Full Ride at Emory vs. Brown -- help!

pmyen
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:16:30 +0000

Brown is a great school but I would check out Emory. Stay overnight at both places if possible. My son attends Emory and has had a terrific experience there. A student from his h.s. had a similar situation as you as she was admitted to Harvard and Emory, and ended up deciding on Emory. She has been very happy there. I grew up in NE, and had several good friends who attended Brown. There are differences in the campuses, surrounding cities, climate, areas of strength, and to some degree, the types of students attracted to each place. My son majored in the humanities; however, he was struck by the fairly high percentage of students who were preprofessional, particularly premed and business. Emory has a strong undergraduate business program. My impression is that Brown tends to attract a higher percentage of creative and artistic people who see college as a chance to explore. Its open curriculum certainly allows them to do so.