Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.
Why not? Where did they go instead?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
How big are the large classes? Around what percentage of classes are taught by graduate students ?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.
They built new dormitories..
https://www.brown.edu/news/2023-08-29/brook-street
Yes-2 or maybe 3 have opened in the last couple of years. But vast majority are still old and moldy.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.
Anonymous wrote: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%
Anonymous wrote:DC got in last year. Not rich or famous or URM. Did not go.
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.
Anonymous wrote:Brown looks for rich and famous kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
We have heard about the dorms too. Not the best news for kid with allergies perhaps. Why don't they upgrade dorms, they must have the $?! So the food is not like at Bowdoin, too bad.
Anonymous wrote: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.