Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 21:17     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The dorms are fine and Brown keeps building new ones. Surprised by people who are down on Providence. It't not NYC, but I think it's a perfect college town. Great restaurants and bars, museums, easy access to the beach, walkable, What's not to like?


+1. It’s a really nice college town, safe and plenty to do. Fantastic place to spend 4 years. Knowing colleges like Harvard, Stanford quite well, I can say Brown is not perfect but it is an ideal undergraduate focused university for motivated, smart kids.



Agreed. We have friends who live there, and we visit often. It’s a lovely small city. Perfect for a kid who wants a campus in the city.


True but also not super relevant for undergrads who rarely venture out to downtown Providence.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 21:16     Subject: BROWN
DC recently graduated from Brown CS. Good experience, but the overcrowding in classes/tutorials was astonishing. It is true that this is a broader problem with CS education everywhere, but this was definitely a bit too much. Not what we expected fro the close to 100K per year
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 21:16     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The dorms are fine and Brown keeps building new ones. Surprised by people who are down on Providence. It't not NYC, but I think it's a perfect college town. Great restaurants and bars, museums, easy access to the beach, walkable, What's not to like?


+1. It’s a really nice college town, safe and plenty to do. Fantastic place to spend 4 years. Knowing colleges like Harvard, Stanford quite well, I can say Brown is not perfect but it is an ideal undergraduate focused university for motivated, smart kids.



Agreed. We have friends who live there, and we visit often. It’s a lovely small city. Perfect for a kid who wants a campus in the city.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 20:15     Subject: BROWN
When it rains, the town floods which sucks if you have to walk to the Science buildings from your dorm across campus.

The dorms don't have A/C (for the few warm months of the school year) and are old.

Not too many complaints about the food but no college campus has five star.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 12:57     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pros: open curriculum, good for a dc who wants to take it easy a bit after the HS admissions grind

Cons; popular majors are massively under resourced, very large classes. Intro to Econ has over 350 students in the room. CS Tutors can be asked one question only..and then you go to the back of the student queue. Providence is a really crappy town aside from college hill. Unless your DCs idea of fun is to hang with the visiting neighbors from Woonsocket over the weekend.

For some, it is a reasonable mean between big city and rural campuses. For others, just not the right fit.


Omg. Did not realize it has such large classes. William & Mary with 12:1 by a Professor sounds better


You understand this isn't the class size for freshman, right?
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 12:31     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:The dorms are fine and Brown keeps building new ones. Surprised by people who are down on Providence. It't not NYC, but I think it's a perfect college town. Great restaurants and bars, museums, easy access to the beach, walkable, What's not to like?


+1. It’s a really nice college town, safe and plenty to do. Fantastic place to spend 4 years. Knowing colleges like Harvard, Stanford quite well, I can say Brown is not perfect but it is an ideal undergraduate focused university for motivated, smart kids.

Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 11:08     Subject: BROWN
I was actually surprised to see that the Brown campus is not so leftist. The president does a good job of encouraging different opinions and there is a diversity of opinion on campus. Brown definitely has a lefty reputation from year's ago, but it's not so much today.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:54     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pros: open curriculum, good for a dc who wants to take it easy a bit after the HS admissions grind

Cons; popular majors are massively under resourced, very large classes. Intro to Econ has over 350 students in the room. CS Tutors can be asked one question only..and then you go to the back of the student queue. Providence is a really crappy town aside from college hill. Unless your DCs idea of fun is to hang with the visiting neighbors from Woonsocket over the weekend.

For some, it is a reasonable mean between big city and rural campuses. For others, just not the right fit.


Omg. Did not realize it has such large classes. William & Mary with 12:1 by a Professor sounds better


Well the overall ratio at Brown is 6:1 and something like 70% of classes have 20 students or less but they do have some large lecture classes, especially intro classes.

Don’t know what’s going with CS but I do know a lot of schools are struggling to keep up with demand.


This.

I concur that Brown has a lot of large classes. But generally speaking, the professor-student ratio isn't a good metric of class size. For one, some universities require profs to teach twice as many courses as other universities do. And there are other factors, as well.

If you're interested in class size, ask about class size (particularly in your major) and don't make assumptions based on teacher-student ratio.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:53     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/06/lgbtq-student-self-identification-has-doubled-since-2010-according-to-herald-polling-data

Are these typical percentages for Gen Z?


No, Brown has the most wacky leftist student body of all the Ivies, which is a pretty high bar.


No, it doesn't. You clearly don't have experience with the campus. There's a spectrum of views, including some conservative students. There are like 5 active Christian fellowship clubs. It does skew left generally, but it is similar to other colleges. I think thise percentages are fairly accurate. A little more gay maybe than graph indicates? But, Brown wants diversity in the student body. So, your response does not make sense in light if that.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:48     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pros: open curriculum, good for a dc who wants to take it easy a bit after the HS admissions grind

Cons; popular majors are massively under resourced, very large classes. Intro to Econ has over 350 students in the room. CS Tutors can be asked one question only..and then you go to the back of the student queue. Providence is a really crappy town aside from college hill. Unless your DCs idea of fun is to hang with the visiting neighbors from Woonsocket over the weekend.

For some, it is a reasonable mean between big city and rural campuses. For others, just not the right fit.


Omg. Did not realize it has such large classes. William & Mary with 12:1 by a Professor sounds better


Well the overall ratio at Brown is 6:1 and something like 70% of classes have 20 students or less but they do have some large lecture classes, especially intro classes.

Don’t know what’s going with CS but I do know a lot of schools are struggling to keep up with demand.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:46     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/06/lgbtq-student-self-identification-has-doubled-since-2010-according-to-herald-polling-data

Are these typical percentages for Gen Z?


No, Brown has the most wacky leftist student body of all the Ivies, which is a pretty high bar.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:43     Subject: BROWN
https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/06/lgbtq-student-self-identification-has-doubled-since-2010-according-to-herald-polling-data

Are these typical percentages for Gen Z?
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 10:12     Subject: BROWN
I would not send a kid there who needed a lot of direction and structure. My daughter is very self-motivated and so the open curriculum was an advantage for her. I don't think it would be a good fit for my other child.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 09:44     Subject: BROWN
Their policies, open curriculum, no GPAs, ability to take classes without a grade on the transcript, attract a different type of student. Either your kid will like that vibe or not. Mine did not and chose another.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2024 09:42     Subject: BROWN
Anonymous wrote:Pros: open curriculum, good for a dc who wants to take it easy a bit after the HS admissions grind

Cons; popular majors are massively under resourced, very large classes. Intro to Econ has over 350 students in the room. CS Tutors can be asked one question only..and then you go to the back of the student queue. Providence is a really crappy town aside from college hill. Unless your DCs idea of fun is to hang with the visiting neighbors from Woonsocket over the weekend.

For some, it is a reasonable mean between big city and rural campuses. For others, just not the right fit.


Omg. Did not realize it has such large classes. William & Mary with 12:1 by a Professor sounds better