Anyone have a miracle to share?

BrownParent
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:03:22 +0000

floatingriver, I think you are really wrong headed that you think Brown students use open cirriculum to avoid weak subjects. That is definately not a Brown-type student. Rather, the grading system and the open cirric allow people to explore. For instance, my daughter always had A’s in Eng and Hist at a demanding prep school, while she had good grades in math, calc B/C only yielded a B 1st semester and a C 2nd semester (the only C in HS.) But she ended up only taking 2 English classes and she hit the math and sciences hard right away. She ended up with a mathematics and computer science ScB, and is in directly related field in a PhD program. She also took some difficult languages for the first time–Mandarin and Russian, and was able to take pass/fail. That is only one person’s story, but it isn’t unusual. I think it is a good example of how the ciric can help you find your passions and study courses of interest without too much penalty if they are difficult and not your area of strength.