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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son went to a very intense, high-achieving private HS and tells me he feels like Brown, where he is a freshman, is not quite intense enough for his tastes (and he is taking 5 rather 4 classes, all STEM, many with sophomores and even juniors): very soft curves, grade inflation, etc. I know that confirms a cliché but this is his experience. His close friend from HS is at Princeton, which is quite different: strict curves, Cs common, etc.  I suppose the Brown kids are happy, the P kids demoralized? [/quote]
Princeton has had 8 suicides over the past 4 years.  [/quote]

Because my DD went to an intense private high school, she didn’t want that for college. Chose UCLA. Wanted big and rah rah. My friend’s son hard hard time settling in @ Brown socially. Not academically.[/quote]

DS is a senior at Brown.  1st semester of 1st year was very difficult socially and he had trouble settling in.  He even discussed transferring.  It got dramatically better after Thanksgiving of 1st year and fast forward to senior year he absolutely loves Brown socially and academically and is already sad at the prospect of leaving next May.  Brown has high rigor without obsessive fixation on grading curves and that’s a very, very good thing because real learning occurs when grades matter but are a byproduct of the process, not primary endpoint. Hang in there, things will get better. Tell him to embrace the open curriculum and take courses outside his comfort zone, join clubs and get involved with labs and on campus research and entrepreneurial ventures (there are many).  Take advantage of on-campus recruiting NOW for summer internships.  [/quote]

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