<p>Is Urban Studies and Development Studies unpopular and easy to get into? If not, which ones?</p>
<p>Brown doesn’t determine admissions this way. You apply to Brown University, not to a specific program.</p>
<p>Both of those programs are fairly popular, and in some ways, more popular than we can currently comfortably sustain. Both have some challenges running well because they’ve become exceedingly popular very quickly very recently.</p>
1 Like
<p>How about Theater? Is it widely recognized?</p>
<p>Theater is one of those areas where far more students are actively participating in the department, either through classes or productions, than there are concentrators. I believe we have about 20 concentrators per year in theater but around 100-150 people active in theater on campus.</p>
<p>But again, we don’t do admissions this way. As for whether our Theater program is widely recognized-- I can’t say, it’s really not my area of expertise/interest.</p>
1 Like
<p>I’m going to repeat what modestmelody said: You aren’t accepted into a major (or concentration as Brown calls it), so no departments are “easier to get into” than others.</p>
<p>The exception is PLME. And applicants interested in engineering, chemistry, computer science and physics have additional essays. However, anyone can take courses, and decide to major, in these four areas.</p>
1 Like
<p>also, there’s no point in trying to “game” your intended major. First off, it basically has zero influence, and second, if you say you’re planning on studying in something, and absolutely nothing you’ve done in the past shows any indication that you’d actually gravitate to that department, it won’t help.</p>
1 Like
<p>Is Biophysics considered to be Physics (ie. do you have to write an additional essay for it)?</p>
<p>The biophysics concentration is now housed in the physics department so I would say yes, write the essay. You should take it as a huge advantage because you have additional space to sell yourself. Revel in those extra words.</p>
<p>Oh, and i<em>wanna</em>be is TOTALLY correct, and this is true with all of admissions. Be honest, be yourself, present yourself and your passions the best you can, and if it’s meant to be it’ll happen.</p>
1 Like
<p>
</p>
<p>I really love Brown. Adcoms, please accept me. Finally a school that is not throwing me into a pile with the rest of my major</p>
<p>And to answer Nutterbutter, yes the theater dept is recognized as a serious department. My son is a theater concentrator. Modest was right-there are not as many concentrators as there are things around campus where theater lovers can participate-a capella groups, several theater groups-musicals, Shakespeare, student directed shows, chorus, bands, orchestras. Just know that you are coming out with a BA degree not a BFA.</p>
1 Like
<p>The reason I ask this is because all of my past experiences have led to one major, but I decided that it is not a path I’d like to take and prefer popular majors such as Government, Politics, and International Relations, majors that I have no experience in, purely new-found interest. So unlike many other colleges does Brown have one department that reads all applications, as opposed to having the Engineering department read Engineering applicants and so forth?</p>
<p>Admissions reads applications, period. You don’t apply to a concentration or school within Brown, you apply to Brown.</p>
1 Like