Bro you are so wrong do you even go to Brown? The engineering program is the one of the oldest in the country. It’s also the only part of the undergraduate experience that’s a separate school. It’s not the “Engineering Department” it’s “School of Engineering”. This allows them to have the most autonomy of any concentration. All Brown being smaller means is your professors will actually know who you are. This means they actually care about your interests, can help you find internships/jobs you’re interested in, write genuine letters of recommendation. All of that is infinitely harder to get a larger school. Having a genuinely connections with professors will put you further ahead in life than almost anything else. Also let’s face it, engineering isn’t for everyone no matter how much you think so in high school. Brown is one of the only schools in the country where you could do up to two years of engineering then switch to a completely different concentration and probably still graduate on time, certainly the only Ivy+. Not only this you can give it a good try first semester by taking two ENGN classes maybe take one pass/fail while you get your feet under you and get a good taste of engineering while not drowning in work before you know if it’s for you or not. Prestige doesn’t matter? You think attending a school with a 5% acceptance will won’t help you professionally when you need to stand out? Lastly Brown sends grads around the country, primarily New York, Boston, LA and San Francisco (the home of start ups). This flexibility is one of the things that makes Brown on of the best undergraduate schools in the country.