<p>well im happy to hear that other people werent so impressed by the prefrosh.. i was worrying a little that i was just being weird or something. rchen627, i hope you still decide to come to brown.. while ADOCH may have been a little disapointing, just watching the current students was enough for me to see how happy everyone is and how unique and varied the student body is. there really is somehting for everyone.</p>
<p>I liked ADOCH...also thought TWW was more interesting and fun than ADOCH itself. The name doesn't bother me so much any more...though I did feel the Asian-American presence was a bit weak, especially at the Third World Center. I hardly got any sleep and had to miss school Friday (hope I don't flunk out!). Didn't really like my host for ADOCH, and my host for TWW was premed and pretty much studied the whole day/evening. It wasn't so bad, though, cause I got to see lots of stuff by myself. I am 100% sure I want to go to Brown now...although it's not perfect, it's definitely the best fit for me. :D</p>
<p>Er...woops. Post above was by lewisloftus. Forgot to log out of my brother's account. :(</p>
<p>I attended ADOCH last week and I didn't have a "great time" but I still decided to attend. I sincerely wish there had been a revelation type experience where I walked in and I knew it was the place for me. I attended a similar event at Columbia and I found it had a certain level of chic-ness that I can attribute to the Manhattan-atmosphere. I was trying to figure out, 'why was it that I clicked with the prefosh at Columbia and not at Brown?' Of course, one may say that each instance is an isolated case with a small sampling of students, but I really did enjoy Columbia's overnight more and the company of the prefosh I met. But then again, Brown is a much more (to me) diverse place were everyone is not necessarily well-rounded, but lopsided in interests. Such a student body breeds further "uniqueness" but it also makes compatability issues. It was between Brown and Columbia and spending two years in a music theory class was not appealing to me. In the end the sheer happiness on campus and the open curriculum won be over.</p>
<p>i had a very similar impression of adoch, icedkiwis. my hosts were really bad and for some reason, i just didnt meet interesting people. everyone was nice i guess, but i didnt click with them. maybe its because i was a bit overwhelmed at first i dunno (my first admitted students weekend). i thought everything was too rushed and i did not get a good feel for the campus. all they had us doing were these talent shows and other panels and while they were impressive, this is just the school presenting its "package" and gave me no sense of what the school is actually like because i know they dont have 30 events like this going on every day. the frat parties for prefrosh were incredibly crowded and uncomfortable and it seemed like it was just upperclassmen hitting on prefrosh girls. so that really turned me off. i also made bad choices on classes so i didnt get a great impression there. i had a fabulous time at dartmouth however. everyone was very warm and nice and i just felt like i got along better with everyone. dartmouths program is 4 days long so i got a really good feel for the campus and like it a lot. im still concerned though because brown has always been my first choice (with dartmouth a close second) and i dont want this to come down to comparing their "propoganda weekends" but its hard to ignore that i had a bad time at brown and a good time at dartmouth. i think im going to do an overnight at brown one more time to see if i can get a better feel for the place. im just really surprised because you always hear how the best thing about brown is the students, and i just totally didnt see that. it coudl definitely just be a function of who i was around and happened to meet, but who knows...im realllllly confused</p>
<p>don't we develop a gut feeling that we have to go with? my gut says another school but my mind tells me brown</p>
<p>depends on why your mind tells you Brown.</p>
<p>If your mind tells you brown because you know people hold brown in higher regard, probably should go with gut</p>
<p>If your mind thinks you want a place like Brown, but you actually felt more comfortable somewhere else, you should probably go somewhere else.</p>
<p>If you know the open curriculum is what you need, then go with Brown.</p>
<p>my mind says the curriculum and advising will be better. i know the general student body will be great but i didnt click with anyone at adoch. i have a genuine attachment to this other school becuase i have lived around and hung out there for 4 years and gut feeling says that i should go there. Also moving to the east coast so far away from family is terrifying</p>
<p>clicking w/ people at adoch can be hard because it's an inherently awkward situation--no one knows each other and many people haven't even committed to attend brown yet. i ended up clicking w/ a lot of people at bulldog days and less people at adoch, but ended up going with brown because i knew adoch is very different from actually attending and the open curriculum was a huge draw. it ended up working out well for me.</p>
