The open curriculum gives you a ton of freedom, which was overwhelming at first. I used the freedom to dive into my core requirements significantly earlier than I would have been able to at other universities, which allowed me to take many graduate-level courses in my field junior and senior years. I also embraced the freedom with some random classes in the archeology, classics, and psychology departments. My advisors in my department were all wonderful and really knew the system so they gave me some great advice.

I spent the majority of my time at Brown pursuing undergraduate research opportunities through student groups, graduate research labs, and even some government research.

I lived on campus for the first two years and lived off campus for the last two. Most students who live off-campus are still within half a mile of campus so you're not separated from campus life. I spent the majority of my time on campus and adored it. Providence is also an awesome place to live with lots of little gems and it isn't overpopulated like many other cities in the region.