<p>seriously though, i know the open curriculum is a HUGE attraction cus who wouldnt want to go to a school where u can take pass/fail etc…its academic freedom for those who want to explore. but since im pretty sure almost EVERY applicant will mention the open curric, so what else did u guys address and have u serached up things on the website?</p>
<p>the pass/fail option is a relatively minor aspect of the open curriculum. an open curriculum means there isn't a required core--a reason to choose brown would be a specific way you hope to take advantage of that (such as interdisciplinary interests)</p>
<p>Brown has a very good Sociology program; particularly their interdiciplanary focus in Economic Sociology and Inequality. No other university I've looked at has this type of program. My school doesn't have this program. That is why I want to transfer to Brown. It doesn't make any sense to stay at a college that doesn't have what you want to study and restricts your choices to the basics. Brown lets you take charge of your education and allows you to shape it to cater to your interests.</p>
<p>its close to risd. i can take courses in a good art school without having to give up science</p>
<p>My S contacted a couple of professors in areas he was interested in. They both responded very happily and offered advice, contact numbers etc. He wrote about how nice and helpful they were-even to a perspective student from high school. He talked about SPECIFIC things on campus-clubs and organizations he wanted to become involved in. I think it showed that he researched the school and knew more than general things. Maybe this helped because he was accepted.</p>
<p>*prospective</p>
<p>these are all great ideas but its so hard to pnly have 1500 CHARACTERS to answer the question. aghh</p>
<p>PWNly!!!!!</p>
<p>Brown is located in one of the most interesting areas of the US: Providence. It's a great town with lots to do and lots of different, good restaurants.</p>
<p>90% of people here exist in the bubble that is college hill. No one knows Providence.</p>
<p>that's not true at all. downtown is incredibly accessible. most of my friends went to lupos, other clubs and the mall all the time.</p>
<p>this year a bunch of us got season passes to the trinity rep</p>
<p>so people know the mall and one or two clubs</p>
<p>this =/= providence</p>
<p>one actually gets taught by real live professors during freshman seminars. that fact alone eliminated both harvard and princeton in my book.</p>
<p>and not just freshman seminars, but about ever other class. granted, i did have some fabulous TA's for my german class, but there were 3 different sections, and the professor taught one of them.</p>
<p>oh, and the reason that makes Brown so great, is because you can go home and tell your friends... I made a bunch of Brown friends... and depending on where you come from, it either makes them laugh or stuns them, and either way you get a laugh out of it.</p>
<p>haha, i wish i could write that on my application.</p>
<p>Yeah, everyone's facebook page says "(NAME) has (NUMBER) Brown friends." Some of my middle eastern and south asian friends think that's pretty funny.</p>
<p>haha, yea, i copied that line to someone after telling them Facebook was racist by not counting my white friends.</p>
<p>Amor: I'm told that if you spend the summer at Brown, you get to know Providence. Just because you don't know Providence doesn't mean a lot of others don't. I will admit I don't. I still have not figured out RIPTA and I hate walking down the hill. But I have a lot of upperclassmen friends who worked in Providence, did charity there, etc. and can say they know it.</p>
<p>im extremely confused. I'm readign everyone's responses as to why Brown is very special, which I agree with but I never saw an essay on Brown's app that asks that. The only essay I saw was the personal statement, am i completely dyslexic??</p>