<p>Why Brown over what im sure were other great options</p>
<p>I got Imperial College (UK) and UIUC other than Brown.</p>
<p>Imperial College doesn’t give me aid plus it’s the most expensive school in UK, whereas I can get financial aid in Brown.</p>
<p>UIUC is too crowded so I chose Brown.</p>
<p>btw. I confirmed marticulation so my decision changed to unavailable so I can’t see the link that was on the acceptance page. </p>
<p>Can anyone give me the link to that site? My status changed to “committed to Brown” and decision became unavailable, is this normal?</p>
<p>the only school i applied to was brown!</p>
<p>^^^ winner</p>
<p>Any1 else?</p>
<p>I’m not totally decided yet, but Brown is definitely one of my top choices. I have to somehow pick between Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Princeton. Brown topped Duke, Cornell, Georgetown, and Swarthmore for me.</p>
<p>Georgetown, my local state college (which gave a generous merit scholarship), some other various LAC’s but it is sooo worth it!!! :D</p>
<p>I did not accept waitlist offers at Columbia or Princeton either</p>
<p>I can’t decide between Brown and USC!</p>
<p>@greenmacheen, good luck with that decision! USC is a fantastic school, and I loved it there when I visited. It’s a hard choice.</p>
<p>I’ve chosen Brown over USC with the Presidential Scholarship and Thematic Honors, UCLA with Regents, UCSD with Regents, Cal, and Case Western. Then again, Brown was my top choice, so… :)</p>
<p>Everyone else is talking about colleges, but Brown was my first choice, so I applied ED.
When I first saw the title of this thread, personal sacrifices first came to mind.
I’m giving up proximity to my boyfriend of five years, who’s going to cal tech. So… yeah. :P</p>
<p>I was accepted Lehigh (full tuition merit scholarship-$41K), Colgate-Alumni Memorial scholar ($32K), Brown and Cornell (~30K fin aid). Visited Cornell and Colgate 4/7-4/11 and Lehigh this week-end 4/16-18. I still don’t know what I’m going to do?</p>
<p>Jonhs Hopkins for Biomedical engineering, and a great financial aid package from Georgia Institute of Technology</p>
<p>Giving up UPenn, Duke, Wash U, Georgetown… and many others :)</p>
<p>Over Columbia, 15k merit aid at University of Chicago, University of Virginia, and a nearly full ride to the University of Illinois. The exploratory freedom afforded by the open curriculum and grading policies, in addition to the general satisfaction of the student body, is highly attractive.</p>
<p>I’m giving up UPenn, the University of Chicago, Amherst College, among others. I could not be happier :).</p>
<p>My son turned down Williams, Amherst, Northwestern (and its elite ISP program) and UIUC with significant merit scholarships.</p>
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<p>The open curriculum, combined with the S/NC option, offers an incredible exploratory opportunity, especially for students who tend to overindulge in all of this academic “candy.” In high school, my son regularly skipped officially-required prerequisites (learning the missing material at the accelerated “review” pace); as a 3-year graduate, he also consistently took between 3 and 6 additional classes beyond what was considered a full “most rigorous” class load.</p>
<p>The S/NC option will allow him to regularly take on a 5th class at Brown without endangering his grades in his core subjects. And he’s already talking about skipping intro classes for the “more interesting” mid-range ones, perhaps by teaching himself a quick compressed version of the core prerequisite material. As far as we can figure, there seems to be no downside at Brown to occasionally trying to push the limits of one’s abilities, even if one does on occasion perhaps come up a bit short. And this is SO much better than needing to always err on the side of caution to protect one’s “academic profile” for graduate school.</p>
<p>I went to Amherst this week and was very impressed. The curriculum is open like Brown’s is, I think. And the size suited me. If I am lucky enough to get in both places like Delaluna, why would I pick Brown over it? Or maybe its better to ask, “Why did you?” I am a rising senior just trying to figure out what is up. Also, do I even have a chance at either place? I hate to be that guy asking for chances but:
CR 800
WR 800
BUT
M 690</p>
<p>I am a good math student --2 years ahead, all A+s but the timed test gets me-I work slow with numbers. I am hoping for a better grade on the MATH II C this June. Taking hardest possible classes ( 4 APS and advanced French and latin) head of model UN, other political groups in and out of school, started a free tutoring service that took off , also play piano since I was 6. But so what, right? Not really jumping out at you as DIFFERENT am I. Oh, I am white and Jewish. Thanks for info, hope, and advice.</p>
<p>My son was also accepted to Amherst and Williams, among others. He found the biggest benefit of an LAC at Brown – friendly and helpful professors willing to chat with you, make jokes and even let you into locked labs and related facilities so that you could get an overview. But Brown’s course selection and STEM facilities were far superior and the opportunity to do undergrad research did not appear to be significantly diminished, given that there are only a limited number of graduate students on campus.</p>
<p>I had originally thought my son would eventually opt for a smaller, more intimate LAC. He found Brown small enough for his comfort level, however. Brown’s larger size should allow him greater flexibility in assembling a set of appealing classes without worrying about overlapping time conflicts.</p>
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<p>Of course you have a chance and should apply to both Brown and Amherst plus maybe half a dozen others to be safe. I do think it may be a bit premature debating the merits of A vs B before either A or B have accepted you – the odds are so low and so unpredictable that it’s not worth worrying about for now: Just do your best and make sure that ANY of the schools that ultimately accept you are ones you’d be happy to attend for 4 years.</p>
<p>Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, couple of good schools in the UK, 250,000 dollars (and possibly more)</p>
<p>I declined Michigan, Cornell, and Northwestern. I was very partial to Brown.</p>