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fact - brown students are a little weird

To an extent, yes. Stereotypes about any school and their students always must hold some truth (i.e. Princeton has admits too many students with legacy. True story.) But not all Brown students are hippies, and the "liberal" environment on campus is simply due to the fact that the students come from very different backgrounds and we all have a very *liberal* view of seeing how the world works. We are liberal in the sense that we want to look forward and do something that will make things better. There are some pretty politically conservative students on campus.

We are extremely liberal for the most part, but beyond that none of the stereotypes are valid.

yes, qualified. Most students fall somewhere on the liberal scale, and many are inclined to try things like vegetarianism, Buddhist meditation, and political protests. But we also tend to be pretty laid-back, never pushy about whatever ideas we have. Brown students are unique in that we place a high value on creativity, on intellectual independence, and on passion for learning and being.

yeah, for the most part

Some- rich, hipster, involved

To a large degree, yes.

The truth is that, of course there are the hippy kids and the rich kids. But there are also the artists, the science major the english lovers, the kids who live in the librabry, the athletes, ect. There are people from all over the world but its more than that still. every person i have met thus far at brown is complex. People have their intricacies and i dont thinks it fair to describe a person with one word. Maybe it seems like a dichotomy to the outside world but at brown you come to learn failrly quickly that the "hippy" kids can be jocks and the jocks can be sensitive. So, yes, stereotypes are accurate but they are never complete. At Brown, you learn to delve deeper, to appreciate the completness of other people

There isn't that much activism, but Brown is a hard place to be if you're Republican. Brown is, in fact, the cool Ivy. People are really laid back, but you still have to pass classes and major in something.

Yes, I would say so. In my experience, it's amazing how shocked you are to find that some of your closest friends make three, four, FIVE times as much as your parents do, if not more. It's widely known that there are some heirs and heiresses around Brown, but never do you see them flaunting it and or using it as a tool to garner friends or attention. Likewise, people aren't pursuing them constantly. The stereotype of being rich and snobby doesn't apply to Brown's students, as much as my knowledge goes, and I'm glad for that. Likewise, almost everyone I know is committed to some sort of organization in or around the Brown campus, and even away from it, in some manner. Attending such a university with people who truly want to lend a helping hand seriously boosts up ones self esteem and really lends that "ummph!" that might be in you, letting you realize that, "yes, in fact, you CAN do something."