<p>My daughter, not a partier, drinker or smoker, felt so at home at Brown. There is genuinely so many social options...it is probably the most accepting and diverse kind of place you can find.</p>
<p>I would say that among the ivies, from a social standpoint, Brown and Princeton are pretty far apart. The notion of eating clubs, the admitted preppyness at Princeton, the greater display of wealth, is usually a fairly major turn-off to most Brown students. But you don't have to be a vegetarian or a tree-hugger to find many kindred spirits at Brown.</p>
<p>Prestige-wise, Princeton surely has the edge. However, as Brown is one of the more selective ivies (eg. compared to Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc), it is also very highly regarded. Nevertheless, I would agree that Princeton is much more likely to "throw tons of money at you" for just about anything you want to undertake.</p>
<p>The one thing both schools do have in common is a high level of student satisfaction. I think that's because there's quite a bit of self selection in terms of the type of kid who ultimately enrolls.</p>