are a bunch of people who've attended this to possibly offer answers? :] ).</p>
<p>1) Currently my number one interest is probably politics/government/history, and there are almost a dozen courses (All</a> Courses | Summer@Brown) that I'd probably love and be very interested in. I'm particularly drawn to the feminism and powerful women in politics course, but there are multiple international relations courses (International Security, Fascism and Extremist Social Movements) that look amazing too. It seems like a lot of you took pre-med or science related courses... anyone take government or history courses that could offer an opinion on either standouts or duds? Thanks!</p>
<p>2) So, I know that Summer@Brown isn't the most prestigious summer program out there, but that doesn't really bother me because the classes look extremely interesting, current Brown profs teach the classes and can potentially write you a recommendation, and socially this program definitely seems like my best bet. However, considering that Brown is definitely my #1 choice on paper (I haven't visited yet, seeing as I'm in CA), would this program give me a boost at all in admissions if I applied ED? This is hypothetical because my springtime visit could change my mind and I still have research to do, but I'm just curious.</p>
<p>3) I'm kind of flip-flopping between the 2- and 3- week options (the 1-week definitely seems too brief and not worth the money, and the 7-week definitely too lengthy, although I suppose a college-credit course would be a bit more prestigious?). I like that a 2-week course gives me more flexibility with the rest of my summer (interning in a congresswoman's office and training for volleyball), but I've heard from friends that people REALLY didn't want to leave even after 3 weeks. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Whew sorry didn't know this post was going to be so long. Thanks for any responses or thoughts or feedback on Brown's summer program! :)</p>
<p>people don't even want to leave after 6 weeks (after doing 2 courses)... but i'd say that 2 weeks are too short to do anything. do a three week course</p>
<p>No need to hijack thread. Has anyone on the board participated in the Hopkins program?</p>
<p>My sister went to Hopkins and it is definitely more intense than many other summer programs. Basically she thought it was very valuable but not much fun at all which was disappointing(I'm an awful speller).</p>
<p>Lovestoned, to answer your third question, I think that either a 2 or 3-week course would be fine. I took a three week course and I was sad to leave, but there are definitely times when you miss home and you can get bored. However, the time went by really fast. Before I got there I thought that 3 weeks seemed like an eternity, but it was over before I knew it. If it's important to you to do the other things though, then go ahead and take the 2-week course. Either way you'll have a great time. :) I'm actually thinking of going back next year.</p>
<p>JHU has the Center for Talented Youth program, which has both summer programs and distance learning opportunities. You just need to get a certain score on your SAT's.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I'm a Summer@Brown 2008'er. I found the experience absolutely amazing, but there were a couple things that I didn't find particularly appealing. My RA was a PLME student, which I found extremely fortuitous as he was able to answer a firestorm of questions from me, and I took a science course there, while most of my friends were in game theory. If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask, I'll do the best I can to answer.</p>
<p>Pro's:
Freedom. I hopped on a train at 1 PM and spent the day there with some friends. When we had our fun, we came back at 10 PM and walked back to the Keeney Quad where our dorms were. You can go anywhere, do anything. Whatever you like. You have 100% freedom as long as you make it back to curfew at 11 PM.</p>
<p>Not alot of homework. Actually, for me, I had none. No one ever did the readings, because we were to busy watching Superbad. I guess this depends on your class, but I found that I could memorize everything I needed 10 minutes before we enterred class.</p>
<p>Community. It's so easy to meet people. I sat down at random tables at the V-Dubb for the week. There are no cliques, really, and I had friends all over the place. The first day I sat with a couple of squash players. The next I was with some 2 weekers. The day after that I had lunch with some cute girls that I had never even seen. You'll make friends in an instant. You may talk to them for 10 minutes in the morning, get their phone number, and then call them in the afternoon, asking if they'd want to go to the mall with you.</p>
<p>Weekend Trips: Brown take you to Dartmouth, Yale, Boston, Newport, RISD (right next door) and the beach. They're pretty fun and there are no rules. A friend of mine almost got a tattoo while he was in Boston.</p>
<p>Con's:
Smoking. There was actually alot of it going on in the benches outside our dorms. Many of my friends smoked, and, even though they were great people, I still felt somewhat out-of-place. Now this may not be a bad thing for some of you, as I don't care much, but I know that some CC'ers out there who come from more conservative backgrounds might not like smoking so much. Oh, this is mostly only with the guys. I spent alot of time in the girl's floors and I'd say that some of the unruliness in the Men's floor doesn't carry over to the girl's. </p>
<p>No AC. Bring your own fans or buy one at the Provi Place Mall. Get a good lamp while you're there too.</p>
<p>Different class times. I know that there are classes that start at different times. Most of them last for 4 hours, except for that doctor one, and sometimes your friends may have the afternoon class while you have the morning class. It becomes difficult to schedule times to hang out. </p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>By the way, anyone planning on doing Summer@Brown 09', get to know the security guard who's in the room with the soda machine in the Keeney Quad. He basically gave me free access to the Arnold Lounge (only place with AC) at any time. If you come from somewhere nearby, bring a video game station. You'll be popular real quick. Also, bring a laptop, mine broke, but everyone else had one. If you have an ethernet cable at home, bring it. You'll understand why when you're there!</p>
<p>Wow. I really can not decide between jhu and brown, but all this positive feedback on brown's alters my opinion.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info!!! Definitely greatly appreciated and now I'm highly considering rescheduling other summer opportunities in order to fit Brown in; it sounds like a ton of fun and I love how much free time is awarded and how chill the student body is (also appreciate the tip-offs about smoking, fans, and security guards haha). Mburgos, I'm really sorry for "hijacking" your thread, just didn't want to start a new one... sorry about that! I think I'm pretty bad with forum etiquette lol.</p>
<p>I was just breaking your horns lovestoned lol</p>
<p>I took the course, "So you think you want to be a doctor, an introduction to medicine," too...which is funny, because I recognize some of the names from a previous post, including my own :)...just to reiterate (and add) summer@brown:</p>
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<li>is a fantastic, (however pricey), experience (with generous financial aid, my room mate assured)</li>
<li>a place in which you will realize you aren't as sharp as you thought you were. </li>
<li>unsupervised. sure, you have a curfew, which should be strictly adhered to, but quite frankly, Providence (a rather charming, but somewhat dull city....) is your playground. </li>
<li>offers an incredibly diverse range of programs. My friend in journalism seldom went a day without having some eight-page paper due...while us slackers in the bio center forgot what homework was. I got home and looked it up in our Webster's dictionary. Seriously, it was a swell time. I learned quite a bit , despite doing absolutely nothing...Those glorious three weeks gave new meaning to the expression "I haven't cracked a book."</li>
<li>is depressing. You will have a phenominal time, go home, and mourn as you reminise on the days of old, and then, to add insult to injury accept the fact that that very well may have been the last time you will step through the Van Winkle gates. Getting accepted to Brown is a crap-shoot.</li>
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