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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a first year at Brown.  Very, very smart and reasonably social kids.  School tends to attract authentically intellectually curious types.  Quirky in a good way types.  Brown is more STEM focused (at &gt; 50%) than it was even 10 years ago.  Pragmatically pre-professional.  Strong pipeline to Silicon Valley, which surprises people with an 80s and 90s frame of reference.   Rigor and great professors without taking itself too seriously.  Lots of late night “why are we here” and “is there any true altruism” discussions.  Hip, chic social vibe which is right for DC but may not be for everyone.  Most refreshing aspect of kids I’ve met via DC is that they generally are not box checker types and a large portion deliberately chose Brown via ED (over other top schools) even if they were deferred ED but admitted RD.  [/quote]

I know some current Brown students that are disappointed with the social life.  This kinda explains why.[/quote]

How so?  How are they disappointed with the social life?  What were they expecting and what are they actually experiencing?  Genuine question.[/quote]

Less parties there than a schools their friends are attending.[/quote]

DC also a freshman at Brown and really enjoying it. Chose Brown specifically for the fit after a fairly tough and competitive HS experience at a top boarding school. For them, it is a good mix of being around self-motivated kids but not a high stress atmosphere. They have an interesting mix of friends, but hasn’t experienced the ones that are into discussing the meaning of life. They do enjoy the social life and seem to have  a pretty wide range of social activities from campus parties to off campus clubs.[/quote]

Different kids will have different expectations.  [/quote]

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