<p>I am in love with Brown. Even before visiting it I was really excited about applying to the school. Then when I visitied I was absolutely ecstatic. The quirky nature of the student body fits me like a glove. I adore brown and would be jumping off the walls if I got in. So … any other ideas on reasons why applied to Brown?</p>
<p>So far that's what EVERY applicant has said. You have to be unique, like cite campus memorials or complement them on their cafe (bring in some humor!). I would imagine it'd be extremely impressive if you actually met one of the professors during a campus visit and mentioned your initial reactions to the whole student life aura thingy.</p>
<p>ok ... my tour guide was a gal who majored in applied math and started the seinfeld club... </p>
<p>I also know another student who goes there and she is just absolutely amazing. It is THE place to be. </p>
<p>One uirky thing that I did see was a seashell encrusted minivan on the drive to Brown, it just seemed like a car that exemplified Brown.</p>
<p>I like green.</p>
<p>I'm going to hope on the bandwagon and say I love Brown too. More than any other school, it represents that thirst for knowledge with lots of quirky people thrown in. And I'm in love with some professors at Brown (mainly in the philsophy department) - Gill, Kim, Sosa and other people like Mathiesen and most recently Miller. It just seems like where all the cool (or as I define cool) people are. I don't know how to describe it ... it's incredible. Not to say that Brown is perfect, I mean it's pretty darn close, but it's very lovable! :)</p>
<p>Musn't give...in..</p>
<p>ahh, what the hell--I love Brown too. </p>
<p>That philosophy dept. is killer and I'd love to study in it. Just goes to show that rankings aren't everything. The UMich Philosophy Department is supposedly one of the top 3-4, but it doesn't mean much when your interesting classes are 300 people deep (even in the upper levels), the best professors are primarily concerned with their writings, their grad students, and their prestige (Re: not you or that pesky undergrad class their tenure forces them to teach), and you're forced down a narrow concentration sequence with little room for what interests you.</p>
<p>Now add on top of that the 5 semesters of foreign language, the 27 credits worth of distribution, and the 5 other graduation requirements and you have a recipe for tedium. </p>
<p>Brown is more about learning what you'd like to learn, what interests you, and what will help you further your ultimate career ambitions.</p>
<p>The same can't be said of the course I'm currently taking in the Environment -- to fill some distribution requirement-- or language -- to become fluent in a language I have no interest in learning and will never speak again...</p>
<p>philosophia (i guess this is a dumb question), but are you planning on concentrating in philosophy? how do you know the professors? and do you know Bernard Reginster? (he's one of my favorite lecturers)</p>
<p>when i was at brown over the summer... there was a huge photo of a DONKEY on a boat on the front of the sci li!! that just makes brown infinitely cool!</p>
<p>Haha,yes, I want to concentrate in philosophy. It links everything together for me ...</p>
<p>I don't know the professors personally (unfortunately) ... but I "stalk" them through their books and articles. About two years ago there was an Emerson Conference hosted by the Boston Philosophical Society (w/ speakers Robert Thurman, Jacob Needleman, and Richard Geldard) and I had to attend (since Emerson is basically the coolest person ever) and we (my mother and I) sat a row behind Gill (I didn't know it at the time) ... I like to stick around after lectures to hear the real discussion so I waited until mostly everyone left and slowly made my way up to the "scholars circle" and Gill was talking beautifully. I was like "whoa!! this lady was in front of me!" My mom, seeing my face, asked for their "autographs" for me. Haha, I'm such a dork ... I have the signatures of Gill, Thurman, Needleman, Geldard, and Pagels (from Princeton who was also there) all on my wall next to my desk . .. and the pen they signed with is in a frame. :)</p>
<p>Later I found she taught at Brown ... and then I found Sosa, etc. It just makes Brown even cooler!</p>
<p>I've heard of Bernard Reginster, but never really looked into him. I guess I've got a couple of more books to read after I finish Miller's book. woohoo! more cool people to like!</p>
<p>funkyspoon: I saw that picture and was severely confused! But was amused all the same.</p>
<p>I love the Carrie Tower (didnt' know the name until they put a pic of it on the website) and cafe zog and the classics dept and the fact that the class i visited was like shunted in the back dark corner of the basement of the library.</p>
<p>sempitern555: Yea! My tour guide spoke of that Seinfeld club, :)</p>
<p>Brown sounds totally cool. I think I'll apply ED this fall.</p>
<p>philosophia, that's a great story :) best of luck</p>
<p>is there anything NOT to like about Brown? i mean, sure, their rank in the US News isn't as high as some other schools, but who cares about US NEWS??? I'd take Brown over Penn, or any school ranked above it ANY DAY! :cool:</p>