<p>I’m currently a junior, who has been researching about colleges since last October. Through discussions with my college counselors, parents, and peers, I’ve come to believe that Brown University is a good match for me, in the sense that it’s very possible I can get admitted by both colleges, but also that both colleges match my personality/character. What are the different aspects of Brown University that you fellow CC’ers like or dislike? Secondly, what are the strongest programs at Brown?</p>
<p>I love the concept of no distribution requirements and the pass/fail option. I also love that Brown's in a city but has a defined campus. I was mostly interested in LACs at first, but I was attracted to Brown because of its extremely wide range of courses that you won't find at a smaller school. However, it's not so big that I'll get lost, and one of the classes I visited only had 6 students.</p>
<p>You might want to consider doing the Pre-College program there this summer in order to get a better feel for it. It's a wondeful program.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/summer%5B/url%5D">www.brown.edu/summer</a></p>
<p>those are pretty general questions =)
why is it that you think brown is a good fit for you? what programs are you most interested in? if you elaborate it will be easier to give you a more useful response</p>
<p>The open curriculum is for the most mature and independent students. Adcoms will probably shy away from applicants whom they feel will either "get lost" (take oodles of unrelated courses with no clear direction at all) or take advantage (eg. take 30 out of 32 courses in bio).</p>
<p>That having been said, I applied to Brown because I think the idea of an open curriculum is wonderful. There is a lot of academic advising; the advisors are supposed to help you when do feel lost and challenge you to expose yourself to new disciplines. Also, since people register for courses by choice, you will find your classes are full of students who are genuinely interested in the subject.</p>
<p>I also liked the activist nature of the student body, and Brown's "quirky" personality as a whole.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input to the both of you. By the way, congratulations on your acceptance to Brown, RaboKarabekian (I noticed your thread titled "I want to go to Brown RIGHT NOW!"). Good luck, lindseylujh, with Brown and the other colleges you've applied to. I'll definitely be applying next year, and hopefully things will turn out well.</p>
<p>Dcircle: I believe that Brown is a match for me for a number of reasons. I'll elaborate on some of the main reasons. As some of the posters have stated, I like how Brown lets its students choose from a wide variety of courses, as one of Brown's earliest presidents was quoted saying on Brown's website. My interests have been somewhat across the board (but not too "quirky"). Another thing that I like about Brown is how the student body isn't the type which studies all the time, but is social, outgoing, and "socially aware" as well.</p>
<p>It helps if you have leftist political views. Not a prerequisite, but it helps (you'll fit in better, I mean).</p>
<p>To get a sense of the politics of Brown you might want to view this thread. There is obviously a diversity of opinion, although it does seem a little heavy handed:</p>
<p>the open curriculum was huge for me--wanted to decide for myself what classes I should take, along with the social sensibility of the student body. neither disappointed me.</p>
<p>I agree with lindsey- I did a summer program at Brown and I fell in love with the school</p>