So I’m a freshman right now at Emory University in Atlanta, and I’m lookin’ to transfer. I’m applying to Brown, NYU, Barnard, and Colorado College, all of which I chose not only for academics and location and whatnot, but also because Emory is basically filled with generic greek life types, and I really want a place with bizarre, quirky people. Can you speak to a.) those traits in Brown’s student body and b.) (if you know anything about it) Brown’s transfer community?
Brown is full of weirdos. There’s definitely a culture of being passionate about what you do, even if that thing is being passionate about pigeons (we have a pigeon club, not joking). I really enjoy talking to people about their diverse experiences and interests here, because it’s all so different from what I now realize is my fairly narrow world-view. The one downside to this is that being ordinary or mainstream is pretty frowned upon but c’est la vie.
I swear, even the Greek community is weird, in response to your “generic Greek life” issues. We have Zete, a co-ed fraternity that supports freedom of sexuality and hosts naked parties in their common rooms. One of the biggest frats on campus is traditionally Jewish. There are only three sororities and they’re (gasp) not catty or cliquey. The Greek community is really diverse and funky at Brown and people generally hang out with a lot of people outside of Greek life.
We used to have a transfer on staff, but she graduated! I always got the impression that though the transfer community is available, many people choose to go out and make friends with people they meet in classes and form close friendships that way.
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