Brown University

Located in Providence, Rhode Island; Brown University is one of the original eight east coast Ivy League colleges known for their high academic standard and lengthy history.  The rest are Princeton University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.  Brown University was founded in 1764 under the reign of King George III as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation.  The school is highly selective, accepting only 8.9% of all applicants.  The women’s college, Pembroke College, merged with Brown in 1971, and it became co-educational.  In 1969, following a student rally in support of reform, Brown instituted sweeping changes featuring simplifying grades to A,B,C, and no credit; thus eliminating modifiers which was thought to increase unnecessary competition among students.  Brown is also in close proximity to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where students have the opportunity to take up to four courses and have the credit count towards a Brown degree.  The reciprocal also exists.  There is a dual degree program introduced in 2007 where students can pursue a five-year program resulting in a Bachelor of Arts at Brown and a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RISD simultaneously.

Brown has a need blind admissions policy, which means it does not take into consideration your ability to pay their full tuition into account during the admission process.  All loans for students whose family income under $100,000 have been eliminated, as well as all parental contributions for families whose incomes fall under $60,000.  This could account for the title conferred by the 2010 Princeton Review to Brown as the 'No. 1 College in America for Happiest Students.  Emma Watson of the Harry Potter movie series is rumored to be happy at Brown.

Students who applied to Brown University, also looked at Cornell University, Harvard University, and Northwestern University.  

For more information on Brown University, visit http://www.brown.edu/.

Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island  02912 (401)863-1000.