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I'm familiar with the curriculum, but I don't know what you mean by a student needing structure. Open is just flexibility and gives the student freedom to explore. It's not like they're on their own without an advisor, right? I'd think most college students would find that really ne

I graduated from Brown over 20 years ago, so my experience may be outdated.

But yes, students are on their own.   THey are assigned a freshman advisor, but that's it. I think we had to take a freshman seminar with them.   But there was very much the culture of, if you need help, go seek it out.   If you are a self starter, ambitious, extrovert, you can do OK.

There is NO curriculum, except what your concentration requires.   There are no distribution requirements.   And in most cases, prerequisites are flexible... if you think you can handle a class without the prerequisite, go ahead.[/quote]

We have hired a college counselor to help us navigate and what PP describes above is my understanding of Brown. Brown has an 8% admissions rate. [/quote]

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