Brown

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

This is what resonated with mine, mega overachiever that worked hard during school, and the concept of being able to have a collaborative environment after all the competition is a breath of fresh air. The open curriculum allows for risk, curiosity, and makes for a high level of engagement classroom. This makes things more rigorous, not less, they’re all studying things they care about. The ethos seems to be explore, be curious, take risks, and make interdisciplinary connections to solve problems.

I’m sure an equally compelling case could be made for Columbia and their core curriculum forcing students to dive into all areas to become more developed minds. No right or wrong, just different approaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

Brown is seen as a bit of an off-ramp compared to the more overt competitiveness of some other Ivies, but Brown parents are the ultimate try-hards.

+1
They’re so funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

This is what resonated with mine, mega overachiever that worked hard during school, and the concept of being able to have a collaborative environment after all the competition is a breath of fresh air. The open curriculum allows for risk, curiosity, and makes for a high level of engagement classroom. This makes things more rigorous, not less, they’re all studying things they care about. The ethos seems to be explore, be curious, take risks, and make interdisciplinary connections to solve problems.

I’m sure an equally compelling case could be made for Columbia and their core curriculum forcing students to dive into all areas to become more developed minds. No right or wrong, just different approaches.

I get the appeal of those things but they don't really explain why young women like Brown so much more than young men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

A generation ago Brown was the most popular college, let alone Ivy, in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

This is what resonated with mine, mega overachiever that worked hard during school, and the concept of being able to have a collaborative environment after all the competition is a breath of fresh air. The open curriculum allows for risk, curiosity, and makes for a high level of engagement classroom. This makes things more rigorous, not less, they’re all studying things they care about. The ethos seems to be explore, be curious, take risks, and make interdisciplinary connections to solve problems.

I’m sure an equally compelling case could be made for Columbia and their core curriculum forcing students to dive into all areas to become more developed minds. No right or wrong, just different approaches.

I get the appeal of those things but they don't really explain why young women like Brown so much more than young men.

I actually have a son so perhaps I shouldn’t have answered at all, I just always assumed it’s a function of more females attending college and perhaps more likely to prefer a collaborative school, no business school, etc. I think they prefer it for same reasons is my best guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

A generation ago Brown was the most popular college, let alone Ivy, in the country.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

This is what resonated with mine, mega overachiever that worked hard during school, and the concept of being able to have a collaborative environment after all the competition is a breath of fresh air. The open curriculum allows for risk, curiosity, and makes for a high level of engagement classroom. This makes things more rigorous, not less, they’re all studying things they care about. The ethos seems to be explore, be curious, take risks, and make interdisciplinary connections to solve problems.

I’m sure an equally compelling case could be made for Columbia and their core curriculum forcing students to dive into all areas to become more developed minds. No right or wrong, just different approaches.

I get the appeal of those things but they don't really explain why young women like Brown so much more than young men.

I actually have a son so perhaps I shouldn’t have answered at all, I just always assumed it’s a function of more females attending college and perhaps more likely to prefer a collaborative school, no business school, etc. I think they prefer it for same reasons is my best guess.

My guess is that a lot of male high school students these days are focused on business, econ, and CS and looking for careers that pay $$. Brown is not known to be a wall street feeder like some of the other Ivies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

Brown is seen as a bit of an off-ramp compared to the more overt competitiveness of some other Ivies, but Brown parents are the ultimate try-hards.

+1
They’re so funny.

What is a “try-hard”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

This is what resonated with mine, mega overachiever that worked hard during school, and the concept of being able to have a collaborative environment after all the competition is a breath of fresh air. The open curriculum allows for risk, curiosity, and makes for a high level of engagement classroom. This makes things more rigorous, not less, they’re all studying things they care about. The ethos seems to be explore, be curious, take risks, and make interdisciplinary connections to solve problems.

I’m sure an equally compelling case could be made for Columbia and their core curriculum forcing students to dive into all areas to become more developed minds. No right or wrong, just different approaches.

