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This is kind of a repost. I'm wondering about Brown's Pu...
Zombie-like boyish quadroon
  02/10/09
Brown has layman's prestige, but the program itself is new a...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/10/09
brown's mpp is too new to show up on national ranking lists ...
obsidian fighting sanctuary mood
  02/12/09
It sucks, just like almost any of Brown's grad programs. Exa...
Awkward contagious business firm
  02/10/09
Brown is a shit hole. the worst thing about its graduate pr...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/10/09
Brown's grad programs are mostly for losers who want to brag...
Awkward contagious business firm
  02/10/09
I just wonder how Brown masks the fact that it's a rancid, f...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/10/09
Brown is a cesspool at the ugrad level too. No one takes tha...
Alcoholic Khaki Tanning Salon
  02/10/09
i'm fairly sure that Brown undergrad isn't a liability and t...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/10/09
Lulz, u are pretty TTT yrself
Orange effete sneaky criminal
  02/11/09
care to elaborate?
passionate ultramarine center
  02/11/09
Shitty regional studies masters, ttt phd student, want me t...
Orange effete sneaky criminal
  02/11/09
i also own my own home, have 6 figures in the bank, have no ...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/11/09
we all can't be BIGFAMOUSCHILDREN
transparent 180 tank bawdyhouse
  03/10/09
Brown does have a handful of good graduate programs-Classics...
exhilarant scourge upon the earth
  02/11/09
yes, it is fun to throw those terms around on xoxo, and yes,...
passionate ultramarine center
  02/11/09
geology! geology!
transparent 180 tank bawdyhouse
  03/10/09





Date: February 10th, 2009 12:47 PM
Author: Zombie-like boyish quadroon

This is kind of a repost.

I'm wondering about Brown's Public Policy program at the Taubman center. I figured it would be good because of the name, but I have not seen it on any top MPP lists. Anyone have any knowledge on this ?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10893794)





Date: February 10th, 2009 12:56 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

Brown has layman's prestige, but the program itself is new and quite weak compared to the ones you'll find on ranking lists. not worth the $$$, imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10893843)





Date: February 12th, 2009 12:19 PM
Author: obsidian fighting sanctuary mood

brown's mpp is too new to show up on national ranking lists yet and mpp rank lists are incredibly random/subjective anyway (no one actually believes syracuse is better than harvard)

that being said, the taubman faculty includes a lot of high profile national academic experts as well as practitioners (former senators, etc.)

they also have the ability to draw big names to campus to give talks (barack obama and both clintons for instance within the last two years)

the mpp is mostly about connections anyway and brown definitely has them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10909061)





Date: February 10th, 2009 1:55 PM
Author: Awkward contagious business firm

It sucks, just like almost any of Brown's grad programs. Exactly why do you assume that undergrad prestige = grad prestige?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894126)





Date: February 10th, 2009 2:26 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

Brown is a shit hole. the worst thing about its graduate programs is that they are ridiculously selective relative to their quality. it's amazing that people will even pay the application fee.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894296)





Date: February 10th, 2009 3:12 PM
Author: Awkward contagious business firm

Brown's grad programs are mostly for losers who want to brag about going to an Ivy, when anyone who is remotely knowledgeable would be able to tell that their program is shit. However, it's doubtful that these hacks could have done markedly better. They just prefer a shit program at Brown to a higher-ranked program at some state school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894586)





Date: February 10th, 2009 3:38 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

I just wonder how Brown masks the fact that it's a rancid, festering TTT wasteland at the graduate level to admitted students (at least at the PhD level). Does it rigorously employ Tufts syndrome, or are the people who go there really vain enough to pick a 40th-ranked program at Brown over a 10th-ranked program at, say, the University of Washington?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894735)





Date: February 10th, 2009 4:17 PM
Author: Alcoholic Khaki Tanning Salon

Brown is a cesspool at the ugrad level too. No one takes that diploma seriously. Brown is for lazy hippies with trust funds and family connections.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894961)





Date: February 10th, 2009 4:24 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

i'm fairly sure that Brown undergrad isn't a liability and that its graduates don't have problems finding jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10894999)





Date: February 11th, 2009 12:25 PM
Author: Orange effete sneaky criminal

Lulz, u are pretty TTT yrself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10901119)





Date: February 11th, 2009 12:47 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

care to elaborate?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10901272)





Date: February 11th, 2009 1:03 PM
Author: Orange effete sneaky criminal

Shitty regional studies masters, ttt phd student, want me to go on?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10901430)





Date: February 11th, 2009 1:06 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

i also own my own home, have 6 figures in the bank, have no debt, don't pay tuition, and make over 60k per year while in grad school. might not be impressive by xoxo standards, but i'll gladly take it for now (as someone well under 30 and still not 100% sure what he wants to do with his life).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10901453)





Date: March 10th, 2009 10:56 PM
Author: transparent 180 tank bawdyhouse

we all can't be BIGFAMOUSCHILDREN

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#11108338)





Date: February 11th, 2009 12:03 PM
Author: exhilarant scourge upon the earth

Brown does have a handful of good graduate programs-Classics and Applied Math are among the tops in their categories. The regular programs: English, History, etc are decently placed. Terms like shit and TTT are too casually tossed about on this board.

But Brown is still an overwhelmingly undergraduate school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10900951)





Date: February 11th, 2009 1:41 PM
Author: passionate ultramarine center

yes, it is fun to throw those terms around on xoxo, and yes, they are used loosely here. xoxo TTT =/= true TTT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#10901774)





Date: March 10th, 2009 9:39 PM
Author: transparent 180 tank bawdyhouse

geology! geology!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=931035&forum_id=3#11107473)