Brown: After College?

[Anonymous]

I'm an academic in the humanities and there are Brown grads all over the place in my field and adjacent ones.

[Anonymous]

Brown placed 33rd nationally by Career Outcomes in this site, which seems fine:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

[Anonymous]

Brown gets more I want to make a difference in the world types than other elite schools. Less are gunning for Wall Street and the like.

[Anonymous]

People on this site are living in the 80s and 90s still

If you have the kind of unhooked kid who can put together the credentials and achievements to get accepted into Brown nowadays, you have the kind of kid who is going to continue to be a high achiever during and after their 4 years on College Hill

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People on this site are living in the 80s and 90s still

If you have the kind of unhooked kid who can put together the credentials and achievements to get accepted into Brown nowadays, you have the kind of kid who is going to continue to be a high achiever during and after their 4 years on College Hill

Agree, say this all the time, the student bodies at ivies and top schools are interchangeable, look how many shotgun nowadays. It took one week before my Val from top school in state to realize she was one of many now. She was always used to being the standout everywhere as the go-getter, now they all are and much harder to separate from the pack. Positive is growth and being challenged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on this site are living in the 80s and 90s still

If you have the kind of unhooked kid who can put together the credentials and achievements to get accepted into Brown nowadays, you have the kind of kid who is going to continue to be a high achiever during and after their 4 years on College Hill

Agree, say this all the time, the student bodies at ivies and top schools are interchangeable, look how many shotgun nowadays. It took one week before my Val from top school in state to realize she was one of many now. She was always used to being the standout everywhere as the go-getter, now they all are and much harder to separate from the pack. Positive is growth and being challenged.

Can confirm! Both at different ivies that are “so different” on Dcum yet are basically the same despite one next to a city and one in a town. These students are used to being either the very best or one of the top dozen or so (feeder HS), then they all have to try to get highGPAs for law, med, phD, Jane Street, Google. They don’t merely seek any law or med, they want top ones. They know a below-average 3.5 can get into law or med from an ivy, but they want top-5 law and top-10 med. hence they all aim 3.9 or bust. Most have never had a B on a report card yet most will get at them in college. Yet mine have found more collaborative students than their private non-feeder high school that was a bit cut throat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on this site are living in the 80s and 90s still

If you have the kind of unhooked kid who can put together the credentials and achievements to get accepted into Brown nowadays, you have the kind of kid who is going to continue to be a high achiever during and after their 4 years on College Hill

Agree, say this all the time, the student bodies at ivies and top schools are interchangeable, look how many shotgun nowadays. It took one week before my Val from top school in state to realize she was one of many now. She was always used to being the standout everywhere as the go-getter, now they all are and much harder to separate from the pack. Positive is growth and being challenged.

Can confirm! Both at different ivies that are “so different” on Dcum yet are basically the same despite one next to a city and one in a town. These students are used to being either the very best or one of the top dozen or so (feeder HS), then they all have to try to get highGPAs for law, med, phD, Jane Street, Google. They don’t merely seek any law or med, they want top ones. They know a below-average 3.5 can get into law or med from an ivy, but they want top-5 law and top-10 med. hence they all aim 3.9 or bust. Most have never had a B on a report card yet most will get at them in college. Yet mine have found more collaborative students than their private non-feeder high school that was a bit cut throat.

This is so spot on and 100% correct, it’s not to get into any med or law school, it’s aiming for the top all over again, or the coveted jobs as you said. The first B’s are a shock to the system. And I also agree that despite all this the student body is quite collaborative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My spouse graduated back when it had a reputation as a slacker school, and his closest Brown friends have been unemployed for years. So I’m not sure how deep the alumni network is. Maybe they are outliers. I’m sure there are good opportunities for recent grads.

I heard the same. Brown was where rich and famous sent their not-so-bright kids, like JF Kennedy Jr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People on this site are living in the 80s and 90s still

If you have the kind of unhooked kid who can put together the credentials and achievements to get accepted into Brown nowadays, you have the kind of kid who is going to continue to be a high achiever during and after their 4 years on College Hill

Agree, say this all the time, the student bodies at ivies and top schools are interchangeable, look how many shotgun nowadays. It took one week before my Val from top school in state to realize she was one of many now. She was always used to being the standout everywhere as the go-getter, now they all are and much harder to separate from the pack. Positive is growth and being challenged.

Can confirm! Both at different ivies that are “so different” on Dcum yet are basically the same despite one next to a city and one in a town. These students are used to being either the very best or one of the top dozen or so (feeder HS), then they all have to try to get highGPAs for law, med, phD, Jane Street, Google. They don’t merely seek any law or med, they want top ones. They know a below-average 3.5 can get into law or med from an ivy, but they want top-5 law and top-10 med. hence they all aim 3.9 or bust. Most have never had a B on a report card yet most will get at them in college. Yet mine have found more collaborative students than their private non-feeder high school that was a bit cut throat.

This is so spot on and 100% correct, it’s not to get into any med or law school, it’s aiming for the top all over again, or the coveted jobs as you said. The first B’s are a shock to the system. And I also agree that despite all this the student body is quite collaborative

100% I know kids that got into Princeton or Yale and not accepted at Brown. Kids at Yale that got accepted to Dartmouth but not Princeton, etc. The kids that get in unhooked RD pretty much get into a few and it’s not very predictable, except the RD unhooked were all top, top students who were well-regarded by teachers all the way through HS.

And, yes, many get their very first B at the Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse graduated back when it had a reputation as a slacker school, and his closest Brown friends have been unemployed for years. So I’m not sure how deep the alumni network is. Maybe they are outliers. I’m sure there are good opportunities for recent grads.

I heard the same. Brown was where rich and famous sent their not-so-bright kids, like JF Kennedy Jr.

Welcome to year 2025. That was over 40 years ago. Old boomers talking so they can hear themselves.