<p>how so asterstar?</p>
<p>I wish people who went to Brown were called Brownies instead. I think that's cuter. :p</p>
<p>brown is cool, open curriculum + nice people+ LOVE the ATMOSPHERE</p>
<p>Brown rocks because engineers can do a lot of non-engineer things</p>
<p>but willingly, unlike Columbia, which is the polar-opposite that I'm applying to lol</p>
<p>lol I'm applying to Columbia as well. The core isn't that appealing but at Brown, I really would be taking classes that build a liberal arts base anyway. But you're right, I'd much rather do things willingly.</p>
<p>dcircle: I <em>think</em> that ppl who apply to brown aren't really prestige whores, and apply to it more because they appreciate the school and stuff like its open curriculum. that is, I don't know how many parents push their kids to apply to brown, as opposed to those who would like to see their kids at HYP. like everyone has been saying, brown students (and prospective ones) just seem more laid-back, not hyper-anxious and intense. of course, seeing as I'm drawing this all from my experience on this board, that could be off...</p>
<p>I agree; not so much from the board because I don't really know people here, but when I visited, people seemed so relaxed. Sure you had some of those pot-smoking, tie-dye wearing hippes that people stereotype Brown with, but the majority of the people were totally normal. My tour guide was really good and I still remember the frozen lemonade man...ahh twas tres cute.</p>
<p>I like the name Brownie too! It's sooo much better than Brunonians or whatever it is. It's also easier to spell. :)</p>
<p>why not use both names? :)</p>
<p>i think i prefer brunonian because it has grown on me over the years
i also like referring to brown as bruno...it's like having a nickname for the school</p>
<p>what i don't appreciate, is my diploma saying "universitas brunensis" ...if it wasn't for the frame, no one would have any idea where i went to school</p>
<p>Would you rather have it not be in Latin? Or they could have just used the latin word for Brown. Since w isn't in the latin alphabet (not the ancient one anyway) Brown would be hard to effectively latinize.</p>
<p>the latin gives it a neat kind of flair but the entire thing is in latin. i apparently concentrated in "scientia cerebrali" :)</p>
<p>i wonder if all the ivies do this?</p>
<p>I think a lot probably do. A lot of colleges that is. Not just ivies. I'm looking at a wall of diplomas now and Dartmouth, Harvard, and Tufts are all in Latin. I like Brunensis a lot more than Harvardiana.</p>
<p>what is dartmouth in latin? or tufts for that matter?</p>
<p>Dartmuthensis
Tuftensis</p>
<p>None of these are particularly charming.</p>
<p>Those names in latin aren't particularly charming, but somehow they are amusing to me. lol</p>
<p>yes, i agree. brunensis is much much better. i retract my complaint.</p>
<p>anybody know any others? for some reason i'm really amused by this too</p>
<p>lol wow that sounds like some 2nd grader making up words...it's almost like pig-latin except you add -ensis to everything. I guess Latin doesn't make everything sound more sophisticated; those sound just plain silly to me.</p>
<p>i agree...im pretty sure you don't just add -ensis, and I took AP Latin last year</p>
<p>hahaha, it's like they took their regular names and just added -ensis lol</p>
<p>Stanfordensis
University of Floridaensis
Dukeensis</p>