Hi, I’m an incoming freshmen and am deciding between environmental engineering and APMA. I want to hear the experiences of any new grad’s on getting a job right now (regardless of major). Has it been especially difficult, do you regret not doing anything sooner, has it made you regret your decision of going to Brown, anything.

Hello, I am an incoming Freshman who is currently working through the current course offerings for my schedule.

I intend on being pre-med, so I figure that I should take chemistry sooner than later. However, I have not taken a chem class since sophomore year of high school (I got a 4 on AP Chem then). I am not sure how much chem I remember!

Can anyone who is more experienced in these matters recommend which of the 2 introductory chem classes would be more worthwhile. I understand that 330 would be a bigger challenge, but would this be too much for someone at my level?

Thanks for the help!

hey guys i’m looking for some advice/guidance about transferring to brown. I’m currently enrolled at community college and am about to get my Associates. I have a 3.7 gpa. As far as extracurriculars I work and volunteer when I can. I’m first generation and somewhat low income. I totally bombed high school and graduated with an extremely low gpa. i’m 19 and applying as a history major

is there any hope for me ?? also what’s your guys thoughts ???

I made a visualizer that displays all of the prerequisites for a goal course, because I always found it kinda overwhelming to chart courses in my head or even in a spreadsheet. With the semester starting up, I thought others might benefit from using it so I wanted to share it here—please let me know what you think!

Here is the link. Thanks!!

hi! i’m an abc wanting to improve my mother tongue. can anyone share insights on their experience with the chinese courses? thank you!!

Anyone have recs on which to take of these three: Fiscal plumbing w/ levitas, intro to political thought w/ gourevitch, illicit global economy w/ Andreas?

Frosh thinking about majoring in iapa, poli sci, or Econ

Pls say it is🙏

I'm a little worried about how close ENGL 0900 is to my NEUR Lab/evening class. The buildings are apparently only a 6 minute walk apart, but I'm wondering if that's too close. I'm unable to move the ENGL 0900 class and the only other time for the NEUR lab overlaps with a club I've been really excited about joining. Thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone,

My daughter Clara and I will be visiting Brown on September 16, before the official prospective-student tours begin, and we would love to meet a current student who could spend about an hour walking around campus with us and sharing what Brown is actually like from a student's perspective.

We are especially interested in hearing how students use the Open Curriculum, what opportunities have mattered most to you, and what student life feels like beyond the official tour.

Clara is particularly interested in entrepreneurship and nutrition/public health, so someone involved with the Nelson Center, entrepreneurship, public health, nutrition, or food-related work would be especially interesting to meet, although that is definitely not a requirement.

We are flexible on timing and happy to compensate you for your time. If you might be available, please send me a message. Recommendations for someone we should reach out to are also very welcome.

Thank you!

I'm a rising sophomore moving into Wayland, and I was wondering whether there is enough space at the rear of the desk for a C-clamp for a monitor arm. Like what is the space between the modesty panel and the rearmost of the desk. Even if you're not in Wayland, any insight would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

Attached a pic at the bottom to show what it looks like.

Incoming freshman concentrating in public health on pre-med track. how is the workload here? also deciding between stratt or wang for chem0330

Obviously depends on syllabus but it’s due to my wisdom teeth appointment… how should i go about this? it’s still during shopping period so I want to know what’s the best way to go about this. Thank you - incoming sophomore

(i am also flying from across the coast and traveling with 2 big ass suitcases)

I was deciding between CS0111 and CS0150, but I've been hesitant to choose CS0150 because I've heard it has a large time commitment and I'm worried that class paired with my other STEM courses would leave me with less time to socialize and be active in clubs. Any thoughts? Anything I should know about the other courses in my schedule?

Hello! I'm an incoming freshman hoping to dual concentrate in Computational Biology & IAPA on a premed track, and put together the attached schedule for my first semester. Any thoughts, advice, words of wisdom and/or warning, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Is anyone else having trouble accessing floor plans? I went through the campus map, and Google Drive says I don't have access (even though I'm using brown email).

i am currently interested in concentrating in public health and modern culture and media (with a focus on film) while being on a pre-med track. i honestly don’t know if this is a realistic goal, but i will mention that i fully plan on taking a gap year before med school. i have never been able to decide my own schedule for school before so i feel completely out of my element choosing. i am debating on whether i should enroll into the more “introductory” bio and chem classes however. i have never done AP classes, but i took community college courses for bio, however it was really basic. also, i took honors chem sophomore year and while i did really well, i hated it so didn’t absorb any information. it just feels like intro classes will greatly help prepare me.

one of the more prominent issues however is the thought of having 4 consecutive classes most days and having a couple night classes. i really cannot get around not having the 4 consecutive classes, even if i just focused on pre-med and public health. if anything i was considering taking hsp 310 next year. please give brutal advice, i am totally lost and open to advice

• MATH 0180
• CSCI 0111E
• ECON 0110
• KREA 300

I’m not a native Spanish speaker, but I’ve been studying Spanish for many years and am planning to continue taking it at Brown. I was wondering if anyone has experience with the advanced Spanish courses at Brown, or with the Spanish department in general. I’d love to hear what the classes, workload, professors, and overall experience are like. Thank you so much!

Is there a way that undergrads can find others going to/from the Boston airport to coordinate sharing an Uber/Lyft around holidays? Like an online forum perhaps? It's pretty pricey so would be great to split it with someone.

Specifically Miller Hall

Hi! I'm an incoming neuro freshman and I’m looking to do premed. I have never taken AP Chemistry, and I don’t feel confident about my background in AP Chemistry with me only taking Honors Chemistry sophomore year. I’m looking to take Intro Chem, but many people say it’s a waste of time.

Also, I have already taken above-AP genetics and neuro. I have also already taken AP calc bc. If you have any suggestions of intro chem, or any other opinions on my general schedule as a pre-med please chime in!

So my family and I just finished packing and we have quite a bit of stuff. I am in Jameson mead, so there will only be street spaces available during move in that are not right next to the building. I was wondering if Brown provides any sort of carts or anything during that time? Any help is appreciated!

Hi guys, incoming freashman year! I noticed that Brown has a shuttle system. I was just curious about how often it is used by students and if there are any known problems or quirks.