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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious, I hear a lot about aacepted students with interdisciplinary interests who want to use Brown's flexibility to take an eclectic set of courses, but I've never heard of a student whose answer to "why open curriculum" was "so I can singularly focus on my STEM interests, UK-style". Does anyone know of a student who was accepted with that angle? From reading brown's page it seems that they want the former type of student, not the latter.[/quote]

Brown’s application includes a question about the open curriculum and how the applicant would take advantage of it. If the student can answer this question compellingly, they’re a good candidate for Brown. If they can’t, they aren’t.[/quote]

So this is slightly different, but I'm a Brown grad (though 30 years ago) - I studied International Relations.  Because of the open curriculum, I didn't take any math or science classes (other than Economics, which was required for Int'l Relations) during my 4 years.  It opened up spots in my courseload for courses across the Int'l Relations spectrum, which is quite diverse.  So, not STEM, which is what you originally asked about, but it's sort of the same idea of singularly focusing on an area.  I loved Brown and the curriculum.  [/quote]
I'm sure it's gotten much more choosy over the years. But how did you answer the "why open curriculum" essay prompt?[/quote]

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