BROWN

[Anonymous]

I know someone from WV who got in. Strong student from a small Catholic school...nothing totally amazing though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.

Brown's endowment is low relative to peers. And no one wants to give money to upgrade dorms. Hardest thing to fundraise for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.

And yet most kids there are neither rich nor famous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.

Who don't mind living in crappy dorms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

How big are the large classes? Around what percentage of classes are taught by graduate students ?

[Anonymous]

Two of my kids went. Unhooked, not rich. Terrific school in a nice college town. Highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.

Why not? Where did they go instead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:brown.edu/news/2023-12-15/early-decision

HEADLINE: Brown admits 898 early decision students to the undergraduate Class of 2028.
Selected from a pool of 6,244 applicants, the accomplished and talented admitted students reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible.

Math: 898/6244 = ~14%

Brown has 905 athletes/4= 227 for freshmen. Call it 240 freshmen with attrition. 240/898= 27%. Basically, 1/4 ED kids are athletes; not most.

https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/details

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.

They built new dormitories..
https://www.brown.edu/news/2023-08-29/brook-street

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.

They built new dormitories..
https://www.brown.edu/news/2023-08-29/brook-street

Yes-2 or maybe 3 have opened in the last couple of years. But vast majority are still old and moldy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

How big are the large classes? Around what percentage of classes are taught by graduate students ?

I don't know the statistics. For my kid (econ major) it seems like over half have been >100 students each, some more like 200. I think humanities are much smaller-- is in a writing class now and I think it's more like 20-25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.

Why not? Where did they go instead?

HYP

[Anonymous]

Apps at Brown skew more female than any other Ivy or similar school; they have better admission chances elsewhere.