Pomona v Yale v Brown in a STEM field

prezbucky
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 06:14:29 +0000

If the student wants to get out of California and it comes down to Yale vs. Brown, here are some things to consider:

Yale advantages:

Yale has a lot more money than Brown. They spend more, or have the capacity to spend more, on each student’s education and experience.

Yale has the great residential college system, which generally receives rave reviews.

Yale has their “shopping period”, during which you can try out classes before committing to them.

Yale is generally regarded as being a bit stronger academically.

Brown advantages:

For those less interested in a broad US-style education, the open curriculum allows you to concentrate more on your major and less on breadth.

You can make your education as easy or as hard as you like. If you want rigor, you may pursue it. And if you want to take all your harder classes P/F, if you take hard classes at all, I’m pretty sure you can do that. Ace your easy classes and voila, a high GPA. (i am not a fan of this – and perhaps I am oversimplifying – but if you are, then Brown might be for you)

Brown is known as a happy place. that is not to say that Yale is not, but Brown is particularly known for it.

Neither is really known for CS, but both – especially Yale – have the resources to give a student one heck of a CS education. I remember a thread maybe a year ago that discussed recent Yale investments in STEM and CS in particular. The student/parent should confirm whether that is happening. If Yale is serious about STEM, look out.