Is Brown hot at your child's school?

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Anonymous wrote:At my daughter’s progressive private school, there are six ED applications to Brown and zero to Harvard and Stanford (Yale has one). No one is particularly interested in being part of the military industrial complex.

Very sad private school that must be.

+1 I m sorry but she can't be attending a really elite private school. All elites have tons of early applications to HYPSM. Also all/most of them think of Brown as a second-to-last resort of an Ivy: Only marginally better than Cornell. Sounds elitist but that is how it is at the real elites ( think Andover, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Trinity, Horace Mann, Harvard-Westlake etc).

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Anonymous wrote:"Safety" compared to all other ivies besides Cornell, not places like WashU or GU or Emory of course.

So, having a higher admissions rate makes it is a "safety" relative to six other colleges... and not the other 3,000?

That is not a definition of a safety I have ever heard. It's not a sensible statement. By that logic, Yale is a "safety" for Stanford applicants. Please stop trolling.

Safety is not the best word but what people mean here is that students choose other places if they get the chance. Desirability is not dependent just on admissions rate. At GDS most students jump at the chance of attending another ivy other than Brown and Cornell if they have the option. Tis is def true. And yes, Yale is a safety to Harvard/Stanford in the sense that most people would jump at the chance of attending one of the latter over the former. This is not controversial.

You may be an imbecile but more likely a moron.

Where is "here"? Is it an English speaking country? It seems unlikely, because that's not what English speakers mean by "safety."

By the way, roughly 60% of students admitted to Yale and Harvard choose Harvard. It's a majority, but not an overwhelming one. Saying Yale is a safety to Harvard is like saying Jessica Alba is your safety date compared to Scarlett Johansson. It's unlikely your are going to be dating either one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hotter than a pistol. Annoying strivers target the top 10 and Northwestern, hip smart kids want Brown.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hotter than a pistol. Annoying strivers target the top 10 and Northwestern, hip smart kids want Brown.

+1

My son hated Brown after spending three weeks there for a summer program. Didn't like the vibe at all. One to cross off the list.

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Um, very few Brown undergrads are on campus in the summer, so that wasn't the true vibe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, very few Brown undergrads are on campus in the summer, so that wasn't the true vibe.

+1. What are weird comment. The “vibe” was from random high school students enrolled in a summer program, only a fraction of whom will even get into Brown for college.

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Anonymous wrote:Um, very few Brown undergrads are on campus in the summer, so that wasn't the true vibe.

+1. What are weird comment. The “vibe” was from random high school students enrolled in a summer program, only a fraction of whom will even get into Brown for college.

PP here. Oh trust me...DS would definitely be in the running...he will pass though.

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Anonymous wrote:Um, very few Brown undergrads are on campus in the summer, so that wasn't the true vibe.

+1. What are weird comment. The “vibe” was from random high school students enrolled in a summer program, only a fraction of whom will even get into Brown for college.

PP here. Oh trust me...DS would definitely be in the running...he will pass though.

Good for you. And your imagination.

No one is a lock at any of these colleges. Your DS may be qualified but that is no guarantee of admissions. I've seen a lot of flukes (rejected at Brown and accepted at Harvard to use as an example).

I also agree it's silly to reject a school solely due to a summer high school camp If he didn't like the campus or Providence that would be one thing but he was a bit silly to reject the school solely based on the other high school kids at that camp.

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No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Um, very few Brown undergrads are on campus in the summer, so that wasn't the true vibe.

+1. What are weird comment. The “vibe” was from random high school students enrolled in a summer program, only a fraction of whom will even get into Brown for college.

PP here. Oh trust me...DS would definitely be in the running...he will pass though.

Good for you. And your imagination.

No one is a lock at any of these colleges. Your DS may be qualified but that is no guarantee of admissions. I've seen a lot of flukes (rejected at Brown and accepted at Harvard to use as an example).

I also agree it's silly to reject a school solely due to a summer high school camp If he didn't like the campus or Providence that would be one thing but he was a bit silly to reject the school solely based on the other high school kids at that camp.

Not my imagination at all. I know DS's stats and the stats at Brown for admission. Also DH spent a lot of time at Brown and was an associate professor of medicine there and has many Brown/RI connections, which is why we sent him there to check it out. He did not like it, but made some friends. For the most part, he did not like the "political correctness" of it all. He has views that he did not express because of how liberal the environment is. DS has political and moral views that are frowned upon at Brown. There are plenty of alternatives that he has his sights on...

[Anonymous]

NO. Far too wacky liberal. Too many SJW types and liberal faculty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Safety" compared to all other ivies besides Cornell, not places like WashU or GU or Emory of course.

So, having a higher admissions rate makes it is a "safety" relative to six other colleges... and not the other 3,000?

That is not a definition of a safety I have ever heard. It's not a sensible statement. By that logic, Yale is a "safety" for Stanford applicants. Please stop trolling.

Safety is not the best word but what people mean here is that students choose other places if they get the chance. Desirability is not dependent just on admissions rate. At GDS most students jump at the chance of attending another ivy other than Brown and Cornell if they have the option. Tis is def true. And yes, Yale is a safety to Harvard/Stanford in the sense that most people would jump at the chance of attending one of the latter over the former. This is not controversial.

You may be an imbecile but more likely a moron.

Where is "here"? Is it an English speaking country? It seems unlikely, because that's not what English speakers mean by "safety."

By the way, roughly 60% of students admitted to Yale and Harvard choose Harvard. It's a majority, but not an overwhelming one. Saying Yale is a safety to Harvard is like saying Jessica Alba is your safety date compared to Scarlett Johansson. It's unlikely your are going to be dating either one.

Historically at GDS Brown has been popular with a certain segment of the senior class, but for the top third it’s really more of the safety Ivy.