A few questions about Brown

wendelicious
Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:04:12 +0000

Hey, it’s great that you know where you want to be for college, just don’t let it take over your life- I went into a funk between when I was accepted ED and when I finally arrived at Brown, and it kind of ruined senior year.
Environmental House (West House) seems to be pretty chill place to live. A few of my friends were going to apply to live there. But as a freshman, you can’t live in the program houses, and you are assigned to a dorm unless you request substance-free. Substance-free is normally only 1 floor of a larger dorm, so even that might not be really quiet- just invest in a pair of noise canceling headphones if it gets too loud.

None of the dorms have AC, so at the beginning of the school year it was pretty hot- a fan next to the window helps big time, though. As a Floridian, I thought I wouldn’t survive the winter, but you get used to it over time.

Good luck and try to enjoy the rest of high school.