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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is really enjoying Brown. Deliberately chose schools that embraced creativity and weren't grinds. Of course, everyone there is a super high achiever, but there isn't the pressure to outdo everyone else. In math, kids help each other on problem sets. In arts, they support each other.  Nice change if pace from her magnet grind.

Friend similarly enjoyed Yale, but they seem to have more airs/ego (could have been there pre-Yale, but was very apparent after a few years there) than my kid's friends at Brown do. Friend at Harvard turned into a total snob. Between that a kid who moaned about how hyper competitive everyone was at H, mine crossed that one off her list.

Choose a few to visit. I'd try Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. [/quote]

You’re trying too hard, Brown Mom.  [/quote]

At what? Just sharing my kid's experience with her school and a few others.[/quote]

You aren’t sharing.  You’re promoting, and not very well since it’s so transparent.

We get it, Brown kids are cool (though you have to say every time they are “super high achievers,” in case someone thinks maybe they aren’t quite the same caliber as at some other schools) and kids at Harvard and Yale aren’t. [/quote]

Yikes, you've got a chip on your shoulder. Brown doesn't need my (or anyone's) promotion. Just sharing an experience. Mentioned the achiever part because students do have drive and are not slackers in case "creative" was misinterpreted as this board wants to do. Also, I only shared once.

Eat something. You'll feel better.[/quote]

I can assure you I’ve no chip on my shoulder when it comes to Brown.  You’re just boring and repetitive.  If Brown students are indeed creative, there’s clearly at least one instance where it wasn’t inherited. [/quote]
K. Talk about boring and repetitive. 
PP posted once. Sounds like sour grapes from this person. [/quote]

What a tool. Definitely didn’t go to Brown.  :lol: [/quote]

PP posts the same spiel about Brown regularly.  Boring cheerleader mom. [/quote]

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