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Name of College: [|Brown University] Location: Providence, Rhode Island

__ Getting in (grades and tests you need to get in, financial aid): __ Brown is very competitve. It's acceptence rate is only 9%, and 93% of the students who go there are in the top tenth of their class. That means you have to basically get straight As to get in. You also have to take the SATs, and another test called the SAT subject test, and you have to do well. Brown does have good financial aid. It's very expensive--between tuition, living on campus, books and expenses, it will [|cost $57,974], but they meet 100% of need which is good.

Rating: 5 stars because I want to go to a school that's competitive so that I can be with other good students.

__ Academics (majors the school has, class size, access to professors, sp ____ ecial programs): __ Academics at Brown are really good. The school is mid-sized, with about 6,000 undergraduates. This means that while some classes are really big (the biggest is 600), most are pretty small. There are only a few hundred graduate students, so undergrads get a lot of attention. The school has hundreds of majors, and you can make your own major if you want to. One student made a major about children's books, for example.

Brown does not have a core curriculum. So while some colleges require you to take two math courses, four science courses and so on, Brown lets you take whatever you want, as long as you meet the requirements for your major. Students can also choose to take classes pass/fail.

Five stars because I don't want a core curriculum and I like being able to make my own major.

__Student life (social life at the school, housing, fraternities and sororities sports):__ Brown has a lot of different options for social life. The campus is a suburban one at the top of a hill, so most activities take place on campus. There are lots of different campus activities, including a campus newspaper called the [|Brown Daily Herald] that comes out each day and which is written by students. 100% of freshmen live on campus, and 80% of all students do. You can move off campus your senior year. The dorms are nothing special, but they are clean. There are lots of affinity groups

In sports, Brown is in Division I so only the best athletes get to play for the teams, but they also have lots of intramural sports so you can get together with your friends and play basketball against other kids.

Four stars because there are lots of social options but the dorms aren't great. Also, I wish fraternities and sororities were a bigger part of campus life.

Even though the campus is suburban, there are stores nearby on a street called Thayer Street, and students go there to eat and go to the movies. About 10% of the students are in fraternities or sororities, but these do not have their own houses. There are 10 fraternities and 2 sororities. __My comfort level (getting back and forth, demographics, setting):__ Brown is 177 miles from East Harlem, so it would take about 3 to 3 1/2 hours by car to get back and forth. You can take a bus there. I wouldn't be able to come home every weekend, but I could come home every month or so if I wanted to.

Brown is more diverse than some liberal arts colleges--about 30% of the students are students of color--but stil majority white. I think I would be comfortable there but can understand why some people wouldn't.

Providence, where Brown is located, is an urban area but not as urban as New York city. I think it would be nice because it would be quieter than East Harlem.

I rate it four stars for comfort level. I like the distance, which is not to far away. I also like the setting. I wish it was a little more diverse.