<p>ummm Columbia or Brown</p>
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<p>Actually, you could ascribe such a characteristic to Yale.</p>
<p>Brown, Brown, a thousand times Brown.</p>
<p>It would depend somewhat on the major. Cornell for Engineering and most sciences.</p>
<p>UPenn for the win!</p>
<p>Dartmouth! :)</p>
<p>Penn - 14
Brown - 11
Dartmouth - 10
Cornell - 7
Columbia - 5</p>
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<p>Nope, we haven’t.</p>
<p>EDIT: seriously, all I want is one thing, one thing that’s unique to brown. Something like MIT hacks, for example.</p>
<p>all I’ve heard about brown is that people smoke and drink too much.</p>
<p>I know I’ve crossed you before in threads so I assume I’ve brought it up.</p>
<p>For starters, let’s go with open curriculum. That’s the easiest, most obvious thing to mention.</p>
<p>Columbia, definitely.</p>
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<p>seriously? you have to be kidding me right? you are either deliberately trying to be obtuse or severely misinformed.</p>
<p>brown is THE definition of uniqueness – particularly within the context of an Ivy discussion. perhaps this is what makes it so appealing – the open curriculum is a perfect example of brown’s willingness to go against the grain, to shun convention and conformity in its efforts to establish an academic environment which seeks to bring the best out of its students – not to limit them. the open curriculum allows students to tailor their own education and also allows them to take risks (the perfect example is a pre-med student I knew who took some poli sci classes and ended up going to law school, etc.)</p>
<p>brown could certainly get caught up in these “rankings” and try and “game” their numbers to boost their position (certainly no one would blame them for doing so when just about everyone else does) – but that’s the beauty of brown – it doesn’t get caught up in “convention” – it has led the pack in questioning it, challenging it and finding its own way. in a word: “unique” described brown perfectly.</p>
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<p>I don’t see the benefit of open corriculum, though, and no matter how academically stimulating it is, I would not like a sphere of bad influence around me (drinking/smoking excessively)</p>
<p>Students at most schools drink and smoke about the same or more than at Brown. I say that as someone who went through Brown and has visited friends at schools as varied as Case Western, SUNY Buffalo, MIT, BU, etc, etc, etc. </p>
<p>Also, not seeing the benefit of something does not make it not unique and a redeeming characteristic that attracts thousands of students to apply to Brown.</p>
<p>Read this before going off on the Open Curriculum. It’s a very basic start written before I had matured my ideas:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/385841-brown-curriculum-university-college-explained.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/385841-brown-curriculum-university-college-explained.html</a></p>
<p>username, with all due respect</p>
<p>i highly doubt you have the numbers to make the cut at brown anyway so i’d give any concerns of yours a rest (look at the selectivity numbers, its one of the Top 10 toughest schools to get into = to Stanford in sheer selectiviy): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063139741-post11.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063139741-post11.html</a></p>
<p>you obviously have nothing but negative things to say even though you fully admit that you are misinformed to begin with – so really it’s difficult to understand your points.</p>
<p>people who ARE more informed (and are lucky and good enough to get in) seem fairly happy with their choice (as evidenced by the fact that brown students perenially top the “Quality of Life” and “Happiest Students” lists alongside Stanford and Dartmouth). alumni seem to be fairly pleased (as evidenced by their strong alumni giving numbers and post-grad success – e.g. Harvard and Yale Law as well as its strong position in the WSJ Grad School Feeder ranking).</p>
<p>So what is your point really? You obviously have something out for brown, so don’t apply – what’s the big deal? I highly doubt you’d get in anyway.</p>
<p>Penn - 14
Brown - 11
Dartmouth - 10
Cornell - 7
Columbia - 6</p>
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<p>thank you.</p>
<p>I’ll stop now. I’m just harmlessly asking what’s so good about brown, but appearantly my first few posts were offensive to some, so sorry, I guess. </p>
<p>I only kept responding because you responded to me, that’s all. but i’ll stop now.</p>
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<p>Actually one of the nice things about Penn is that the campus life is NOT dominated by the city, in spite of being in the city. Such city-campus balance is a balance rarely found elsewhere</p>
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<p>Are you serious? Do you remember your first post?</p>
<p>“why would anyone want to go to brown, even if the only other choice was community college?”</p>
<p>That is a ridiculous statement no matter how you try to spin it. People are annoyed with you because your posts are not just ignorant, they are intentionally inflammatory. Contributors to this thread have already given enough information for a reasonable person to see what others might like about Brown.</p>
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<p>By all means, keep going until you’re satisfied. I’ve got more than one reason to trumpet Brown as a great place for some people. What’s shocking to me is that your response is not, “Thank you, I didn’t have a clue and now at least I can see one reason someone would choose to go there,” it’s, “I’ll stop now because people are getting nasty with me.”</p>
<p>I’ve kept things generally cool and am willing to continue to provide you with information until you feel satisfied, provided that you will except anything less than an orgy of information.</p>
<p>Columbia University in the City of New York!!!</p>