Summer At Brown?

brumaire
Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:50:49 +0000

As far as my experience went (last summer, I took "The Molecular Basis of Human Disease, a 3-week course) the classes themselves aren’t really challenging. However, the worth of the program comes from exposure to the university, experience living away from home, etc. Also, they organize a lot of great activities for participants, like weekend trips to Boston/other Ivies, and limited-attendance luncheons with prominent professors. As for how much advantage it gives prospective applicants, I don’t think it does a lot…the program is open to pretty much anybody who is willing to shovel out the money, and isn’t particularly selective. At most, I think it just shows you have interest in the school.