This. I could have written the same.

[Anonymous]

I have a lot of friends that went to Brown and they all loved it. The impression I have is that they liked Brown as an actual experience -- the open curriculum, the other students, the overall "feel" of the place -- in a way that my friends who went to HYPS for the most part do not. Those schools seems to be "liked" for the results they produce and the prestige among the broad public they have -- in short, name recognition, even the bus driver is impressed, etc. -- and less so for the experience students have there. Just my observation.

Brown seems pretty unique among the elite schools in the US, it doesn't have the prominence of Harvard obv, but for a certain kind of family and student it seems to have a strong and distinct "brand," as others have put it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a lot of friends that went to Brown and they all loved it. The impression I have is that they liked Brown as an actual experience -- the open curriculum, the other students, the overall "feel" of the place -- in a way that my friends who went to HYPS for the most part do not. Those schools seems to be "liked" for the results they produce and the prestige among the broad public they have -- in short, name recognition, even the bus driver is impressed, etc. -- and less so for the experience students have there. Just my observation.

Brown seems pretty unique among the elite schools in the US, it doesn't have the prominence of Harvard obv, but for a certain kind of family and student it seems to have a strong and distinct "brand," as others have put it.

What other top 2 schools are like this - where kids are there for the experience at such school? And less so for prestige or name recognition or what have you.

I think:

Duke
Brown
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
Rice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a lot of friends that went to Brown and they all loved it. The impression I have is that they liked Brown as an actual experience -- the open curriculum, the other students, the overall "feel" of the place -- in a way that my friends who went to HYPS for the most part do not. Those schools seems to be "liked" for the results they produce and the prestige among the broad public they have -- in short, name recognition, even the bus driver is impressed, etc. -- and less so for the experience students have there. Just my observation.

Brown seems pretty unique among the elite schools in the US, it doesn't have the prominence of Harvard obv, but for a certain kind of family and student it seems to have a strong and distinct "brand," as others have put it.

What other top 2 schools are like this - where kids are there for the experience at such school? And less so for prestige or name recognition or what have you.

I think:

Duke
Brown
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
Rice

I have kids at two of these schools. And they prioritized fit over "prestige." So that makes sense. I'd probably add Notre Dame to that list. Some students know exactly what they want from a school. What these schools have in common is that they are all unique. They are not trying to be anything else. They are comfortable in their bones. Brown is Brown. It's not trying to be Harvard. Same with the other schools. They all have strong identities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a lot of friends that went to Brown and they all loved it. The impression I have is that they liked Brown as an actual experience -- the open curriculum, the other students, the overall "feel" of the place -- in a way that my friends who went to HYPS for the most part do not. Those schools seems to be "liked" for the results they produce and the prestige among the broad public they have -- in short, name recognition, even the bus driver is impressed, etc. -- and less so for the experience students have there. Just my observation.

Brown seems pretty unique among the elite schools in the US, it doesn't have the prominence of Harvard obv, but for a certain kind of family and student it seems to have a strong and distinct "brand," as others have put it.

What other top 2 schools are like this - where kids are there for the experience at such school? And less so for prestige or name recognition or what have you.

I think:

Duke
Brown
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
Rice

Great list!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

Providence is like a walk on the beach combined with riding unicorns through a forest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All true, but Yale is still leagues (no pun intended) above Brown.

Leagues ahead? I don't know about that.
Brown is sort of having a moment right now. This gen Z crowd seems to really like what brown has to offer.
I don't know if it will accelerate, or die off, but right now brown is very popular among the same crowd that might have been attracted to yale a generation ago.

I thought requiring test scores would hurt brown among that crowd but it doesn't seem to have hurt them.

It is extremely popular with young women but I don't know why. What does it have that other schools don't?

Providence is like a walk on the beach combined with riding unicorns through a forest.

Ooh, please do share any wisdom on other top schools too! We aren’t able to tour anytime soon.