<p>Hello there! So, here is my “dilemma.” I know that ultimately I am going to end up majoring in one or two of the following (computer science, economics, public policy, or psychology). If a school doesn’t have Public Policy I would probably do Political Science. My goal is to explore all these fields in my first year of college by taking classes in each of these subjects until I discover what I want to pursue in college.</p>
<p>Thus, I want to apply to schools that are very good in all of these fields. I have good stats and scores (top 1% in class, 2380 SAT, good extracurriculars). </p>
<p>How is Brown with these majors? What other schools do you believe are good fits for me where I could receive a great undergraduate education in any of these majors?</p>
<p>Thanks you so much in advance for your help!</p>
<p>Brown computer science is one of the best in the country and economics is one of the most popular majors (I think it’s 2nd to bio) so I imagine it must be up there.</p>
<p>I don’t have anything specific to say about policy or psych but brown is a top school so the departments can’t be that bad…</p>
<p>I almost concentrated in all of the majors you mentioned, so I can try to give insight:</p>
<p>I know the least about Psych, but Brown recently consolidated Cog. Neuro, Linguistics, and Psychology into one department. Economics (one of my current concentrations) is hit or miss, veering closer to the hit side on upper level courses. Some of the senior professors for Econ are top notch in their specialty (ex] Oded Galor for Growth Theory, George Borts, and Kenneth Chay). Intro classes are pretty large and the curves for classes can be intense at times, but you get a rather comprehensive learning of Economics from these guys. A lot of people actually double major in Economics and Public Policy because there is a bit of overlap in concentration requirements for the two. Public Policy @ Brown definitely allows for a lot of exploration, as the concentration allows interdisciplinary education for all but 3 of the concentration requirements. </p>
<p>As for CS, it is amazing at Brown. However, there are different intro paths you can take that mostly depend on your prior programming experience and what you want to get out of your introductory sequence for Computer Science. If you search the forums, a lot of people have explained the CS department much more eloquently than I can!</p>