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03-29-2007, 01:15 PM
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| You're probably right about the better deal. However, since meal plan is never a bargain, and since I ended up wasting most of my meals anyway, I remain unconvinced  . To each his own. Actually, off meal plan is the way to go. | 
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03-29-2007, 01:21 PM
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| Which is why I was really upset when I couldn't cancel meal plan mid year and there is no way I'm going on next year.
Some people love the meal plan, I am the type of guy that cooked for himself a lot at home and I love it, so to me, meal plan is a social thing though I curse myself for not making something wonderful and tasty.
Food shopping for myself is just about my favorite thing to do. | |
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03-29-2007, 02:05 PM
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| Hehe  Sounds like I better start picking up more cooking tips at home.
I recall you saying that campus connectivity ... sucks. That still the case? it's not wireless everywhere yet, is it? | |
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03-29-2007, 02:14 PM
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| They were trying to make all the dorms wireless, but I think they stopped because it cost more than they expected or something. No, not wireless everywhere. | |
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03-29-2007, 02:25 PM
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| =[ That's... sorta sad...
Is it ever a problem? | |
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03-29-2007, 02:27 PM
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| Wireless most places and in all freshman dorms for sure (I think only Grad Center is left, a long with a few patches in other dorms that are proving hard ot get strong signal to). Most of the campus is wireless, but of course, it's wherever you find yourself in desperate need that it isn't. There is only 1 ethernet connection per bed (i.e. 2 in a double, 1 in a single), and I don't think it's gigabit, just 100mbit. Also, we have only about 18 channels on cable and the system literally cannot be expanded without rewiring half the school. We actually pay for 40 some odd channels but our system can't handle putting out more than we are. There is some work being done wiht IPTV, which allows us ot watch tv over the computer that may lead ot the expansion of TV at Brown (IPTV already has more channels).
What does connectivity mean to you and what are your tech "requirements". I am geeky chem concentrator that almost went to Case Western (which is probably the top college I know of tech wise... almost definitely in fact) so I'm a bit different than most...
The wireless thing isn't really a problem-- all academic buildings have it, and if you're at your desk in your room who really needs it, it's just sad. Our tech budget isn't very high compared to other places, along with some organizational issues that has made upgrades and expansion a bit difficult... | |
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03-29-2007, 02:35 PM
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| Mmm. Usually I'd just be torrenting something.. but on the rare occasion I get my geek on and play a game or something, it'd be nice to know I'm not pinging like crazy. Are the IT people really mean/stingy with what you do on the system in terms of p2p and personal antivirus/firewall programs?
It's kinda surprising that the tech budget and tech situation isn't that great at Brown but I imagine it does what you need it to just fine.
How well do students interact/get along with each other? Is it uncommon for a classmate to go out of his/her way to help another/are students too obsessed/selfish with their own grades to help others (guess this goes mainly towards premed kids, haha)? I mean I know Brown is very accepting of different ideas/people, but I was just wondering about how nice I guess, the people are. Yah, weird question.
Oh, and how are workstudy/research opportunities on campus?
Are student activities/events affordable for most people? How about just cost of living in Providence? | |
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03-29-2007, 02:36 PM
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| I just wanted to suggest that classes in my experience were somewhat more demanding in time and depth than has been suggested on this thread and, I am in the social sciences. | |
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03-29-2007, 02:37 PM
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| Actually not all the academic buildings have it. Off the top of my head, Wilson doesn't, which is strange because it's on the main green. I've never had lack of wireless be a problem, although my class work rarely requires the internet. | |
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03-29-2007, 03:14 PM
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| You're not going to have ping issues with games. They're not "stingy" about bittorrent or p2p, but if they get contacted you will get contacted. It's happened to me twice already and another friend at least once. Best not to use Pirate Bay and to stick with passworded/user sites. Peer Guardian will work but in my experience it's more of hassel than a help.
Students will definitely help you out, I find the atmosphere to be very encouraging to collaborative work and no one in my classes wouldn't take hte time to meet up with you and work with you if you're having trouble. People aren't out to screw you, even the few who are overly grade conscious are not so in the sense that they will want you to do worst to boost their grade.
I haven't qualified for workstudy yet, so I can't speak to much on it but check this page out: http://financialaid.brown.edu/JobX_F...spx?t=qs&qs=21
There are plenty of jobs on campus.
Events are mostly cheap to free on campus, only things like the Spring Weekend concerts hit double digit costs that I know of. Providence is pretty averagely priced as far as I can tell but I am from NY so what I tolerate is different than others. | |
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03-29-2007, 03:16 PM
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| Rabo, I stand corrected. I am having my first class in Wilson this semester and I've never brought my laptop there so I didn't know that was an issue. Technically, I don't think Sayles has wireless but you easily pick it up from Salomon. | |
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03-29-2007, 03:18 PM
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| would you say if I get accepted to brown, that a laptop is necessary, or a desktop will do fine? | |
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03-29-2007, 03:28 PM
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#43 | | Senior Member
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| I have both and really only use my laptop for when I go home or work in the library. It depends on who you are. Do you live close? Do you need the computing power advantages a desktop provides? Are you likely to bring a laptop to class versus taking notes by hand?
As a science student, not having a tablet capable laptop makes a big difference in terms of what I'm able to take down if I use my laptop... | |
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03-29-2007, 03:44 PM
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| I live fairly close to home. I live in connecticut, so transporting desktop will not be a problem. Plus I will be a statistics/econ student, so I dont think laptop will be too much of a use to me. Plus I am a heavy computer user and will prefer the powerful advantage of a computer. | |
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03-29-2007, 03:48 PM
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#45 | | Senior Member
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| Then by all means go for it. Like I said, I use a desktop primarily at school and wouldn't have it any other way. | |
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