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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Brown was never considered academically on par with other Ivies, so it started to differentiate itself by admitting the children of the wealthy and socially connected.   If you think of getting a good seat at a NYC restaurant by slipping the maitre d' some large bills, and then apply that approach to a university, you end up with Brown.   [/quote]

Were you rejected from Brown? It's really bothering you.[/quote]

Not that PP, but she's basically just paraphrasing The Price of Admission. I'm the first poster who wrote about that book (re Brown and Duke), and this poster is just recounting what I read.

Also in PoA: some Brown administrator actually stopped by George Harrison's house in England (this was obviously a while ago) to have dinner and discuss bringing his kid to Brown. Also, Brown got rid of distribution requirements/core curriculum as another way to appeal to the kids of the wealthy.

Other schools may do this, but we're talking about degrees. From reading PoA, you get the sense, fairly or unfairly, that Brown is in a league of its own. [/quote]

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