<p>Any Thoughts?</p>
<p>Applied Math, CS</p>
<p>Neuroscience</p>
<p>The undergraduate program overall is strong. See below.</p>
<p>who woulda thunk it!? posterX regurgitated some stats!</p>
<p>To the OP:</p>
<p>The thread you wanted to make, and the one that would have received useful responses, follows this formula:
I'm interested in studying X, while getting Y out of my education and experience, seeking possibly to do Z in the future. While all of this may change, would Brown be a place that can facilitate getting to Z, with an experience like Y, while studying X?</p>
<p>archeology
<a href="http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/%5B/url%5D">http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/</a></p>
<p>philosophy
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/main.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/main.html</a></p>
<p>classics
<a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/</a></p>
<p>applied math
<a href="http://www.dam.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.dam.brown.edu/</a></p>
<p>neuroscience
<a href="http://neuroscience.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://neuroscience.brown.edu/</a></p>
<p>international relations
<a href="http://www.watsoninstitute.org%5B/url%5D">www.watsoninstitute.org</a></p>
<p>computer science
<a href="http://cs.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://cs.brown.edu/</a></p>
<p>entrepreneurship
<a href="http://coe.brown.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://coe.brown.edu/</a></p>
<p>@modestmelody</p>
<p>thanks. i'll use that from now on</p>
<p>::shrugs::</p>
<p>I wasn't looking to be a jerk, but your question is kind of... well, not that important. At least, not when looking ot make the decision where to go like many people on College Confidential are. What is important is what you're looking to gain from your education, personally, and what it is you want to do, and how that school can help you reach those goals. That's all I mean. If you're interested in Swahili Deconstructionist Philosophy in Translation, does it matter we have an excellent neuroscience program?</p>
<p>It does at Brown where you can study both!!! :P</p>
<p>P.S. x, y, z, ??? You're almost as big of a dork as me, Jason.</p>
<p>It's a fair question about any school. </p>
<p>Another one is History of Mathematics, it was started by Neuegebauer at Brown (meaning ancient history reconstructed from clay tablets and papyri), and I think Brown is one of the only places that has professors specifically in that subject. Nowadays history of science has become more popular so there could be people at other schools with professorships in HoS who actually specialize in math. But I don't know of any place other than Brown where the subject acquired the status of a department.</p>
<p>it's a fair question, it's just a weird question. One that is less valuable than asking about your specific interests.</p>
<p>i'll throw egyptology up there. one of the only undergrad programs in the country, and a quite good one at that.</p>
<p>When thinking about moving to a new neighborhood, don't you like to know "what's good (bad) there", e.g. lots of arts and music, even if you personally won't be going to the galleries or clubs?</p>
<p>I don't think it's the same with schools. Why does it matter how good the math department is if you have NO interest in math? Or unless you want to be surrounded by math geniuses?</p>
<p>And frankly if I don't plan on going to clubs then I don't care how good the clubs are.</p>
<p>It's not just about one's own customer experience. Knowing what other people are there for, what the place is famous or infamous for, and just about everything else, helps establish the culture of the place. To take Brown specifically, the on-campus mausoleum or the Silver Truck might not be your personal cup of tea, but they are bits and pieces of the cultural DNA that differentiate it from other schools. Some people might perceive a different flavor to a campus that attracts the neuroscience and PLME type of pre-meds rather than Mol. Bio. at Berkeley or Biochemistry at Harvard, or applied math rather than the math-theory types who gravitate to Harvard/MIT/Princeton. These are little details but why not inquire?</p>
<p>Oy vey I cannot believe we are arguing the merits of this question! It's really inconsequential. We don't need to prove who is right here. </p>
<p>What modest was trying to say is that the best way for him to help the OP is for him to be more specific.</p>
<p>Arguing? Not "talking about whatever comes to mind"?</p>
<p>I guess maybe we're all just way too bored for our own good and take the time to debate the merits of this question. So yes, we are arguing, debating, discussing, whatever you want to call it. Bottom line is we shouldn't be so passionately defending / lambasting someone's passing question!! It's riduclous!</p>