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Brown University

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA- Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkA- Excess CompetitionA-
Academic SuccessB+ Creativity/ InnovationA+
Individual ValueF University Resource UseF
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyB- FriendlinessA
Campus MaintenanceC+ Social LifeC
Surrounding CityB- Extra CurricularsC
SafetyB+
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Arrogant

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Unhelpful

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SAT2230
Quite Bright
Lowest Rating
Individual Value
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Highest Rating
Creativity/ Innovation
A+
He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Sep 28 2008
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
Though an ivy league school of great notoriety, Brown has started to slip in the past few years. Yes, the professors and classes will still run you into the ground, if that"s what you're in to. But if you went to college to party and have a good time, you will be severely disappointed. Be ready for on and off weekends, and lots of nights just chilling with your boys in a dorm room doing generally nothing. Thursdays are almost guaranteed to be lame, and most Friday and Saturday nights end around 1 am because that's when the frats run out of alcohol. Not to mention, to get into the frat you usually have to wait in line for about an hour because the University plants monitors at the parties who don't let the brothers pack the house the way it should be. Also the University does nothing to help its students beyond providing teachers; it is the stingiest, most uncaring corporation in the world of higher education. The food is shit, the social groups are shit, and instead of helping them out, Ruth Simmons and her cronies skim all the profits to pad their own salaries. Its like a microcosm of America for the past four years (Brown gave a total of $900,000 to ALL its student groups last year to support an undergraduate class of 6000… this is out of a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, by the way, and that's not including money from investments, endowment funds, or donations).

About the only good thing Brown has going for it is the open curriculum. That is, outside your major, you can take whatever you feel like. That's why I recommend taking a major with very few requirements, like Lit Arts (10 classes), so you can fully utilize this.

Now, the people here are not that bad. Most of them are interesting enough to give the time of day, though granted there are a lot of very cold, condescending assholes (mostly the attractive women… what a shocker - which, I should mention, there are much fewer of than one would expect). However, there are some cool people who like to party till 5 am every weekend, but by party I mean getting drunk with dudes in the nearly empty frat bar. Its really just oppressive. I highly recommend NOT applying here, unless you have no desire to party at all during college. Then you'll be pleasantly surprised every once in a while.

Oh, and did I mention the parties suck? Like seriously, way lacking on the rampant alcoholism, drug use, and sex that I hear about from all my friends around the country. If you come here, be rich enough to afford being an alcoholic for the next 4 years so you can forget about the lack of fun.

       
Responses
You're a moron for going to college just to party. cunt
comment"Like Seriously", there is more to college than partying.
And the girls are bitches to you for a reason. so sad
commentI find it very sad that you reviewed this university on the basis of how fun their parties where. Yes, I believe a social atmosphere is very important to a school, especially for students(like me) who would be transferring out of state. However, the first thing you are going to a university for is to learn. It is obvious that your impression of college has been heavily influenced from shows like Greek or movies that show the party side of college. And then to waste your money(or your parents money) if you don't have a scholarship of course, on going to school JUST to party is a very poor example. I'm pretty sure you are a intelligent person if you were able to get into Brown, but letting your academics come last to your overall impulse to party makes me wonder about the future generations to come. I do expect criticism from these reviews regarding the academic life and social life, but to have your rating solely be based upon how dope Brown's parties are is not helpful at all. It is obvious what you went to school for, and of course mine's is to learn. So from your review, I'm certain that Brown will be pretty good for me because I will not be distracted by loud party animals like you and actually will manage to get a good night sleep.
Too bad SAT scores do not indicate emotional intelligence.
commentCommon sense would indicate that this is not a credible source. I mean, come on!

" Most of them are interesting enough to give the time of day, though granted there are a lot of very cold, condescending assholes (mostly the attractive women… what a shocker - which, I should mention, there are much fewer of than one would expect). However, there are some cool people who like to party till 5 am every weekend, but by party I mean getting drunk with dudes in the nearly empty frat bar. Its really just oppressive. I highly recommend NOT applying here, unless you have no desire to party at all during college."

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