<p>how many undergraduate students in brown start to go there when they older than 18? say like 21 or 22?</p>
<p>only as many as god blesses us with</p>
<p>but why?</p>
<p>in my country we have to go for 2 years to the army (even girls- which i am hehe)
so i’m considering applying to brown as a undergraduate student but i’m scared to be like way older than everyone else in my class…</p>
<p>Apply. Get in.</p>
<p>They’ll let you defer enrollment then.</p>
<p>It’s not super common, but Brown will do somethings to attempt to make your transition easier. They do offer some preference in housing so that you’d live with 21+ students. Also, because of the open curriculum, there are very few classes that do not have students of all levels participating in them.</p>
<p>Socially, you should look more toward transfers as an older, incoming freshman, IMO, at least initially. They’ll be older as well and looking for friends just like you. </p>
<p>That being said, I have a few friends who were around 25 or older while undergrads at Brown and it wasn’t really awkward, you just have to find a niche.</p>
<p>What country are you from?</p>
<p>thank you very much for the answer!
i’m from Israel, just graduate from HS with good grades, taking my counrty SAT (which is not good for Brown) in a couple of mounths. in january i’ll be going to the army for 2 years, and after that, when i finish my duty for my country - in january 2012, i think i’ll take the american SAT 1&2 and apply for brown for the class of… 2017 i think hehe…</p>
<p>haha I’m from Israel too!</p>
<p>I think I’m going to apply as a senior and defer for two years,though… that way I won’t be THAT much older than everyone else…</p>
<p>How much of a difference do you guys think being two years older will make?</p>
<p>cool!
where are you from in Israel??</p>
<p>I have a lot of family in Israel and suspected that may be where you’re posting from. Most of my family still lives on Balfuriya, a small farm outside of Afula, although now I have family in in Haifa, the Golan, Petah Tikva, and Beersheva (we’re everywhere).</p>
<p>modestmelody–
wow that’s so cool! have you ever visited? </p>
<p>jen128
I’m from tel aviv…where are you from?</p>
<p>I’ve gone every year the last three for at least two weeks.<br>
למדתי עברית בברואן השנה שעבר, אבל כי אני לא צריך לעשות עברית כל ימים, שכחתי רוב העברית שלי. אמ אתם רוצים עם שטודנטים מישראל, אני חושב שאני מכיר אחד או שניים</p>
<p>haha that’s pretty good! happy to hear that there are a couple of israeli students over there</p>
<p>Ooops… I forgot a לדבר in there. We have probably 3-5 students from Israel studying here, as well as some “Israel Fellows” who are young Israelis who work at Hillel to recruit students to Jewish/Israel programming.</p>
<p>wow that’s way more than I expected!
I have another question modestmelody: do you think the admission officers, knowing that israel has mandatory military service, would think I’m planning on not going to the army if I apply as a high school senior?
I’m asking because I’ve never heard of an israeli that applied to college during high school, only after the army. Thus, probably all the applications they’ve ever received from israelis have been from veterans. (unlike singaporians, for example, that frequently apply during high school even though the men also have to serve)</p>
<p>I’m afraid they’ll think the only reason I would apply during high school would be to disregardm military service and go abroad. (I’m a US citizen too by the way, though I don’t think it makes a difference in this matter)</p>
<p>Why would they think that? Or think about it in a bad way? Getting into college to skip military service? How could that be bad in any way?</p>
<p>In many eastern european countries until not long ago, military service was also mandatory, IF you didn’t get into any college. Is that to say all colleges would think about students applying that they’re only trying to skip the military? More like if you don’t have the head to do higher level studies, at least dig some trenches and stuff.</p>
<p>Although adcoms might wonder what you’re plans are, if as you say ALL Israelis apply only after the military service, I doubt they will be like “ha she’s a coward for trying to escape”. If my country had a mandatory shepherding service after high school, I doubt they would care very much if I skipped it.</p>
<p>karenoona-
אני גם מתל אביב! </p>
<p>first of all i must say- not drafting to the army is against everything i believe and everything Israel is based on. why would you want to do that?</p>
<p>We actually have … I think it’s an Econ PhD student who I believe was sent to jail for not serving (or he was here 2 years ago).</p>
<p>I don’t think the adcoms would necessarily think twice about your applying, I’m not sure, but I do know that for America students it’s not entirely uncommon to apply and then defer a year and Brown happens to be known for being very lenient about allowing gap years (meaning they really don’t care why you take that time off). Certainly, for something like military service, you would not be penalized, although, it’s also possible that service in a particular part of the Israeli army and having that experience and expertise may make you a more attractive candidate.</p>
<p>אבא וסבתא שלי גרו בתל אביב ב1967 ברחוב קתנה–ביירון, על יד גורדון ובן יהודה</p>
<p>yeah I definitely didn’t mean I don’t want to go to the army (I am going absolutely for sure, no matter what.) I just wanted to apply as a senior and defer IF accepted…that’s what I meant…</p>
<p>I definitely agree that a particular field of service could definitely help me stand out on the apps, but the entire reason I want to apply as a senior is that I can serve in the army in whatever field proves most interesting, no matter how difficult, with no regard to leaving enough time to work on apps or what would look good.</p>
<p>modestmelody-- I live pretty close to where your father and grandmother lived!</p>
<p>too many "definitely"s there…haha</p>