Brown v. Swarthmore

ClaySoul
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:15:11 +0000

i heard a quote, “the work load at swarthmore would make most liberal arts students shake in their birkenstocks”

i don’t consider this a good thing. i think you can get a fabulous, challenging education with more balance and less pressure than swarthmore offers.

Brown is a very challenging school – very intellectual, with extremely passionate students – but it is also quite laid back.

I think both schools are fantastic, but I really think the educational experience overall at Brown is simply more enjoyable – at least for someone like me. I’m extremely intense, and therefore need a less intense environment. Sounds backwards, but it’s not. If I go somewhere where there’s the potential for an extreme, perhaps even unhealthy, level of intensity, i will make it such. Damn you should have seen me at wrestling practice. (I’m NOT saying swat is unhealthy, i’m saying it would have been for me).

It depends on who you are.

And fwiw i got into both.