@Tman1005 I have to agree with you on this. I believe the kind of students that end up at Brown are driven to do well naturally. As the parent of a freshman, I saw this from the beginning. High school was never that difficult for my kid, but the first semester at Brown he worked very hard, as everyone else was also very driven to do well. And as far as dropping a class just because you are not doing well in it, I don’t think students at Brown tend to do that - they are driven to conquer rather than quit. My kid felt unprepared in one class due to other students having had more background in HS. Could have dropped it, and been down to 4 rather than 5 classes (4 STEM) but instead burned the midnight oil and caught up on own time. I really admire the kids at Brown and their work ethic and it irks me to see people pick on the system there. It is set up to help students explore areas they otherwise wouldn’t, not drop a class to preserve their gpa.