<p>sounds like your issue is more about moving to a foreign place than not feeling brown is the right school for you...in which case, i'd say take a leap of faith! :) it's very hard to achieve greatness unless you push yourself slightly beyond your comfort level. in the end, if it seems right in your mind, you're bound to land on your feet</p>
<p>I second dcircle's advice (this seems to happen a lot!). There's a lot to be said for stepping a little out of your comfort zone. Isn't that what college is for?</p>
<p>it's reassuring that a lot of people weren't "won over" exclusively by adoch--i thought maybe i missed something</p>
<p>When I was at ADOCH, I just felt so out of place from the student body- I guess you could peg me as the athletic, preppy type and that's differently NOT what the Brown student body seemed like. I just didn't feel like I fit in w/ everyone else, and just felt highly uncomfortable there. Also, I could perceive the lack of school spirit there; no one really seemed that into school sports, partying, and w/e, and they all seemed like they had their own group of friends that just hung out doing their own things...</p>
<p>Brown students not into partying??? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH wow, i find this particularly funny having just come off of spring weekend.</p>
<p>I do agree with you on school spirit, I was dissappointed when I went to the football and bball games and I was one of the only people there.</p>
<p>There are plenty of preppy athletes here though, you could fit in, especially if Sigma Chi takes a liking to you.</p>
<p>^^Yeah, I wanted to check out what the frats at Brown were like during ADOCH, but the party was already broken up by the time I got there. Anyways, I really think that Brown is an awesome school but just not for me. I'm going to Dartmouth next year! :-)</p>
<p>good school, have fun doing...ummm...well, I'm sure you'll find something to do out there in the middle of nowhere!</p>
<p>j/k, glad you were able to come to a decision.</p>
<p>i loved brown, when i was at adoch and tww it impressed me with its presence. i just felt like i didnt belong there. i'm going to tell my counselor tmrw and i think i'm going to choose a public university. To be a number :( ...but i'll save money</p>
<p>Ditto to what david, rchen, and felix said. So...is it inaccurate to say that our impressions from ADOCH are a general "snapshot" of what we should expect from Brown as a whole? To be completely honest, although there were a few fantastic things about Brown, I wasn't especially impressed by ADOCH. I went to Brown expecting to reaffirm that I would love it there...but I left feeling a little doubtful. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the school and there were many great things (and the open curriculum sounds fantastic), but for some reason it wasn't what I expected. I'm unsure...I didn't really "click" with anyone either (although the people were generally friendly), was unmoved by the extracurricular groups, and the program generally lacked any excitement for me...like there was little about the school to get excited about, or that I could expect life at Brown to be boring. Hopefully, my impression is mistaken.</p>
<p>yea, it was great and all...but i didn't develop that gut feeling. when i was at uc berkeley's cal day, while it was so impersonable and huge and hectic, i loved it and felt right at home, although it is home...but going to cal seems ok, i'm just really sad that i have to give up brown over financial reasons and this small feeling of doubt</p>
<p>you guys should also make sure you read the ADOCH thread in the general brown forum, some of us 09ers have been making very good points in there.</p>
<p>I felt a lot of the same things about adoch, mostly with the other prefrosh, everyone seemed to be too quirky, like they were trying to hard to appear different and unique, Im in ed, so this really worried me and gave me doubts about staying or thinking about, gasp, transferring. but in the end i realized all of the current students seemed like a much cooler group, i would imagine after everyone settles down and stops trying to prove that they are unique-er than thou, things get better, or atleast i hope. my hosts were really cool and really loved brown, and welcomed us as best they could, i actually felt bad for one of them because he had to transfer out at the end of the year, they almost got teary because of it.</p>
<p>basically i think everyone should remember that adoch is probably not at all accurate about the student body, just kids whole are obviously uncomfortable and try to express their personality as much as they can for 2 days, i mean, life at brown isnt going to be a train ride up the east coast meeting and greeting everyone. there will be people of all types there, its really the same at all schools, sure maybe there are more artsy "unique" kids at brown, but there are preppy kids, and just kids that are really chill and looking to have fun and make good friends. like my hosts told me, its hard not to find something you like at brown because theres just so much here, there are so many layers to brown that you are guarenteed to fit in with people somewhere on campus.</p>
<p>see you mark ass marks in the fall</p>