Freedom!

Introduction
Brown should be on the top of everyone's list. If you don't know why, walk around the campus. Once I set foot here, I knew I had to go to Brown. If you don't enjoy having fun, making friends, and being in a relaxed yet enriching academic environment, stay away from Brown. Otherwise you will fit in fine.

Campus Life and Social Life
Every night can be a Friday night at Brown. As most things are here, partying is really about individual choices. You can go out every night, or you can go out never. The primarily-Freshman dorms (Keeney especiall) are great for meeting people who are at the same place in their lives as you. It makes meeting new people so much less intimidating when you are all on the same level. There are clubs for almost everything, and I reccommend the a cappella groups. They are fantastic to be a part of and great (usually free) entertainment on weeknights - great study break. The counselors on freshman floors are fantastic. They are here to support you and help you make good decisions rather than write you up and punish you. Sports are not so big here. If you want a bigger sports scene in Providence, go to PC. Still, we did win the Ivy championship in football this year. Academics
For the most part, academics are fantastic. Brown has many leading researchers and authors in their respective fields teaching undergraduates. The best part is that there ALL professors here teach undergrads, even if they also teach graduate students. As a first-semester freshman, I was in a history class taught by a well-known author with freshman, seniors, grad students...a great mix. The classes are a little bigger than I expected, but there are GREAT first year seminars that really create an intimate atmosphere for learning. The TA's have been, in my experience, fantastic. They are knowledgable and helpful and available. Professors are cool too, they are not as hard to approach as I would have expected. They really try to get to know people in the class. One professor even invited the top 10 users of his website to lunch at the Faculty Club. The work is fine. Reading can be a little intense, but it's not hard to keep up with. Also, every class I have had so far has been taught by a professor, not a grad student.

Student Body
There is no typical student at Brown. We are from all 50 states, many nations, and many backgrounds. My roommate is from Europe and my friend down the hall is from Hong Kong. People are into all sorts of things - movies, music, video games, political activism, writing, art, you name it. Anyone with an open mind would fit in well here.

In Closing...
Come to Brown!