<p>DD also chose Brown and I ok'd it today. She feels very strongly about this now, althought she did not expect to be admitted.</p>
<p>Congrat to Momof3's son and Bettina's daughter!</p>
<p>Congratulations!!!!!!! We had a great time when we visited Brown, and really liked Providence!! </p>
<p>Loved the "Sorting Hat" reference!! Wouldn't it be wonderful if that was all any of our kids had to do for college admissions????????!!!!!!!!!! They would all end up exactly where they belong, and none of them would have to have all the hard work of applying, waiting, agonizing, etc.!!</p>
<p>There must be much celebrating at your house, and much relief to have the decision made! I know that's how it has felt here!!</p>
<p>Congratulations! Sounds like a well thought out choice!</p>
<p>Oh.....yay!!! Wonderful choice. You must be so proud.</p>
<p>Hi Again! Nearly a day has gone by and the relief remains! </p>
<p>Garland, it was indeed the Brown hat that made me think of "the sorting hat!" The sorting hat SAYS Brown!!</p>
<p>Susantm, Major relief! So much of it!</p>
<p>Thanks, Over30 for understanding the sadness. This son it about grown. Hard to believe!</p>
<p>FFScout I am actually trying to keep him fed!! I think if he had had a little more time to think things through, this would have been easier!! Kids schedules are crazy. And he chooses all of the stuff he does himself. In fact, I am about to go off for the last home soccer game!</p>
<p>SB Mom, Can we call on you???</p>
<p>Liz,</p>
<p>Thanks for your support and encouragement. I think that when son sent back the Wash U card and the Swat card, he literally had to close his eyes and grit his teeth to make himself do it. I would have liked for him to have become friends with your very special son at Wash U!</p>
<p>And, Bettina, maybe now he can be a friend with your D! Amazing how life turns out!</p>
<p>Thanks to you, too Cangel. I have followed your D's decision process closely and I know you have been relieved for quite a while. Best wishes to her.</p>
<p>Yup, Irishforever! (Go Notre Dame, by the way! I lived my formative years in South Bend . . .I'm guessing you mean ND? I am a fan forever.) There is much celebrating!</p>
<p>Thanks to you all for your kindness!</p>
<p>Off to the last SOCCER GAME ! :( :) (Very mixed feelings!)</p>
<p>Well, for those of you who helped sort out what S should do about his sister's great love of Swat and subsequent pressure, I got an email from her today that says she's really happy about his choice and will call to congratulate him . . . "but there's no place like Philly!!" :) She just can't resist. Thing about it is that he is going to have a bunch of friends in or near Boston. And what a fine combination of luck to be near Boston and IN Providence. She accepted it graciously, but I could tell she was a little disappointed. Life is full of those little times.</p>
<p>Awwwww, it's nice that she feels so fondly for her school (Swat). And she's right about Philly!</p>
<p>Momofthree:</p>
<p>I'm so glad things have turned out like that. Philly is great, Swat is awesome, but Brown will be his own place.</p>
<p>momofthree--actually, I'm not a ND alum, though have been on visits there & love it! I knew that it would be an ambiguous name on CC, but really just proud of my ancestral heritage! We take it very seriously at our house!</p>
<p>These days we seem to be off to the "last" of many things--still have more soccer games, though--I love it!</p>
<p>Irish, thanks for sorting that out for me! I am Irish in part and so we still connect! Yup, lots of lasts. </p>
<p>Thanks, Marite and momsdream. I think he is going to be so happy at
[color=brown] Brown<a href="I%20am%20practicing%20my%20coloring.">/color</a> :)</p>
<p>MomofThree...got your email but have yet to tackle the pile of emails here but was reading this thread and will right now say...yay yay yay....he decided! and what a great choice of course! I remember this time last year quite well wondering which school my child would pick from her choices and had no idea what would be but when she DID decide (and it also was on Brown), it was really neat to get excited about just one particular school and the realness of the thought of going there the next year and then going on to all the other focused thoughts that go with knowing where you are gonna go! I just think he will love Brown (not to say he would not have loved the other schools). I know my D also would have loved other schools but now that she is at Brown, she is truly enjoying every aspect of the school to the max...could not be happier. She just heard Clinton yesterday, John Nash earlier in the week, saw amazing concerts and other festivities last weekend for spring weekend, is in Boston for the day today with a classmate, saw a musical last night, is going out to dinner tonight, and on and on...that was just this week and not even talking of the academic part of her week, lol. I must hook your son up with my D! I'll tell her a CC parent's kid picked Brown...</p>
<p>AND...Bettina! I had no idea you had a child who got accepted at Brown and now she is going! Does she want to connect via email with a current student? My D is only 18 and is very happy to help incoming kids. She is very enthusiastic and would be delighted to be there for your D if she wants a contact....let me know. </p>
<p>MomofThree...I hear you on the last soccer game. Last spring, we had tears at all the "lasts"...last ski race, last tennis match, last dance performance, last band concert, last piano recital and on and on. My other child, now a senior is having bittersweet moments because she is out of all her "lasts" due to her injuries. On the way to see the school musical, which was to have been her fifth and final time as a lead there, she said, "I know you would have normally been saying in the car that you can't believe it is the last but now none of that is happening..." and same with many other things this spring. So, relish in these moments....we missed out on them with this child even though we know there will be many more in her future. </p>
<p>CONGRAT to both these new Brown frosh!
