<p>btw, if any of you have questions about the RI/prov area, i live there so i’ll be happy to help and give my own opinions.</p>
<p>Not poor little rhode island! Stand strong, ocean state!</p>
<p>whats the crime issue like</p>
<p>tore: haha i'm only kidding, i love lil' rhody.</p>
<p>sempitern555: honestly, there were some issues last year on and close to campus with muggings. i've spent a lot of time in the brown area, and basically, if you're with a group of people and practice the obvious safety things like checking around you, not drawing too much attention to yourself, etc. you should be fine. the biggest problem is that people forget providence <em>is</em> a city. i always see prov/brown police cars around as well as the brown/risd shuttle and i feel very safe on/around campus during the day and a little wary at night. i would check the brown site for their specific statistics, as this is only one person's opinion...</p>
<p>WEATHER!!! </p>
<p>what is it like now? (how extreme... is it harsh on the nose and ears... i'm totally oblivious to this stuff)</p>
<p>and then do the summers fry you?</p>
<p>smile05: new england weather is crazy. last week, we got nearly two feet of snow and had high temperatures in the teens. this week, highs are in the thirties/forties. honestly, you never know what to expect. winters get pretty cold, but providence usually doesn't get too much snow, nothing like further north. </p>
<p>brown looks gorgeous in the fall and it's a little chilly in late october and november. </p>
<p>summers are usually in the 80s for temperatures. of course, being new england, you get heat waves (90-98 degrees ish) and 70 degree days. </p>
<p>spring can be a little rainy but warmer.</p>
<p>i like new england weather. for shallow reasons, i like changing my wardrobe every season. winter makes you appreciate the warmth of summer and in the summer makes you want snow. </p>
<p>having lived in new england for my whole life, i am still surprised by the weather. sometimes i think i'd rather be in a warmer climate, but i think four years of experiencing all that providence weather has to offer would be fun. </p>
<p>hope this helps a bit.</p>
<p>I can't wait.</p>
<p>I have applied to Brown through their RUE program, which is for applicants who are over 25 years old and who haven't been able to complete their degree, yet.
If admitted, I will be attempting to locate off-campus housing.
When looking on the Residential Life website, I noticed a lot of families rent out a room in their house during the schools years. Is this true?
I thought that was rather nice to see.
Do any of you have any information on this? I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.</p>
<p>I don't know the current scene but 20 years ago this was common. There are many large old houses on the East Side of Providence. I lived in one where the top floor was turned into a kind of boarding house with a bathroom and six single bedrooms sharing a large kitchen. I knew more grad students than undergrads who took this option.</p>
<p>i don't know too much about this, but what pyewacket said is exactly right. these big old houses are continually being turned into apartments and condos. i haven't heard of families renting out rooms, but then again, i haven't had to look. there are extensive listings in the local paper (<a href="http://www.projo.com%5B/url%5D">www.projo.com</a>) for close to campus apartments (they're listed under "East Side" like pyewacket mentioned). I'd contact the Res Life people once you're in. good luck!</p>
<p>One word: Waterfire :)</p>
<p>some of the off campus dives I lived in while at Brown were refurbished and turned into chi-chi condos! Shocked me when I was back for reunion.</p>
<p>Pyewacket, when did you graduate? I was class of 1983.</p>