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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the video essay was tough[/quote]

My 2024 worked on the application for RD. Did the essays but completely rebelled against the video essay. He got in ED at another school so it became a non issue. But it made me think he was not the right fit for Brown. Kids who would be a good fit at Brown would love to do the video essay. The scenario is a bit similar to U Chicago prompts. In a way, the school apps filter out for fit.[/quote]

I am not sure how many kids actually love the video essay. My DC did it and was accepted. But he regarded it more as a necessary evil and means to an end. [/quote]

Well, will he then see his English classes or his math classes as a necessary evil? Maybe Brown wants kids who are naturally enthusiastic about learning and trying new things. 
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The jo[b]y of the open curriculum [/b]is that you don’t have to take those classes if you don't want to. [/quote]

But the burden of Open Curriculum is that you never learn The Greats, The pillars of civilization, the books that every other person you will meet in life (ok maybe not on DCUM) have read.  I went to a SLAC that did this.  I received a cafeteria-style education.  Which means crummy.  My kids at least had survey courses in college.  I didn't.  I now wish I had gone to Columbia or U of Chicago (today St. John's) and received a classical education.  I did not.  [/quote]

That was your choice, and a misuse of the open curriculum.  The trick to getting admitted to Brown is showing in your app you are the kind of student that would use the open curriculum to do the opposite - to explore your curiosities and other subjects, and not to avoid things.

[b]Brown professors will tell you (famous biologist and Brown professor Kenneth Miller gives a TED talk on this you can watch) that it means that every student in the class wants to be there, and that makes the experience better for all students.[/b]

You know, you can also just read those other books.  Many of them can be gotten free on your tablet.  This isn't really a problem in any way.[/quote]

Citing a TED Talk about Brown course selection. Wow. Everyone quiet down, we have a truly serious person in our midst.[/quote]

It's a talk by a famous, published (commercial books as well as textbooks and papers), tenured Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brown who has taught there since 1980 (before that he taught at some joint in Cambridge).  But I am sure people will not trust his informed opinion and go with yours, Mr. Anonymous On The Internet!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Miller

People around here are so effing funny.  It's like they just type things that fall out of their butts.  I don't even know what the point you were trying to make is![/quote]

Thanks for chiming in, tiger mom. I'm glad you have obsessively researched Brown, down to watching corny navel grazing ted talks. Did you go down this rabbit hole so you could ghostwrite your kid's 'why Brown' admissions essay and prep them for their alumni interview?[/quote]

If [b]you [/b]haven't researched Brown, why are you posting in a Brown forum? [/quote]

Some of us actually went there, or married to an alumnus, or had a kid go there. You terminally online tiger moms rarely even visit these campuses you pretend to be experts on. [/quote]

PP here.  My kid just graduated from there.  That's howcome I know these things.  Got another point?[/quote]

And they're making big bucks and are engaged to a Kennedy?[/quote]

I have pity for you.  No idea what motivates such sentiment.  It's quite sad.[/quote]

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