Susan</p>
<p>wow, momofthree's s and bettina's and soozievt's d's at the same school! what fun. Expect to hear the various reports next year!</p>
<p>Susan, You make it sound so exciting! I know your life must be crazy busy, and I really appreciate your writing.</p>
<p>andi . . . that IS a fun combination of kids! Wonder if they really will become acquainted. I still am a little fuzzy about how likely that would be; I am a small LAC person, and it is hard to picture the connections kids will make in the bigger university.</p>
<p>Brown feels a lot like a small LAC. Because the academic buildings & student union space are mostly all surrounding the central "green," you wind up recognizing lots of people by face if not name and seeing the same people again and again. </p>
<p>The freshman halls are also pretty tight (units of about 25 kids.) There is a great deal of intimacy & familiarity.</p>
<p>In fact it wasn't until graduation day that I realized there <em>were</em> a lot of people in my class I had not met yet! (They must have been the premeds whose classes I was not taking. ;))</p>
<p>Thanks for the description, SBmom. This is the image I had, but I was concerned I was making it up to help me think S was not going off to a foreign land. I so look forward to visiting Brown myself, but I sure appreciate hearing your take on it in the meantime. The freshman hall experience sounds good too. S hasn't gotten anything about housing yet, (obviously, since he didn't know what the heck he was doing until a couple of days ago) but we may be writing you for suggestions, if you don't mind!</p>
<p>Sure. I bet dcircle from the Brown boards is a better resource as he (she?) is there right now.</p>
<p>SB</p>
<p>Hi! What made your child choose Brown? I am considering Brown, so I want some info. Thanks!</p>
<p>estargrl,</p>
<p>I think it is easier for me to answer the question "Why did he apply to Brown?" than "Why did he choose Brown?" as my son had been quite conflicted about the choice, and quite enigmatic about it! He applied to Brown on the advice of his college counselor, who knows him really well. My son loves all areas of the humanities, especially music, languages, and religious studies. He is a natural writer. He is passionate about many things; it is hard to pin down what to study. I think the open curriculum is one of the big draws to Brown, and the emphasis the school puts on letting students form their own educational experience. He is very disciplined, so I don't think he will get lost in the amazing number of courses, but instead it will provide him an opportunity to explore passions he might not have had time to look into. </p>
<p>The other things that made him choose Brown are so subjective. Every school on his list was in or near a big city, as my son is a fanatic about classical music, and wants to be in range of a great orchestra. We live in a tiny rural TN town. Boston is very close to Brown, so that fits. He also loves sports, but doesn't really care about playing competitively. He sensed that Brown in not rah rah, but would have opportunities to play intermurals. When he came back after his visit, he was exclaiming about the hockey rink on campus, not that he's ever seen ice-skates outside the Nashville Predators rink!! Thought he might be able to play tympany in the local orchestra, sing in a cappella groups, have a radio show, etc.</p>
<p>One of my D's best friends is a senior at Brown. She is crazy about it.
I think that about covers it, plus the reputation of Brown not being as cut-throat academically, letting students determine their own pace.</p>
<p>What are your interests, estar? Don't know if this will help at all, but these are factors my son took into account.</p>
<p>thanks! actually i too am very into the humanities, music, and languages, so I am glad that brown seems to be a fit in that area</p>