Similar schools to Brown and others

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I would maybe suggest Colorado College & Oberlin though of course they're not as prestigious.

[Anonymous]

Weslyan, Vassar, St Andrews (really), Bryan Mawr and Wellesley (if a girl)

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Is processing speed really something that colleges would need to know about and make decisions based upon?

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Anonymous wrote:Weslyan, Vassar, St Andrews (really), Bryan Mawr and Wellesley (if a girl)

Why St Andrews? My DC's first choice is Brown, also interested in Wesleyan, loves the mix of arts and academics and the open curriculum. Has also considered UK schools, but the rigidity of having to know your major when you start is a big stumbling block. We are waiting on this year's AP scores but I expect DC will meet the requirements of St. Andrews.

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Anonymous wrote:For Brown, consider other colleges with an open curriculum - Wesleyan, Vassar, Smith, Grinnell, etc.

Brown has more in common with other ivy pluses such as Yale, Columbia, Harvard, MIT than wesleyan's, Smith, or grinnel. In terms of information processing, there's a big difference between top 1% and top 3%.

No idea if that’s true or not. Top 1% of what? And how do you know that difference is present between Brown and the other schools? I’m extremely skeptical that Brown or any other Ivy makes admissions decisions based on information processing speed. Students don’t submit a battery of psych-ed tests with their applications, and neither SAT nor GPA tests that.

Cognitively there's a difference between 99th percentile and 97 percentile. Even if you have no idea, I think you'll agree Einstein and Newton are on a different level than the run-of-the-mill geniuses.

LMAO. Einstein had a learning disability. He never would have scored 99th %ile on today’s tests.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools share similar culture?
For e.g. which schools share the same culture as Brown?
For e.g. Duke shares somewhat of a similar culture like NU.
U Chicago with Caltech?
UT with Upitt?

I am still stuck on NU and Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools share similar culture?
For e.g. which schools share the same culture as Brown?
For e.g. Duke shares somewhat of a similar culture like NU.
U Chicago with Caltech?
UT with Upitt?

Is UT for University of Texas or U Toronto? Not sure, Pitt, to my knowledge, is kind of unique as an urban state flagship with around 18-19k undergrads. U Toronto seems at least 3 times the size of a Pitt. Maybe they have other similarities or there are other similar schools, it depends what your student likes about Pitt.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which schools share similar culture?
For e.g. which schools share the same culture as Brown?
For e.g. Duke shares somewhat of a similar culture like NU.
U Chicago with Caltech?
UT with Upitt?

Is UT for University of Texas or U Toronto? Not sure, Pitt, to my knowledge, is kind of unique as an urban state flagship with around 18-19k undergrads. U Toronto seems at least 3 times the size of a Pitt. Maybe they have other similarities or there are other similar schools, it depends what your student likes about Pitt.

Pitt isn't the flagship and it's not unique even in its own state: Temple is the same school, just in Philly.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools share similar culture?
For e.g. which schools share the same culture as Brown?
For e.g. Duke shares somewhat of a similar culture like NU.
U Chicago with Caltech?
UT with Upitt?

Is UT for University of Texas or U Toronto? Not sure, Pitt, to my knowledge, is kind of unique as an urban state flagship with around 18-19k undergrads. U Toronto seems at least 3 times the size of a Pitt. Maybe they have other similarities or there are other similar schools, it depends what your student likes about Pitt.

Pitt isn't the flagship and it's not unique even in its own state: Temple is the same school, just in Philly.

Okay, that's fair, Penn State is the state flagship. What I meant is that PSU and Pitt are arguably the top two state-related public universities in the state. True, Temple is similar and has more majors and programs, some other threads have raised the issue of safety. Have a nice day!

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Anonymous wrote:For Brown, consider other colleges with an open curriculum - Wesleyan, Vassar, Smith, Grinnell, etc.

Brown has more in common with other ivy pluses such as Yale, Columbia, Harvard, MIT than wesleyan's, Smith, or grinnel. In terms of information processing, there's a big difference between top 1% and top 3%.

No idea if that’s true or not. Top 1% of what? And how do you know that difference is present between Brown and the other schools? I’m extremely skeptical that Brown or any other Ivy makes admissions decisions based on information processing speed. Students don’t submit a battery of psych-ed tests with their applications, and neither SAT nor GPA tests that.

Cognitively there's a difference between 99th percentile and 97 percentile. Even if you have no idea, I think you'll agree Einstein and Newton are on a different level than the run-of-the-mill geniuses.

LMAO. Einstein had a learning disability. He never would have scored 99th %ile on today’s tests.

Lol, a high percentage of ivy students have learning disability. Google. Einstein would do fine with the extra time accomodation for disability.

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Anonymous wrote:For Brown, consider other colleges with an open curriculum - Wesleyan, Vassar, Smith, Grinnell, etc.

Brown has more in common with other ivy pluses such as Yale, Columbia, Harvard, MIT than wesleyan's, Smith, or grinnel. In terms of information processing, there's a big difference between top 1% and top 3%.

No idea if that’s true or not. Top 1% of what? And how do you know that difference is present between Brown and the other schools? I’m extremely skeptical that Brown or any other Ivy makes admissions decisions based on information processing speed. Students don’t submit a battery of psych-ed tests with their applications, and neither SAT nor GPA tests that.

Cognitively there's a difference between 99th percentile and 97 percentile. Even if you have no idea, I think you'll agree Einstein and Newton are on a different level than the run-of-the-mill geniuses.

You sound ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Is processing speed really something that colleges would need to know about and make decisions based upon?

Of course not.

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Anonymous wrote:Is processing speed really something that colleges would need to know about and make decisions based upon?

Of course not.

You have no kids at Brown-level schools, so you should be asking, "Why am I here on this thread?"

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools share similar culture?
For e.g. which schools share the same culture as Brown?
For e.g. Duke shares somewhat of a similar culture like NU.
U Chicago with Caltech?
UT with Upitt?

Is UT for University of Texas or U Toronto? Not sure, Pitt, to my knowledge, is kind of unique as an urban state flagship with around 18-19k undergrads. U Toronto seems at least 3 times the size of a Pitt. Maybe they have other similarities or there are other similar schools, it depends what your student likes about Pitt.

Pitt isn't the flagship and it's not unique even in its own state: Temple is the same school, just in Philly.

Temple is a lot bigger and much less rigorous.

[Anonymous]

My child said Pomona feels very similar to Brown