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Brown University - Comments on Appearance of Campus

Posted Date Posted By Comment
March 30 2008
lantern45
Gorgeous old buildings mixed with new. Surrounded by huge Victorian mansions in good part of town.
January 03 2008
Sectumsempra
Brown's campus achieves this perfect synthesis of urban location (it's just up the hill from Providence) and a quiet college campus the buildings are Ivy League-looking and add that atmos
August 31 2007
catsushi
The campus, in summary, was beautiful. The buildings were so pretty that I couldn't help but sketch one of them. There is even an area with lots of grass, where you can play frisbee or study.
August 05 2007
sailhour
The campus is well kept.
June 24 2007
MLeigh
It's a very pretty campus, but I didn't get much of a vibe from it. It didn't appeal to me very much.
May 02 2007
smv
Lovely campus--the weather was gorgeous, lots of old, regal buildings and spacious greens and flowering trees. There was a bit of trash around, but I was told that was because it was Spring Weekend.
December 08 2006
cocoapunk
Quite frankly the most amazing campus I've been on. Ive worked at Univ. of Penn, and Univ. of De. and they don't even compare. Brown is the epitome of perfect integration of city and school
September 03 2006
MSMDAD
Campus was very pleasant. The campus did not appear to be too spread out and everything was within walking distance.
August 30 2006
Musikalgeak
It seemed like a party school, with graffiti and my mom pointed out a poster that said Trip to the Tavern in one of the hallways.
August 20 2006
atnay
The campus is beautiful, reminded me alot of UC Berkeley.
August 12 2006
senioritis42
It's a pretty campus. The buildings, with a couple exceptions, were relatively low-lying, older buildings that still seemed to be in good shape. It's clear that Brown is in an urban area, but the campus has great landscaping, and plenty of gre
August 12 2006
machiavelli
3 is good. It was simply a letdown in comparsion to the website. Online, the greens seem spacious and the buildings quaint. In real life, the greens are tiny and cramped by the assortment of buildings. The buildings themselves seem to have a patchwork of
August 11 2006
ivyracer
As I said, it was beautiful regardless of the weather. The buildings were all very close to each other and the environment had a very safe feel.
August 10 2006
ConfusedHSJunior
A bit monotonous at times, and they like to keep the traditional buildings, at least on the outside.