<p>Well considering I'm a first generation college student and I have friends from literally all walks at life and I'm at Brown right now, I'm gong to say my experiences speak volumes beyond your cynical conjecture.</p>
<p>Which is to say:
Painting Brown, or any place, or any group of students with such a broad baseless brush is going to get you into trouble.</p>
<p>I guess I am wrong and you are right. Money, power, connections and privilege are urban myths. </p>
<p>Altruism is alive and well.</p>
<p>im in ur thread</p>
<p>bein passuv aggresuv.</p>
<p>didican, your posts are truly confusing:
You say your parents give lots of money to Brown, and yet you have received a "merit" scholarship, which common knowledge says Brown doesn't give. CC readers have interpreted this to be "financial aid." How are you qualifying for financial aid in light of parent's ability to donate? You're raising ire because of this paradox. I hope a Brown admissions/finaid rep will check in and comment on your story.</p>
<p>I'm off to bed - I have the Macroeconomics and World History AP exams tomorrow.</p>
<p>"WHAAAAAAAAWHAAAAAA
Pathetic" - Plato</p>
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<p>Altruism is alive and well.
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<p>Well, other than getting accepted into college without money, power, or connections being far from "altruism" I have only one thing to say:</p>
<p>Altruism in your world may not be alive and well, but being an ******* certainly seems to be.</p>
<p>I haven't seen this much internet dick-swinging since PosterX used to frequent around here.</p>
<p>cc is turning into the jolt, but with high schoolers added...which is a really weird version of the jolt. okay maybe not. but for a second it was.</p>
<p>May I permanently borrow the phrase "internet dick-swinging", modest?</p>
<p>I think it encompasses how I feel when people like to rub their affluence and connections in other's faces. I relish in the fact that some day they'll learn that they won't always be able to rely on daddy's connections. </p>
<p>I hope that whoever got off the wait list after she declined her acceptance got in because of their brilliance and not because of who they know. It'll make my cold heart a little warmer.</p>
<p>I know athletes get handed money "under the table" from Ivies since it is against policy but I've never heard of anyone else getting money.</p>
<p>athletes at brown have surprisingly high need, if you get my drift.</p>
<p>I don't know if it works like that. At least that's not what they told me when I asked about it.</p>
<p>maybe a new thread should be started on atheletes at brown? this thread is more about comparing acceptance to yale / brown... lol</p>
<p>If you haven't noticed threads here go where they may and no one really cares.</p>
<p>haha yes, i do see that.
i was just emphasizing the enthusiasm ppl have towards a certain topic. im sure we can all see what it is...
(people tend to get worked up pretty easily in my opinion)</p>
<p>wmj...it's on the down low. it's not something admissions admits to because they way the do is, i think, a kind of bending of numbers. but if you ask athletes about it, they can tell you. </p>
<p>i was a recruited athlete at vassar (where they recruit for rugby -- brown does not) and my need was shockingly higher. granted, different schools calculate need differently but this was huge. all 3 recruited athletes I know are on full rides.</p>
<p>does that include family contribution?</p>
<p>The financial aid office can choose to use your FAFSA EFC or your Profile EFC, since it's still technically "meeting all your need." The FAFSA EFC is much lower, though, and it's my guess that they use that number for the athletes.</p>
<p>i was told that money would just kind of show up in their accounts not so much a finaid thing</p>
<p>Riddle me this: Why, when Brown athletes are injured and can no longer play, do they leave - rather than finishing their degree?</p>