<p>Brown is one of the more popular selective schools at my school. Probably no more than 8 people apply to ivy-caliber schools every year, and Brown is almost always one of them. No one applies to Harvard, MIT, or Caltech. Very few apply to Yale, Columbia or Princeton. Brown and Dartmouth are the only schools that get one or two apps every year. But that's probably just because Brown's clearly awesome.</p>
<p>Yea all the ivies are pretty popular at my school. We have 12 people applying early to UPenn alone! (And at least five to each brown, harvard, princeton, yale, etc.)</p>
<p>Brown seems a lot more laid-back to me... probably gives it that aura.... a very wonderful place indeed</p>
<p>I know what I am about to say is going to make a lot of you mad. But...here it is...Both my parents went to the Ivy league. They have always told me that even though Brown may not be the easiest Ivy to get in, it is the easiest and has the highest grade inflation of them all. That has been confirmed by a lot of my classmates that have gone to Brown so far. They tell me that it is easier than our senior year in hs. Also, the P/F option and open curriculum doesn't help to convinced the would-be employers that the graduate may be as well prepared for the field of work as could-be neither. It is a great undergrad program. But it is afterall a prep program. I am sorry if I offended some of you.</p>
<p>Then how do you explain the high percentage acceptance rate to grad schools, law schools, medical schools etc.? Your statement is very broad and imo not based in any facts other than your parent's and a few friend's opinions.</p>
<p>Grade INFLATION! Brown has a pretty good prep type undergrad education and serves very well for that purpose. Respectable. It is considered to be one of the top 25 schools. To get into grad schools, GPA plays a big part. With Brown's standing and good looking GPA, it is a very marketable package. This thread is about why Brown is under-rated. IMO, it is exactly where it should be. Neither under nor over rated. I am currently attending one of the ivies, I am reflecting some of the sentiments about Brown from both mine, my friends, hs classmates and parents. That's all. BTW,education is not my major, and I have not done any scholarly research on this subject.</p>
<p>bioeng, why do you go out of your way to mention that you go to "one of the ivies" and that your parents, the other source of your wisdom, also went to "the Ivy League"? Is that supposed to give your statements some kind of added credibility? Moreover, why are you being purposely vague about where you went? </p>
<p>All I'm saying is it's a bit suspicious...I'm going to go out on a limb and say it probably has to do with your personal insecurity and making yourself feel better about where you go to school (not that there is any reason you should feel that way). Why else would you be hanging out on the Brown forum? My own bias says you go to a large school, with a large biomedical engineering program.</p>
<p>But then again maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'm basing all these assumptions on unfair, uninformed generalizations.</p>
<p>I would trust those who are charged with the task of sorting out college graduates [namely: employers, graduate schools, fellowships] far more than generalized, situational truths of a random poster on a message board. But, that's just me.</p>
<p>At Brown, 90% of the class doesn't graduate with honors. The average GPAs aren't much different than any of its' peer schools. But again, do your own research and reach your own conclusions.</p>
<p>i dont think Brown is underrated at all. the medical program and law program are excellent and extremely competitive
and if in fact it is underrated, all the better--people might think it sux and not apply, giving me a chance woohoo!</p>
<p>haha, what law program. Major in anthropology if you want to go to a good law school, not a law program that doesnt exist. Anyway brown is awesome exactly for that reason, its a top notch liberal arts school where you get to major in anything and still get into top grad schools.</p>
<p>From my school in the past 3 years, only 1 person has applied, and was rejected. I don't understand the lack of interest! 4 kids went to Yale just from the class of '04, and not a single student applied to Brown. All the better for MOI.</p>
<p>Bioeng, if brown's mostly undergrad, the prep part is good then. Just prepping for grad school elsewhere.</p>