To Current Students: Why Did You Choose Brown?

arapollo
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:51:18 +0000

Brown wasn’t my first choice. But everyday I am here I realize more and more why I am here. I am always challenged socially, intellectually, and in anyway I can imagine. I am always asking myself why… why… why.

Brown is great. Most of my professors care about my success and also my feelings as a human being. My first choice was (ironically) U Chicago. I visited both schools, U Chicago and Brown. U Chicago fit my type - A/eccentric personality a bit more than the laid backness of Brown, but when Financial Aid forms came my family and I could not afford U Chicago. So I had to come to Brown (the fact that it was an ivy, and the fact that they had offered me more money). Now at Brown I think that I stick out like a sore thumb (sometimes) but everyone is nice and I have learned so much about myself. Though, I do think I would have been more of a social fit at U Chicago, but perhaps not as developed in social/talking matters.

In short, I don’t know your other choice, but Brown is definitely a school that will challenge you to be a better person and will challenge you intellectually.