<p>Thanks, PortlandiaParent! We will check it out.</p>
<p>We visited Brown on Monday, DD liked it alot, even though it was a bitterly cold/frigid day. The tour guide was very upbeat/energetic & talked way too much about social aspects of the campus and âdowntownâ life. She was a junior in the PLME program and says it was the best decision that she ever made, seeing that her first choice was Northwestern. Lots of research oppâs beginning frosh year. Housing is by some weird/strange lottery 2nd-4th years. </p>
<p>The open curriculum sounded interesting but scarey at the same time. Which we heard about during the info session of about 300 people in a big lecture auditorium. When the adcom spoke, she danced around the question of âWhose app gets tossed into the trash first round?â Which I knew she would, they usually donât want to discourage anyone from applying. They wouldnât want to harm their precious selectivity percentages would they? LOL They had 28,000 + apps this past application cycle. Oh yea, it was also ED admit day, so those students/familiies were on campus as well. </p>
<p>When we hopped on the train back to New Haven, we quickly clicked into the Brown supplement, which has to be filled out before filling out the common app, I might add. The first info they want? The test scores. So I am sure that if minerva or horaceâs SAT scores fall below a certain mark⊠Trash heap University they go!! </p>
<p>Huge crowds of people were touring. We got to grab lunch in Verney Woolley dining hall aka V-Dub. We paid $12.50/person. The food was decent(we both had salads with super grilled chicken, soup) The offerings were straightforward and to the point. No fancy smancy stuff unfortunately. There was a taco bar, burgers & fries, salad bar⊠etc. The water came from a spigot of sorts and not one of the huge clear containers with diced fruit that I am accustomed to seeing at the ivies/other colleges. When I asked where I could find it, he looked at me with the âAww bless your lil olâ heart lookâ and went on to say that they only offer that during commencement. LOL silly me. </p>
<p>Overall a great school/great townâŠ</p>
<p>Great trip report, New Haven.</p>
<p>I think we should all play College Tour Bingo. I got the idea from a very snarky, but funny admissions blog. The adcoms play College Fair Bingo and now itâs our turn.</p>
<p>Here are suggestions for our squares: </p>
<p>:The backwards walking tour guide.
:We have âholisticâ admissions
:Our study abroad program is the best!
:Youâll see students playing frisbee in the quad (on the lawn, in the square) on nice days
:Our food is really great.
:We meet full need!
:Weâre need blind.</p>
<p>Any other suggestions?
Letâs meet here after our various spring break college tours and see who wins.</p>
<p>Iâll play, Agent 99!</p>
<p>How about:</p>
<pre><code>: Everyone double or triple majors here.
</code></pre>
<p>College Tour Bingo:</p>
<p>: And, for safety, we have a âblue light systemâ</p>
<p>Bingo</p>
<p>: No one goes home on the weekends - we are not a suitcase school
: Free cold drink partway through tour at cafeteria
: Our faculty loves to have breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner with our students</p>
<p>Hereâs one</p>
<p>âTAâs never actually teach the classesâ</p>
<p>or how about</p>
<p>âComing here is the best decision I have ever madeâ</p>
<p>And Agent99. I know of that blog you speak of⊠great great blog! I have mussied a few pair of Hanes reading that one⊠snarky? hmmm not a word that I would use. LOL snarky is a bit tame to describe that blog :)</p>
<p>Bingo</p>
<pre><code>:We have 350 clubs on campus but if you donât find what you are looking for, you can start your own!!
</code></pre>
<p>These are great square ideas, parents â keep 'em coming. And hey, weâve never been treated to a cold drink at the cafeteria. Guess weâre touring the wrong schools.
Love the "TAâs never teach classes. </p>
<p>Ah⊠the lies weâve been told. But thatâs another game.</p>
<p>Bingo:
Sometimes the Dean invites students over for dinner!</p>
<p>Iâll play
: we develop studentsâ capacity to think freely, critically and humanely</p>
<p>: we have an intellectually rigorous curriculum</p>
<p>Great one, Mrs. Pepper. Weâve heard the club version on EVERY campus.</p>
<p>I just looked the word up⊠Yes, snarky is perfeccctttâŠ</p>
<p>Oh, one more⊠âWe donât think outside the box, there is no box hereâ :)</p>
<p>BloggâŠwhat bloggâŠ
inquiring mindsâŠwant to readâŠ</p>
<p>: If you canâf find a book in our library of 1 gazillionâŠthe librarian will order it for youâŠ
: Housing does such a great job of matching freshman roommatesâŠ</p>
<p>These are so hilariousâand having done this once --I canât help but laugh
I wish we had a LIKE button like FB right now!</p>
<p>The University president is s-o-o involved. He/She:
eats in the cafeteria with us
plays frisbee with us
is super involvedâŠ</p>
<p>@fogfog,</p>
<p>A student posted the link to a blog here for us to visit. Its written by an anonymous adcom⊠FUNNY as all get out⊠from what I was able to ascertain, it was started May of 2012. You can scroll back to see where it all began. It was pretty mild in the beginning. But as the months wear on, he gets pretty⊠snarky(lol thanks Agent 99)⊠I will try to find it in my history and post it for you guys to read. But be forewarned⊠its gets R rated at times.</p>
<p>oh, the one from the adcom personâŠwho posts the pics and is gripingâŠthe tumbler oneâŠ</p>
<p>got itâŠsaw thatâŠmost of it was pretty griping and bitterâŠ
and the person gets PAIDâŠ</p>
<p>hahahaâŠwe shoudl start a âstupid questions asked at the info session which you could have learned the answers from the websiteâŠâ</p>
<p>: Do you accept the SAT or the ACT
: Do you know how hard it is for my little Johnnie to fill out so many applicaitons</p>
<p><a href=âhttp://admissionsproblems.â â â â â â â â â â /archive/2012/5[/url]â>http://admissionsproblems.â â â â â â â â â â /archive/2012/5</a></p>
<p>Seeing that I am fairly new to the whole admissions game, I was quite surprised that ad coms feel this way⊠</p>
<p>But hey, they are human too.</p>
<p>@fogfog how does he/she get paid?? if there are no advertisements? and its a tumblr page?</p>
<p>The adcom readers are employees, right?
Or paid temporary readersâŠ</p>
<p>They travel/do visits/fairs etc⊠for the U and are paid⊠thats what I meanâŠthey recruit</p>