http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html Life at Brown - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html Brown is an amazing place. I have been so happy here (and when i haven't been for whatever personal reason, Psych Services is really great and generally quite helpful). If I could make every universit... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:17:17 GMT StudentsReview 1226-92396 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1226-92396 1226 68 Linguistics Female Undergraduate Class 2014 2nd Year Positive Brown is an amazing place. I have been so happy here (and when i haven't been for whatever personal reason, Psych Services is really great and generally quite helpful). If I could make every university more like Brown, I would. Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:17:17 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html Over the past three years at Brown, I have met tons of brilliant people--classmates and friends who study with you all night long, and professors who are available in office hours each week for three ... Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:39:16 GMT StudentsReview 1226-89189 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1226-89189 1226 32 Philosophy Female Undergraduate Class 2013 3rd Year Positive Over the past three years at Brown, I have met tons of brilliant people--classmates and friends who study with you all night long, and professors who are available in office hours each week for three hours longer than they promised because they want to make sure everybody has a chance to succeed. I am fortunate to have benefited from Brown's generous financial aid, which made it possible for me to attend. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:39:16 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html Do you know why it called brown university, too many black people.... Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:57:06 GMT StudentsReview 1226-88081 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1226-88081 1226 0 Unknown Male Undergraduate Class 2016 2nd Year Neutral Do you know why it called brown university, too many black people. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:57:06 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html Honestly, I wish I had attended a different school. The workload is intense, and peers at rival schools give you shit about how Brown's a joke. It's difficult to balance a social life if you're taking... Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:49:42 GMT StudentsReview 1226-85914 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1226-85914 1226 6 Biology Male Undergraduate Class 2014 1st Year Negative Honestly, I wish I had attended a different school. The workload is intense, and peers at rival schools give you shit about how Brown's a joke. It's difficult to balance a social life if you're taking challenging courses and requirements. The advising is absolutely terrible and the advisers don't remember you. The city is dirty near the restaurants and it's depressing throughout the long months of winter. The housing is also a joke, and a lot of your happiness depends on luck. The campus events are just for show and are useless. The only social time most people have is during lunch and dinner. Everything is expensive as hell (wtf 3rd-rate sushi 8.75?) as if we don't pay enough tuition already. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:49:42 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html I was obsessed with Brown as a junior and senior in high school, and read every review on this website (and others) possible, so now is my chance to be finally give back to all of the freaked-out appl... Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:44:22 GMT StudentsReview 1226-78678 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 1226-78678 1226 58 Political Science Female Undergraduate Class 2014 1st Year Advice I was obsessed with Brown as a junior and senior in high school, and read every review on this website (and others) possible, so now is my chance to be finally give back to all of the freaked-out applicants.

I thought my life was over when I was deferred from Brown ED; I ended up getting in RD in April, thankfully, but I want to make it known that if you apply to the right schools for you, it doesn't really matter where you end up. I would've been happy at any of my schools. Of course, it's nice to be at Brown especially, in the Ivy League, with all of the resources and prestige that comes with it. But the "prestige-factor" only gives so much. Though that was a major factor in where I applied to college, now that I've "made it," it really has no effect on my daily life as a college kid. Bottom line: you live and breathe where you are at college, so it's most important that you are comfortable living, learning and making friends there. Prestige is SO not worth it if you'll be unhappy. (Not to say I'm not happy--I'll get to Brown in a second.)

It was hard to get my bearins at Brown my first semester. Everyone there is BRILLIANT, but what you don't realize is that everyone feels like they're not good enough, when in reality, we all were accepted and are equally deserving to be there. My classes this year were on the whole, fantastic. Challenging, yes, but I got to know my profs (GO TO OFFICE HOURS) and made great connections. I had unusually small classes for a first-year because I took more seminars than is typical, but I had 3 lecture classes between 100-150 (which isn't too bad for Brown), plus there is always section with a TA.

The students here, as I said, are incredibly brilliant, but also incredibly humble and kind. I've never "clicked" with people so easily. You have the chance to meet people from all over the world and from all different backgrounds. It's wonderful.

The one thing I will say that Brown needs to improve upon is it's advising system. Because of the open curriculum, advising is all that more important. However, the advising system is a crap-shoot. Your faculty advisor is either helpful or doesn't care. Your student advisor will most likely be the one to guide you the most. The good news is that if you don't click with your faculty advisor, you have your student advisor, plus there are open hours at the Dean's Office for everyone. AND, upperclassmen/faculty you befriend are always willing to help with class choices, clubs, social life, etc.

Though I think Brown is the most like a liberal arts college out of all the Ivy League schools, it is still a mid-size research university. If a small, liberals art college suits your learning style better, I strongly recommend you choose one. Doing well where you are is more important than the name (and there are plenty of big-name liberal arts colleges). I sometimes feel as though a small college would have been a better fit for me, but I'm still happy with my choice. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:44:22 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/RI/BU_comments.html