<p>lexieam is right. Brown attracts a different type of student, one who says “I want to construct my own education” and this is made possible through the open curriculum. There is no core, no distribution requirement to push you to study a language, to force you to take that adv. math course, or to force you to take the religious studies class. Brown allows its students to take charge of their education , organizing it and constructing it in a way that benefits them.</p>