(Brown) Brown gives you the freedom to have as fun

Educational Quality	A	Faculty Accessibility	A-
Useful Schoolwork	A-	Excess Competition	A
Academic Success	A-	Creativity/ Innovation	A-
Individual Value	A-	University Resource Use	B+
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	A	Friendliness	A-
Campus Maintenance	B+	Social Life	A-
Surrounding City	A	Extra Curriculars	A+
Safety	A-

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Female

1520

Not so bright

University Resource Use	B+

Extra Curriculars	A+

She rated most things higher than other students did.

Date: Oct 14 2007
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Brown gives you the freedom to have as fun and fulfilling of a college experience as you want -- no core curriculum, a flexible grading system without +/- and the option to take anything you want pass-fail, easy to get the classes you want, and tons of student groups / activities. It's not the type of school where you're going to get your hand held, however. If you're not a self-starter type of person, you might not like Brown because you definitely have to go out of your way to make the most of your time there -- e.g. no one is going to force you to get advising. The student body at Brown is for the most part friendly and non-competitive. However, it's somewhat intolerant in terms of political beliefs -- openly conservative students tend to take some flack from their classmates and Bush ranting is frequent among the students and even some of the professors. Also, there's definitely a white / majority guilt mentality among much of the student body and the administration -- again, no so wonderful if you're not hardcore left-wing. This is probably the case at most / all of the Ivy League schools however. Nevertheless, Brown's strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. You can easily avoid the political intolerance and realistically, it's only a small number of students who contribute to that atmosphere. Most people at Brown are extremely nice and relatively open-minded. Academically, the flexibility at Brown is virtually unparalleled among other schools -- it's easy to take grad classes, upper level classes outside your concentration (major), design your own concentration, etc. Plus, Providence is a great city -- not too big that you get problems like high crime, but not so small that there isn't a lot of stuff to do. You're also only 45 minutes away from Boston (it's really easy to do a day-trip with the bus and commuter rail transportation option) and a couple of hours from NYC. Overall, Brown is great though -- if I had to do it again, I'd definitely pick Brown!

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