<p>^FWIW I’ve found my Humanities classes to be much harder, interesting, and worthwhile than most of my math and computer science classes. So the poster is not the only one to feel that way.</p>
<p>I find any classes that involve a lot of reading pretty hard. I think I’m a relatively slow reader (100 pages of reading roughly corresponds to 3 hours for me, so classes with 250 pages of reading/week, which is on the low end of typical, are 8 hour/week classes, not counting thinking/taking notes/writing papers), am terrible at memorization, and would much rather just work through problem sets/large projects. Last semester I took three classes that were reading-light to reading-intensive, and I found I literally didn’t have time to do all the work for them. Admittedly, I also had a two CS classes, but one was only 4-hours or so a week class, less than any of my humanities classes, and the other I probably only averaged 8 hours/week.</p>
<p>That being said, my views were much more affected by my humanities classes than my CS classes, and I wouldn’t trade those experiences.</p>
<p>Im going into anthropology(the study of people) because people generually intrest me not to be edgy, i hope to be a professor one day, so weather aside is the anthropology department really that bad i’d hate to get accepted only to find out the collage isnt going to help me in the long run?</p>
<p>Blackeyesnick, I stayed overnight at Brown a couple weeks ago and everyone of the students that I spoke to said Brown has one of the best Anthropology departments.</p>
<p>rainbowrose
thanks for the info, its good to know that brown will be able to help me
tks:) Nick</p>
<p>One thing that I’m not too sure about Brown is its party scene. I know that it will always be around no matter where I go, but I’d like to limit my exposure to certain things. I can still avoid people drinking and doing drugs, right?</p>
<p>Chelsea,</p>
<p>Definitely! Brown is definitely less of a “party school” than some, but it still happens. However, Brown really makes it possible for students to avoid that type of atmosphere. You can opt into sub-free housing so you’ll be able to live with someone with the same values as you, and there is a fund specially set apart for alcohol-free parties that are held on Friday and Saturday nights. There’s always something going on where alcohol and drugs aren’t involved!</p>
<p>Bruno,</p>
<p>Thanks so much! I had heard about the sub-free housing, but I didn’t know about the alcohol-free parties. That makes me feel better! </p>
<p>One more question that I have is about Brown’s liberal atmosphere. I know that this question has been asked a million times, but I’ve never found the right answer. </p>
<p>About 99% of the people in my town are conservative Republicans. The other 1 percent who are more liberal seem to have those views only because they want to be different. Part of my reasoning for wanting to go to a more liberal university is eventually I’d like to get into politics and I think I need some exposure to a more liberal lifestyle. The liberals at Brown like a good, friendly debate once in a while, don’t they? There are some conservatives at Brown, aren’t there?</p>
<p>There are plenty of conservatives at Brown! I have friends with hugely diverse social, political, and religious values, and I feel like this great group of friends is what is making me a more tolerant person. I’ve become so much more open to friendly debate and it’s made me solidify my views a lot more as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m hoping to understand the liberal viewpoint more. One last thing, (sorry if I’m being irritating) I know that freshmen aren’t allowed to have cars on campus, but by sophomore year, they’re allowed, so is it necessary to have one? Would it just make college life easier?</p>
<p>I thought sophomores weren’t allowed to have cars either. Either way, there exist a few benefits to having a car, but it’s hardly necessary. If you’re shopping, it’d be somewhat convenient, but it tends to be a hassle to park, from what I’ve heard. I know almost no one who has a car on campus.</p>
<p>reslife. 10char</p>
<p>The only people who I know with cars on campus are seniors who live off-campus and use the cars for grocery shopping and stuff like that. Even for grocery shopping, you can easily take the bus. Cars are pretty useless around campus because the parking’s not great and you can usually get places faster by walking/biking. When students need a car for small errands, there’s a ZipCar station a few blocks away and ZipCars are cheap.</p>
<p>Thank you! </p>
<p>I’m glad because, to be honest, I hate driving. I’d rather walk or bike anyway, so I’m really happy!</p>
<p>This thread has just killed 5208 hrs of my life 
I didn’t think PLME was so bad…</p>
<p>This thread needs to die =)</p>
<p>haha why? I love Brown, trust me. But it has a few kinks in it and isn’t perfect (like every single other school out there). My only major issue so far has been with Reslife though, so I can’t really complain :)</p>