Brown University Top Questions

To a certain extent. Yes, there are plenty of those who talk about socieconomic inequality and other societal issues. Yes there are stoners and yes there is a sizable LGBTQ community. However, as with most stereotypes, these do not hold true for many students. As far as the stoner stereotype, I for one can say that this is not true for me and my friends and you will find plenty of Brown students who aren't into cannabis-related activities. Also there are students who won't give a hoot about third world issues and there will be students who will err on the side of conservative values and argue against your leftist ideologies.

Brown is so diverse that yes, you will find those people here (although they won't major in basketweaving, that would never get through the independent concentration review process). But there are so many different kinds of people here that most will find their niche. Also, Economics and Biology are the most popular concentrations at Brown, and they're certainly not useless.

Yeah there is quite a mix of people at brown.

Yes and no. Yes, you will find people, a fair number of people that fit those stereotypes. At the same time, there's a healthy balance of blue blooded republicans on their way to investment banking jobs at the world's most successful companies, even with the economy in the shitter. You'll find liberals chasing those jobs, too for that matter. Ok, yes, the naked party is fun if you get invited, but yes, the point of it is to embrace the human form rather than gawk at unrealistic media-driven portrayals of what the naked body should look like. On the flip side, there is Starf*ck and Sex Power God made famous by Republican news pundits to feed your debaucherous instincts. Yes, there is a lot of weed, but in my opinion, only in a very small portion of the population. Yes, we're the most diverse and most gay friendly of the Ivies, and that's something of which we are very proud. The stereotypes exist because of our Ivy League status--we're left of the Ivy average, but that's not saying much: For example, the diversity of Brown's student population still does not represent the US population. We could use even more diversity - it's white-washed compared to where I come from. Yes, we are gay friendly, but I've never seen a single gay couple holding hands on the main green, compared to the face-sucking by straight counterparts. And far too many students still end up with high-paying consulting or investment banking jobs than donate their lives to Teach For America/Americorps/Peace Corps etc.

motivated students

no distribution requirments

DIY liberal iIndie kids epitomize brown. maybe.

can we even be boiled down to a stereotype?

Brown students are just SO creative