Do people actually name-drop university programs/classes/professors in their supplemental essays?

blossom
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:13:59 +0000

I’ve read a lot of Brown essays that focus on the Open Curriculum and then give a brief history of it, why they admire Ira Magaziner (one of the architects of what was then known as the “new curriculum”), etc.

Honestly, there isn’t a single adcom at Brown who doesn’t know the history of the Open Curriculum. If you can’t connect the dots between the institution and who you are, to me it’s a waste of real estate.