The Yearly: Brown student taking questions thread

<p>AudiB4 Thank you for your reply, it was very helpful!</p>

<p>modestmelody Thank you for taking the time to put up that list for me! I think I'll copy it and then alter it for my own needs - you put some things there I had completely forgotten I would need. </p>

<p>A quick question - how do I know if Brown has received my admission reply card? I know I could just wait for my packet to come, but my parents are a little paranoid. Would it be too much for me to call and ask next week? Or will I receive an email once they've processed it? Thanks!</p>

<p>Edit-- I forgot to ask: how do I know if my laptop is compatible with Brown's network? Should I wait to get one?</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, Brown took forever to send out the admission packet. You will get it soon and it contained some dated materials like a health form, personality questionaire...stuff like that. I dont see any harm in calling the admission office to make sure they received your acceptance card-give it a week since it may take that long to receive and process.</p>

<p>how is the advising staff at brown? are administrators and advisers supportive and involved in helping students adjust and take advantage of brown's resources?</p>

<p>There is a range of capability and inclination. Still, if one is proactive in seeking help, they should find it.</p>

<p>Forgettable: My advice for seeing if anything ever gets received in the mail is simple. Get a few postcards and have them self addressed to yourself. Anytime you send anything important, most people would just bounce the postcard right back to you, and ta da once you receive your postcard you know they have it. </p>

<p>Of course this wouldn't hold up in a court of law... but it's for your own peace of mind that it arrived :D</p>

<p>If you plan on skiing a lot is it better to keep a car? And how far are resorts and is it easy to find people to go with?</p>

<p>Oh and will Brown let you stay an extra year if you love it so much you don't want to graduate?</p>

<p>^ I agree with that graduation question. XD</p>

<p>Ok, if this is of any help, I got my admission package last week, roughly a week after i sent my card. I am getting ready with the forms now, etc..</p>

<p>how far from brown do you live moviebuff?</p>

<p>^^^ I just checked in mapquest, 1, 476.27 miles away...</p>

<p>How hard is it to study abroad at Oxford, as in being accepted into the program? Do you have to stay the whole year?</p>

<p>Oxford I'm pretty sure only offers a year long course of study, but the whole year/semester thing in the UK varies by school. I believe to be considered for Oxford you need a 3.7 or 3.8 GPA to be considered. Most programs are 3.5GPA (at well known top schools) but Oxford and I think LSE are higher. Other programs are far less strict.</p>

<p>moviebuff, when are the forms due? i just sent my commit card yesterday</p>

<p>I think the minimum GPA for oxford is 3.5. For Cambridge it's 3.75. I don't know how hard it is to get in. I have 2 friends going next year, and they both work hard and are extremely dedicated students.</p>

<p>So I got my packet in the mail recently and I have no idea which meal plan to choose - can someone help me? I NEVER skip breakfast and I'll be staying on campus most of the time (meaning not going home that often). Should I get the standard 20 meals a week or a flex plan? How exactly do the flex plans work?</p>

<p>the flex plans give you slightly fewer overall meals (I think it's like 2.4-2.5/day instead of 2.85/day) in exchange for more flexibility in using meal credits (you can use as many in a day as you want, nice for stuff like the gate) and more meal points (you can use at the campus market, frisc, blue room, etc.) I'd recommend it unless you're hell-bent on having three square meals a day (which will probably change in college anyway)</p>

<p>If you want to pay less for more food I always recommend staying away from flex. Honestly, if you're positive you're never going to skip breakfast I don't see you as having any other choice. The additional flexpoints will not replace a meal unless you consider a meal a muffin or an apple or something like that.</p>

<p>Except you only pay a small amount more per meal, and if you're not on the flex plan credits are simply lost if you don't eat three meals ever day, which I sure as hell don't. I'd much rather have the extra flex points than wasted meal credits</p>

<p>The amount lost per meal is pretty large. When you calculate the 6 meals per week as 5.40 of flex points you end up with something like 1000 flex points as compared to 500. So even if you eat 2 meals a day and then spend the third credit along with your points you're going to have far more buying power. I simply make sure I pick up drinks or snacks when I have an extra swipe for the day, though I do eat three meals most day-- lunch, dinner, and then a later dinner around 10.</p>

<p>I still have plenty of credits left over to buy drinks from the gate and whatnot, and I don't particularly want to have a huge pile of junk food I'll never get around to eating from wasted meal credits; it's also nice because I can use more than three credits in a day if I get particularly hungry when I'm drunk. Furthermore, the flex points aren't valuable from stuff you can get at Jos or the Gate so much as what you can't get with credits--stuff from the market, frisc, and blue room especially</p>

<p>but if you regularly eat three meals a day, then the flex plan is a waste</p>