Brown University

Read about the Open Curriculum, compare that to high school, or to any other 4-year University for that matter and if being happy over the next 4 years is important to you, Brown will be your number one choice. If you hate your classes you can just go and change them with no penalty, you're allowed to do this weeks into the semester. Very few students at Brown exploit the freedom, because if they do, they are doing so against their benefit. The people are awesome, the girls are hotter than at any Ivy, the campus is gorgeous, even the weather isn't as bad as i thought. If you doubt anything i'm telling you, compare the most important statistic on this website - how many people would come back to their school, in other words it's like the USNews Ranking except it's by people who actually know jack about their schools.

1st Year Male -- Class 2009

Education Quality: A+, Faculty Accessibility: A-

I should say that I am still at Brown where I am currently a medical student (through the PLME program, which I think is amazing). Overall, I think that Brown has been a wonderful place for me to grow intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. It is a kind yet rigorous intellectual community: all ideas are respected, but none are left unquestioned. To H.S. Students: be passionate in everything you do, care about who you are, and be willing to rethink what you believe.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000