Is Brown worth the premium over William & Mary in-state?

[Anonymous]

Husband and I are just state schoolers, daughter really wants to get away. Is a low Ivy worth it?

[Anonymous]

No way!! Go to W&M!

[Anonymous]

No such thing as a "low ivy".

[Anonymous]

I assume you evaluated whether you could afford Brown before she applied, so now ... her decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No such thing as a "low ivy".

They barely have a 3 billion endowment, all the other ivies have 5 10 up to 36 billion. Brown is without question the low ivy. Hell, even Emory has almost 7 billion!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I assume you evaluated whether you could afford Brown before she applied, so now ... her decision.

I disagree. Prior to getting in is just a bunch of what-if talk, now it's a real debate.

[Anonymous]

This thread has been done - Brown vs Michigan in state (although obviously W&M and Michigan are very different schools, but ranked about the same). Anyway - if you want to get a preview of the spewing you will get on this thread hop on over there.

[Anonymous]

Yes. If you/she can reasonably afford it, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume you evaluated whether you could afford Brown before she applied, so now ... her decision.

I disagree. Prior to getting in is just a bunch of what-if talk, now it's a real debate.

Although they are both ED schools so the OP couldn't have been accepted at both, and if accepted at one is already bound to attend that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume you evaluated whether you could afford Brown before she applied, so now ... her decision.

I disagree. Prior to getting in is just a bunch of what-if talk, now it's a real debate.

Although they are both ED schools so the OP couldn't have been accepted at both, and if accepted at one is already bound to attend that one.

Ha, like nobody breaks those "rules".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No such thing as a "low ivy".

They barely have a 3 billion endowment, all the other ivies have 5 10 up to 36 billion. Brown is without question the low ivy. Hell, even Emory has almost 7 billion!

Because obviously the quality of the school for undergrads can be directly correlated to the size of the endowment.

OP-- I think a lot of this depends on how significant the cost difference is to you personally. W&M and Brown are both schools that try to combine a focus on undergrads with a quality research institution. I think Brown might be a bit broader/deeper in some areas and it's going to generally have a somewhat better reputation, but whether the extra money is "worth it" depends on what you'd do with it.

Also keep in mind that Brown's structure requires (develops?) a certain amount of initiative given the lack of distribution requirements outside of majors. Providence is also more of a city (and a nice one these days).

[Anonymous]

You can feel the endowment size around campus. The facilities and resources at places like Stanford, UChicago, Penn are just LIGHT YEARS ahead of any place else. $3b just isn't enough to go crazy.

[Anonymous]

brown is worth it.

[Anonymous]

Agree Brown is worth it, but only if you can afford it. W&M is also a great school, just doesn't have the same prestige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree Brown is worth it, but only if you can afford it. W&M is also a great school, just doesn't have the same prestige.

I went to a top Ivy and think W&M has as much prestige as Brown.