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| Super Brilliant | Brown is the place to go if you are fiercely independent in spirit. The atmosphere provides an ambience of live and let live, and the students are able to speak to you about their interests. Faculty really treat you well and respect your autonomy; however, there are the occasional faculty members who make you feel as if you are a waste of their time. Beware of the badly reviewed professors because they are often just that - bad. The campus is beautiful, and Brown University will teach you how to "THINK" more than any other school in the country--that is for sure. Virtually all students here do what they do with a passion and most really deeply love what they study. You will meet some amazing, dynamic, and energizing people at this university. | Innovation: A+, Scholastic Success: B- |  | | |
| | Dec 08 2008 | 2nd Year Male --
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| Quite Bright |
I found everyone to be extremely open and friendly the first year, especially the first sememster. At some point through the second semester people were forming solid groups and reluctant to increase their social circle, maybe due to the sophomore housing/lottery. Adding another person to your friend circle might complicate how to arrange housing during your sophomore year, especially considering that your housing number would be awful, since sophomores have last pick. Anyhow, I went into the sophomore year lottery by myself and got a horrid number and was placed in Barbour, an apartment with three other people who were friends. Their fourth friend went abroad and they thought they'd have an extra bed and barely tolerated my presence. They were birkenstock wearing people and seemed to not like my nerdy/premed ways, but had we been freshman, they would have been nice to me. Something drastic changes from first to second year: people become hardened, much less tolerant and not willing to expand their social circle; they made no attempt to make me feel welcome (I felt really bad for being an interloper). Anyhow, I didn't like being in their apartment either, so I begged reslife to give me something else, and they said, if I could find something else on my own, they'd give it to me. So I found an empty room in the grad center, got the signatures of the other suite mates and got the room--yippee! Or sortof. When staying at the grad center, make sure you don't have too many walls in your room exposed to the outside. I had three walls and perhaps (can't remember) my floor might have been exposed also. So, in comparison to my other suitemates, my room was freezing and needed a portable space heater. What a terribly designed place! Anyhow, a good advice is to form lots of good friends your first year because you won't be making many more after that, unless you join a frat or other special interest housing. The freshman bonding is strong and carries long after college. Friends made after didn't seem to have lasting power. It's as if friends made freshman year are like family, you can be annoying and they'll still put up with you. Friends made after first year won't put up with your antics.
I stuck to the Pembroke side for housing during the remaining two years because it seemed safer over there and I felt more comfortable walking around at night by myself. Students got jumped closer to the freshman quad side -- not mugged, just beaten up for fun, but not too beaten up :)
I think that an emotionally mature and more sophisticated student could maximize the opportunities at Brown. I noticed that all professors were so available that it seemed such a waste that most students didn't use them better, to sponsor independent lab research, etc. Academically, you can literally make it whatever you wish, but for science-bent students who lag in emotional/worldly maturity, Brown seemed rather intimidating, especially in the liberal arts courses where a lot of the liberal arts students were extremely, extremely well-spoken and confident. I wouldn't discourage anyone from attending, though. But without that emotional maturity and strong self-awareness of what you want and where you want to go, it's hard to take the advantages (lots of facilities and access to professors) that Brown offers. | Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: C | | | |
| | Feb 26 2008 | 4th Year Female --
Class 1996 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Quite Bright | The greatest thing about my university is that they promote independant thinking and creativity in ones education while also providing excellent materials needed for students to achieve their personal goals. The university's curriculum is an open curriculum and has been founded on the notion that students should be able to decide how they want to structure their education and learning process. At the same time the university holds high standards of academic excellents. Also, Brown offers a great deal of financial aid to their students. | Education Quality: A+, Surrounding City: B+ | | | |
| | Feb 09 2008 | 1st Year Female --
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