<p>I have no idea which one to choose. I'm going to major in neuroscience/premed and join theater and dance clubs.</p>
<p>Have you heard about the new performing arts complex at Brown? Looks great? Have you visted either or both schools? Do you have a preference for either of the cities? BIg difference.</p>
<p>Penn’s hospital is ranked #2 in the country as well as their premed program. As far as performing arts Penn has tons of different groups you can join and they are all well funded and incredibly successful. My roommate is in “Mask and Wig” and over spring break he and his performance went on tour across the country</p>
<p>Really, it all boils down to what you want. Do you want a school that is known for academics, but is also known for being liberal minded and the epitome of college or do you wnat the second best undergraduate medical college in America in one of America’s biggest cities. Philadelphia is not as posh and upscale as Providence, but it provides more opportunities, especially for premed. I wanted to go to Brown for almost all of my life (the PLME program was a dream), but I am now a Penn '15 member and couldn’t be happeir.</p>
<p>I wonder prestige wise which is better Brown or Penn. And I heard that Brown’s academics aren’t that great. Some say they don’t consider Brown an Ivy.</p>
<p>I mean of course all Ivys are going to be good to a level, but in comparison… Brown is lower in academics wise… and grade inflation def-- just what i heard</p>
<p>whatever you do don’t go to upenn. look at the campus,. check out the food, the crime, the place is just the pits.
i am so disappointed that i went there.
most people won’t admit they made a mistake.</p>
<p>it is a pigs pen ( get it)</p>
<p>hypocrat - is that all you do is go about and tell people not to go to this school? Since you’ve only posted 5 times since Feb, I’m not sure if you are even a student at this school anymore…you say “i am so disappointed that i went there”. Your comments are not helpful to those of us who’s student are wanting to go there. I at least have a reason that I haven’t posted much…my S just decided to accept there for 2015. We went for a visit and found quite the opposite. Schools is great (old, but great), staff is awesome, students we met were happy and friendly, and the Penn security was very visible and helpful.</p>
<p>hypocrat=■■■■■, and a not very subtle one at that. As of right now, all 5 of his/her posts are very similar, hyperbolically negative rants about Penn.</p>
<p>On second thought, perhaps hypocrat is a waitlisted student who is hoping to discourage accetpted applicants from accepting Penn, to open up more possible spaces for him/her? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I think Penn and Brown are very distinct, so you can easily decide which school you want to go once you compare these two schools carefully. Brown is a relatively small and relaxed school where students pursue their own programs. Penn is a relatively big school with well-established programs. I felt Penn students are under more pressure for school work. If you want a more free-spirited school, you may as well go to Brown. If you prefer a well-structured school, Penn might be the place. I saw Brown students having good times chatting with fellow students here and there on campus, but Penn students were mostly busy walking to their classes.</p>
<p>Hypocrat is wasting not only his time but also his soul.</p>
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Sorry, but it’s kind of silly to draw or infer from this statement any conclusions about the students at either school. There are about 10,000 undergrads at Penn, and 6,300 at Brown. I’m quite confident that Brown students are often busy walking to their classes, while Penn students have many good times chatting with fellow students here and there on campus, your limited (in time, campus location, and number of students) observations notwithstanding. :rolleyes: After all, Penn IS known as “The Social Ivy.”</p>