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Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.

from DMV area? athlete?

NYC and no

Open curriculum, smart and creative colleagues, collaborative/supportive environment conducive to risk taking. FWIW my kid is MC with no hooks. Also, PP is correct about dorms and food (though some dining options are a little better than cafeteria food).

Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.

from DMV area? athlete?

I have a kid there now.

Pros. They like the liberal vibe. They love the flexibility to take anything they want pass/no pass. (And if a kid fails a course, it shows up on internal transcript for advisor to see, but not published on external transcript.). This encouraged my kid to take chances with hard CS courses and to not panic too much when a course wasn't going well.

Cons. Classes are quite large in the popular majors (econ, CS, math). (Kid doesn't mind this, but I kind of do.). Providence isn't much of a town--for fun, they go to Boston. Very run-down dorms and lousy cafeteria food.

brown.edu/news/2023-12-15/early-decision

HEADLINE: Brown admits 898 early decision students to the undergraduate Class of 2028.
Selected from a pool of 6,244 applicants, the accomplished and talented admitted students reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible.

Math: 898/6244 = ~14%

Kid from our public school got in ED this year. No hooks. Great, smart kid.

Mainly recruited athletes in Ed

Someone from my kid’s school got into Brown ED this year. A talented young writer.

They like legacy admits (although we know a double-legacy high stats kid who was rejected)

Read the Atlantic article about ED, and don't waste an ED application to Brown (the gist of it is the vast majority of admitted ED applicants go to recruited kids)

DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.

Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.

So making a large donation now will guarantee admission? Hmmm...

Brown looks for rich and famous kids.

Providence? Cold winters...blah.

Admissions process = Rejected for my kid and all their high stat magnet school friends. Only admit was a sports recruit

Looking for recent experiences with admission process to Brown. If attending currently or recently - after pandemic (post 2022), what do you or your DC like about the university, academics, vibe on campus?