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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 University is really hard to get into. You need to be one of the top students in your class, with basically an "A" average. 93% of the students were in the top tenth of their high school class, and every one was in the top half. You need high SATs, a lot of community service and a really good essay. 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, study abroad, special 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.

Study abroad is popular at Brown. About 30% of students study abroad in over 50 different countries.

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.

__Student life (social life at the school, housing, fraternities and sororities sports):__ Thwre's lots of stuff to do at Brown. There's mad clubz and stuff, and lots of sports from football 2 squash. There are 10 fraternities and 2 sorrroroitoys. The food sucked tho.

__My comfort level (getting back and forth, demographics, setting):__ Five stars.