BROWN

[Anonymous]

Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

[Anonymous]

Once accepted but did not choose Brown, why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

and, yet, the ones I know graduated truly screwed up with new genders and absolutely nothing that an employer would think worth hiring. The "open" plan is really just a poorly thought out cafeteria model which I had at my own SLAC. That means you graduate without any sense of great books, cultural history, survey courses, and so on. Think carefully

[Anonymous]

Wow -- just dramatically different than my two kids' experience there. Rich classical curriculum with opportunities to build practical skills that are attractive to employers. Yes, go to Chicago or Columbia is you want a true classics-based curriculum. And my two kids' entered very different career paths, bit both had job offers at graduation as did ,most of their friends. A few found jobs shortly after graduation. I'm sorry if your kid's experience was not as good, but it's not the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once accepted but did not choose Brown, why?

Competing offer from a top Ivy.

[Anonymous]

I know its a good school, but the Simpsons make a joke about that school.

[Anonymous]

Any word on next year’s standardized testing policy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

and, yet, the ones I know graduated truly screwed up with new genders and absolutely nothing that an employer would think worth hiring. The "open" plan is really just a poorly thought out cafeteria model which I had at my own SLAC. That means you graduate without any sense of great books, cultural history, survey courses, and so on. Think carefully

User error.

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Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

and, yet, the ones I know graduated truly screwed up with new genders and absolutely nothing that an employer would think worth hiring. The "open" plan is really just a poorly thought out cafeteria model which I had at my own SLAC. That means you graduate without any sense of great books, cultural history, survey courses, and so on. Think carefully

Again, just because YOU misused an open curriculum to avoid challenges doesn't mean others do.

As mentioned, you get admitted to Brown by showing you are the kind of student who embraces the open curriculum in the spirit of its invention. The majority of Brown students do exactly that.

Won't repeat all the other stuff that's just a page or two back from the first time you posted this tripe.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

and, yet, the ones I know graduated truly screwed up with new genders and absolutely nothing that an employer would think worth hiring. The "open" plan is really just a poorly thought out cafeteria model which I had at my own SLAC. That means you graduate without any sense of great books, cultural history, survey courses, and so on. Think carefully

Again, just because YOU misused an open curriculum to avoid challenges doesn't mean others do.

As mentioned, you get admitted to Brown by showing you are the kind of student who embraces the open curriculum in the spirit of its invention. The majority of Brown students do exactly that.

Won't repeat all the other stuff that's just a page or two back from the first time you posted this tripe.

DP. Agreed. Yeah, clearly that poster has no real experience with Brown as well as a political axe to grind ("screwed up with new genders?" Seriously? That's the curriculum concern?)

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Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

Translation: Rich kids' parents use their networks to make sure their spawn get great internships and jobs after college. Has nothing to do with Brown. Brown actually feels cash strapped and low resource once you're on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any word on next year’s standardized testing policy?

No

[Anonymous]

Hopefully it will come this month. I doubt they'll make a change if they don't do it soon. But take the test if you are on the fence. The vast majority of accepted students last year submitted test scores.

[Anonymous]

Know one from last year. Very, very wealthy WM. Family used a lot of their resources to make DC have opportunities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virtually every kid I know who went to Brown emerged with excellent job placements or graduate school offers. Sure, there are some rich kids there, but it's nothing like the atmosphere at a place like Harvard with its expensive/exclusive finals clubs.

Translation: Rich kids' parents use their networks to make sure their spawn get great internships and jobs after college. Has nothing to do with Brown. Brown actually feels cash strapped and low resource once you're on campus.

My middle class kid has done well and gotten funding for summer opportunities and excellent aid. So, I think cash is going to the right place. Dorms aren't great, if that's what you're alleging, but it really sounds like you have no first person experience with this school.