<p>What about the equestrian team? The website doesn’t really say much about it. Can anyone join? Are there try-outs? Do you have to have extensive experience?</p>
<p>Any info on the Brown sailing club or crew team?</p>
<p>No idea about try-outs or walk-ons or what kind of experience is necessary. To walk-on I’d assume you need to try out, but how good you have to be is hard to say. I know that Men’s Crew has been quite competitive in the past, but they also do recruit for walk-ons. I don’t know about a sailing club, but I know we have a sailing team. I’d try contacting the coaches from their emails listed here:
[BROWN</a> OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Staff Directory](<a href=“http://www.brownbears.com/staffdir/brow-staffdir.html]BROWN”>http://www.brownbears.com/staffdir/brow-staffdir.html)</p>
<p>for the crew question: if you go on the facebook 2013 group, this question has been answered in depth :), you should check it out, it’s on the later pages of the ask a brown student thread</p>
<p>I believe there was a post somewhere on here about banks on campus? Where to open a checking/savings account, banks on campus, etc. Can someone give me the link to that?</p>
<p>My D uses Bank of America. There is an ATM in the Brown Bookstore, and I think there is also one on campus. There is a brick-and-mortar BofA downtown. I am sure there are other banks on Thayer Street (Sovereign? Citizens?). BofA was good for my D because there is a branch close to home as well.</p>
<p>calistudent: Usually on the first days of school or during your freshman orientation at Brown there are banking representatives there to set up accounts. So look around at flyers and etc. If not, as franglish has mentioned, there are banks on Thayer St. and a huge BofA downtown in the financial district.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me a bit about Brown’s Music department classes? I looked on Brown Critical Review only to find a few random reviews (for ex. music theory has one from 2008 and then the next is 1999), so I’m a tad confused…</p>
<p>I’m looking for a course to have some fun with music, I’ll prob. just take 1 class and definitely won’t major in it. I’ve played piano since I was very little (4), so I can read music, know basic scales, minors, majors, dominant chords, etc. However, I can’t sight sing at all…and would be terrified if I had to lol. 
… So my question is does Music Theory at Brown have required singing and is it a major portion of the class? What classes would you recommend to a non-concentrator?</p>
<p>Any thoughts on the community health concentration, particularly for pre-med student?
Is it a popular choice for Brown students, reputation, any stats, etc?</p>
<p>How much do bagels cost at campus eateries? Juice? Odwalla?</p>
<p>Odwalla 16 oz. bottles are $3.50. Tropicana bottles (I forget the exact size but it’s either 12 or 16 oz) are something like $2.25. Things are expensive, but after Rhode Island’s large sales tax, it’s cheaper than at the CVS on campus.</p>
<p>I want to apply to Brown in the future. Do any current students have any advice for the appplications or interesting extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Do what you’re interested in and let that show through on your application. You’ll be more convincing discussing something you’re deeply motivated about rather than something you’re doing because Brown may see it as “interesting.”</p>
<p>How many classes are we allowed to take over the summer? I’m most definitely taking Organic Chemistry (the first part) next summer and am thinking about doing an English course as well—one of those writing seminars or nonfiction writing, if offered. Would that be an acceptable amount of courses, especially when considering the workload? Also, is financial aid offered for summer courses? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>2 are permitted per summer, and you have 3 summers. I have a friend taking Organic Chemistry this summer, and she mentioned that the professor was a visiting one rather than a Brown professor. Naturally, the pace of summer courses is faster, since they have less time to cover the same material, but if you don’t plan to do much else, 2 summer courses should be relatively similar to 4 during a normal semester. Financial aid is offered for summer courses, based on the amount you received in the previous year.</p>
<p>Also, taking orgo or physics over the summer is generally looked down upon by med schools, if that’s your eventual path/desire.</p>
<p>Well, as of now modestmelody, I’m mainly looking to go to law school, but that’s good to know too just in case I change my mind. My reason for taking it over the summer is because Organic Chem 350 isn’t offered in the fall (well, for the 2009-10 year—I’m assuming it may be the same for the following year). I’m taking Intro to Chem this fall, 330 next spring, and I didn’t want to wait until spring of 2011 to start taking orgo. Would med schools, if I did decide to apply, understand this? Can people be accepted if they have taken a chem course over the summer?</p>
<p>Also, thanks for the info Uroogla! All good things to hear :)</p>
<p>Chem 35 is always in the spring, and chem 36 (the second half of orgo) in the fall. This is because most pre-med kids–and just about anyone interested in taking orgo–start with Chem 33, rather than Chem 10 (intro to chem).</p>
<p>Are you sure you need to start with Chem 10? If you’ve had any chem at all in high school (even as a sophomore or whatever), you should almost definitely go straight to Chem 33 (and then you’re all set to take Chem 35 this spring).</p>
<p>Many (pre-med) students wait until spring sophomore year to take Chem 35, for various reasons. This is not a big deal.</p>
<p>Haha…I took advanced chem in my sophomore year of high school—I TRULY do not remember much at all! I took the diagnostic exam for the online chem100 class last night—I scored 8/35 and I guessed on more than half of the test. I plan to complete the rest of the course, but I don’t know if I’ll be ready for chem33. Is it really that much of a jump from chem100? Will the professors assume students know more than they really do? I’m just really nervous–I don’t want to ruin my GPA…but I will admit that if I take it in the fall (chem33), things will be much easier for myself down the line.</p>
<p>Edit: Plus the website says 2 high school classes are recommended. I only took one.</p>
<p>Would you have felt OK taking AP chem at your high school (if it was offered)? If so, then you’d also be OK in Chem 33, which is equivalent to AP chem.</p>
<p>The online Chem 10 class is intended to prepare you for Chem 33, so I’d assume if you complete the online course, you’d be ready for Chem 33 (though I don’t know for sure since I didn’t do the online course).</p>