Brown University Top Questions

Some yes, some no. We are not all hippies. We are rather laid-back.

Well you know. Shit happens when you party naked.

No they are all apathetic.

for the most part

Relative to other schools, there is some truth to them. But the biggest truth about Brown is that it is diverse: ethnically, politically, and just in terms of what a given person will do on a typical Friday night. There is something for everyone -- you just have to get yourself out there and find it. And putting yourself out there is something that Brown students indeed do.

I transferred to Brown from UCLA, and I would say as a whole Brown students seem to exemplify most of the stereotypes. However, there are sad, hypercompetitive, ugly people around too, and quite a few of them. So you can't always believe the stereotypes.

Traditional structure may not be forced upon us, but this does not mean that a Brown education is undirected. Most Brown students take a broad, carefully chosen set of courses and only make use of the S/NC option when it is truly beneficial.

Courses are very challenging-some professors will regrade assignments until they find enough mistakes to get the averages they want Not as liberal as you would think, it's liberal in the sense that everyone's very tolerant of one another and you're allowed to speak your mind We're not lazy, we just have to be very responsible with our four years and that 50K for tuition!

A majority of us aren't hippies but the rest is true.

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