<p>Ok so I got into Brown and I was really excited about it because I thought I’d get waitlisted…</p>
<p>After the initial shock, however, I thought if it was the best choice for me. you see, I’m planning on majoring in either engineering or math and I’d like a strong program for them. I also got into Northwestern, Harvey Mudd, and UPenn.</p>
<p>So I’d like to know if there are any math/science people who also got into Brown and plan on going there. I know Brown is a really good, selective school, but it’s been known for being “artsy.” I really like Brown because I think the atmosphere fits my personality. I’d like a liberal arts education so I purposely did not apply to schools like MIT or CalTech, but I’d also like a strong science/math/engineering program. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>a person with a math degree from Brown will be respected. If you like brown more than Penn or Northwestern...then go there because the differences between the 3 are very small.</p>
<p>Brown has a unique history of math department and I've heard good things about applied math. Not that I could tell you too much about either. I've heard Harvey Mudd is very good but much narrower in its range. Congrats!</p>
<p>brown's a great place with many great departments in math, the sciences, and engineering. many of them have unique interdisciplinary programs (like the brain sciences program that combined engineering, applied math and neuroscience to produce Braingate--the world's first neuroprosthetic that allowed a quadriplegic man to control a TV with his thoughts)
other similar programs exist in nanotechnology, biophysics, computer visualization, artificial intelligence, genomics, and other emerging exciting areas
other benefits include intimate departments (both math and applied math are housed in small mansions) and the opportunity to take elective classes in a world-renown liberal arts setting</p>
<p>a great link to learn more:
<a href="http://www.research.brown.edu/research/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.research.brown.edu/research/index.php</a></p>
<p>a small sampling of departments:
<a href="http://www.dam.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dam.brown.edu/</a> (there's a great picture of the applied math building--popularly referred to as "the castle")
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Research/CGP/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Research/CGP/</a>
<a href="http://www.engin.brown.edu/index.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.engin.brown.edu/index.htm</a> (oldest program in the country)
<a href="http://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/commonpages/ladd/%5B/url%5D">http://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/commonpages/ladd/</a>
<a href="http://neuroscience.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://neuroscience.brown.edu/</a></p>
<p>wow, thanks guys you're really alot of information. I don't know how I would ever get through the college decisions process without cc...</p>
<p>Brown's engineering program is excellent and well-regarded.</p>
<p>fredmurtz: didn't the history of math professor die? Now there's only the one visiting professor left, who, I think, only advises grad students and teaches intro to akkadian, which actually doesn't have to do with math.</p>
<p>My daughter will major in math & is likely to attend Brown. One of my oldest friends from Bronx HS of Science in NYC started at Brown as an EE major, and graduated with a Computer Science degree in 1982. Hes steadfast in his opinion that his Brown degree has both opened doors and provided an incredible foundation to his career (which has been quite successful thus far). Interesting anecdote: he lived near campus in a house where a (quite paranoid) citizen built a bomb shelter off the kitchen in the late 1950s (he tells me its still there). Thats where his band practiced
in the Vault
as I believe its still referred to.</p>
<p>The scuttlebutt is that Brown's math and science is quite strong. </p>
<p>I think it would be almost a shame to do engineering at Brown as there are usually so many required courses that one would not be able to make use of the open curriculum.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input...I guess I'm leaning towards Brown because I'm not quite sure what I want to major in. I might do engineering; I might do math or physics. And Brown doesn't lock me into a specific school. (At NOrthwestern I'm already admitted to the "school of engineering"). Also I have some interests outside of science and I like to be around different types of people.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about NW. Brown has an awful lot going for it.</p>