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Posted Date Posted By Comment
March 30 2008
lantern45
The enormous crowd was divided into approximate fourths.
January 03 2008
Sectumsempra
the students were infinitely more knowledgeable and engaging than the official admissions people, and gave a fairly standard interview
August 27 2007
MovieBuff
I did most of this on my own. I wanted to check it out myself..without any interference!
August 05 2007
sailhour
The guide was hilarious. The history is neat.
June 24 2007
MLeigh
It was okay... our guide was very bubbly, but I didn't like the campus much.
May 02 2007
smv
The tour guide was very well-informed and enthusiastic. She had participated in MANY activities and had an impressive/inspirational experience at Brown.
April 19 2007
rainmama
Best campus tour of the 7 we did over Spring Break. Martin, a freshman volunteer tour guide, was enthusiastic and entertaining, even though the tour took place during an utter deluge!
April 17 2007
sunshinej
Cold! The campus is beautiful, but it was difficult to hear our tour guide, again, due to timing.
December 08 2006
cocoapunk
I took the science tour this time (the previous two times I took the regular tour/visted the biomed building); It was pretty in depth and nice; I was surprised at the size inside of the BM building
September 03 2006
MSMDAD
The tour guide, unfortunately, was unfocused and seemed like he was out of it. Tour got off to a very disorganized start (see below). The campus was, however, very nice and appeared to be compact. We had no problems finding the office of admissions or
August 30 2006
Musikalgeak
It was definitely weird. The guy talked about how students poked holes at the top and bottom of a horse statue so the horse looked like it was peeing. He also said that Brown was the black sheep of the Ivies.
August 12 2006
senioritis42
The tour guide was very enthusiastic and helpful, and he sprinkled the walk with PG-rated traditions and anecdotes for Brown. He seemed to genuinely enjoy being there, and the tour gave off the impression that the campus has intelligent, well-balanced st
August 12 2006
machiavelli
Enthusiastic guide who basically pointed at buildings and talked about them. But we went into... none of them.
August 11 2006
ivyracer
The tour was amazing even though it was pouring outside. (I went to Brown during that time that the east coast was under major flood watches.) The campus felt so safe and yet not so secluded from the rest of the world. The campus buildings were beautiful.
August 10 2006
ConfusedHSJunior
Got one of the more liberal tour guides there, and he was quite fun. We got to peek at most of the buildings, a lot of departments.