<p>Tap water + filter. Don’t waste your money.</p>
<p>ETA: No, Brown doesn’t do a water service.</p>
<p>I had a question about fitting in as a transfer student. How do they fit into the social scene? From reading previous posts it seems that social groups are formed largely based on what your freshmen year housing assignment was. Do transfers typically have a hard time finding a social group?</p>
<p>From my experience the majority of friend groups were from either freshman unit, major (time wise) club/sports team, or from classes (for instance people in a small major or a set of classes together). </p>
<p>As time goes on they mix up a bit, but those are usually the main origins.</p>
<p>So my advice would be to look into a club/activity that interests you and then put some time into it. Some people are a little more closed off after freshman year, but I think most of the transfers I have met settled in pretty well after a bit.</p>
<p>Thank you all for all your answers and post, they are very helpful!!</p>
<p>So, I have a pretty good background in Biology (I got 770 on the SatII Molecular), but this background is mostly theoretical. I would like to take a Biology course my first semester, preferably with lab hours. Would BIOL0470 - Genetics be too difficult a course to start out with?</p>
<p>According to Mocha, there are placement tests available for biology. If your work is the equivalent of an AP Bio course (or BIOL0200), then the course should be fine. I do know that some people with good scores on the AP Bio exam chose to take BIOL0200 anyways, though this may be a result of some pre-meds attempting to boost their GPAs by taking a review course. (Also, BIOL0200 is offered the same term as most students take CHEM0350, so a review course would give them more time to work on orgo.) If your background is mostly theoretical (i.e. no labs), you may want to take BIOL0200 anyways, since Genetics will have assumed you’ve done Bio labs before.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Genetics is quite a difficult course. My advisor/Meiklejohn recommended against taking it my first semester. I’m sure it’s not impossible though… if you want the challenge, go for it.</p>
<p>Also, I’m not sure about the lab experience thing. I took AP bio in high school, so I won’t be taking Bio 200. We did a few labs in AP bio (playing around with dialysis tubing… and once we ran an agarose gel), but nothing that intense or indispensable. I doubt most kids going straight into a bio class above 200 have tons of lab experience (unless they’ve worked in a lab outside of school or something).</p>
<p>P.S. The Biology of AIDS (Bio 180) is awesome! (It doesn’t have a lab though.)</p>
<p>Thanx, I will think about taking The Biology of AIDS…</p>
<p>One more question: I am thinking about taking ENGL0110 - The academic essay. Any tips on whos the best professor there, coz there was nothing on thecriticalreview about any of them?</p>
<p>My friend took Genetics first semester. He is kind of lame, doesn’t go out much, studies alot… so if that sounds like you, go for it!</p>
<p>FYI There is endless filtered and chilled water at the Bears Lair in Grad Center.</p>
<p>I’m going to be in Providence a day early–any chance I can start moving in then, or do I have to wait until Saturday? I’m in Emery, if it makes any difference.</p>
<p>Upperclassmen can pay a daily fee to move in early – it’s $25 or $30 a day. You need to call res life and see if you can do that. If your roommate is on campus for a preorientation program, you might be able to get into your room, but not get your own key until Saturday.</p>
<p>Thanks–my roomie won’t be there until Saturday, so I’ll probably just use the day exploring Providence. thanks!</p>
<p>are most applicants given an interview after they apply?</p>
<p>Interviews: When Brown has your complete application, your information is put into a database. Every geographic area has alumni who are in charge of connecting all the applicants to alumni interviewers. They check the database and assign you to an alum, who then contacts you to arrange an interview. </p>
<p>This database does not go live until later in spring, so no interviews happen before sometime in October or November. And ED interviews are typically arranged before RD ones. </p>
<p>Our goal is to interview every applicant. If there are no alums in your region, then this might mean a telephone interview.</p>
<p>what does your financial aid packet cover (tuition, room and board, books?)</p>
<p>zekiye027: I think it depends on how much income your parents make… But in my case financial aid covers mostly all of tuition (with a little left over) and then i have to pay for all of the r and b, and the books. I am sure if my income was really low I would only have to pay for books (and then I would probably be reimbursed with a scholarship from some where).</p>
<p>what are the frats like??</p>
<p>what are the sororities like?</p>
<p>do any current students know when can we move into dorms in january? i know first day of classes is the 27th, but is there a formal date to return before classes?</p>
<p>There is a date before which no one can come, but I don’t know it off the top of my head…it’s likely 3-4 days before classes start, though.</p>