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Brown v. other schools

Brown v. othe schools

Brown v other schools

The major major MAJOR gripe I have with Brown is their financial aid policy. Basically, if you're in the middle income tier, you're screwed. Brown's financial aid isn't nearly as extensive as Harvard, and I have to say taht 50k for the 08-09 school year is a ridiculous amount to pay for an education. I didn't get any financial aid for the coming year and for me and my family, it's like AAAH. Although there were changes to the fin aid policy, not everyone was affected positively by this change.

Don't come here if you wanted to just go to an Ivy or didn't get into Harvard. It's not that kind of place. Brown students love Brown and so come ready to enjoy it all. Be a go getter or go somewhere else.

Brown is the most wonderful place in the world -- for the right type of student. If you're independent, enjoy using your creativity, and really care about learning for the pleasure of it, then you'll love Brown. If, on the other hand, you like the structure provided by distribution requirements or don't have a particular passion for academics, then you might feel lost.

Brown is amazing, it is unique, encourages academic freedom, and seems to provide everything at a student's fingertips, I simply can't picture myself anywhere else and know plenty of people that feel the same. I've made amazing friends and we were all in tears (guys and girls) the last Saturday night there when our first good friend left for home, none of us could have imagined Brown would come to be home so quickly and so strongly. Keeney is def the best freshman dorm on campus- Jameson 323 was where it's at, amazing view of downtown Providence. Go Bruno!

The food sucks. Seriously, come to Brown.

Anything!

The food is so-so. I would say go on a low meal plan and then go grocery shopping so that you can make some meals in your dorm when you don't feel like walking out in the rain for the bowl of cereal you'll inevitably end up eating because nothing else looks appetizing.